diff --git a/contributors.yml b/contributors.yml
index bb2cdeef48..8c080886db 100644
--- a/contributors.yml
+++ b/contributors.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 - abdallah-nour
 - abhi-kr-2100
+- AchThomas
 - Ajayff4
 - alany411
 - alexlbr
diff --git a/packages/router/router.ts b/packages/router/router.ts
index b409ffc38c..df3fcd330f 100644
--- a/packages/router/router.ts
+++ b/packages/router/router.ts
@@ -3060,8 +3060,13 @@ function getTargetMatch(
 }
 
 function createURL(location: Location | string): URL {
+  // window.location.origin is "null" (the literal string value) in Firefox under certain conditions
+  // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=878297
+  // this breaks the app when a production build is served from the local file system
   let base =
-    typeof window !== "undefined" && typeof window.location !== "undefined"
+    typeof window !== "undefined" &&
+    typeof window.location !== "undefined" &&
+    window.location.origin !== "null"
       ? window.location.origin
       : "unknown://unknown";
   let href =