diff --git a/js/common.js b/js/common.js
index 9f8a11f6..f593f0c7 100644
--- a/js/common.js
+++ b/js/common.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ global.assert = require('assert');
 global.jsc = require('jsverify');
 global.jsdom = require('jsdom-global');
 global.cleanup = global.jsdom();
-global.window.URL = require('jsdom-url');
+global.URL = require('jsdom-url').URL;
 global.fs = require('fs');
 global.WebCrypto = require('node-webcrypto-ossl');
 
diff --git a/js/privatebin.js b/js/privatebin.js
index a43e1cb0..45bd2501 100644
--- a/js/privatebin.js
+++ b/js/privatebin.js
@@ -1196,30 +1196,20 @@ jQuery.PrivateBin = (function($, RawDeflate) {
             }
 
             // do use URL interface, if possible
-            if (window.URL && window.URL.prototype && ('searchParams' in window.URL.prototype)) {
-                try {
-                    const url = new URL(window.location);
+            const url = new URL(window.location);
 
-                    for (const param of url.searchParams) {
-                        const key = param[0];
-                        const value = param[1];
+            for (const param of url.searchParams) {
+                const key = param[0];
+                const value = param[1];
 
-                        if (value === '' && idRegEx.test(key)) {
-                            // safe, as the whole regex is matched
-                            id = key;
-                            return id;
-                        }
-                    }
-                } catch (e) {
-                    // fallback below
-                    console.error('URL interface not properly supported, error:', e);
+                if (value === '' && idRegEx.test(key)) {
+                    // safe, as the whole regex is matched
+                    id = key;
+                    return key;
                 }
             }
 
-            // Attention: This also returns the delete token inside of the ID, if it is specified
-            id = (window.location.search.match(idRegExFind) || [''])[0];
-
-            if (id === '') {
+            if (id === null) {
                 throw 'no paste id given';
             }
 
@@ -4587,7 +4577,7 @@ jQuery.PrivateBin = (function($, RawDeflate) {
          */
         function isInsecureConnection()
         {
-            const url = new URL(document.URL);
+            const url = new URL(window.location);
 
             // HTTP is obviously insecure
             if (url.protocol !== 'http:') {
diff --git a/js/test/Model.js b/js/test/Model.js
index 57aa22ec..cfcd6dba 100644
--- a/js/test/Model.js
+++ b/js/test/Model.js
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ describe('Model', function () {
                     clean            = jsdom('', {
                         url: schema.join('') + '://' + address.join('') +
                              '/?' + queryString + '#' + fragment
-                    }),
-                    result = $.PrivateBin.Model.getPasteId();
+                    });
+                    global.URL = require('jsdom-url').URL;
+                    var result = $.PrivateBin.Model.getPasteId();
                 $.PrivateBin.Model.reset();
                 clean();
                 return pasteIdString === result;
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ describe('Model', function () {
                              '/#' + fragment
                     }),
                     result = false;
+                global.URL = require('jsdom-url').URL;
                 try {
                     $.PrivateBin.Model.getPasteId();
                 }
diff --git a/tpl/bootstrap.php b/tpl/bootstrap.php
index ab7da24e..08c8739e 100644
--- a/tpl/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tpl/bootstrap.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if ($MARKDOWN):
 endif;
 ?>
 		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/purify-1.0.10.js" integrity="sha512-CqskSFXERL38A1PJP9BlO04me7kmwgDIhN1+k24RoFiisEwXA0BMdm0lzJC7g5jCRZ4k5OYdOJGEqW9CwDl4CA==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/privatebin.js?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" integrity="sha512-GrZx46UtJMOVLWWM6lYoTCnrdLM1EvNps1yUI12PvhcIYpe4WfOrIwmNVjngz2OZhkNj8xvidH9NCovCobpoNQ==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/privatebin.js?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" integrity="sha512-sVyyVYPT9SWHwzqnG3KVpxDVDCQVE3Rb3xxe3aaXxMLPvsqzZSS/WnviVLzdT0K8hCeO2bqNLymW/5POz1u11w==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
 		<!--[if IE]>
 		<style type="text/css">body {padding-left:60px;padding-right:60px;} #ienotice {display:block;}</style>
 		<![endif]-->
diff --git a/tpl/page.php b/tpl/page.php
index 9e54e228..8947d533 100644
--- a/tpl/page.php
+++ b/tpl/page.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if ($MARKDOWN):
 endif;
 ?>
 		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/purify-1.0.10.js" integrity="sha512-CqskSFXERL38A1PJP9BlO04me7kmwgDIhN1+k24RoFiisEwXA0BMdm0lzJC7g5jCRZ4k5OYdOJGEqW9CwDl4CA==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
-		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/privatebin.js?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" integrity="sha512-GrZx46UtJMOVLWWM6lYoTCnrdLM1EvNps1yUI12PvhcIYpe4WfOrIwmNVjngz2OZhkNj8xvidH9NCovCobpoNQ==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" data-cfasync="false" src="js/privatebin.js?<?php echo rawurlencode($VERSION); ?>" integrity="sha512-sVyyVYPT9SWHwzqnG3KVpxDVDCQVE3Rb3xxe3aaXxMLPvsqzZSS/WnviVLzdT0K8hCeO2bqNLymW/5POz1u11w==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
 		<!--[if IE]>
 		<style type="text/css">body {padding-left:60px;padding-right:60px;} #ienotice {display:block;}</style>
 		<![endif]-->