diff --git a/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/bootstrap.jsx b/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/bootstrap.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3412d8d3a33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/bootstrap.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+import 'bootstrap/js/alert';
+import 'bootstrap/js/tab';
+import 'bootstrap/js/dropdown';
+
+import 'app/utils/statics-setup';
+import 'app/utils/emotion-setup';
+
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import Reflux from 'reflux';
+import * as Router from 'react-router';
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/browser';
+import {ExtraErrorData, Tracing} from '@sentry/integrations';
+import createReactClass from 'create-react-class';
+import jQuery from 'jquery';
+import moment from 'moment';
+
+import {metric} from 'app/utils/analytics';
+import ConfigStore from 'app/stores/configStore';
+import Main from 'app/main';
+import ajaxCsrfSetup from 'app/utils/ajaxCsrfSetup';
+import plugins from 'app/plugins';
+
+// SDK INIT  --------------------------------------------------------
+Sentry.init({
+  ...window.__SENTRY__OPTIONS,
+  integrations: [
+    new ExtraErrorData({
+      // 6 is arbitrary, seems like a nice number
+      depth: 6,
+    }),
+    new Tracing({
+      tracingOrigins: ['localhost', 'sentry.io', /^\//],
+      autoStartOnDomReady: false,
+    }),
+  ],
+});
+
+Sentry.configureScope(scope => {
+  if (window.__SENTRY__USER) {
+    scope.setUser(window.__SENTRY__USER);
+  }
+  if (window.__SENTRY__VERSION) {
+    scope.setTag('sentry_version', window.__SENTRY__VERSION);
+  }
+});
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Used for operational metrics to determine that the application js
+// bundle was loaded by browser.
+metric.mark('sentry-app-init');
+
+// setup jquery for CSRF tokens
+jQuery.ajaxSetup({
+  //jQuery won't allow using the ajaxCsrfSetup function directly
+  beforeSend: ajaxCsrfSetup,
+});
+
+// App setup
+if (window.__initialData) {
+  ConfigStore.loadInitialData(window.__initialData);
+}
+
+// these get exported to a global variable, which is important as its the only
+// way we can call into scoped objects
+
+const render = Component => {
+  const rootEl = document.getElementById('blk_router');
+
+  try {
+    ReactDOM.render(<Component />, rootEl);
+  } catch (err) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.error(
+      new Error(
+        'An unencoded "%" has appeared, it is super effective! (See https://github.com/ReactTraining/history/issues/505)'
+      )
+    );
+    if (err.message === 'URI malformed') {
+      window.location.assign(window.location.pathname);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+// The password strength component is very heavyweight as it includes the
+// zxcvbn, a relatively byte-heavy password strength estimation library. Load
+// it on demand.
+async function loadPasswordStrength(callback) {
+  const module = await import(/* webpackChunkName: "passwordStrength" */ 'app/components/passwordStrength');
+  callback(module);
+}
+
+const globals = {
+  // This is the primary entrypoint for rendering the sentry app.
+  SentryRenderApp: () => render(Main),
+
+  // The following globals are used in sentry-plugins webpack externals
+  // configuration.
+  PropTypes,
+  React,
+  Reflux,
+  Router,
+  Sentry,
+  moment,
+  ReactDOM: {
+    findDOMNode: ReactDOM.findDOMNode,
+    render: ReactDOM.render,
+  },
+
+  // jQuery is still exported to the window as some bootsrap functionality
+  // makes use of it.
+  $: jQuery,
+  jQuery,
+
+  // django templates make use of these globals
+  createReactClass,
+};
+
+// The SentryApp global contains exported app modules for use in javascript
+// modules that are not compiled with the sentry bundle.
+globals.SentryApp = {
+  // The following components are used in sentry-plugins.
+  Form: require('app/components/forms/form').default,
+  FormState: require('app/components/forms/index').FormState,
+  LoadingIndicator: require('app/components/loadingIndicator').default,
+  plugins: {
+    add: plugins.add,
+    addContext: plugins.addContext,
+    BasePlugin: plugins.BasePlugin,
+    DefaultIssuePlugin: plugins.DefaultIssuePlugin,
+  },
+
+  // The following components are used in legacy django HTML views
+  passwordStrength: {load: loadPasswordStrength},
+  U2fSign: require('app/components/u2f/u2fsign').default,
+  ConfigStore: require('app/stores/configStore').default,
+  Alerts: require('app/components/alerts').default,
+  Indicators: require('app/components/indicators').default,
+  ProjectSelector: require('app/components/projectHeader/projectSelector').default,
+  Sidebar: require('app/components/sidebar').default,
+  SetupWizard: require('app/components/setupWizard').default,
+  OrganizationsLoader: require('app/components/organizations/organizationsLoader')
+    .default,
+};
+
+// Make globals available on the window object
+Object.keys(globals).forEach(name => (window[name] = globals[name]));
+
+export default globals;
diff --git a/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/index.js b/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/index.js
index ce538c18ee45..4780e2b7cbe4 100644
--- a/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/index.js
+++ b/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/index.js
@@ -1,153 +1,15 @@
 import '@babel/polyfill';
-import 'bootstrap/js/alert';
-import 'bootstrap/js/tab';
-import 'bootstrap/js/dropdown';
 
