diff --git a/src/background/background.ts b/src/background/background.ts
index e22acf35ff7..108e187f55b 100755
--- a/src/background/background.ts
+++ b/src/background/background.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   inferLegacyMessage,
 } from './legacy-external-message-handler';
 import { popupCenter } from './popup-center';
+import { requestAccounts } from './methods/request-accounts';
 
 initSentry();
 initContextMenuActions();
@@ -59,13 +60,7 @@ chrome.runtime.onConnect.addListener(port =>
 
         switch (message.method) {
           case RpcMethods[RpcMethods.stx_requestAccounts]: {
-            const params = new URLSearchParams();
-            params.set('tabId', port.sender.tab.id.toString());
-            params.set('id', message.id);
-            params.set('origin', port.sender.origin.toString());
-            popupCenter({
-              url: `/popup-center.html#${RouteUrls.AccountRequest}?${params.toString()}`,
-            });
+            requestAccounts(port.sender.tab.id, port.sender.origin, message);
             break;
           }
         }
diff --git a/src/background/methods/request-accounts.ts b/src/background/methods/request-accounts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..70933c2d642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/background/methods/request-accounts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { popupCenter } from '@background/popup-center';
+import { SupportedRpcMessages } from '@shared/message-types';
+import { RouteUrls } from '@shared/route-urls';
+
+export function requestAccounts(tabId: number, origin: string, message: SupportedRpcMessages) {
+  const params = new URLSearchParams();
+
+  params.set('tabId', tabId.toString());
+  params.set('id', message.id);
+  params.set('origin', origin.toString());
+
+  popupCenter({
+    url: `/popup-center.html#${RouteUrls.AccountRequest}?${params.toString()}`,
+  });
+}