diff --git a/cashtab/src/components/AppModes/Extension.js b/cashtab/src/components/AppModes/Extension.js
--- a/cashtab/src/components/AppModes/Extension.js
+++ b/cashtab/src/components/AppModes/Extension.js
@@ -86,19 +86,24 @@
     useEffect(() => {
         // On load
 
-        // Parse for query string asking for user approval of sharing extension info with a web page
-        // Do not set txInfo in state if query strings are not present
         if (
             !window.location ||
             !window.location.hash ||
-            window.location.hash === '#/wallet'
+            window.location.hash === '#/wallet' ||
+            window.location.hash === '#'
         ) {
+            // If we do not have window.location.hash
+            // or if it is at the legacy home page with nothing but the legacy home route
+            // or if it is at the new home route
+            // do nothing
             return;
         }
 
         try {
             let windowHash = window.location.hash;
-            let queryStringArray = windowHash.split('#/wallet?');
+            let queryStringArray = windowHash.includes('#/wallet?')
+                ? windowHash.split('#/wallet?')
+                : windowHash.split('#/?');
             let queryString = queryStringArray[1];
             let queryStringParams = new URLSearchParams(queryString);
             let request = queryStringParams.get('request');
diff --git a/cashtab/src/components/Send/SendXec.js b/cashtab/src/components/Send/SendXec.js
--- a/cashtab/src/components/Send/SendXec.js
+++ b/cashtab/src/components/Send/SendXec.js
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
 const SendXec = () => {
     const ContextValue = React.useContext(WalletContext);
     const location = useLocation();
+    console.log(`location`, location);
     const { chaintipBlockheight, fiatPrice, apiError, cashtabState, chronik } =
         ContextValue;
     const { settings, wallets } = cashtabState;
diff --git a/cashtab/src/index.js b/cashtab/src/index.js
--- a/cashtab/src/index.js
+++ b/cashtab/src/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 import App from 'components/App/App';
 import { WalletProvider } from 'wallet/context';
-import { HashRouter as Router } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { BrowserRouter, HashRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import GA from 'components/Common/GoogleAnalytics';
 import { ChronikClientNode } from 'chronik-client';
 import { chronik as chronikConfig } from 'config/chronik';
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@
 const root = createRoot(container);
 root.render(
     <WalletProvider chronik={chronik}>
-        <Router>
-            {GA.init() && <GA.RouteTracker />}
-            <App />
-        </Router>
+        {process.env.REACT_APP_BUILD_ENV === 'extension' ? (
+            <HashRouter>
+                <App />
+            </HashRouter>
+        ) : (
+            <BrowserRouter>
+                {GA.init() && <GA.RouteTracker />}
+                <App />
+            </BrowserRouter>
+        )}
     </WalletProvider>,
 );