diff --git a/common/content/buffer.js b/common/content/buffer.js
index acbaf90c..bc17396d 100644
--- a/common/content/buffer.js
+++ b/common/content/buffer.js
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ function Buffer() //{{{
             if (arg && (liberator.has("Win32") || arg[0] != ">"))
                 return liberator.echoerr("E488: Trailing characters");
 
-            options.temporaryContext(function () {
+            options.withContext(function () {
                 if (arg)
                 {
                     options.setPref("print.print_to_file", "true");
diff --git a/common/content/liberator.js b/common/content/liberator.js
index 1bd45690..b1a6e095 100644
--- a/common/content/liberator.js
+++ b/common/content/liberator.js
@@ -1109,10 +1109,10 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                         if (!liberator.has("tabs"))
                             return open(urls, liberator.NEW_WINDOW);
 
-                        let tab = getBrowser().addTab(url, null, null, postdata);
-
-                        if (where == liberator.NEW_TAB)
-                            getBrowser().selectedTab = tab;
+                        options.withContext(function () {
+                            options.setPref("browser.tabs.loadInBackground", true);
+                            getBrowser().loadOneTab(url, null, null, postdata, where == liberator.NEW_BACKGROUND_TAB);
+                        });
                         break;
 
                     case liberator.NEW_WINDOW:
diff --git a/common/content/options.js b/common/content/options.js
index 95512ff0..b2ca0b1b 100644
--- a/common/content/options.js
+++ b/common/content/options.js
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ function Options() //{{{
                 storePreference(k, v);
         },
 
-        temporaryContext: function (fn, self)
+        withContext: function (fn, self)
         {
             try
             {