diff --git a/background.html b/background.html
index 442dc9360192..77fcf45480ba 100644
--- a/background.html
+++ b/background.html
@@ -27,6 +27,50 @@
             style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline';"
     />
     <title>Signal</title>
+    <link
+      rel="preload"
+      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-BoldItalic.woff2"
+      as="font"
+      crossorigin
+      type="font/woff2"
+    />
+    <link
+      rel="preload"
+      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-Bold.woff2"
+      as="font"
+      type="font/woff2"
+      crossorigin
+    />
+    <link
+      rel="preload"
+      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-SemiBoldItalic.woff2"
+      as="font"
+      type="font/woff2"
+      crossorigin
+    />
+    <link
+      rel="preload"
+      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-Italic.woff2"
+      as="font"
+      type="font/woff2"
+      crossorigin
+    />
+    <link
+      rel="preload"
+      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-SemiBold.woff2"
+      as="font"
+      type="font/woff2"
+      crossorigin
+    />
+    <link
+      rel="preload"
+      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-Regular.woff2"
+      as="font"
+      type="font/woff2"
+      crossorigin
+    />
+    <link rel="preload" href="images/signal-logo.svg" as="image" crossorigin />
+
     <link
       href="node_modules/sanitize.css/sanitize.css"
       rel="stylesheet"
@@ -38,43 +82,6 @@
       type="text/css"
     />
     <link href="stylesheets/manifest.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
-    <link
-      rel="preload"
-      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-BoldItalic.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-    />
-    <link
-      rel="preload"
-      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-Bold.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-    />
-    <link
-      rel="preload"
-      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-SemiBoldItalic.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-    />
-    <link
-      rel="preload"
-      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-Italic.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-    />
-    <link
-      rel="preload"
-      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-SemiBold.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-    />
-    <link
-      rel="preload"
-      href="fonts/inter-v3.10/Inter-Regular.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-    />
-    <link rel="preload" href="images/signal-logo.svg" as="image" />
 
     <!--
     When making changes to these templates, be sure to update test/index.html as well
@@ -140,7 +147,7 @@
             <span class="dot"></span>
             <span class="dot"></span>
           </div>
-          <div class="message"></div>
+          <div class="message">&nbsp;</div>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>