-import 'app/utils/statics-setup';
-import 'app/utils/emotion-setup';
-
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import React from 'react';
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import Reflux from 'reflux';
-import * as Router from 'react-router';
-import * as Sentry from '@sentry/browser';
-import {ExtraErrorData, Tracing} from '@sentry/integrations';
-import createReactClass from 'create-react-class';
-import jQuery from 'jquery';
-import moment from 'moment';
-
-import {metric} from 'app/utils/analytics';
-import ConfigStore from 'app/stores/configStore';
-import Main from 'app/main';
-import ajaxCsrfSetup from 'app/utils/ajaxCsrfSetup';
-import plugins from 'app/plugins';
-
-// SDK INIT  --------------------------------------------------------
-// window.__SENTRY__OPTIONS will be emmited by sdk-config.html before loading this script
-Sentry.init({
-  ...window.__SENTRY__OPTIONS,
-  integrations: [
-    new ExtraErrorData({
-      // 6 is arbitrary, seems like a nice number
-      depth: 6,
-    }),
-    new Tracing({
-      tracingOrigins: ['localhost', 'sentry.io', /^\//],
-      autoStartOnDomReady: false,
-    }),
-  ],
-});
-
-Sentry.configureScope(scope => {
-  if (window.__SENTRY__USER) {
-    scope.setUser(window.__SENTRY__USER);
-  }
-  if (window.__SENTRY__VERSION) {
-    scope.setTag('sentry_version', window.__SENTRY__VERSION);
-  }
-});
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-// Used for operational metrics to determine that the application js
-// bundle was loaded by browser.
-metric.mark('sentry-app-init');
-
-// setup jquery for CSRF tokens
-jQuery.ajaxSetup({
-  //jQuery won't allow using the ajaxCsrfSetup function directly
-  beforeSend: ajaxCsrfSetup,
-});
-
-// App setup
+// Initial data hydration. The __initialData will be set by the django backend
+// serving sentry.
 if (window.__initialData) {
-  ConfigStore.loadInitialData(window.__initialData, window.__languageCode);
-}
-
-// these get exported to a global variable, which is important as its the only
-// way we can call into scoped objects
+  const {distPrefix, csrfCookieName, sentryConfig, userIdentity} = window.__initialData;
 
