diff --git a/extension/background.js b/extension/background.js
index 5345cb5..65fa179 100644
--- a/extension/background.js
+++ b/extension/background.js
@@ -153,15 +153,23 @@ async function navOpen({ url, background, window: windowName, group: groupNameOr
   }
   const tab = await chrome.tabs.create({ url, active: !background, windowId });
   if (groupNameOrId != null) {
-    const groupId = await resolveGroupId(groupNameOrId);
-    // Close any blank placeholder tabs that were created when the group was made
-    const groupTabs = await chrome.tabs.query({ groupId });
-    const placeholders = groupTabs.filter(t =>
-      t.id !== tab.id &&
-      (t.url === "chrome://newtab/" || t.url === "about:blank" || t.pendingUrl === "chrome://newtab/")
-    );
-    await chrome.tabs.group({ tabIds: [tab.id], groupId });
-    if (placeholders.length) await chrome.tabs.remove(placeholders.map(t => t.id));
+    let groupId;
+    try {
+      groupId = await resolveGroupId(groupNameOrId);
+      // Close any blank placeholder tabs that were created when the group was made
+      const groupTabs = await chrome.tabs.query({ groupId });
+      const placeholders = groupTabs.filter(t =>
+        t.id !== tab.id &&
+        (t.url === "chrome://newtab/" || t.url === "about:blank" || t.pendingUrl === "chrome://newtab/")
+      );
+      await chrome.tabs.group({ tabIds: [tab.id], groupId });
+      if (placeholders.length) await chrome.tabs.remove(placeholders.map(t => t.id));
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (!e.message.startsWith("No tab group found")) throw e;
+      // Group doesn't exist — create it with the tab already in it
+      groupId = await chrome.tabs.group({ tabIds: [tab.id] });
+      await chrome.tabGroups.update(groupId, { title: String(groupNameOrId) });
+    }
   }
   return { id: tab.id, url: tab.url };
 }