diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
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+++ b/background.js
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+function autoCloseNewTab(tabId, changeInfo, tab) {
+	console.log(tabId, changeInfo, tab)
+	if (tab.url.trim() === "about:newtab")
+		browser.tabs.remove([tabId]);
+}
+browser.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(autoCloseNewTab);
diff --git a/icons/icon.svg b/icons/icon.svg
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+++ b/icons/icon.svg
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+   xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
+   xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   width="197mm"
+   height="197mm"
+   viewBox="0 0 197 197"
+   version="1.1"
+   id="svg8">
+  <defs
+     id="defs2">
+    <marker
+       style="overflow:visible"
+       id="DotL"
+       refX="0"
+       refY="0"
+       orient="auto">
+      <path
+         transform="matrix(0.8,0,0,0.8,5.92,0.8)"
+         style="fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:1pt"
+         d="m -2.5,-1 c 0,2.76 -2.24,5 -5,5 -2.76,0 -5,-2.24 -5,-5 0,-2.76 2.24,-5 5,-5 2.76,0 5,2.24 5,5 z"
+         id="path1648" />
+    </marker>
+    <clipPath
+       clipPathUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
+       id="clipPath905">
+      <g
+         id="use907"
+         style="fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:4.9;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1">
+        <path
+           style="fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:4.9;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1"
+           d="M 118.03172,93.555229 76.031829,135.55512"
+           id="path1581" />
+        <path
+           style="fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:4.9;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1"
+           d="M 76.031827,93.555231 118.03172,135.55513"
+           id="path1583" />
+      </g>
+    </clipPath>
+  </defs>
+  <metadata
+     id="metadata5">
+    <rdf:RDF>
+      <cc:Work
+         rdf:about="">
+        <dc:format>image/svg+xml</dc:format>
+        <dc:type
+           rdf:resource="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage" />
+        <dc:title></dc:title>
+      </cc:Work>
+    </rdf:RDF>
+  </metadata>
+  <g
+     id="layer1"
+     transform="translate(-7.1340476,-19.62085)">
+    <path
+       id="path875"
+       style="fill:#f5f5f5;fill-opacity:1;stroke:#b1b1b1;stroke-width:1.71;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1"
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+    <g
+       id="g901-6"
+       style="fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:#8d8d8d;stroke-width:5.5;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-dashoffset:0;stroke-opacity:1;paint-order:normal"
+       transform="translate(8.6022717,3.5653268)">
+      <path
+         style="fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:#8d8d8d;stroke-width:5.5;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-dashoffset:0;stroke-opacity:1;paint-order:normal"
+         d="M 118.03172,93.555229 76.031829,135.55512"
+         id="path895-7" />
+      <path
+         style="fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:#8d8d8d;stroke-width:5.5;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-dashoffset:0;stroke-opacity:1;paint-order:normal"
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+    </g>
+  </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
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+++ b/manifest.json
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+{
+	"manifest_version": 2,
+	"name": "Auto Close New Tab",
+	"version": "1.0",
+
+	"description": "Automatically closes the tab whenever you open a new tab.",
+	"homepage_url": "https://gitlab.com/ceda_ei/autoclose-newtab",
+
+	"icons": {
+		"48": "icons/icon.svg",
+		"96": "icons/icon.svg"
+	},
+
+	"permissions": [
+		"tabs"
+	],
+
+	"background": {
+		"scripts": ["background.js"]
+	}
+}