diff --git a/src/extension/background-script/connectors/alby.ts b/src/extension/background-script/connectors/alby.ts
index 38af1df487..2e5a9aa916 100644
--- a/src/extension/background-script/connectors/alby.ts
+++ b/src/extension/background-script/connectors/alby.ts
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ export default class Alby implements Connector {
         throw new Error("OAuth client credentials missing");
       }
 
-      const redirectURL = browser.identity.getRedirectURL();
+      const redirectURL = "https://getalby.com/extension/connect";
+
       const authClient = new auth.OAuth2User({
         request_options: this._getRequestOptions(),
         client_id: clientId,
@@ -273,8 +274,6 @@ export default class Alby implements Connector {
           }
           return authClient;
         } catch (error) {
-          // if auth token refresh fails, the refresh token has probably expired or is invalid
-          // the user will be asked to re-login
           console.error("Failed to request new auth token", error);
         }
       }
@@ -285,28 +284,62 @@ export default class Alby implements Connector {
       });
 
       authUrl += "&webln=false"; // stop getalby.com login modal launching lnurl auth
-      const authResult = await this.launchWebAuthFlow(authUrl);
-      const code = new URL(authResult).searchParams.get("code");
-      if (!code) {
-        throw new Error("Authentication failed: missing authResult");
-      }
 
-      const token = await authClient.requestAccessToken(code);
-      await this._updateOAuthToken(token.token);
-      return authClient;
+      const oAuthTab = await browser.tabs.create({ url: authUrl });
+
+      return new Promise<auth.OAuth2User>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const handleTabUpdated = (
+          tabId: number,
+          changeInfo: browser.Tabs.OnUpdatedChangeInfoType,
+          tab: browser.Tabs.Tab
+        ) => {
+          if (changeInfo.status === "complete" && tabId === oAuthTab.id) {
+            const authorizationCode = this.extractCodeFromTabUrl(tab.url);
+
+            if (!authorizationCode) {
+              throw new Error("no authorization code");
+            }
+
+            authClient
+              .requestAccessToken(authorizationCode)
+              .then((token) => {
+                this._updateOAuthToken(token.token);
+                resolve(authClient);
+              })
+              .catch((error) => {
+                console.error("Failed to request new auth token", error);
+                reject(error);
+              })
+              .finally(() => {
+                browser.tabs.remove(tabId);
+                browser.tabs.onUpdated.removeListener(handleTabUpdated);
+              });
+          }
+        };
+        const handleTabRemoved = (tabId: number) => {
+          if (tabId === oAuthTab.id) {
+            // The user closed the authentication tab without completing the flow
+            const error = new Error("OAuth authentication canceled by user");
+            reject(error);
+            browser.tabs.onRemoved.removeListener(handleTabRemoved);
+          }
+        };
+
+        browser.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(handleTabUpdated);
+        browser.tabs.onRemoved.addListener(handleTabRemoved);
+      });
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(error);
       throw error;
     }
   }
 
-  async launchWebAuthFlow(authUrl: string) {
-    const authResult = await browser.identity.launchWebAuthFlow({
-      interactive: true,
-      url: authUrl,
-    });
-
-    return authResult;
+  private extractCodeFromTabUrl(url: string | undefined): string | null {
+    if (!url) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const urlSearchParams = new URLSearchParams(url.split("?")[1]);
+    return urlSearchParams.get("code");
   }
 
   private async _request<T>(func: (client: Client) => T) {
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index f1e002c544..0bf05a879d 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -51,58 +51,24 @@ if (clientId && clientSecret) {
   );
 } else {
   const oauthCredentials = {
-    development: {
-      testnet: {
-        chrome: {
-          id: "CLAp8AfS3W",
-          secret: "KwIxF0VbGX2ZHLbbbYgE",
-        },
-        firefox: {
-          id: "zWdxnF04Hd",
-          secret: "wY5uLJJDjNWrDlB6lAj8",
-        },
-      },
-      mainnet: {
-        chrome: {
-          id: "Zf7u3Zlyxl",
-          secret: "7wtcdVi61emqwzAH9Nm6",
-        },
-        firefox: {
-          id: "uQkyHFBkaC",
-          secret: "0agh0cKkGWQSXTGRz9oy",
-        },
-      },
+    testnet: {
+      id: "TliTCTtJ49",
+      secret: "35RixI2gv0xloVYA0Iq3",
     },
-    production: {
-      testnet: {
-        // only chrome is used for E2E tests
-        chrome: {
-          id: "mI5TEUKCwD",
-          secret: "47lxj2WNCJyVpxiy6vgq",
-        },
-      },
-      mainnet: {
-        chrome: {
-          id: "R7lZBSqfQt",
-          secret: "W4yWprd5ib6OSfq27InN",
-        },
-        firefox: {
-          id: "V682entasX",
-          secret: "GhL3g37I3NAwzavCB3A5",
-        },
-      },
+    mainnet: {
+      id: "NT8bFB23Sk",
+      secret: "wWp7BPpYOm1H0GwSVVpY",
     },
   };
 
   // setup ALBY_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID
-  const selectedOAuthCredentials =
-    oauthCredentials[nodeEnv]?.[network]?.[oauthBrowser];
+  const selectedOAuthCredentials = oauthCredentials[network];
   if (!selectedOAuthCredentials) {
     throw new Error(
-      `No OAuth credentials found for current configuration: NODE_ENV=${nodeEnv} network=${network} oauthBrowser=${oauthBrowser}`
+      `No OAuth credentials found for current configuration: network=${network}`
     );
   }
-  console.info("Using OAuth credentials for", nodeEnv, oauthBrowser, network);
+  console.info("Using OAuth credentials for", network);
   process.env.ALBY_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID = selectedOAuthCredentials.id;
   process.env.ALBY_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET = selectedOAuthCredentials.secret;
 }