diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/initial_state.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/initial_state.js
index 99ee6bc69bf..0f2484ba330 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/initial_state.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/initial_state.js
@@ -1,29 +1,26 @@
 const element = document.getElementById('initial-state');
-const initialState = element && function () {
-  const result = JSON.parse(element.textContent);
-  try {
-    result.local_settings = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('mastodon-settings'));
-  } catch (e) {
-    result.local_settings = {};
-  }
-  return result;
-}();
+const initialState = element && JSON.parse(element.textContent);
+
+// Glitch-soc-specific “local settings”
+try {
+  initialState.local_settings = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('mastodon-settings'));
+} catch (e) {
+  initialState.local_settings = {};
+}
 
 const getMeta = (prop) => initialState && initialState.meta && initialState.meta[prop];
 
 export const domain = getMeta('domain');
 export const reduceMotion = getMeta('reduce_motion');
 export const autoPlayGif = getMeta('auto_play_gif');
-export const displayMedia = getMeta('display_media') || (getMeta('display_sensitive_media') ? 'show_all' : 'default');
+export const displayMedia = getMeta('display_media');
 export const expandSpoilers = getMeta('expand_spoilers');
 export const unfollowModal = getMeta('unfollow_modal');
 export const boostModal = getMeta('boost_modal');
-export const favouriteModal = getMeta('favourite_modal');
 export const deleteModal = getMeta('delete_modal');
 export const me = getMeta('me');
 export const searchEnabled = getMeta('search_enabled');
 export const maxChars = (initialState && initialState.max_toot_chars) || 500;
-export const pollLimits = (initialState && initialState.poll_limits);
 export const limitedFederationMode = getMeta('limited_federation_mode');
 export const registrationsOpen = getMeta('registrations_open');
 export const repository = getMeta('repository');
@@ -31,14 +28,18 @@ export const source_url = getMeta('source_url');
 export const version = getMeta('version');
 export const mascot = getMeta('mascot');
 export const profile_directory = getMeta('profile_directory');
-export const defaultContentType = getMeta('default_content_type');
 export const forceSingleColumn = !getMeta('advanced_layout');
 export const useBlurhash = getMeta('use_blurhash');
 export const usePendingItems = getMeta('use_pending_items');
-export const useSystemEmojiFont = getMeta('system_emoji_font');
 export const showTrends = getMeta('trends');
 export const title = getMeta('title');
 export const disableSwiping = getMeta('disable_swiping');
 export const languages = initialState && initialState.languages;
 
+// Glitch-soc-specific settings
+export const favouriteModal = getMeta('favourite_modal');
+export const pollLimits = (initialState && initialState.poll_limits);
+export const defaultContentType = getMeta('default_content_type');
+export const useSystemEmojiFont = getMeta('system_emoji_font');
+
 export default initialState;