diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/main.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/main.js
index 08845112b3..313721c88d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/main.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/main.js
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ function main() {
   const Mastodon = require('mastodon/containers/mastodon').default;
   const React = require('react');
   const ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
-  const Rails = require('rails-ujs');
   window.Perf = require('react-addons-perf');
 
-  Rails.start();
-
   require.context('../images/', true);
 
   // import customization styles
diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/common.js b/app/javascript/packs/common.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d63d8f982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/common.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import { start } from 'rails-ujs';
+start();
diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/public.js b/app/javascript/packs/public.js
index bbeb0a9ecf..6aef2ffeef 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packs/public.js
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/public.js
@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@ import { length } from 'stringz';
 import { default as dateFormat } from 'date-fns/format';
 import distanceInWordsStrict from 'date-fns/distance_in_words_strict';
 import { delegate } from 'rails-ujs';
-import Rails from 'rails-ujs';
 
 require.context('../images/', true);
 
-Rails.start();
-
 const parseFormat = (format) => format.replace(/%(\w)/g, (_, modifier) => {
   switch (modifier) {
   case '%':
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 73fab9a5c4..21590ae3cc 100755
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
         = ' - '
       = title
 
-    = stylesheet_pack_tag 'vendor', media: 'all'
     = stylesheet_pack_tag 'application', media: 'all'
-    = javascript_pack_tag 'vendor', integrity: true, crossorigin: 'anonymous'
+    = javascript_pack_tag 'common', integrity: true, crossorigin: 'anonymous'
     = csrf_meta_tags
 
     = yield :header_tags
diff --git a/config/webpack/shared.js b/config/webpack/shared.js
index ef9feaeba7..0082188081 100644
--- a/config/webpack/shared.js
+++ b/config/webpack/shared.js
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ module.exports = {
     new ExtractTextPlugin(env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? '[name]-[hash].css' : '[name].css'),
     new ManifestPlugin({ fileName: paths.manifest, publicPath, writeToFileEmit: true }),
     new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
-      name: 'vendor',
-      minChunks: ({ resource }) => /node_modules/.test(resource)
+      name: 'common',
+      minChunks: 2
     })
   ],