diff --git a/typescript/src/lib/electrum/client.ts b/typescript/src/lib/electrum/client.ts
index 881f28564..e0b1a8f79 100644
--- a/typescript/src/lib/electrum/client.ts
+++ b/typescript/src/lib/electrum/client.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ import {
 } from "../bitcoin"
 import Electrum from "electrum-client-js"
 import { BigNumber } from "ethers"
-import { URL } from "url"
+import { URL as nodeURL } from "url"
 import { backoffRetrier, Hex, RetrierFn } from "../utils"
 
 import MainnetElectrumUrls from "./urls/mainnet.json"
 import TestnetElectrumUrls from "./urls/testnet.json"
 
+const browserURL = window.URL
+const URL = browserURL ?? nodeURL
+
 /**
  * Represents a set of credentials required to establish an Electrum connection.
  */
diff --git a/typescript/tsconfig.json b/typescript/tsconfig.json
index 8584d28ba..8f75788d7 100644
--- a/typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "ES2017",
     "module": "commonjs",
-    "lib": ["es2020"],
+    "lib": ["es2020", "dom"],
     "declaration": true,
     "declarationMap": true,
     "sourceMap": true,