diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index bbdfeb67..76516b21 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ css/options.dist.css: $(LESSC) options/*.less
 	[ -d css ] || mkdir -p css
 	$(LESSC) options/options.less css/options.dist.css
 
-js/background.dist.js: $(BROWSERIFY) background.js helpers.js
+js/background.dist.js: $(BROWSERIFY) background.js helpers/*.js
 	[ -d js ] || mkdir -p js
 	$(BROWSERIFY) -o js/background.dist.js background.js
 
-js/popup.dist.js: $(BROWSERIFY) popup/*.js helpers.js
+js/popup.dist.js: $(BROWSERIFY) popup/*.js helpers/*.js
 	[ -d js ] || mkdir -p js
 	$(BROWSERIFY) -o js/popup.dist.js popup/popup.js
 
-js/offscreen.dist.js: $(BROWSERIFY) offscreen/*.js
+js/offscreen.dist.js: $(BROWSERIFY) offscreen/*.js helpers/*.js
 	[ -d js ] || mkdir -p js
 	$(BROWSERIFY) -o js/offscreen.dist.js offscreen/offscreen.js
 
diff --git a/src/background.js b/src/background.js
index 53b285c8..9f2ac8ec 100644
--- a/src/background.js
+++ b/src/background.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ require("chrome-extension-async");
 const sha1 = require("sha1");
 const idb = require("idb");
 const BrowserpassURL = require("@browserpass/url");
-const helpers = require("./helpers");
+const helpers = require("./helpers/base");
+const clipboard = require("./helpers/clipboard");
 
 // native application id
 var appID = "com.github.browserpass.native";
@@ -262,15 +263,7 @@ async function copyToClipboard(text, clear = true) {
             data: text,
         });
     } else {
-        document.addEventListener(
-            "copy",
-            function (e) {
-                e.clipboardData.setData("text/plain", text);
-                e.preventDefault();
-            },
-            { once: true }
-        );
-        document.execCommand("copy");
+        clipboard.writeToClipboard(text);
     }
 
     if (clear) {
@@ -306,16 +299,7 @@ async function readFromClipboard() {
 
         return response.message;
     } else {
-        const ta = document.createElement("textarea");
-        // these lines are carefully crafted to make paste work in both Chrome and Firefox
-        ta.contentEditable = true;
-        ta.textContent = "";
-        document.body.appendChild(ta);
-        ta.select();
-        document.execCommand("paste");
-        const content = ta.value;
-        document.body.removeChild(ta);
-        return content;
+        return clipboard.readFromClipboard();
     }
 }
 
@@ -324,7 +308,6 @@ async function readFromClipboard() {
  * @since 3.10.0
  * @param string path - location of html document to be created
  */
-let creatingOffscreen; // A global promise to avoid concurrency issues
 async function setupOffscreenDocument(path) {
     // Check all windows controlled by the service worker to see if one
     // of them is the offscreen document with the given path
@@ -339,18 +322,11 @@ async function setupOffscreenDocument(path) {
     }
 
     // create offscreen document
-    if (!creatingOffscreen) {
-        creatingOffscreen = chrome.offscreen.createDocument({
-            url: path,
-            reasons: [chrome.offscreen.Reason.CLIPBOARD],
-            justification: "Read / write text to the clipboard",
-        });
-    }
-
-    if (creatingOffscreen) {
-        await creatingOffscreen;
-        creatingOffscreen = null;
-    }
+    await chrome.offscreen.createDocument({
+        url: path,
+        reasons: [chrome.offscreen.Reason.CLIPBOARD],
+        justification: "Read / write text to the clipboard",
+    });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -630,13 +606,6 @@ async function fillFields(settings, login, fields) {
 async function getLocalSettings() {
     var settings = helpers.deepCopy(defaultSettings);
 
-    try {
-        // use for debugging only, since dev tools does not show extension storage
-        await chrome.storage.local.get(console.dir);
-    } catch (err) {
-        console.warn("could not display extension local storage");
-    }
-
     var items = await chrome.storage.local.get(Object.keys(defaultSettings));
     for (var key in defaultSettings) {
         var value = null;
@@ -645,11 +614,7 @@ async function getLocalSettings() {
         }
 
