diff --git a/src/assets/javascripts/youtube/youtube.js b/src/assets/javascripts/youtube/youtube.js
index aeb2e760..19ab5491 100644
--- a/src/assets/javascripts/youtube/youtube.js
+++ b/src/assets/javascripts/youtube/youtube.js
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function redirect(url, details, initiator) {
   if ((isFreetube || isYatte) && sub_frame && isFrontendYoutube) return;
 
   if (isYatte && main_frame) return url.href.replace(/^https?:\/{2}/, 'yattee://');
-  if (isFreetube && main_frame) return `freetube://https://${url.pathname}${url.search}`;
+  if (isFreetube && main_frame) return `freetube://https://youtube.com${url.pathname}${url.search}`;
 
   if (isInvidious || ((isFreetube || isYatte) && sub_frame && isFrontendInvidious)) {
     let instancesList;
diff --git a/src/pages/background/background.js b/src/pages/background/background.js
index 9cb0be5a..a0179945 100644
--- a/src/pages/background/background.js
+++ b/src/pages/background/background.js
@@ -51,22 +51,13 @@ browser.runtime.onInstalled.addListener(
 )
 
 youtubeHelper.pasteInvidiousCookies();
-youtubeHelper.pastePipedLocalStorage();
-youtubeHelper.pastePipedMaterialLocalStorage();
-
 translateHelper.pasteSimplyTranslateCookies();
-translateHelper.pasteLingvaLocalStorage();
-
 twitterHelper.pasteNitterCookies();
-
 wikipediaHelper.pasteWikilessCookies();
-
 searchHelper.pasteSearxCookies();
 searchHelper.pasteSearxngCookies();
-
 redditHelper.pasteLibredditCookies();
 redditHelper.pasteTedditCookies();
-
 tiktokHelper.pasteProxiTokCookies();