diff --git a/src/content/themes/default/index.php b/src/content/themes/default/index.php
index 259a7a1..929c9b8 100644
--- a/src/content/themes/default/index.php
+++ b/src/content/themes/default/index.php
@@ -23,20 +23,7 @@
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
 $().ready(function(){
-	mytinytodo.init({
-		title: "<?php mttinfo('title', false); ?>",
-		lang: <?php echo Lang::instance()->makeJS() ?>,
-		mttUrl: "<?php mttinfo('mtt_url'); ?>",
-		homeUrl: "<?php mttinfo('url'); ?>",
-		db: mytinytodoStorageAjax,
-		needAuth: <?php echo need_auth() ? "true" : "false"; ?>,
-		isLogged: <?php echo is_logged() ? "true" : "false"; ?>,
-		showdate: <?php echo Config::get('showdate') ? "true" : "false"; ?>,
-		duedatepickerformat: "<?php echo htmlspecialchars(Config::get('dateformat2')); ?>",
-		firstdayofweek: <?php echo (int) Config::get('firstdayofweek'); ?>,
-		calendarIcon: '<?php mttinfo('template_url'); ?>images/calendar.svg',
-		autotag: <?php echo Config::get('autotag') ? "true" : "false"; ?>
-	}).run();
+	mytinytodo.setApi(mytinytodoStorageAjax).init(<?php js_options(); ?>).run();
 });
 </script>
 
diff --git a/src/includes/class.lang.php b/src/includes/class.lang.php
index 6f0d28e..5869497 100644
--- a/src/includes/class.lang.php
+++ b/src/includes/class.lang.php
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ class Lang
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	function makeJS($pretty = 0)
+	/* minimal number of translated strings to use in js front-end */
+	function jsStrings()
 	{
 		$a = array();
 		$a['daysMin'] = $this->get('days_min');
@@ -121,6 +122,12 @@ class Lang
 		]);
 		$a['_rtl'] = $this->rtl() ? 1 : 0;
 
+		return $a;
+	}
+
+	function makeJS($pretty = 0)
+	{
+		$a = $this->jsStrings();
 		$opts = JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE;
 		if ($pretty) {
 			$opts |= JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES;
diff --git a/src/includes/mytinytodo.js b/src/includes/mytinytodo.js
index cf68a74..51b058b 100644
--- a/src/includes/mytinytodo.js
+++ b/src/includes/mytinytodo.js
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ var mytinytodo = window.mytinytodo = _mtt = {
 	flag: flag,
 
 	// procs
+	setApi: function(storage)
+	{
+		this.db = new storage(this);
+		return this;
+	},
+
 	init: function(options)
 	{
 		// required properties
diff --git a/src/index.php b/src/index.php
index 75e8909..6b0a3c7 100644
--- a/src/index.php
+++ b/src/index.php
@@ -47,3 +47,22 @@ function redirectWithHashRoute(array $q, array $hash)
 	header("Location: ". $url);
 	exit;
 }
+
+function js_options()
+{
+	$a = array(
+		"title" => get_mttinfo('title', false),
+		"lang" => Lang::instance()->jsStrings(),
+		"mttUrl" => get_mttinfo('mtt_url'),
+		"homeUrl" => get_mttinfo('url'),
+		"needAuth" => need_auth() ? true : false,
+		"isLogged" => is_logged() ? true : false,
+		"showdate" => Config::get('showdate') ? true : false,
+		"duedatepickerformat" => htmlspecialchars(Config::get('dateformat2')),
+		"firstdayofweek" => (int) Config::get('firstdayofweek'),
+		"calendarIcon" => get_mttinfo('template_url'). 'images/calendar.svg',
+		"autotag" => Config::get('autotag') ? true : false,
+		"markdown" => Config::get('markup') == 'v1' ? false : true
+	);
+	echo json_encode($a, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
+}
diff --git a/src/init.php b/src/init.php
index 9e814ca..4526a04 100644
--- a/src/init.php
+++ b/src/init.php
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ function __($s)
 
 function mttinfo($v, $escape = true)
 {
-	global $_mttinfo;
 	echo $escape ? get_mttinfo($v) : get_unsafe_mttinfo($v);
 }