-const render = Component => {
-  const rootEl = document.getElementById('blk_router');
-
-  try {
-    ReactDOM.render(<Component />, rootEl);
-  } catch (err) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.error(
-      new Error(
-        'An unencoded "%" has appeared, it is super effective! (See https://github.com/ReactTraining/history/issues/505)'
-      )
-    );
-    if (err.message === 'URI malformed') {
-      window.location.assign(window.location.pathname);
-    }
-  }
-};
-
-// The password strength component is very heavyweight as it includes the
-// zxcvbn, a relatively byte-heavy password strength estimation library. Load
-// it on demand.
-async function loadPasswordStrength(callback) {
-  const module = await import(/* webpackChunkName: "passwordStrength" */ 'app/components/passwordStrength');
-  callback(module);
+  window.csrfCookieName = csrfCookieName;
+  window.__sentryGlobalStaticPrefix = distPrefix;
+  window.__SENTRY__OPTIONS = sentryConfig;
+  window.__SENTRY__USER = userIdentity;
 }
 
-const globals = {
-  // This is the primary entrypoint for rendering the sentry app.
-  SentryRenderApp: () => render(Main),
-
-  // The following globals are used in sentry-plugins webpack externals
-  // configuration.
-  PropTypes,
-  React,
-  Reflux,
-  Router,
-  Sentry,
-  moment,
-  ReactDOM: {
-    findDOMNode: ReactDOM.findDOMNode,
-    render: ReactDOM.render,
-  },
-
-  // jQuery is still exported to the window as some bootsrap functionality
-  // makes use of it.
-  $: jQuery,
-  jQuery,
-
-  // django templates make use of these globals
-  createReactClass,
-};
-
-// The SentryApp global contains exported app modules for use in javascript
-// modules that are not compiled with the sentry bundle.
-globals.SentryApp = {
-  // The following components are used in sentry-plugins.
-  Form: require('app/components/forms/form').default,
-  FormState: require('app/components/forms/index').FormState,
-  LoadingIndicator: require('app/components/loadingIndicator').default,
-  plugins: {
-    add: plugins.add,
-    addContext: plugins.addContext,
-    BasePlugin: plugins.BasePlugin,
-    DefaultIssuePlugin: plugins.DefaultIssuePlugin,
-  },
-
-  // The following components are used in legacy django HTML views
-  passwordStrength: {load: loadPasswordStrength},
-  U2fSign: require('app/components/u2f/u2fsign').default,
-  ConfigStore: require('app/stores/configStore').default,
-  Alerts: require('app/components/alerts').default,
-  Indicators: require('app/components/indicators').default,
-  ProjectSelector: require('app/components/projectHeader/projectSelector').default,
-  Sidebar: require('app/components/sidebar').default,
-  SetupWizard: require('app/components/setupWizard').default,
-  OrganizationsLoader: require('app/components/organizations/organizationsLoader')
-    .default,
-};
-
-// Make globals available on the window object
-Object.keys(globals).forEach(name => (window[name] = globals[name]));
-
-export default globals;
+// Once data hydration is done we can initialize the app
+require('app/bootstrap');
diff --git a/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/stores/configStore.jsx b/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/stores/configStore.jsx
index 3f615bd0e75c..fad536777f86 100644
--- a/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/stores/configStore.jsx
+++ b/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/stores/configStore.jsx
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ const ConfigStore = Reflux.createStore({
     return this.config;
   },
 
-  loadInitialData(config, languageOverride = null) {
+  loadInitialData(config) {
     config.features = new Set(config.features || []);
     this.config = config;
 
+    // Language code is passed from django
+    let languageCode = config.languageCode;
+
     // TODO(dcramer): abstract this out of ConfigStore
     if (config.user) {
       config.user.permissions = new Set(config.user.permissions);
@@ -43,15 +46,13 @@ const ConfigStore = Reflux.createStore({
         // e.g. unencoded "%"
       }
 
-      // Priority:
-      // "?lang=en" --> user configuration options --> django request.LANGUAGE_CODE --> "en"
-      setLocale(
-        queryString.lang || config.user.options.language || languageOverride || 'en'
-      );
-    } else if (languageOverride) {
-      setLocale(languageOverride);
+      languageCode = queryString.lang || config.user.options.language || languageCode;
     }
 
