diff --git a/client/index.js b/client/index.js
index d67cd8f7b9..60d2dc64f2 100644
--- a/client/index.js
+++ b/client/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import './es6-shims';
+import _ from 'lodash';
 import Rx from 'rx';
 import debug from 'debug';
 import { render } from 'redux-epic';
@@ -22,33 +23,41 @@ import {
 const isDev = Rx.config.longStackSupport = debug.enabled('fcc:*');
 const log = debug('fcc:client');
 const hotReloadTimeout = 2000;
-const { csrf: { token: csrfToken } = {} } = window.__fcc__;
+const {
+  devToolsExtension = _.noop,
+  location,
+  history: _history,
+  document,
+  ga,
+  __fcc__: {
+    flash = [],
+    data: ssrState = {},
+    csrf: {
+      token: csrfToken
+    } = {}
+  }
+} = window;
+const epicOptions = {
+  isDev,
+  window,
+  document,
+  location,
+  history: _history
+};
+
 const DOMContainer = document.getElementById('fcc');
 const defaultState = isColdStored() ?
   getColdStorage() :
-  window.__fcc__.data;
-const primaryLang = getLangFromPath(window.location.pathname);
+  ssrState;
+const primaryLang = getLangFromPath(location.pathname);
 
 defaultState.app.csrfToken = csrfToken;
-defaultState.toasts = flashToToast(window.__fcc__.flash);
-
-// make empty object so hot reload works
-window.__fcc__ = {};
+defaultState.toasts = flashToToast(flash);
 
 const serviceOptions = { xhrPath: '/services', context: { _csrf: csrfToken } };
 
 const history = useLangRoutes(createHistory, primaryLang)();
-sendPageAnalytics(history, window.ga);
-
-const devTools = window.devToolsExtension ? window.devToolsExtension() : f => f;
-
-const epicOptions = {
-  isDev,
-  window,
-  document: window.document,
-  location: window.location,
-  history: window.history
-};
+sendPageAnalytics(history, ga);
 
 createApp({
     history,
@@ -56,7 +65,7 @@ createApp({
     defaultState,
     epics,
     epicOptions,
-    enhancers: [ devTools ]
+    enhancers: [ devToolsExtension() ]
   })
   .doOnNext(({ store }) => {
     if (module.hot && typeof module.hot.accept === 'function') {
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ createApp({
         log('saving state and refreshing.');
         log('ignore react ssr warning.');
         saveToColdStorage(store.getState());
-        setTimeout(() => window.location.reload(), hotReloadTimeout);
+        setTimeout(() => location.reload(), hotReloadTimeout);
       });
     }
   })