diff --git a/src/background/index.js b/src/background/index.js
index f257e53..3e3e42b 100644
--- a/src/background/index.js
+++ b/src/background/index.js
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ function initTabState(sender) {
     }
 }
 
+const getTabId =
+    async sender => sender?.tab?.id
+        || (await Browser.getActiveTab()).id
+
 browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(async (data, sender) => {
     console.log("background message", data, sender)
 
@@ -211,13 +215,15 @@ browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(async (data, sender) => {
     }
 
     if (data.type === 'use_in_statement') {
-        await browser.runtime.sendMessage({
+        const message = {
             type: 'use_in_statement',
             dataype: data.dataype,
             value: data.value ? data.value : null,
             wdEntityId: data.entityId ? data.entityId : null,
             reference: data.reference ? data.reference : null,
-        })
+        }
+        await browser.runtime.sendMessage(message)
+        await browser.tabs.sendMessage(await getTabId(sender), message)
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/background/push-enitiy-to-sidebar.js b/src/background/push-enitiy-to-sidebar.js
index c85bdcf..9a02b3e 100644
--- a/src/background/push-enitiy-to-sidebar.js
+++ b/src/background/push-enitiy-to-sidebar.js
@@ -2,15 +2,20 @@ import browser from 'webextension-polyfill'
 import {getInternalUrlForEntity} from "../core/navigation"
 import {setSidebarUrl} from "./navigation"
 
-function pushEnitiyToSidebar(id, tid, setPanel = true, nocache = false) {
+async function pushEnitiyToSidebar(id, tid, setPanel = true, nocache = false) {
 	if (!sidebarLocked && setPanel) {
-		return setSidebarUrl(tid, getInternalUrlForEntity(id, nocache))
+		await setSidebarUrl(tid, getInternalUrlForEntity(id, nocache))
 	} else {
-		return browser.runtime.sendMessage({
+        console.log("pushing entity_add to", tid)
+        await browser.tabs.sendMessage(tid, {
+            type: 'entity_add',
+            id: id,
+        })
+        await browser.runtime.sendMessage({
 			type: 'entity_add',
 			id: id,
-		});
-	}
+		})
+    }
 }
 
 export { pushEnitiyToSidebar }
diff --git a/src/sidebar/add.js b/src/sidebar/add.js
index 3a4414c..5af8c0e 100644
--- a/src/sidebar/add.js
+++ b/src/sidebar/add.js
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ content.innerHTML = '';
 	]);
 	let entities = await wikidataGetEntity(currentEntity);
 	let e = entities[currentEntity];
-	let currentTab = await getCurrentTab();
+    // todo run-context incompatibility
+	// let currentTab = await getCurrentTab();
+    let currentTab = null
 
 	let description = getValueByLang(e, 'descriptions', false);
 	let hasDescription = description != false;
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ content.innerHTML = '';
 	};
 
 	browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(async (data, sender) => {
+        console.log("add-content event", data)
 		if (data.type === 'entity_add') {
 			clearBouncer();
 			if (!receivedEntities.includes(data.id)) {
diff --git a/src/update-status.js b/src/update-status.js
index 20f9b0a..1e54581 100644
--- a/src/update-status.js
+++ b/src/update-status.js
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import browser from 'webextension-polyfill'
+import {Browser} from "./core/browser"
 
-function updateStatus(parts) {
-	browser.runtime.sendMessage({
-		type: 'status',
-		message: parts,
-	});
+async function updateStatus(parts) {
+    const message = {
+        type: 'status',
+        message: parts,
+    }
+    await browser.runtime.sendMessage(message)
+    await Browser.sendMessageToActiveTab(message)
 }
 
 function updateStatusInternal(parts) {