diff --git a/app/soapbox/actions/store.js b/app/soapbox/actions/store.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6921d7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/soapbox/actions/store.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export const INIT_STORE = 'INIT_STORE';
+
+export function initStore() {
+  return {
+    type: INIT_STORE,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js b/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js
index 8a3a52f3e..041fced17 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { ScrollContext } from 'react-router-scroll-4';
 import UI from '../features/ui';
 // import Introduction from '../features/introduction';
 import { fetchCustomEmojis } from '../actions/custom_emojis';
+import { initStore } from '../actions/store';
 import { preload } from '../actions/preload';
 import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
 import ErrorBoundary from '../components/error_boundary';
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ const validLocale = locale => Object.keys(messages).includes(locale);
 
 export const store = configureStore();
 
+store.dispatch(initStore());
 store.dispatch(preload());
 store.dispatch(fetchMe());
 store.dispatch(fetchInstance());
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/__tests__/auth-test.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/__tests__/auth-test.js
index 4adce1eae..6ea1111dc 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/__tests__/auth-test.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/__tests__/auth-test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import reducer from '../auth';
 import { Map as ImmutableMap, fromJS } from 'immutable';
+import { INIT_STORE } from 'soapbox/actions/store';
 import {
   AUTH_APP_CREATED,
   AUTH_LOGGED_IN,
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ describe('auth reducer', () => {
     }));
   });
 
-  describe('@@INIT', () => {
+  describe('INIT_STORE', () => {
     it('sets `me` to the next available user if blank', () => {
       const state = fromJS({
         me: null,
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ describe('auth reducer', () => {
         },
       });
 
-      const action = { type: '@@INIT' };
+      const action = { type: INIT_STORE };
       const result = reducer(state, action);
       expect(result.get('me')).toEqual('1234');
     });
diff --git a/app/soapbox/reducers/auth.js b/app/soapbox/reducers/auth.js
index 22e0d166b..18d7d1219 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/reducers/auth.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/reducers/auth.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { INIT_STORE } from '../actions/store';
 import {
   AUTH_APP_CREATED,
   AUTH_LOGGED_IN,
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ const initialize = state => {
 
 const reducer = (state, action) => {
   switch(action.type) {
-  case '@@INIT':
+  case INIT_STORE:
     return initialize(state);
   case AUTH_APP_CREATED:
     return state.set('app', fromJS(action.app));