diff --git a/src/Application.ts b/src/Application.ts
index add9925..41a0127 100644
--- a/src/Application.ts
+++ b/src/Application.ts
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ export default abstract class Application implements Extendable<ApplicationCompo
         // Register migrations
         MysqlConnectionManager.registerMigrations(this.getMigrations());
 
-        // Register all components and alike
+        // Register and initialize all components and alike
         await this.init();
+        for (const component of this.components) {
+            await component.init?.();
+        }
 
         // Process command line
         if (!this.ignoreCommandLine) {
@@ -218,14 +221,14 @@ export default abstract class Application implements Extendable<ApplicationCompo
 
         // Components routes
         for (const component of this.components) {
-            if (component.init) {
+            if (component.initRoutes) {
                 component.setCurrentRouter(initRouter);
-                await component.init(initRouter);
+                await component.initRoutes(initRouter);
             }
 
-            if (component.handle) {
+            if (component.handleRoutes) {
                 component.setCurrentRouter(handleRouter);
-                await component.handle(handleRouter);
+                await component.handleRoutes(handleRouter);
             }
 
             component.setCurrentRouter(null);
@@ -292,7 +295,6 @@ export default abstract class Application implements Extendable<ApplicationCompo
                     }
 
                     const frontendToolsComponent = this.as(FrontendToolsComponent);
-                    frontendToolsComponent.setupGlobals();
                     await frontendToolsComponent.preCompileViews(flags.watch);
                     break;
                 }
diff --git a/src/ApplicationComponent.ts b/src/ApplicationComponent.ts
index 7835f59..c8bf416 100644
--- a/src/ApplicationComponent.ts
+++ b/src/ApplicationComponent.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ export default abstract class ApplicationComponent {
 
     public async checkSecuritySettings?(): Promise<void>;
 
+    public async init?(): Promise<void>;
+
     public async start?(expressApp: Express): Promise<void>;
 
-    public async init?(router: Router): Promise<void>;
+    public async initRoutes?(router: Router): Promise<void>;
 
-    public async handle?(router: Router): Promise<void>;
+    public async handleRoutes?(router: Router): Promise<void>;
 
     public async stop?(): Promise<void>;
 
diff --git a/src/TestApp.ts b/src/TestApp.ts
index a646e86..c9b5a0b 100644
--- a/src/TestApp.ts
+++ b/src/TestApp.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export default class TestApp extends Application {
         this.use(new AuthComponent(this, new MagicLinkAuthMethod(this, MAGIC_LINK_MAIL), new PasswordAuthMethod(this)));
 
         // WebSocket server
-        this.use(new WebSocketServerComponent(this, this.as(ExpressAppComponent), this.as(RedisComponent)));
+        this.use(new WebSocketServerComponent());
     }
 
     protected registerWebSocketListeners(): void {
diff --git a/src/auth/AuthComponent.ts b/src/auth/AuthComponent.ts
index 312c7cf..83a2295 100644
--- a/src/auth/AuthComponent.ts
+++ b/src/auth/AuthComponent.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default class AuthComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
         this.authGuard = new AuthGuard(app, ...authMethods);
     }
 
-    public async init(): Promise<void> {
+    public async initRoutes(): Promise<void> {
         this.use(AuthMiddleware);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/components/AutoUpdateComponent.ts b/src/components/AutoUpdateComponent.ts
index 74b4345..5331d8d 100644
--- a/src/components/AutoUpdateComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/AutoUpdateComponent.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default class AutoUpdateComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
         this.checkSecurityConfigField('gitlab_webhook_token');
     }
 
-    public async init(router: Router): Promise<void> {
+    public async initRoutes(router: Router): Promise<void> {
         router.post('/update/push.json', (req, res) => {
             const token = req.header('X-Gitlab-Token');
             if (!token || token !== config.get<string>('gitlab_webhook_token'))
diff --git a/src/components/CsrfProtectionComponent.ts b/src/components/CsrfProtectionComponent.ts
index 1d09236..c817c0d 100644
--- a/src/components/CsrfProtectionComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/CsrfProtectionComponent.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default class CsrfProtectionComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
         this.excluders.push(excluder);
     }
 
