diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad238d574f..59f2bb83d2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ dist/*
 artifacts/*
 coverage/*
 lib/
+
+# IDE
+/.idea/*
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ab47241732..337d0c6d9c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "web-ext",
-  "version": "7.6.0",
+  "version": "7.7.0",
   "description": "A command line tool to help build, run, and test web extensions",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "index.js",
diff --git a/src/firefox/remote.js b/src/firefox/remote.js
index 6e802d1073..662b6e0a56 100644
--- a/src/firefox/remote.js
+++ b/src/firefox/remote.js
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ export class RemoteFirefox {
   async reloadAddon(addonId) {
     const addon = await this.getInstalledAddon(addonId);
     await this.checkForAddonReloading(addon);
-    await this.addonRequest(addon, 'reload');
+    // todo: query opened tabs, filter those with "moz-extension://" URLs, each of them navigate to "about:blank", then reload the addon and then for each of them again call "goBack"
+    const response = await this.addonRequest(addon, 'reload');
+    log.debug('Firefox response:', response);
     process.stdout.write(
       `\rLast extension reload: ${new Date().toTimeString()}`,
     );