         if (value !== null && Boolean(value)) {
-            try {
-                settings[key] = value;
-            } catch (err) {
-                console.error(`getLocalSettings(), error JSON.parse(value):`, err, { key, value });
-            }
+            settings[key] = value;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/helpers.js b/src/helpers/base.js
similarity index 96%
rename from src/helpers.js
rename to src/helpers/base.js
index 50304746..6b888adc 100644
--- a/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/helpers/base.js
@@ -94,23 +94,6 @@ function getSetting(key, login, settings) {
  */
 function isChrome() {
     return chrome.runtime.getURL("/").startsWith("chrom");
-    /**
-     * Alternate approach to checking if current browser is chrome or
-     * chromium based.
-     *
-     * @TODO: remove one of these two after probationary period
-     * to determine which will approach will best suite browserpass
-     * purposes in the wild.
-     *
-     * Above: .getURL("/") will error on "chrome://" protocols
-     * Below: check user agent, can be altered depending vendor
-     */
-    // const ua = navigator.userAgent;
-    // const matches = ua.match(/(chrom)/i) || [];
-    // if (Object.keys(matches).length > 2 && /chrom/i.test(matches[1])) {
-    //     return true;
-    // }
-    // return false;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/helpers/clipboard.js b/src/helpers/clipboard.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00e9a78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/clipboard.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+//------------------------------------- Initialization --------------------------------------//
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = {
+    readFromClipboard,
+    writeToClipboard,
+};
+//----------------------------------- Function definitions ----------------------------------//
+
+/**
+ * Read plain text from clipboard
+ *
+ * @since 3.2.0
+ *
+ * @return string The current plaintext content of the clipboard
+ */
+function readFromClipboard() {
+    const ta = document.createElement("textarea");
+    // these lines are carefully crafted to make paste work in both Chrome and Firefox
+    ta.contentEditable = true;
+    ta.textContent = "";
+    document.body.appendChild(ta);
+    ta.select();
+    document.execCommand("paste");
+    const content = ta.value;
+    document.body.removeChild(ta);
+    return content;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Copy text to clipboard and optionally clear it from the clipboard after one minute
+ *
+ * @since 3.2.0
+ *
+ * @param string text Text to copy
+ * @return void
+ */
+async function writeToClipboard(text) {
+    // Error if we received the wrong kind of data.
+    if (typeof text !== "string") {
+        throw new TypeError(`Value provided must be a 'string', got '${typeof text}'.`);
+    }
+
+    document.addEventListener(
+        "copy",
+        function (e) {
+            e.clipboardData.setData("text/plain", text);
+            e.preventDefault();
+        },
+        { once: true }
+    );
+    document.execCommand("copy");
+}
diff --git a/src/helpers.redraw.js b/src/helpers/redraw.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/helpers.redraw.js
rename to src/helpers/redraw.js
diff --git a/src/helpers.ui.js b/src/helpers/ui.js
similarity index 96%
rename from src/helpers.ui.js
rename to src/helpers/ui.js
index 1fa18889..2c936bd7 100644
--- a/src/helpers.ui.js
+++ b/src/helpers/ui.js
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const m = require("mithril");
-const dialog = require("./popup/modalDialog");
-const notify = require("./popup/notifications");
-const helpers = require("./helpers");
+const dialog = require("../popup/modalDialog");
+const notify = require("../popup/notifications");
+const helpers = require("../helpers/base");
 
 const containsNumbersRegEx = RegExp(/[0-9]/);
 const containsSymbolsRegEx = RegExp(/[\p{P}\p{S}]/, "u");
diff --git a/src/offscreen/offscreen.html b/src/offscreen/offscreen.html
index 5e47e2a6..c621e556 100644
--- a/src/offscreen/offscreen.html
+++ b/src/offscreen/offscreen.html
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<textarea id="text"></textarea>
-<script src="../js/offscreen.dist.js"></script>
+<html>
+    <body></body>
+    <script src="../js/offscreen.dist.js"></script>
+</html>
diff --git a/src/offscreen/offscreen.js b/src/offscreen/offscreen.js
index 349b980c..6cb7bfb6 100644
--- a/src/offscreen/offscreen.js
+++ b/src/offscreen/offscreen.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //------------------------------------- Initialization --------------------------------------//
 "use strict";
+const clipboard = require("../helpers/clipboard");
 
