diff --git a/web/app.react.js b/web/app.react.js
--- a/web/app.react.js
+++ b/web/app.react.js
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
   createLoadingStatusSelector,
   combineLoadingStatuses,
 } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
-import { unreadCount } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 import { isLoggedIn } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import type { Dispatch } from 'lib/types/redux-types.js';
 import { registerConfig } from 'lib/utils/config.js';
 import { WagmiENSCacheProvider, wagmiClient } from 'lib/utils/wagmi-utils.js';
 
+import useBadgeHandler from './badge-handler.react.js';
 import Calendar from './calendar/calendar.react.js';
 import Chat from './chat/chat.react.js';
 import { TooltipProvider } from './chat/tooltip-provider.js';
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 import Splash from './splash/splash.react.js';
 import './typography.css';
 import css from './style.css';
-import getTitle from './title/getTitle.js';
 import { type NavInfo } from './types/nav-types.js';
 import { canonicalURLFromReduxState, navInfoFromURL } from './url-utils.js';
 
@@ -309,11 +308,7 @@
         !!state.threadStore.threadInfos[activeChatThreadID]?.currentUser.unread,
     );
 
-    const boundUnreadCount = useSelector(unreadCount);
-    React.useEffect(() => {
-      document.title = getTitle(boundUnreadCount);
-      electron?.setBadge(boundUnreadCount === 0 ? null : boundUnreadCount);
-    }, [boundUnreadCount]);
+    useBadgeHandler();
 
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
     const modalContext = useModalContext();
diff --git a/web/badge-handler.react.js b/web/badge-handler.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/badge-handler.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
+
+import { unreadCount } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors.js';
+
+import electron from './electron.js';
+import getTitle from './title/getTitle.js';
+
+function useBadgeHandler() {
+  const boundUnreadCount = useSelector(unreadCount);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    document.title = getTitle(boundUnreadCount);
+    electron?.setBadge(boundUnreadCount === 0 ? null : boundUnreadCount);
+  }, [boundUnreadCount]);
+}
+
+export default useBadgeHandler;