diff --git a/src/components/apphost.js b/src/components/apphost.js
index a61de37aa..5db256ea0 100644
--- a/src/components/apphost.js
+++ b/src/components/apphost.js
@@ -457,5 +457,3 @@ if (window.addEventListener) {
     window.addEventListener('blur', onAppHidden);
 }
 
-// load app host on module load
-appHost.init();
diff --git a/src/index.jsx b/src/index.jsx
index 30e8b8aa6..6a2a3fbcb 100644
--- a/src/index.jsx
+++ b/src/index.jsx
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ build: ${__JF_BUILD_VERSION__}`);
         document.querySelector('.skinHeader').classList.remove('noHeaderRight');
     });
 
+    // Initialize app host
+    await appHost.init();
+
     // Initialize the api client
     const serverUrl = await serverAddress();
     if (serverUrl) {