diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/helmet.js b/app/soapbox/components/helmet.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e86883b4..000000000
--- a/app/soapbox/components/helmet.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import React from 'react';
-import { Helmet } from'react-helmet';
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
-
-import { getSettings } from 'soapbox/actions/settings';
-// import sourceCode from 'soapbox/utils/code';
-import FaviconService from 'soapbox/utils/favicon_service';
-
-FaviconService.initFaviconService();
-
-const getNotifTotals = state => {
-  const notifications = state.getIn(['notifications', 'unread'], 0);
-  const chats = state.getIn(['chats', 'items']).reduce((acc, curr) => acc + Math.min(curr.get('unread', 0), 1), 0);
-  const reports = state.getIn(['admin', 'openReports']).count();
-  const approvals = state.getIn(['admin', 'awaitingApproval']).count();
-  return notifications + chats + reports + approvals;
-};
-
-const mapStateToProps = state => {
-  const settings = getSettings(state);
-
-  return {
-    siteTitle: state.getIn(['instance', 'title']),
-    unreadCount: getNotifTotals(state),
-    demetricator: settings.get('demetricator'),
-  };
-};
-
-class SoapboxHelmet extends React.Component {
-
-  static propTypes = {
-    siteTitle: PropTypes.string,
-    children: PropTypes.node,
-    unreadCount: PropTypes.number,
-    demetricator: PropTypes.bool,
-  };
-
-  hasUnread = () => {
-    const { unreadCount, demetricator } = this.props;
-    return !(unreadCount < 1 || demetricator);
-  }
-
-  addCounter = title => {
-    const { unreadCount } = this.props;
-    const hasUnread = this.hasUnread();
-    return hasUnread ? `(${unreadCount}) ${title}` : title;
-  }
-
-  updateFaviconBadge = () => {
-    const hasUnread = this.hasUnread();
-
-    if (hasUnread) {
-      FaviconService.drawFaviconBadge();
-    } else {
-      FaviconService.clearFaviconBadge();
-    }
-  }
-
-  componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
-    if (this.props.unreadCount !== prevProps.unreadCount || this.props.demetricator !== prevProps.demetricator) {
-      this.updateFaviconBadge();
-    }
-  }
-
-  componentDidMount() {
-    this.updateFaviconBadge();
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    const { siteTitle, children } = this.props;
-
-    return (
-      <Helmet
-        titleTemplate={this.addCounter(`%s | ${siteTitle}`)}
-        defaultTitle={this.addCounter(siteTitle)}
-        defer={false}
-      >
-        {children}
-      </Helmet>
-    );
-  }
-
-}
-
-export default withRouter(connect(mapStateToProps)(SoapboxHelmet));
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/helmet.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/helmet.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7eee6538c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/helmet.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { Helmet as ReactHelmet } from'react-helmet';
+
+import { useAppSelector, useSettings } from 'soapbox/hooks';
+import FaviconService from 'soapbox/utils/favicon_service';
+
+FaviconService.initFaviconService();
+
+const getNotifTotals = (state: any) => {
+  const notifications = state.getIn(['notifications', 'unread'], 0);
+  const chats = state.getIn(['chats', 'items']).reduce((acc: any, curr: any) => acc + Math.min(curr.get('unread', 0), 1), 0);
+  const reports = state.getIn(['admin', 'openReports']).count();
+  const approvals = state.getIn(['admin', 'awaitingApproval']).count();
+  return notifications + chats + reports + approvals;
+};
+
+const Helmet: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
+  const settings = useSettings();
+
+  const title = useAppSelector((state) => state.instance.get('title'));
+  const unreadCount = useAppSelector((state) => getNotifTotals(state));
+  const demetricator = useAppSelector((state) => settings.get('demetricator'));
+
+  const hasUnreadNotifications = React.useMemo(() => !(unreadCount < 1 || demetricator), [unreadCount, demetricator]);
+
+  const addCounter = (string: string) => {
+    return hasUnreadNotifications ? `(${unreadCount}) ${title}` : title;
+  };
+
+  const updateFaviconBadge = () => {
+    if (hasUnreadNotifications) {
+      FaviconService.drawFaviconBadge();
+    } else {
+      FaviconService.clearFaviconBadge();
+    }
+  };
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    updateFaviconBadge();
+  }, [unreadCount, demetricator]);
+
+  return (
+    <ReactHelmet
+      titleTemplate={addCounter(`%s | ${title}`)}
+      defaultTitle={addCounter(title)}
+      defer={false}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </ReactHelmet>
+  );
+};
+
+export default Helmet;
diff --git a/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js b/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js
index f9ddf8bb1..c1a7db84e 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js
@@ -166,15 +166,16 @@ class SoapboxMount extends React.PureComponent {
 
     return (
       <IntlProvider locale={locale} messages={this.state.messages}>
+        <Helmet>
+          <html lang='en' className={classNames({ dark: this.props.themeMode === 'dark' })} />
+          <body className={bodyClass} />
+          {themeCss && <style id='theme' type='text/css'>{`:root{${themeCss}}`}</style>}
+          <meta name='theme-color' content={this.props.brandColor} />
+        </Helmet>
+
         <ErrorBoundary>
           <BrowserRouter basename={FE_SUBDIRECTORY}>
             <>
-              <Helmet>
-                <html lang='en' className={classNames({ dark: this.props.themeMode === 'dark' })} />
-                <body className={bodyClass} />
-                {themeCss && <style id='theme' type='text/css'>{`:root{${themeCss}}`}</style>}
-                <meta name='theme-color' content={this.props.brandColor} />
-              </Helmet>
               <ScrollContext shouldUpdateScroll={this.shouldUpdateScroll}>
                 <Switch>
                   <Redirect from='/v1/verify_email/:token' to='/auth/verify/email/:token' />
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4baa47fc..4ec9a6372 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "@types/escape-html": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/http-link-header": "^1.0.3",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.180",
+    "@types/react-helmet": "^6.1.5",
     "@types/react-router-dom": "^5.3.3",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.4",
     "array-includes": "^3.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8cb374efb..26d2650a6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2095,6 +2095,13 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/q/-/q-1.5.5.tgz#75a2a8e7d8ab4b230414505d92335d1dcb53a6df"
   integrity sha512-L28j2FcJfSZOnL1WBjDYp2vUHCeIFlyYI/53EwD/rKUBQ7MtUUfbQWiyKJGpcnv4/WgrhWsFKrcPstcAt/J0tQ==
 
+"@types/react-helmet@^6.1.5":
+  version "6.1.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react-helmet/-/react-helmet-6.1.5.tgz#35f89a6b1646ee2bc342a33a9a6c8777933f9083"
+  integrity sha512-/ICuy7OHZxR0YCAZLNg9r7I9aijWUWvxaPR6uTuyxe8tAj5RL4Sw1+R6NhXUtOsarkGYPmaHdBDvuXh2DIN/uA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/react" "*"
+
 "@types/react-redux@^7.1.16":
   version "7.1.18"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react-redux/-/react-redux-7.1.18.tgz#2bf8fd56ebaae679a90ebffe48ff73717c438e04"