+    // Priority:
+    // "?lang=en" --> user configuration options --> django request.LANGUAGE_CODE --> "en"
+    setLocale(languageCode || 'en');
+
     this.trigger(config);
   },
 });
diff --git a/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/views/admin/adminUserEdit.jsx b/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/views/admin/adminUserEdit.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/src/sentry/templates/sentry/layout.html b/src/sentry/templates/sentry/layout.html
index 8ebe3d98667b..9a1ce4c47881 100644
--- a/src/sentry/templates/sentry/layout.html
+++ b/src/sentry/templates/sentry/layout.html
@@ -34,14 +34,10 @@
   <title>{% block title %}Sentry{% endblock %}</title>
 
   <script>
-    window.csrfCookieName = '{{ CSRF_COOKIE_NAME }}';
-    window.__sentryGlobalStaticPrefix = '{% asset_url "sentry" "dist/" %}';
     window.__initialData = {% get_react_config %};
-    window.__languageCode = {{ request.LANGUAGE_CODE|to_json|safe }};
   </script>
 
   {% block scripts %}
-  {% include "sentry/includes/sdk-config.html" %}
   {% locale_js_include %}
   <script src="{% asset_url "sentry" "dist/vendor.js" %}"{% crossorigin %}></script>
   <script src="{% asset_url "sentry" "dist/app.js" %}"{% crossorigin %}></script>
diff --git a/src/sentry/templatetags/sentry_react.py b/src/sentry/templatetags/sentry_react.py
index 2cc7c3351d2f..72f737e42ab7 100644
--- a/src/sentry/templatetags/sentry_react.py
+++ b/src/sentry/templatetags/sentry_react.py
@@ -78,10 +78,25 @@ def get_react_config(context):
         messages = get_messages(request)
         session = getattr(request, 'session', None)
         is_superuser = is_active_superuser(request)
+        language_code = getattr(request, 'LANGUAGE_CODE', 'en')
     else:
         user = None
         messages = []
         is_superuser = False
+        language_code = 'en'
+
+    # User identity is used by the sentry SDK
+    if request and user:
+        user_identity = {'ip_address': request.META['REMOTE_ADDR']}
+        if user and user.is_authenticated():
+            user_identity.update({
+                'email': user.email,
+                'id': user.id,
+            })
+            if user.name:
+                user_identity['name'] = user.name
+    else:
+        user_identity = {}
 
     enabled_features = []
     if features.has('organizations:create', actor=user):
@@ -103,6 +118,7 @@ def get_react_config(context):
         'version': version_info,
         'features': enabled_features,
         'mediaUrl': get_asset_url('sentry', ''),
+        'distPrefix': get_asset_url('sentry', 'dist/'),
         'needsUpgrade': needs_upgrade,
         'dsn': get_public_dsn(),
         'statuspage': _get_statuspage(),
@@ -119,6 +135,14 @@ def get_react_config(context):
         # It should only be used on a fresh browser nav to a path where an
         # organization is not in context
         'lastOrganization': session['activeorg'] if session and 'activeorg' in session else None,
+        'languageCode': language_code,
+        'userIdentity': user_identity,
+        'csrfCookieName': settings.CSRF_COOKIE_NAME,
+        'sentryConfig': {
+            'dsn': get_public_dsn(),
+            'release': version_info['build'],
+            'whitelistUrls': list(settings.ALLOWED_HOSTS),
+        },
     }
     if user and user.is_authenticated():
         context.update({
diff --git a/src/sentry/web/helpers.py b/src/sentry/web/helpers.py
index 8bb807f418d0..f77bbbd3844b 100644
--- a/src/sentry/web/helpers.py
+++ b/src/sentry/web/helpers.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ def get_default_context(request, existing_context=None, team=None):
     from sentry.plugins import plugins
 
     context = {
-        'CSRF_COOKIE_NAME': settings.CSRF_COOKIE_NAME,
         'URL_PREFIX': options.get('system.url-prefix'),
         'SINGLE_ORGANIZATION': settings.SENTRY_SINGLE_ORGANIZATION,
         'PLUGINS': plugins,