diff --git a/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts b/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
index cf393e0a44..0da55cbda5 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/background/main.background.ts
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ export default class MainBackground {
     const logoutCallback = async (logoutReason: LogoutReason, userId?: UserId) =>
       await this.logout(logoutReason, userId);
 
+    const runtimeNativeMessagingBackground = () => this.nativeMessagingBackground;
+
     const refreshAccessTokenErrorCallback = () => {
       // Send toast to popup
       this.messagingService.send("showToast", {
@@ -616,7 +618,9 @@ export default class MainBackground {
 
     this.i18nService = new I18nService(BrowserApi.getUILanguage(), this.globalStateProvider);
 
-    this.biometricsService = new BackgroundBrowserBiometricsService(this.nativeMessagingBackground);
+    this.biometricsService = new BackgroundBrowserBiometricsService(
+      runtimeNativeMessagingBackground,
+    );
 
     this.kdfConfigService = new KdfConfigService(this.stateProvider);
 
diff --git a/apps/browser/src/platform/services/background-browser-biometrics.service.ts b/apps/browser/src/platform/services/background-browser-biometrics.service.ts
index 41ae15972c..0cd48c4593 100644
--- a/apps/browser/src/platform/services/background-browser-biometrics.service.ts
+++ b/apps/browser/src/platform/services/background-browser-biometrics.service.ts
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ import { BrowserBiometricsService } from "./browser-biometrics.service";
 
 @Injectable()
 export class BackgroundBrowserBiometricsService extends BrowserBiometricsService {
-  constructor(private nativeMessagingBackground: NativeMessagingBackground) {
+  constructor(private nativeMessagingBackground: () => NativeMessagingBackground) {
     super();
   }
 
   async authenticateBiometric(): Promise<boolean> {
-    const responsePromise = this.nativeMessagingBackground.getResponse();
-    await this.nativeMessagingBackground.send({ command: "biometricUnlock" });
+    const responsePromise = this.nativeMessagingBackground().getResponse();
+    await this.nativeMessagingBackground().send({ command: "biometricUnlock" });
     const response = await responsePromise;
     return response.response === "unlocked";
   }
 
   async isBiometricUnlockAvailable(): Promise<boolean> {
-    const responsePromise = this.nativeMessagingBackground.getResponse();
-    await this.nativeMessagingBackground.send({ command: "biometricUnlockAvailable" });
+    const responsePromise = this.nativeMessagingBackground().getResponse();
+    await this.nativeMessagingBackground().send({ command: "biometricUnlockAvailable" });
     const response = await responsePromise;
     return response.response === "available";
   }