diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index 7c57bda..ab28604 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -70,32 +70,36 @@ chrome.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener(function(info, tab) {
   let id = info.menuItemId;
   let url = null;
   if (id.endsWith('-page')) {
-    url = info.pageUrl;
+    url = processPageUrlEdgeCases(info.pageUrl);
   } else if (id.endsWith('-link')) {
     url = info.linkUrl;
   }
 
-  if (id.startsWith('resurrect-google-')) {
-    goToUrl(genGoogleUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
-  } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-googletext-')) {
-    goToUrl(genGoogleTextUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
-  } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-archive-')) {
-    goToUrl(genIaUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
-  } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-archivelist-')) {
-    goToUrl(genIaListUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
-  } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-archiveis-')) {
-    goToUrl(genArchiveIsUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
-  } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-webcitation-')) {
-    goToUrl(genWebCiteUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
-  } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-mementoweb-')) {
-    goToUrl(genMementoUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
-  } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-current-tab-')) {
+  if (url != null) {
+    if (id.startsWith('resurrect-google-')) {
+      goToUrl(genGoogleUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
+    } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-googletext-')) {
+      goToUrl(genGoogleTextUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
+    } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-archive-')) {
+      goToUrl(genIaUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
+    } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-archivelist-')) {
+      goToUrl(genIaListUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
+    } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-archiveis-')) {
+      goToUrl(genArchiveIsUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
+    } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-webcitation-')) {
+      goToUrl(genWebCiteUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
+    } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-mementoweb-')) {
+      goToUrl(genMementoUrl(url), openIn, tab.id);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (id.startsWith('resurrect-current-tab-')) {
     setOpenIn(openInEnum.CURRENT_TAB);
   } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-new-tab-')) {
-    setOpenIn(openInEnum.NEW_TAB);
+      setOpenIn(openInEnum.NEW_TAB);
   } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-bg-tab-')) {
-    setOpenIn(openInEnum.NEW_BGTAB);
+      setOpenIn(openInEnum.NEW_BGTAB);
   } else if (id.startsWith('resurrect-new-window-')) {
-    setOpenIn(openInEnum.NEW_WINDOW);
+      setOpenIn(openInEnum.NEW_WINDOW);
   }
 });
diff --git a/common.js b/common.js
index dce9aa6..afa1ca7 100644
--- a/common.js
+++ b/common.js
@@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ function genMementoUrl(url) {
 }
 
 
+/* process edge cases in the page URL
+ * file:// scheme pages and FF reader mode
+ */
+function processPageUrlEdgeCases(url) {
+  if (url.startsWith('about:reader?url=')) {
+    return decodeURIComponent(url.replace('about:reader?url=', ''));
+  }
+  else if (url.startsWith('file:') || url.startsWith('about:')) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return url;
+}
+
+
 function setOpenIn(where) {
   openIn = where;
   chrome.storage.local.set({openIn: openIn}, logLastError);
diff --git a/popup.js b/popup.js
index 879da25..24d2377 100644
--- a/popup.js
+++ b/popup.js
@@ -17,9 +17,16 @@ function resurrect(gen) {
   return function() {
     chrome.tabs.query({active: true, currentWindow: true}, tabObj => {
       logLastError();
-      let url = gen(tabObj[0].url);
-      console.info('Resurrecting via URL', url);
-      goToUrl(url, openIn, tabObj[0].id);
+
+      var url = processPageUrlEdgeCases(tabObj[0].url);
+
+      if (url != null)
+      {
+        let archiveUrl = gen(url);
+        console.info('Resurrecting via URL', archiveUrl);
+        goToUrl(archiveUrl, openIn, tabObj[0].id);
+      }
+
       window.close();
     });
   }