diff --git a/src/components/Hyperchat.svelte b/src/components/Hyperchat.svelte
index 2871524..2ed9079 100644
--- a/src/components/Hyperchat.svelte
+++ b/src/components/Hyperchat.svelte
@@ -19,9 +19,18 @@
     Browser,
     Theme,
     YoutubeEmojiRenderMode,
-    chatUserActionsItems
+    chatUserActionsItems,
+
+    ChatReportUserOptions
+
   } from '../ts/chat-constants';
-  import { isAllEmoji, isChatMessage, isPrivileged, responseIsAction } from '../ts/chat-utils';
+  import {
+    isAllEmoji,
+    isChatMessage,
+    isPrivileged,
+    responseIsAction,
+    useReconnect
+  } from '../ts/chat-utils';
   import Button from 'smelte/src/components/Button';
   import {
     theme,
@@ -281,24 +290,31 @@
       frameId: parseInt(paramsFrameId)
     };
 
-    $port = chrome.runtime.connect({ name: JSON.stringify(frameInfo) });
+    let hasRun = false;
+    $port = useReconnect(() => {
+      const port = chrome.runtime.connect({
+        name: JSON.stringify(frameInfo)
+      }) as Chat.Port;
 
-    $port?.onMessage.addListener(onPortMessage);
+      port.onMessage.addListener(onPortMessage);
 
-    $port?.postMessage({
-      type: 'registerClient',
-      getInitialData: true
-    });
-    $port?.postMessage({
-      type: 'getTheme'
-    });
+      port.postMessage({
+        type: 'registerClient',
+        getInitialData: true
+      });
 
-    // service worker gets shut down after 30s of not receiving events
-    const interval = setInterval(() => $port?.postMessage({
-      type: 'ping'
-    }), 15_000);
+      if (!hasRun) {
+        port.postMessage({
+          type: 'getTheme'
+        });
+      }
+
+      hasRun = true;
+
+      return port;
+    });
 
-    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+    return () => $port?.destroy && $port?.destroy();
   };
 
   onMount(onLoad);
diff --git a/src/ts/chat-utils.ts b/src/ts/chat-utils.ts
index df74ee2..7f34749 100644
--- a/src/ts/chat-utils.ts
+++ b/src/ts/chat-utils.ts
@@ -67,3 +67,25 @@ export const checkInjected = (error: string): boolean => {
   }
   return false;
 };
+
+export const useReconnect = <T extends Chat.Port>(connect: () => T): T & { destroy: () => void } => {
+  let actualPort = connect();
+  const onDisconnect = (): void => {
+    actualPort = connect();
+    actualPort.onDisconnect.addListener(onDisconnect);
+  };
+  actualPort.onDisconnect.addListener(onDisconnect);
+
+  return {
+    ...actualPort,
+    get name() { return actualPort.name; },
+    get disconnect() { return actualPort.disconnect; },
+    get postMessage() { return actualPort.postMessage; },
+    get onMessage() { return actualPort.onMessage; },
+    get onDisconnect() { return actualPort.onDisconnect; },
+    destroy: () => {
+      actualPort.onDisconnect.removeListener(onDisconnect);
+      actualPort.disconnect();
+    }
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/ts/typings/chat.d.ts b/src/ts/typings/chat.d.ts
index 5b32380..44f4382 100644
--- a/src/ts/typings/chat.d.ts
+++ b/src/ts/typings/chat.d.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ declare namespace Chat {
         callback: (message: BackgroundResponse, port: Port) => void
       ) => void;
     };
+    destroy?: () => void;
   };
 
   interface Interceptor {