diff --git a/static/js/initializePlausible.js b/static/js/initializePlausible.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f2a688e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/js/initializePlausible.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+window.plausible=window.plausible||function(){(plausible.q=plausible.q||[]).push(arguments)},plausible.init=plausible.init||function(i){plausible.o=i||{}};
+plausible.init()
diff --git a/static/js/initializePlausible.min.js b/static/js/initializePlausible.min.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d1967d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/js/initializePlausible.min.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+window.plausible=window.plausible||function(){(plausible.q=plausible.q||[]).push(arguments)},plausible.init=plausible.init||function(i){plausible.o=i||{}};plausible.init();
diff --git a/templates/partials/analytics.html b/templates/partials/analytics.html
index 3c18f11a..5a398404 100644
--- a/templates/partials/analytics.html
+++ b/templates/partials/analytics.html
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@
 {% if analytics_id is matching("^pa-[^\.]+$") %}
     {# Use new script available in Plausible 3.1.0 or later #}
     <script async src="{% if self_hosted_url %}{{ self_hosted_url ~ '/js/' }}{% else %}https://plausible.io/js/{% endif %}{{ analytics_id }}.js"></script>
-    <script>
-        window.plausible=window.plausible||function(){(plausible.q=plausible.q||[]).push(arguments)},plausible.init=plausible.init||function(i){plausible.o=i||{}};
-        plausible.init()
-    </script>
+    <script src="{$baseUrl}js/initializePlausible.min.js" defer="defer"></script>
 {% else %}
     <script
         defer