diff --git a/src/background.html b/src/background.html
index 54a8e82d7..108ebd89c 100644
--- a/src/background.html
+++ b/src/background.html
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 <script src="js/html-filtering.js"></script>
 <script src="js/hnswitches.js"></script>
 <script src="js/ublock.js"></script>
-<script src="js/messaging.js"></script>
 <script src="js/storage.js"></script>
 <script src="js/logger.js"></script>
 <script src="js/pagestore.js"></script>
 <script src="js/tab.js"></script>
+<script src="js/messaging.js"></script>
 <script src="js/text-encode.js"></script>
 <script src="js/contextmenu.js"></script>
 <script src="js/reverselookup.js"></script>