-    public async handle(router: Router): Promise<void> {
+    public async handleRoutes(router: Router): Promise<void> {
         router.use(async (req, res, next) => {
             for (const excluder of CsrfProtectionComponent.excluders) {
                 if (excluder(req)) return next();
diff --git a/src/components/ExpressAppComponent.ts b/src/components/ExpressAppComponent.ts
index 778e48d..541a9df 100644
--- a/src/components/ExpressAppComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/ExpressAppComponent.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default class ExpressAppComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
         this.expressApp = app;
     }
 
-    public async init(router: Router): Promise<void> {
+    public async initRoutes(router: Router): Promise<void> {
         router.use(preventContextCorruptionMiddleware(express.json({
             type: req => req.headers['content-type']?.match(/^application\/(.+\+)?json$/),
         })));
diff --git a/src/components/FormHelperComponent.ts b/src/components/FormHelperComponent.ts
index 800f296..05e6f24 100644
--- a/src/components/FormHelperComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/FormHelperComponent.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {Router} from "express";
 import ApplicationComponent from "../ApplicationComponent.js";
 
 export default class FormHelperComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
-    public async init(router: Router): Promise<void> {
+    public async initRoutes(router: Router): Promise<void> {
         router.use((req, res, next) => {
             let _validation: unknown | null;
             res.locals.validation = () => {
diff --git a/src/components/FrontendToolsComponent.ts b/src/components/FrontendToolsComponent.ts
index 00dfc49..b4184d5 100644
--- a/src/components/FrontendToolsComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/FrontendToolsComponent.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import config from "config";
 import {Express, Router} from "express";
 import path from "path";
-import * as querystring from "querystring";
 import {ParsedUrlQueryInput} from "querystring";
 import util from "util";
 
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import ApplicationComponent from "../ApplicationComponent.js";
 import Controller, {RouteParams} from "../Controller.js";
 import AssetCompiler from "../frontend/AssetCompiler.js";
 import AssetPreCompiler from "../frontend/AssetPreCompiler.js";
+import Globals from "../frontend/Globals.js";
 import ViewEngine from "../frontend/ViewEngine.js";
 import {logger} from "../Logger.js";
 import {listFilesRecursively} from "../Utils.js";
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export default class FrontendToolsComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
     private readonly publicDir: string;
     private readonly publicAssetsCache: FileCache = new FileCache();
     private readonly assetPreCompilers: AssetPreCompiler[];
+    private readonly globals: Globals = new Globals();
 
     public constructor(
         private readonly assetCompiler: AssetCompiler,
@@ -31,9 +32,30 @@ export default class FrontendToolsComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
             if (assetPreCompiler.isPublic()) {
                 this.assetCompiler.addExtension(assetPreCompiler.getExtension());
             }
+
+            assetPreCompiler.setGlobals(this.globals);
         }
     }
 
+
+    public async init(): Promise<void> {
+        this.globals.set('route', (
+            route: string,
+            params: RouteParams = [],
+            query: ParsedUrlQueryInput = {},
+            absolute: boolean = false,
+        ) => Controller.route(route, params, query, absolute));
+        this.globals.set('app_version', this.getApp().getVersion());
+        this.globals.set('core_version', this.getApp().getCoreVersion());
+        this.globals.set('app', config.get('app'));
+        this.globals.set('dump', (val: unknown) => {
+            return util.inspect(val);
+        });
+        this.globals.set('hex', (v: number) => {
+            return v.toString(16);
+        });
+    }
+
     public async start(app: Express): Promise<void> {
         // Cache public assets
         if (config.get<boolean>('asset_cache')) {
@@ -55,9 +77,6 @@ export default class FrontendToolsComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
                 main = false;
             }
         }
-
-        // Add util globals
-        this.setupGlobals();
     }
 
     public async stop(): Promise<void> {
@@ -66,7 +85,7 @@ export default class FrontendToolsComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
         }
     }
 
