diff --git a/static/js/ui.js b/static/js/ui.js
index 09bd12ae02..9c8bd10969 100644
--- a/static/js/ui.js
+++ b/static/js/ui.js
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ $(function () {
     gear_menu.initialize();
     hashchange.initialize();
     invite.initialize();
+    unread.initialize();
     activity.initialize();
     emoji.initialize();
 });
diff --git a/static/js/unread.js b/static/js/unread.js
index 7992b9fbe1..2f7885f473 100644
--- a/static/js/unread.js
+++ b/static/js/unread.js
@@ -301,6 +301,35 @@ exports.mark_topic_as_read = function mark_topic_as_read(stream, topic, cont) {
     success:  cont});
 };
 
+function consider_bankruptcy() {
+    // Until we've handled possibly declaring bankruptcy, don't show
+    // unread counts since they only consider messages that are loaded
+    // client side and may be different from the numbers reported by
+    // the server.
+
+    if (!page_params.furthest_read_time) {
+        // We've never read a message.
+        unread.enable();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    var now = new XDate(true).getTime() / 1000;
+    if ((page_params.unread_count > 500) &&
+        (now - page_params.furthest_read_time > 60 * 60 * 24 * 2)) { // 2 days.
+        var unread_info = templates.render('bankruptcy_modal',
+                                           {"unread_count": page_params.unread_count});
+        $('#bankruptcy-unread-count').html(unread_info);
+        $('#bankruptcy').modal('show');
+    } else {
+        unread.enable();
+    }
+}
+
+exports.initialize = function initialize() {
+    consider_bankruptcy();
+};
+
+
 return exports;
 }());
 if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {
diff --git a/static/js/zulip.js b/static/js/zulip.js
index 93c69b27bf..3c2947de5e 100644
--- a/static/js/zulip.js
+++ b/static/js/zulip.js
@@ -7,30 +7,6 @@ var home_msg_list = new message_list.MessageList('zhome',
 );
 var current_msg_list = home_msg_list;
 
-function consider_bankruptcy() {
-    // Until we've handled possibly declaring bankruptcy, don't show
-    // unread counts since they only consider messages that are loaded
-    // client side and may be different from the numbers reported by
-    // the server.
-
-    if (!page_params.furthest_read_time) {
-        // We've never read a message.
-        unread.enable();
-        return;
-    }
-
-    var now = new XDate(true).getTime() / 1000;
-    if ((page_params.unread_count > 500) &&
-        (now - page_params.furthest_read_time > 60 * 60 * 24 * 2)) { // 2 days.
-        var unread_info = templates.render('bankruptcy_modal',
-                                           {"unread_count": page_params.unread_count});
-        $('#bankruptcy-unread-count').html(unread_info);
-        $('#bankruptcy').modal('show');
-    } else {
-        unread.enable();
-    }
-}
-
 // This is annoying to move to unread.js because the natural name
 // would be unread.process_loaded_messages, which this calls
 function process_loaded_for_unread(messages) {
@@ -52,9 +28,6 @@ function main() {
     }
     pointer.furthest_read = pointer.server_furthest_read;
 
-    // Before trying to load messages: is this user way behind?
-    consider_bankruptcy();
-
     // We only send pointer updates when the user has been idle for a
     // short while to avoid hammering the server
     $(document).idle({idle: 1000,