diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index c4ca8f1..649a615 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 {
 	"manifest_version": 2,
 	"name": "Google Meet Caption Regex",
-	"version": "1.3",
+	"version": "1.4",
 
 	"description": "Send a notification when a caption in Google Meet matches a certain regex.",
 	"homepage_url": "https://gitlab.com/ceda_ei/google-meet-captions-regex",
 
 	"permissions": [
+		"background",
 		"notifications",
 		"storage"
 	],