-    public async handle(router: Router): Promise<void> {
+    public async handleRoutes(router: Router): Promise<void> {
         router.use((req, res, next) => {
             res.locals.inlineAsset = (urlPath: string) => {
                 return this.publicAssetsCache.getOrFail(path.join(this.publicDir, urlPath));
@@ -86,25 +105,6 @@ export default class FrontendToolsComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
         });
     }
 
-    public setupGlobals(): void {
-        ViewEngine.setGlobal('route', (
-            route: string,
-            params: RouteParams = [],
-            query: ParsedUrlQueryInput = {},
-            absolute: boolean = false,
-        ) => Controller.route(route, params, query, absolute));
-        ViewEngine.setGlobal('app_version', this.getApp().getVersion());
-        ViewEngine.setGlobal('core_version', this.getApp().getCoreVersion());
-        ViewEngine.setGlobal('querystring', querystring);
-        ViewEngine.setGlobal('app', config.get('app'));
-        ViewEngine.setGlobal('dump', (val: unknown) => {
-            return util.inspect(val);
-        });
-        ViewEngine.setGlobal('hex', (v: number) => {
-            return v.toString(16);
-        });
-    }
-
     public hookPreCompilers(): void {
         for (const assetPreCompiler of this.assetPreCompilers) {
             assetPreCompiler.onPreCompile(async watch => {
@@ -127,4 +127,8 @@ export default class FrontendToolsComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
             this.hookPreCompilers();
         }
     }
+
+    public getGlobals(): Globals {
+        return this.globals;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/LogRequestsComponent.ts b/src/components/LogRequestsComponent.ts
index 38d358e..f9065f1 100644
--- a/src/components/LogRequestsComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/LogRequestsComponent.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default class LogRequestsComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
         return '';
     }
 
-    public async init(router: Router): Promise<void> {
+    public async initRoutes(router: Router): Promise<void> {
         router.use((req, res, next) => {
             onFinished(res, (err) => {
                 if (!err) {
diff --git a/src/components/MailComponent.ts b/src/components/MailComponent.ts
index 7f80d08..f4de64a 100644
--- a/src/components/MailComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/MailComponent.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {logger} from "../Logger.js";
 import Mail from "../mail/Mail.js";
 import MailError from "../mail/MailError.js";
 import SecurityError from "../SecurityError.js";
+import FrontendToolsComponent from "./FrontendToolsComponent.js";
 
 export default class MailComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
     private transporter?: Transporter;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ export default class MailComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
             locals.mail_to = options.to;
             locals.mail_link = config.get<string>('public_url') +
                 Controller.route('mail', [template.template], locals);
-            Object.assign(locals, ViewEngine.getGlobals());
+            Object.assign(locals, this.getApp().as(FrontendToolsComponent).getGlobals().get());
 
             // Log
             logger.debug(`Send mail from ${options.from.address} to ${options.to}`);
diff --git a/src/components/MaintenanceComponent.ts b/src/components/MaintenanceComponent.ts
index d5edb5d..fea7c63 100644
--- a/src/components/MaintenanceComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/MaintenanceComponent.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default class MaintenanceComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
         this.canServe = canServe;
     }
 
-    public async handle(router: Router): Promise<void> {
+    public async handleRoutes(router: Router): Promise<void> {
         router.use((req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
             if (res.headersSent) {
                 return next();
diff --git a/src/components/PreviousUrlComponent.ts b/src/components/PreviousUrlComponent.ts
index 8e6b6ba..79f29c0 100644
--- a/src/components/PreviousUrlComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/PreviousUrlComponent.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,18 @@ import onFinished from "on-finished";
 
 import ApplicationComponent from "../ApplicationComponent.js";
 import {logger} from "../Logger.js";
+import FrontendToolsComponent from "./FrontendToolsComponent.js";
 import SessionComponent from "./SessionComponent.js";
 
 export default class PreviousUrlComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
+    public async init(): Promise<void> {
+        const globals = this.getApp().asOptional(FrontendToolsComponent)?.getGlobals();
+        if (globals) {
+            globals.set('getPreviousUrl', () => null);
+        }
+    }
 