 //----------------------------------- Function definitions ----------------------------------//
 chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(handleMessage);
@@ -20,10 +21,10 @@ async function handleMessage(message, sender, sendResponse) {
     try {
         switch (message.type) {
             case "copy-data-to-clipboard":
-                writeToClipboard(message.data);
+                clipboard.writeToClipboard(message.data);
                 break;
             case "read-from-clipboard":
-                reply = readFromClipboard();
+                reply = clipboard.readFromClipboard();
                 break;
             default:
                 console.warn(`Unexpected message type received: '${message.type}'.`);
@@ -33,47 +34,3 @@ async function handleMessage(message, sender, sendResponse) {
         sendResponse({ status: "error", message: e.toString() });
     }
 }
-
-/**
- * Read plain text from clipboard
- *
- * @since 3.2.0
- *
- * @return string The current plaintext content of the clipboard
- */
-function readFromClipboard() {
-    const ta = document.querySelector("#text");
-    // these lines are carefully crafted to make paste work in both Chrome and Firefox
-    ta.contentEditable = true;
-    ta.textContent = "";
-    ta.select();
-    document.execCommand("paste");
-    const content = ta.value;
-    return content;
-}
-
-/**
- * Copy text to clipboard and optionally clear it from the clipboard after one minute
- *
- * @since 3.2.0
- *
- * @param string text Text to copy
- * @param boolean clear Whether to clear the clipboard after one minute
- * @return void
- */
-async function writeToClipboard(text) {
-    // Error if we received the wrong kind of data.
-    if (typeof text !== "string") {
-        throw new TypeError(`Value provided must be a 'string', got '${typeof text}'.`);
-    }
-
-    document.addEventListener(
-        "copy",
-        function (e) {
-            e.clipboardData.setData("text/plain", text);
-            e.preventDefault();
-        },
-        { once: true }
-    );
-    document.execCommand("copy");
-}
diff --git a/src/popup/addEditInterface.js b/src/popup/addEditInterface.js
index dca5d188..1a988929 100644
--- a/src/popup/addEditInterface.js
+++ b/src/popup/addEditInterface.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ const Settings = require("./models/Settings");
 const Tree = require("./models/Tree");
 const notify = require("./notifications");
 const dialog = require("./modalDialog");
-const helpers = require("../helpers");
-const helpersUI = require("../helpers.ui");
+const helpers = require("../helpers/base");
+const helpersUI = require("../helpers/ui");
 const layout = require("./layoutInterface");
 
 module.exports = AddEditInterface;
diff --git a/src/popup/detailsInterface.js b/src/popup/detailsInterface.js
index 5ca2ad27..295232e0 100644
--- a/src/popup/detailsInterface.js
+++ b/src/popup/detailsInterface.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ module.exports = DetailsInterface;
 
 const m = require("mithril");
 const Moment = require("moment");
-const helpers = require("../helpers");
-const helpersUI = require("../helpers.ui");
+const helpers = require("../helpers/base");
+const helpersUI = require("../helpers/ui");
 const layout = require("./layoutInterface");
 const Login = require("./models/Login");
 const Settings = require("./models/Settings");
diff --git a/src/popup/interface.js b/src/popup/interface.js
index 9c7f819e..a08545c6 100644
--- a/src/popup/interface.js
+++ b/src/popup/interface.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const Moment = require("moment");
 const SearchInterface = require("./searchinterface");
 const BrowserpassURL = require("@browserpass/url");
 const dialog = require("./modalDialog");
-const helpers = require("../helpers");
+const helpers = require("../helpers/base");
 const layout = require("./layoutInterface");
 let overrideDefaultSearchOnce = true;
 
diff --git a/src/popup/modalDialog.js b/src/popup/modalDialog.js
index 58f25d94..ea224896 100644
--- a/src/popup/modalDialog.js
+++ b/src/popup/modalDialog.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const m = require("mithril");
-const redraw = require("../helpers.redraw");
+const redraw = require("../helpers/redraw");
 
 const modalId = "browserpass-modal";
 const CANCEL = "Cancel";
diff --git a/src/popup/models/Login.js b/src/popup/models/Login.js
index 7acd2ca9..f3ba353a 100644
--- a/src/popup/models/Login.js
+++ b/src/popup/models/Login.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 require("chrome-extension-async");
 const sha1 = require("sha1");
-const helpers = require("../../helpers");
-const helpersUI = require("../../helpers.ui");
+const helpers = require("../../helpers/base");
+const helpersUI = require("../../helpers/ui");
 const Settings = require("./Settings");
 
 // Search for one of the secret prefixes
diff --git a/src/popup/notifications.js b/src/popup/notifications.js
index b4e4dc3a..23767357 100644
--- a/src/popup/notifications.js
+++ b/src/popup/notifications.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 const m = require("mithril");
-const redraw = require("../helpers.redraw");
+const redraw = require("../helpers/redraw");
 const uuidPrefix = RegExp(/^([a-z0-9]){8}-/);
 const NOTIFY_CLASS = "m-notifications";
 
diff --git a/src/popup/popup.js b/src/popup/popup.js
index 41f128e3..3e2ffb2c 100644
--- a/src/popup/popup.js
+++ b/src/popup/popup.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require("chrome-extension-async");
 const Login = require("./models/Login");
 const Settings = require("./models/Settings");
 // utils, libs
-const helpers = require("../helpers.ui");
+const helpers = require("../helpers/ui");
 const m = require("mithril");
 // components
 const AddEditInterface = require("./addEditInterface");
diff --git a/src/popup/searchinterface.js b/src/popup/searchinterface.js
index 69650245..c2d2ec7a 100644
--- a/src/popup/searchinterface.js
+++ b/src/popup/searchinterface.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module.exports = SearchInterface;
 
 const BrowserpassURL = require("@browserpass/url");
 const dialog = require("./modalDialog");
-const helpers = require("../helpers");
+const helpers = require("../helpers/base");
 const m = require("mithril");
 
 /**