diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index 7ac9bcd9..60bf0052 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ var blockedRegexes = {
 'nationalreview.com': /.+\.blueconic\.net\/.+/,
 'newrepublic.com': /.+\.onecount\.net\/js\/.+/,
 'newsweek.com': /.+\.googletagmanager\.com\/gtm\.js/,
+'newyorker.com': /.+\.newyorker\.com\/verso\/static\/presenter-articles.+\.js/,
 'nytimes.com': /(.+meter-svc\.nytimes\.com\/meter\.js.+|.+mwcm\.nyt\.com\/.+\.js)/,
 'nzherald.co.nz': /nzherald\.co\.nz\/.+\/headjs\/.+\.js/,
 'repubblica.it': /scripts\.repubblica\.it\/pw\/pw\.js.+/,
@@ -745,24 +746,3 @@ function stripQueryStringAndHashFromPath(url) {
   return url.split("?")[0].split("#")[0];
 }
 
-// daily users counter
-function bpc_count_daily_users() {
-    let date = new Date();
-    let dateStr = new Date(date.getTime() - (date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000)).toISOString().split("T")[0];
-    ext_api.storage.sync.get({
-        daily_users: {},
-    }, function (items) {
-        var daily_users = items.daily_users;
-        if (daily_users.date !== dateStr) {
-            daily_users.date = dateStr;
-            chrome.storage.sync.set({
-                daily_users: daily_users
-            }, function () {
-                true;
-            });
-            let manifest_new = 'https://bitbucket.org/magnolia1234/bpc-firefox-daily-users/downloads/bpc-daily-users-' + dateStr + '.json';
-            fetch(manifest_new);
-        }
-    });
-}
-bpc_count_daily_users();
diff --git a/bpc_count_daily_users.js b/bpc_count_daily_users.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d81dbd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bpc_count_daily_users.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+var ext_api = (typeof browser === 'object') ? browser : chrome;
+
+// daily users counter
+function bpc_count_daily_users() {
+    let date = new Date();
+    let dateStr = new Date(date.getTime() - (date.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000)).toISOString().split("T")[0];
+    ext_api.storage.sync.get({
+        daily_users: {},
+    }, function (items) {
+        var daily_users = items.daily_users;
+        if (daily_users.date !== dateStr) {
+            daily_users.date = dateStr;
+            chrome.storage.sync.set({
+                daily_users: daily_users
+            }, function () {
+                true;
+            });
+            let count_json = 'https://bitbucket.org/magnolia1234/bpc-firefox-daily-users/downloads/bpc-daily-users-' + dateStr + '.json';
+            fetch(count_json);
+        }
+    });
+}
+bpc_count_daily_users();
diff --git a/lp/manifest.json b/lp/manifest.json
index 04d50136..6fe7604a 100644
--- a/lp/manifest.json
+++ b/lp/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "background": {
-        "scripts": ["sites.js", "background.js"]
+		"scripts": ["sites.js", "background.js", "bpc_count_daily_users.js"]
     },
     "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'",
     "applications": {
@@ -304,5 +304,5 @@
         "webRequest",
         "webRequestBlocking"
     ],
-    "version": "1.8.3.3"
+    "version": "1.8.3.4"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index e030666c..9de8a360 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "background": {
-        "scripts": ["sites.js", "background.js"]
+		"scripts": ["sites.js", "background.js", "bpc_count_daily_users.js"]
     },
     "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self'",
     "applications": {
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@
         "webRequest",
         "webRequestBlocking"
     ],
-    "version": "1.8.3.3"
+    "version": "1.8.3.4"
 }
\ No newline at end of file