-    public async handle(router: Router): Promise<void> {
+    public async handleRoutes(router: Router): Promise<void> {
         router.use((req, res, next) => {
             req.getPreviousUrl = () => {
                 let url = req.header('referer');
diff --git a/src/components/ServeStaticDirectoryComponent.ts b/src/components/ServeStaticDirectoryComponent.ts
index 02350ac..a817ce7 100644
--- a/src/components/ServeStaticDirectoryComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/ServeStaticDirectoryComponent.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default class ServeStaticDirectoryComponent extends ApplicationComponent
         this.path = routePath;
     }
 
-    public async init(router: Router): Promise<void> {
+    public async initRoutes(router: Router): Promise<void> {
         const resolvedRoot = path.resolve(this.root);
 
         if (this.path) {
diff --git a/src/components/SessionComponent.ts b/src/components/SessionComponent.ts
index f841f3d..fab2d04 100644
--- a/src/components/SessionComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/SessionComponent.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import {Router} from "express";
 import session from "express-session";
 
 import ApplicationComponent from "../ApplicationComponent.js";
+import ViewEngine from "../frontend/ViewEngine.js";
 import SecurityError from "../SecurityError.js";
+import FrontendToolsComponent from "./FrontendToolsComponent.js";
 import RedisComponent from "./RedisComponent.js";
 
 export default class SessionComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
@@ -15,6 +17,13 @@ export default class SessionComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
         this.storeComponent = storeComponent;
     }
 
+    public async init(): Promise<void> {
+        const globals = this.getApp().asOptional(FrontendToolsComponent)?.getGlobals();
+        if (globals) {
+            globals.set('flash', () => '');
+        }
+    }
+
     public async checkSecuritySettings(): Promise<void> {
         this.checkSecurityConfigField('session.secret');
         if (!config.get<boolean>('session.cookie.secure')) {
@@ -22,7 +31,7 @@ export default class SessionComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
         }
     }
 
-    public async init(router: Router): Promise<void> {
+    public async initRoutes(router: Router): Promise<void> {
         router.use(session({
             saveUninitialized: true,
             secret: config.get('session.secret'),
diff --git a/src/components/WebSocketServerComponent.ts b/src/components/WebSocketServerComponent.ts
index b72f722..ec11a64 100644
--- a/src/components/WebSocketServerComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/WebSocketServerComponent.ts
@@ -7,29 +7,33 @@ import WebSocket from "ws";
 
 import Application from "../Application.js";
 import ApplicationComponent from "../ApplicationComponent.js";
-import ViewEngine from "../frontend/ViewEngine.js";
 import {logger} from "../Logger.js";
 import WebSocketListener from "../WebSocketListener.js";
 import ExpressAppComponent from "./ExpressAppComponent.js";
+import FrontendToolsComponent from "./FrontendToolsComponent.js";
 import RedisComponent from "./RedisComponent.js";
 
 export default class WebSocketServerComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
     private wss?: WebSocket.Server;
 
-    public constructor(
-        private readonly application: Application,
-        private readonly expressAppComponent: ExpressAppComponent,
-        private readonly storeComponent: RedisComponent,
-    ) {
-        super();
+    public async init(): Promise<void> {
+        const app = this.getApp();
 
-        ViewEngine.setGlobal('websocketUrl', config.get('public_websocket_url'));
+        app.require(ExpressAppComponent);
+        app.require(RedisComponent);
+
+        const globals = app.asOptional(FrontendToolsComponent)?.getGlobals();
+        if (globals) {
+            globals.set('websocketUrl', config.get('public_websocket_url'));
+        }
     }
 
     public async start(_app: Express): Promise<void> {
-        const listeners: { [p: string]: WebSocketListener<Application> } = this.application.getWebSocketListeners();
+        const app = this.getApp();
+
+        const listeners: { [p: string]: WebSocketListener<Application> } = app.getWebSocketListeners();
         this.wss = new WebSocket.Server({
-            server: this.expressAppComponent.getServer(),
+            server: app.as(ExpressAppComponent).getServer(),
         }, () => {
             logger.info(`Websocket server started over webserver.`);
         }).on('error', (err) => {
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ export default class WebSocketServerComponent extends ApplicationComponent {
                 return;
             }
 
