diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/MediaControls.js.jsx.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/MediaControls.js.jsx.coffee
index 5a2106c81..34899a6cf 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/MediaControls.js.jsx.coffee
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/MediaControls.js.jsx.coffee
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ mixins = []
 # this check ensures we attempt to listen if this component is created in a popup
 reactContext = if window.opener? then window.opener else window
 # make sure this is actually us opening the window, not someone else (by checking for MixerStore)
-reactContext = window unless 'MixerStore' in reactContext
+if window.opener?
+  try
+    m = window.opener.MixerStore
+  catch e
+    reactContext = window
 
 MixerStore = reactContext.MixerStore
 MixerActions = reactContext.MixerActions
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/PopupMediaControls.js.jsx.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/PopupMediaControls.js.jsx.coffee
index cada895b8..37673bf87 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/PopupMediaControls.js.jsx.coffee
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/PopupMediaControls.js.jsx.coffee
@@ -6,7 +6,15 @@ mixins = []
 
 # make sure this is actually us opening the window, not someone else (by checking for MixerStore)
 
-if window.opener? && ('MixerStore' in window.opener)
+accessOpener = false
+if window.opener?
+  try
+    m = window.opener.MixerStore
+    accessOpener = true
+  catch e
+
+
+if accessOpener
   SessionActions = window.opener.SessionActions
   MediaPlaybackStore = window.opener.MediaPlaybackStore
   MixerActions = window.opener.MixerActions
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/PopupRecordingStartStop.js.jsx.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/PopupRecordingStartStop.js.jsx.coffee
index a57836e76..d13f69dc6 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/PopupRecordingStartStop.js.jsx.coffee
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/PopupRecordingStartStop.js.jsx.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@ context = window
 mixins = []
 
 # make sure this is actually us opening the window, not someone else (by checking for MixerStore)
-if window.opener && ('MixerStore' in window.opener)
+
+accessOpener = false
+if window.opener?
+  try
+    m = window.opener.MixerStore
+    accessOpener = true
+  catch e
+
+
+if accessOpener
   mixins.push(Reflux.listenTo(window.opener.RecordingStore,"onRecordingStateChanged"))
 
 @PopupRecordingStartStop = React.createClass({