diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/push_notifications/registerer.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/push_notifications/registerer.js
index 336bbc6869..b3d3850e31 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/push_notifications/registerer.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/push_notifications/registerer.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import api from '../../api';
+import { me } from '../../initial_state';
 import { pushNotificationsSetting } from '../../settings';
+import { decode as decodeBase64 } from '../../utils/base64';
 
 import { setBrowserSupport, setSubscription, clearSubscription } from './setter';
 
@@ -10,13 +12,7 @@ const urlBase64ToUint8Array = (base64String) => {
     .replace(/-/g, '+')
     .replace(/_/g, '/');
 
-  const rawData = window.atob(base64);
-  const outputArray = new Uint8Array(rawData.length);
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < rawData.length; ++i) {
-    outputArray[i] = rawData.charCodeAt(i);
-  }
-  return outputArray;
+  return decodeBase64(base64);
 };
 
 const getApplicationServerKey = () => document.querySelector('[name="applicationServerKey"]').getAttribute('content');
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@ const subscribe = (registration) =>
 const unsubscribe = ({ registration, subscription }) =>
   subscription ? subscription.unsubscribe().then(() => registration) : registration;
 
-const sendSubscriptionToBackend = (getState, subscription, me) => {
+const sendSubscriptionToBackend = (subscription) => {
   const params = { subscription };
 
   if (me) {
@@ -46,7 +42,7 @@ const sendSubscriptionToBackend = (getState, subscription, me) => {
     }
   }
 
-  return api(getState).post('/api/web/push_subscriptions', params).then(response => response.data);
+  return api().post('/api/web/push_subscriptions', params).then(response => response.data);
 };
 
 // Last one checks for payload support: https://web-push-book.gauntface.com/chapter-06/01-non-standards-browsers/#no-payload
@@ -55,7 +51,6 @@ const supportsPushNotifications = ('serviceWorker' in navigator && 'PushManager'
 export function register () {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     dispatch(setBrowserSupport(supportsPushNotifications));
-    const me = getState().getIn(['meta', 'me']);
 
     if (supportsPushNotifications) {
       if (!getApplicationServerKey()) {
@@ -79,13 +74,13 @@ export function register () {
             } else {
               // Something went wrong, try to subscribe again
               return unsubscribe({ registration, subscription }).then(subscribe).then(
-                subscription => sendSubscriptionToBackend(getState, subscription, me));
+                subscription => sendSubscriptionToBackend(subscription));
             }
           }
 
           // No subscription, try to subscribe
           return subscribe(registration).then(
-            subscription => sendSubscriptionToBackend(getState, subscription, me));
+            subscription => sendSubscriptionToBackend(subscription));
         })
         .then(subscription => {
           // If we got a PushSubscription (and not a subscription object from the backend)
@@ -128,10 +123,9 @@ export function saveSettings() {
     const alerts = state.get('alerts');
     const data = { alerts };
 
-    api(getState).put(`/api/web/push_subscriptions/${subscription.get('id')}`, {
+    api().put(`/api/web/push_subscriptions/${subscription.get('id')}`, {
       data,
     }).then(() => {
-      const me = getState().getIn(['meta', 'me']);
       if (me) {
         pushNotificationsSetting.set(me, data);
       }
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/settings.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/settings.js
index 120ae133ed..3685b0684e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/settings.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/settings.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const debouncedSave = debounce((dispatch, getState) => {
 
   const data = getState().get('settings').filter((_, path) => path !== 'saved').toJS();
 
-  api(getState).put('/api/web/settings', { data })
+  api().put('/api/web/settings', { data })
     .then(() => dispatch({ type: SETTING_SAVE }))
     .catch(error => dispatch(showAlertForError(error)));
 }, 5000, { trailing: true });