diff --git a/src/background.ts b/src/background.ts
index 284dab6efb..67dd6f24e7 100644
--- a/src/background.ts
+++ b/src/background.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import MainBackground from './background/main.background';
 
 // tslint:disable-next-line:variable-name
 const bg_isBackground = (window as any).bg_isBackground = true;
-
 // tslint:disable-next-line:variable-name
 const bg_main = (window as any).bg_main = new MainBackground();
+
 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-var-requires
 require('./scripts/analytics.js');
+
 bg_main.bootstrap();
diff --git a/src/background/main.background.ts b/src/background/main.background.ts
index 1d4c2f871c..637024d50e 100644
--- a/src/background/main.background.ts
+++ b/src/background/main.background.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default class MainBackground {
     constructor() {
         // Services
         this.utilsService = new UtilsService();
-        this.i18nService = i18nService();
+        this.i18nService = i18nService(this.utilsService);
         this.constantsService = new ConstantsService(i18nService, this.utilsService);
         this.cryptoService = new CryptoService();
         this.tokenService = new TokenService();
diff --git a/src/services/i18n.service.ts b/src/services/i18n.service.ts
index d3969d0fc5..19747d4ae4 100644
--- a/src/services/i18n.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/i18n.service.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-export default function i18nService() {
+import UtilsService from '../services/utils.service';
+
+export default function i18nService(utilsService: UtilsService) {
     const edgeMessages: any = {};
 
-    if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf(' Edge/') !== -1) {
-        fetch('../_locales/en/messages.json')
-            .then((file) => {
-                return file.json();
-            })
-            .then((locales) => {
-                for (const prop in locales) {
-                    if (locales.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
-                        edgeMessages[prop] = chrome.i18n.getMessage(prop);
-                    }
+    if (utilsService.isEdge()) {
+        fetch('../_locales/en/messages.json').then((file) => {
+            return file.json();
+        }).then((locales) => {
+            for (const prop in locales) {
+                if (locales.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
+                    edgeMessages[prop] = chrome.i18n.getMessage(prop);
                 }
-            });
+            }
+        });
 
         return edgeMessages;
     }
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ export default function i18nService() {
             return chrome.i18n.getMessage(name);
         },
         set(target, name, value) {
-            throw new Error('set not allowed for i18n');
-            // @ts-ignore: Unreachable code error
             return false;
         },
     });