diff --git a/humbug/settings.py b/humbug/settings.py
index 2e09891768..8e90b8c663 100644
--- a/humbug/settings.py
+++ b/humbug/settings.py
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ PIPELINE_JS = {
     },
     'app': {
         'source_filenames': [
-            'js/blueslip.js',
             'js/util.js',
             'js/setup.js',
             'js/viewport.js',
@@ -305,6 +304,10 @@ PIPELINE_JS = {
         ],
         'output_filename': 'min/app.js'
     },
+    'blueslip': {
+        'source_filenames': ('js/blueslip.js',),
+        'output_filename':  'min/blueslip.js'
+    },
 }
 
 if PIPELINE:
diff --git a/templates/zephyr/base.html b/templates/zephyr/base.html
index 7d77ecabdc..fe62584a14 100644
--- a/templates/zephyr/base.html
+++ b/templates/zephyr/base.html
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
     <link href="/static/favicon.ico?v=2" rel="shortcut icon">
     {# We need to import jQuery before Bootstrap #}
     <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
+    {% block page_params %}
+    {# blueslip needs page_params.debug_mode.  Set it to false by default. #}
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+    var page_params = {debug_mode: false};
+    </script>
+    {% endblock %}
+    {% compressed_js 'blueslip' %}
     <script src="/static/third/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
     {% compressed_js 'common' %}
     {% block customhead %}
diff --git a/templates/zephyr/index.html b/templates/zephyr/index.html
index f572a5d799..f206007e02 100644
--- a/templates/zephyr/index.html
+++ b/templates/zephyr/index.html
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
 
 {% load compressed %}
 
+{% block page_params %}
+{# Insert parameters, which have been encoded with JSONEncoderForHTML. #}
+<script type="text/javascript">
+{% autoescape off %}
+var page_params = {{ page_params }};
+{% endautoescape %}
+</script>
+{% endblock %}
+
 {% block customhead %}
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
 
@@ -30,13 +39,6 @@
 <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/third/handlebars/handlebars.runtime.js"></script>
 {% endif %}
 
-{# Insert parameters, which have been encoded with JSONEncoderForHTML. #}
-<script type="text/javascript">
-{% autoescape off %}
-var page_params = {{ page_params }};
-{% endautoescape %}
-</script>
-
 {% compressed_js 'app' %}
 
 {% if debug %}