diff --git a/app/routes/index.js b/app/routes/index.js
index 1631cad8..2d9ff80c 100644
--- a/app/routes/index.js
+++ b/app/routes/index.js
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
-try {
-  // It's kind of silly that this needs to be here...
-  // 'nanotiming' reads this *on initialization* so
-  // the only way to make sure it's disabled from the
-  // first page load is to set it before we even
-  // require('choo')
-  localStorage.setItem('DISABLE_NANOTIMING', true);
-} catch (e) {
-  // localStorage is disabled. nanotiming will also be
-}
-
 const choo = require('choo');
 const html = require('choo/html');
+const nanotiming = require('nanotiming');
 const download = require('./download');
 const header = require('../templates/header');
 const footer = require('../templates/footer');
 const fxPromo = require('../templates/fxPromo');
 
+nanotiming.disabled = true;
 const app = choo();
 
 function banner(state, emit) {