diff --git a/lib/multicast.js b/lib/multicast.js
index d2754ac9..4f1c7773 100644
--- a/lib/multicast.js
+++ b/lib/multicast.js
@@ -1,33 +1,29 @@
-var Gun = (typeof window !== 'undefined')? window.Gun : require('../gun');
-
-var MULTICAST_ADDR = '233.255.255.255';
-var MULTICAST_INTERVAL = 1000;
-var PORT = 20000;
-var DEFAULT_GUN_PORT = 8765;
-var ENC = 'utf8';
+var Gun = (typeof window !== "undefined")? window.Gun : require('../gun');
 
 Gun.on('create', function(root){
 	this.to.next(root);
-	var opt = root.opt, u;
+	var opt = root.opt;
+	if(typeof window !== "undefined"){
+		return; // do nothing for now - Chrome extensions could use multicast though
+	}
 	if(false === opt.multicast){ return }
 	opt.multicast = opt.multicast || {};
-	if(typeof window === 'undefined'){
-		nodeMulticast(root, opt);
-	} else if (chrome && chrome.sockets && chrome.sockets.udp) {
-		chromeMulticast(root, opt);
-	}
-});
 
-function nodeMulticast(root, opt) {
-	var dgram = require('dgram');
-  var process = require('process');
+  var MULTICAST_ADDR = "233.255.255.255";
+	var MULTICAST_INTERVAL = 1000;
+  var PORT = 20000;
+	var DEFAULT_GUN_PORT = 8765;
+  var ENC = 'utf8';
 
-  socket = dgram.createSocket({ type: 'udp4', reuseAddr: true });
+  var dgram = require("dgram");
+  var process = require("process");
+
+  socket = dgram.createSocket({ type: "udp4", reuseAddr: true });
 
   socket.bind(PORT);
 
   var address;
-  socket.on('listening', function() {
+  socket.on("listening", function() {
     socket.addMembership(MULTICAST_ADDR);
 		if (opt.multicast && opt.multicast.port) { // if port is specified, advertise our node
 			console.log(`Advertising this node (port ${opt.multicast.port}) on multicast (${MULTICAST_ADDR})`);
@@ -45,11 +41,11 @@ function nodeMulticast(root, opt) {
     };
     var message = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(msgObj), ENC);
     socket.send(message, 0, message.length, PORT, MULTICAST_ADDR, function() {
-      // console.info(`Sending message '${message}'`);
+      // console.info(`Sending message "${message}"`);
     });
   }
 
-  socket.on('message', function(message, rinfo) {
+  socket.on("message", function(message, rinfo) {
     try {
       var msgObj = JSON.parse(message.toString(ENC));
       if (!(msgObj.gun && msgObj.gun.port)) { return }
@@ -62,40 +58,4 @@ function nodeMulticast(root, opt) {
       // console.error(`Received multicast from ${rinfo.address}:${rinfo.port} but failed to connect:`, e);
     }
   });
-}
-
-function chromeMulticast(root, opt) {
-	chrome.sockets.udp.create({bufferSize: 1024 * 1024}, function (createInfo) {
-    var socketId = createInfo.socketId;
-    var ttl = 12;
-    chrome.sockets.udp.setMulticastTimeToLive(socketId, ttl, function (result) {
-      if (result != 0) {
-        console.error('Set TTL Error: ', 'Unknown error');
-      }
-      chrome.sockets.udp.bind(socketId, '0.0.0.0', PORT, function (result) {
-        if (result != 0) {
-          chrome.sockets.udp.close(socketId, function () {
-            console.error('Error on bind(): ', result);
-          });
-        } else {
-          chrome.sockets.udp.joinGroup(socketId, MULTICAST_ADDR, function (result) {
-            if (result != 0) {
-              chrome.sockets.udp.close(socketId, function () {
-                console.error('Error on joinGroup(): ', result);
-              });
-            } else {
-              me.socketId = socketId;
-              chrome.sockets.udp.onReceive.addListener(info => {
-								console.log('msg received', info);
-							});
-              chrome.sockets.udp.onReceiveError.addListener(info => {
-								console.error('receive error');
-							});
-              console.log('Chrome multicast socket listening');
-            }
-          });
-        }
-      });
-    });
-  });
-}
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0222ac12..c6601276 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "gun",
-  "version": "0.9.101",
+  "version": "0.9.102",
   "description": "A realtime, decentralized, offline-first, graph data synchronization engine.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "browser": "gun.min.js",