diff --git a/common/components/protocols.js b/common/components/protocols.js
index da602c2b..e925da69 100644
--- a/common/components/protocols.js
+++ b/common/components/protocols.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // This work is licensed for reuse under an MIT license. Details are
 // given in the LICENSE.txt file included with this file.
 "use strict";
-
 function reportError(e) {
     dump("dactyl: protocols: " + e + "\n" + (e.stack || Error().stack));
     Cu.reportError(e);
@@ -61,11 +60,17 @@ function redirect(to, orig, time) {
 function Factory(clas) ({
     __proto__: clas.prototype,
     createInstance: function (outer, iid) {
-        if (outer != null)
-            throw Components.results.NS_ERROR_NO_AGGREGATION;
-        if (!clas.instance)
-            clas.instance = new clas();
-        return clas.instance.QueryInterface(iid);
+        try {
+            if (outer != null)
+                throw Components.results.NS_ERROR_NO_AGGREGATION;
+            if (!clas.instance)
+                clas.instance = new clas();
+            return clas.instance.QueryInterface(iid);
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            reportError(e);
+            throw e;
+        }
     }
 });
 
diff --git a/common/modules/config.jsm b/common/modules/config.jsm
index 092e698d..6e5645b2 100644
--- a/common/modules/config.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/config.jsm
@@ -728,8 +728,6 @@ config.INIT = update(Object.create(config.INIT), config.INIT, {
 
 endModule();
 
-config.loadStyles();
-
 } catch(e){ if (isString(e)) e = Error(e); dump(e.fileName+":"+e.lineNumber+": "+e+"\n" + e.stack); }
 
 // vim: set fdm=marker sw=4 sts=4 et ft=javascript:
diff --git a/common/modules/overlay.jsm b/common/modules/overlay.jsm
index 756c0eca..7b73be7c 100644
--- a/common/modules/overlay.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/overlay.jsm
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ var Overlay = Module("Overlay", {
     init: function () {
         services["dactyl:"]; // Hack. Force module initialization.
 
+        config.loadStyles();
+
         util.overlayWindow(config.overlayChrome, function (window) ({
             init: function (document) {
                 /**