diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 81797bd..46a9f54 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "storage",
     "webRequest",
     "webRequestBlocking",
-    "offscreen"
+    "alarms"
   ],
   "content_scripts": [
     {
diff --git a/popup/popup.js b/popup/popup.js
index f3224e0..bf32158 100644
--- a/popup/popup.js
+++ b/popup/popup.js
@@ -382,15 +382,10 @@ var browser = (browserType === 'firefox') ? browser : (browserType === 'chrome')
 		ui = new UI();
 		ui.switchPanel( 'loaded' );
 	}
-
-	let state = _backgroundPage.state;
-	function waitWhileLoading() {
-		if (state === 'ready' ) {
+	chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message, sender) => {
+		console.log(sender);
+		if (message.state === "ready") {
 			ui = new UI();
-		} else {
-			setTimeout( waitWhileLoading, 100 );
 		}
-	}
-	waitWhileLoading()
-
+    });
 })();
diff --git a/sw.js b/sw.js
index 335bc3a..8260491 100644
--- a/sw.js
+++ b/sw.js
@@ -769,11 +769,28 @@ async function setState(value) {
 // Run it
 main();
 
+const WAIT_ALARM = 'waitWhileLoading';
+async function createAlarm() {
+  await chrome.alarms.create(WAIT_ALARM, {
+    periodInMinutes: 1 / 60 // by specifying it as fraction we can run the ⏰ in every 1 second
+  },()=>console.log('⏰ running inside createAlarm()',new Date().getSeconds()));
+}
+
 chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((message, sender, sendResponse) => {
 	if (message.command === "getBackground") {
-    // persisted the state inside chrome.storage.local but will get to that later
-    console.log(state);
     const extensionData = {state,params,uiLanguages,records,signLanguages};
     sendResponse(extensionData);
+    createAlarm();
 	}
-});
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+});
+
+chrome.alarms.onAlarm.addListener((alarm)=>{
+  if (alarm.name === WAIT_ALARM) {
+    if (state === 'ready') {
+      chrome.runtime.sendMessage({state:'ready'});
+        chrome.alarms.clear(WAIT_ALARM,()=>{
+        console.log('⏰ stopped at ',new Date().getSeconds());
+      });
+    }
+  }
+})
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