diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/sync.js b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/sync.js
index 6546f4b498..9c50c78513 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/sync.js
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/sync.js
@@ -2261,21 +2261,18 @@ Zotero.Sync.Server = new function () {
 					// instead of creating its own dialog, but setSyncIcon() doesn't yet provide full control
 					// over dialog title and primary button text/action, which is why this version of the
 					// dialog is a bit uglier than the manual click version
-					if (Zotero.Sync.Runner.background) {
-						// TODO: localize and combine with below
-						var msg = "The Zotero sync server did not accept your username and password.\n\n"
-									+ "Please check that you have entered your zotero.org login information correctly in the Zotero sync preferences.";
-						e.data = {};
-						e.data.dialogText = msg;
-						e.data.dialogButtonText = Zotero.getString('sync.openSyncPreferences');
-						e.data.dialogButtonCallback = function () {
-							var wm = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1"]
-									.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator);
-							var win = wm.getMostRecentWindow("navigator:browser");
-							win.ZoteroPane.openPreferences("zotero-prefpane-sync");
-						};
-						break;
-					}
+					// TODO: localize and combine with below
+					var msg = "The Zotero sync server did not accept your username and password.\n\n"
+								+ "Please check that you have entered your zotero.org login information correctly in the Zotero sync preferences.";
+					e.data = {};
+					e.data.dialogText = msg;
+					e.data.dialogButtonText = Zotero.getString('sync.openSyncPreferences');
+					e.data.dialogButtonCallback = function () {
+						var wm = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1"]
+								.getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator);
+						var win = wm.getMostRecentWindow("navigator:browser");
+						win.ZoteroPane.openPreferences("zotero-prefpane-sync");
+					};
 					
 					// Manual click
 					setTimeout(function () {