diff --git a/public/script.js b/public/script.js
index ea684cf62..aad3a8893 100644
--- a/public/script.js
+++ b/public/script.js
@@ -702,9 +702,16 @@ $.ajaxPrefilter((options, originalOptions, xhr) => {
     xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRF-Token", token);
 });
 
-///// initialization protocol ////////
-$.get("/csrf-token").then(async (data) => {
-    token = data.token;
+async function firstLoadInit() {
+    try {
+        const tokenResponse = await fetch('/csrf-token');
+        const tokenData = await tokenResponse.json();
+        token = tokenData.token;
+    } catch {
+        toastr.error("Couldn't get CSRF token. Please refresh the page.", "Error", { timeOut: 0, extendedTimeOut: 0, preventDuplicates: true });
+        throw new Error("Initialization failed");
+    }
+
     getSystemMessages();
     sendSystemMessage(system_message_types.WELCOME);
     await readSecretState();
@@ -713,7 +720,10 @@ $.get("/csrf-token").then(async (data) => {
     await getUserAvatars();
     await getCharacters();
     await getBackgrounds();
-});
+    initAuthorsNote();
+    initPersonas();
+    initRossMods();
+}
 
 function checkOnlineStatus() {
     ///////// REMOVED LINES THAT DUPLICATE RA_CHeckOnlineStatus FEATURES
@@ -4661,9 +4671,6 @@ export async function getUserAvatars() {
     }
 }
 
-
-
-
 function highlightSelectedAvatar() {
     $("#user_avatar_block").find(".avatar").removeClass("selected");
     $("#user_avatar_block")
@@ -4711,7 +4718,6 @@ export function setUserName(value) {
     saveSettings("change_name");
 }
 
-
 function setUserAvatar() {
     user_avatar = $(this).attr("imgfile");
     reloadUserAvatar();
@@ -4775,8 +4781,6 @@ async function uploadUserAvatar(e) {
     $("#form_upload_avatar").trigger("reset");
 }
 
-
-
 async function doOnboarding(avatarId) {
     let simpleUiMode = false;
     const template = $('#onboarding_template .onboarding');
@@ -5069,18 +5073,6 @@ export function setGenerationParamsFromPreset(preset) {
     }
 }
 
-function setCharacterBlockHeight() {
-    const $children = $("#rm_print_characters_block").children();
-    const originalHeight = $children.length * $children.find(':visible').first().outerHeight();
-    $("#rm_print_characters_block").css('height', originalHeight);
-    //show and hide charlist divs on pageload (causes load lag)
-    //$children.each(function () { setCharListVisible($(this)) });
-
-
-    //delay timer to allow for charlist to populate,
-    //should be set to an onload for rm_print_characters or windows?
-}
-
 // Common code for message editor done and auto-save
 function updateMessage(div) {
     const mesBlock = div.closest(".mes_block");
@@ -6918,7 +6910,6 @@ export async function handleDeleteCharacter(popup_type, this_chid, delete_chats)
     }
 }
 
-
 /**
  * Function to delete a character from UI after character deletion API success.
  * It manages necessary UI changes such as closing advanced editing popup, unsetting
@@ -6952,8 +6943,7 @@ function doTogglePanels() {
     $("#option_settings").trigger('click')
 }
 
-
-$(document).ready(function () {
+jQuery(async function () {
 
     if (isMobile() === true) {
         console.debug('hiding movingUI and sheldWidth toggles for mobile')
@@ -7241,6 +7231,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
             $("#character_popup").css("display", "none");
         }
     });
+
     $("#character_cross").click(function () {
         is_advanced_char_open = false;
         $("#character_popup").transition({
@@ -7250,10 +7241,12 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         });
         setTimeout(function () { $("#character_popup").css("display", "none"); }, 200);
     });
+
     $("#character_popup_ok").click(function () {
         is_advanced_char_open = false;
         $("#character_popup").css("display", "none");
     });
+
     $("#dialogue_popup_ok").click(async function (e) {
         $("#shadow_popup").transition({
             opacity: 0,
@@ -7348,6 +7341,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
             dialogueResolve = null;
         }
     });
+
     $("#dialogue_popup_cancel").click(function (e) {
         $("#shadow_popup").transition({
             opacity: 0,
@@ -7880,8 +7874,6 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         }
     });
 
-
-
     const sliders = [
         {
             sliderId: "#amount_gen",
@@ -7971,7 +7963,6 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         $('#rawPromptPopup').toggle();
     })
 
-
     //********************
     //***Message Editor***
     $(document).on("click", ".mes_edit", async function () {
@@ -8218,7 +8209,6 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         setUserName($('#your_name').val());
     });
 
-
     $('#sync_name_button').on('click', async function () {
         const confirmation = await callPopup(`<h3>Are you sure?</h3>All user-sent messages in this chat will be attributed to ${name1}.`, 'confirm');
 
@@ -8263,6 +8253,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     $("#character_import_button").click(function () {
         $("#character_import_file").click();
     });
+
     $("#character_import_file").on("change", function (e) {
         $("#rm_info_avatar").html("");
         if (!e.target.files.length) {
@@ -8273,10 +8264,12 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
             importCharacter(file);
         }
     });
+
     $("#export_button").on('click', function (e) {
         $('#export_format_popup').toggle();
         exportPopper.update();
     });
+
     $(document).on('click', '.export_format', async function () {
         const format = $(this).data('format');
 
@@ -8642,7 +8635,6 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
         $("#char-management-dropdown").prop('selectedIndex', 0);
     });
 
-
     $(document).on('click', '.mes_img_enlarge', enlargeMessageImage);
     $(document).on('click', '.mes_img_delete', deleteMessageImage);
 
@@ -8845,9 +8837,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     });
 
     // Added here to prevent execution before script.js is loaded and get rid of quirky timeouts
-    initAuthorsNote();
-    initRossMods();
-    initPersonas();
+    await firstLoadInit();
 
     registerDebugFunction('backfillTokenCounts', 'Backfill token counters',
         `Recalculates token counts of all messages in the current chat to refresh the counters.