diff --git a/app/bg/browser.js b/app/bg/browser.js
index 228de49acb..0fb5cc1ab8 100644
--- a/app/bg/browser.js
+++ b/app/bg/browser.js
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ export const WEBAPI = {
   setSidebarResizeModeEnabled,
   moveWindow,
   maximizeWindow,
+  toggleWindowMaximized,
+  minimizeWindow,
+  closeWindow,
   resizeSiteInfo,
   refreshTabState,
 
@@ -430,6 +433,25 @@ export async function maximizeWindow () {
   win.maximize()
 }
 
+async function toggleWindowMaximized () {
+  var win = findWebContentsParentWindow(this.sender)
+  if (win.isMaximized()) {
+    win.unmaximize()
+  } else {
+    win.maximize()
+  }
+}
+
+async function minimizeWindow () {
+  var win = findWebContentsParentWindow(this.sender)
+  win.minimize()
+}
+
+async function closeWindow () {
+  var win = findWebContentsParentWindow(this.sender)
+  win.close()
+}
+
 export function resizeSiteInfo (bounds) {
   var win = findWebContentsParentWindow(this.sender)
   if (!win) return
diff --git a/app/bg/web-apis/manifests/internal/browser.js b/app/bg/web-apis/manifests/internal/browser.js
index 49fa612b40..8500077546 100644
--- a/app/bg/web-apis/manifests/internal/browser.js
+++ b/app/bg/web-apis/manifests/internal/browser.js
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ export default {
   setSidebarResizeModeEnabled: 'promise',
   moveWindow: 'promise',
   maximizeWindow: 'promise',
+  toggleWindowMaximized: 'promise',
+  minimizeWindow: 'promise',
+  closeWindow: 'promise',
   resizeSiteInfo: 'promise',
   refreshTabState: 'promise',
 
diff --git a/app/fg/shell-window/win32.js b/app/fg/shell-window/win32.js
index 6a94ba4998..320ac40bd8 100644
--- a/app/fg/shell-window/win32.js
+++ b/app/fg/shell-window/win32.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* globals customElements */
 import { LitElement, html, css } from '../vendor/lit-element/lit-element'
-// import * as bg from './bg-process-rpc'
-import { remote } from 'electron'
+import * as bg from './bg-process-rpc'
 
 class ShellWindowWin32 extends LitElement {
   // rendering
@@ -21,20 +20,15 @@ class ShellWindowWin32 extends LitElement {
   // =
 
   onClickMinimize () {
-    remote.getCurrentWindow().minimize()
+    bg.beakerBrowser.minimizeWindow()
   }
 
   onClickMaximize () {
-    var win = remote.getCurrentWindow()
-    if (win.isMaximized()) {
-      win.unmaximize()
-    } else {
-      win.maximize()
-    }
+    bg.beakerBrowser.toggleWindowMaximized()
   }
 
   onClickClose () {
-    remote.getCurrentWindow().close()
+    bg.beakerBrowser.closeWindow()
   }
 }
 ShellWindowWin32.styles = css`