diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index ea2eb8f..b60221f 100755
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ ext_api.webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders.addListener(function(details) {
       header_referer = details.initiator;
 
   // remove cookies for sites medium platform (custom domains)
-  var medium_custom_domain = (matchUrlDomain('cdn-client.medium.com', details.url) && !matchUrlDomain(['medium.com', 'towardsdatascience.com'], header_referer) && enabledSites.includes('###_medium_custom'));
+  var medium_custom_domain = (matchUrlDomain('cdn-client.medium.com', details.url) && ['script'].includes(details.type) && !matchUrlDomain(['medium.com', 'towardsdatascience.com'], header_referer) && enabledSites.includes('###_medium_custom'));
   if (medium_custom_domain) {
     let mc_domain = urlHost(header_referer);
     if (!use_twitter_referer.includes(mc_domain)) {
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ ext_api.webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders.addListener(function(details) {
   }
 
   // set googlebot-useragent for Gannett sites
-  var usa_gannett_domain = (matchUrlDomain('gannett-cdn.com', details.url) && !matchUrlDomain(['usatoday.com'], header_referer) && enabledSites.includes('###_usa_gannett'));
+  var usa_gannett_domain = (matchUrlDomain('gannett-cdn.com', details.url) && ['xmlhttprequest'].includes(details.type) && !matchUrlDomain(['usatoday.com'], header_referer) && enabledSites.includes('###_usa_gannett'));
   if (usa_gannett_domain) {
     let gn_domain = urlHost(header_referer);
     if (!use_google_bot.includes(gn_domain)) {
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index a097566..b5c5d81 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Changelog Bypass Paywalls Clean - Chrome
 
 Post-release
 Add Newsday (local USA)
+Fix-update Gannett Group (identify on xhr only)
 Fix-update Gazet van Antwerpen
 
 * v2.1.1.0 (2021-03-07)