-            const store = this.storeComponent.getStore();
+            const store = app.as(RedisComponent).getStore();
             store.get(sid, (err, session) => {
                 if (err || !session) {
                     logger.error(err, 'Error while initializing session in websocket.');
diff --git a/src/frontend/AssetPreCompiler.ts b/src/frontend/AssetPreCompiler.ts
index 6f9b9e0..8176ef8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/AssetPreCompiler.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/AssetPreCompiler.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import path from "path";
 
 import {logger} from "../Logger.js";
 import {doesFileExist, listFilesRecursively} from "../Utils.js";
+import Globals from "./Globals.js";
 
 export default abstract class AssetPreCompiler {
     protected readonly assetPaths: string[];
+    private globals?: Globals;
     private watcher?: FSWatcher;
     private afterPreCompileHandlers: ((watch: boolean) => Promise<void>)[] = [];
     private inputChangeHandler?: (restart: boolean) => Promise<void>;
@@ -51,6 +53,19 @@ export default abstract class AssetPreCompiler {
         return this.outputToPublicDir;
     }
 
+    public getViewPaths(): string[] {
+        return this.assetPaths;
+    }
+
+    protected getGlobals(): Globals {
+        if (!this.globals) throw new Error('globals field not intialized.');
+        return this.globals;
+    }
+
+    public setGlobals(globals: Globals): void {
+        this.globals = globals;
+    }
+
     public async stop(): Promise<void> {
         if (this.watcher) {
             await this.watcher.close();
@@ -58,10 +73,6 @@ export default abstract class AssetPreCompiler {
         }
     }
 
-    public getViewPaths(): string[] {
-        return this.assetPaths;
-    }
-
     public abstract preCompile(canonicalName: string, alsoCompileDependents: boolean): Promise<void>;
 
     public onPreCompile(afterPreCompileHandler: (watch: boolean) => Promise<void>): void {
diff --git a/src/frontend/Globals.ts b/src/frontend/Globals.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed237da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/Globals.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export default class Globals {
+    private readonly globals: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+
+    public get(): Record<string, unknown> {
+        return {...this.globals};
+    }
+
+    public set(key: string, value: unknown): void {
+        this.globals[key] = value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/frontend/SvelteViewEngine.ts b/src/frontend/SvelteViewEngine.ts
index efbc307..3a9b9dc 100644
--- a/src/frontend/SvelteViewEngine.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/SvelteViewEngine.ts
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export default class SvelteViewEngine extends ViewEngine {
         // Load locals into locals store
         const localsModulePath = "../../build/ts/stores.js";
         const localsModule = await import(localsModulePath);
-        const locals = ViewEngine.getGlobals();
+        const locals = this.getGlobals().get();
         const localMap = this.compileBackendCalls(backendCalls, locals, true);
         localsModule.locals.set((key: string, args: string) => {
             return localMap[args ?
diff --git a/src/frontend/ViewEngine.ts b/src/frontend/ViewEngine.ts
index 30a344c..2df27e5 100644
--- a/src/frontend/ViewEngine.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/ViewEngine.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,6 @@ import {Express} from "express";
 import AssetPreCompiler from "./AssetPreCompiler.js";
 
 export default abstract class ViewEngine extends AssetPreCompiler {
-    private static readonly globals: Record<string, unknown> = {};
-
-    public static getGlobals(): Record<string, unknown> {
-        return {...this.globals};
-    }
-
-    public static setGlobal(key: string, value: unknown): void {
-        this.globals[key] = value;
-    }
-
-
     protected constructor(
         targetDir: string,
         assetType: string,
@@ -32,7 +21,7 @@ export default abstract class ViewEngine extends AssetPreCompiler {
     public setup(app: Express, main: boolean): void {
         app.engine(this.extension, (path, options, callback) => {
             // Props (locals)
-            const locals = Object.assign(options, ViewEngine.getGlobals());
+            const locals = Object.assign(options, this.getGlobals().get());
 
             this.render(path, locals)
                 .then(value => callback(null, value))