diff --git a/src/Monitoring/Unread.coffee b/src/Monitoring/Unread.coffee
index 0b779c80b..0e67a138e 100644
--- a/src/Monitoring/Unread.coffee
+++ b/src/Monitoring/Unread.coffee
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ Unread =
         icon: Favicon.logo
       notif.onclick = ->
         Header.scrollToIfNeeded post.nodes.root, true
-        window.focus()
+        # XXX https://github.com/derjanb/tampermonkey/issues/253
+        $.global -> window.focus()
       notif.onshow = ->
         setTimeout ->
           notif.close()
diff --git a/src/Posting/QR.coffee b/src/Posting/QR.coffee
index 15290fa49..a13b6adda 100644
--- a/src/Posting/QR.coffee
+++ b/src/Posting/QR.coffee
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ QR =
         notif = new Notification el.textContent,
           body: el.textContent
           icon: Favicon.logo
-        notif.onclick = -> window.focus()
+        # XXX https://github.com/derjanb/tampermonkey/issues/253
+        notif.onclick = -> $.global -> window.focus()
         if $.engine isnt 'gecko'
           # Firefox automatically closes notifications
           # so we can't control the onclose properly.