diff --git a/js/expire.js b/js/expire.js
index ba200c41e..e76c64acf 100644
--- a/js/expire.js
+++ b/js/expire.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
   };
 
   // require for PoW to work
-  const setClockParams = async () => {
+  window.setClockParams = async () => {
     // Set server-client time difference
     const maxTimeDifferential = 30 + 15; // + 15 for onion requests
     const timeDifferential = await getTimeDifferential();
@@ -133,5 +133,5 @@
     window.clientClockSynced = Math.abs(timeDifferential) < maxTimeDifferential;
     return window.clientClockSynced;
   };
-  setClockParams();
+  window.setClockParams();
 })();
diff --git a/js/views/conversation_view.js b/js/views/conversation_view.js
index f6560102f..fbef3eb08 100644
--- a/js/views/conversation_view.js
+++ b/js/views/conversation_view.js
@@ -1914,8 +1914,13 @@
         toastOptions.id = 'expiredWarning';
       }
       if (!window.clientClockSynced) {
-        // Check to see if user has updated their clock to current time
-        const clockSynced = await window.LokiPublicChatAPI.setClockParams();
+        let clockSynced = false;
+        if (window.setClockParams) {
+          // Check to see if user has updated their clock to current time
+          clockSynced = await window.setClockParams();
+        } else {
+          window.log.info('setClockParams not loaded yet');
+        }
         if (clockSynced) {
           toastOptions.title = i18n('clockOutOfSync');
           toastOptions.id = 'clockOutOfSync';