diff --git a/src/components/Preferences.vue b/src/components/Preferences.vue
index d3123820..3fdbc547 100644
--- a/src/components/Preferences.vue
+++ b/src/components/Preferences.vue
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export default {
                 { code: "ml", name: "Malayalam" },
                 { code: "nb_NO", name: "Norwegian Bokmål" },
                 { code: "tr", name: "Turkish" },
-                { code: 'bn', name: 'Bengali' }
+                { code: "bn", name: "Bengali" },
             ],
             enabledCodecs: ["av1", "vp9", "avc"],
         };
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export default {
                     });
             });
 
-        if (localStorage) {
+        if (this.testLocalStorage) {
             this.selectedInstance = this.getPreferenceString("instance", "https://pipedapi.kavin.rocks");
 
             this.sponsorBlock = this.getPreferenceBoolean("sponsorblock", true);
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export default {
     },
     methods: {
         onChange() {
-            if (localStorage) {
+            if (this.testLocalStorage) {
                 var shouldReload = false;
 
                 if (
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 13775325..3c9c57a9 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const mixin = {
             var value;
             if (
                 (value = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get(key)) !== null ||
-                (localStorage && (value = localStorage.getItem(key)) !== null)
+                (this.testLocalStorage && (value = localStorage.getItem(key)) !== null)
             ) {
                 switch (String(value).toLowerCase()) {
                     case "true":
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ const mixin = {
             var value;
             if (
                 (value = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get(key)) !== null ||
-                (localStorage && (value = localStorage.getItem(key)) !== null)
+                (this.testLocalStorage && (value = localStorage.getItem(key)) !== null)
             ) {
                 return value;
             } else return defaultVal;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ const mixin = {
             var value;
             if (
                 (value = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get(key)) !== null ||
-                (localStorage && (value = localStorage.getItem(key)) !== null)
+                (this.testLocalStorage && (value = localStorage.getItem(key)) !== null)
             ) {
                 return Number(value);
             } else return defaultVal;
@@ -202,6 +202,14 @@ const mixin = {
         authenticated(_this) {
             return _this.getAuthToken() !== undefined;
         },
+        testLocalStorage() {
+            try {
+                if (window.localStorage !== undefined) localStorage;
+                return true;
+            } catch {
+                return false;
+            }
+        },
     },
 };