diff --git a/lib/Controller/NavigationController.php b/lib/Controller/NavigationController.php
index 918684ff..b1b0dcd3 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/NavigationController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/NavigationController.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
  * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
  * later. See the COPYING file.
  *
+ * @author Jonas Sulzer <jonas@violoncello.ch>
  * @author Maxence Lange <maxence@artificial-owl.com>
  * @copyright 2018, Maxence Lange <maxence@artificial-owl.com>
  * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ use OCP\AppFramework\Http\FileDisplayResponse;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\Response;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
 use OCP\IConfig;
+use OCP\IInitialStateService;
 use OCP\IL10N;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 use OCP\IURLGenerator;
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ class NavigationController extends Controller {
 	 * @param MiscService $miscService
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
-		IL10N $l10n, IRequest $request, $userId, IConfig $config, IURLGenerator $urlGenerator,
+		IL10N $l10n, IRequest $request, $userId, IConfig $config, IInitialStateService $initialStateService, IURLGenerator $urlGenerator,
 		AccountService $accountService, DocumentService $documentService,
 		ConfigService $configService, CheckService $checkService, MiscService $miscService
 	) {
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ class NavigationController extends Controller {
 		$this->userId = $userId;
 		$this->l10n = $l10n;
 		$this->config = $config;
+		$this->initialStateService = $initialStateService;
 
 		$this->urlGenerator = $urlGenerator;
 		$this->checkService = $checkService;
@@ -141,33 +144,32 @@ class NavigationController extends Controller {
 	 * @throws SocialAppConfigException
 	 */
 	public function navigate(string $path = ''): TemplateResponse {
-		$data = [
-			'serverData' => [
-				'public'   => false,
-				'firstrun' => false,
-				'setup'    => false,
-				'isAdmin'  => OC::$server->getGroupManager()
-										 ->isAdmin($this->userId),
-				'cliUrl'   => $this->getCliUrl()
-			]
+		$serverData = [
+			'public'   => false,
+			'firstrun' => false,
+			'setup'    => false,
+			'isAdmin'  => OC::$server->getGroupManager()
+									 ->isAdmin($this->userId),
+			'cliUrl'   => $this->getCliUrl()
 		];
 
 		try {
-			$data['serverData']['cloudAddress'] = $this->configService->getCloudUrl();
+			$serverData['cloudAddress'] = $this->configService->getCloudUrl();
 		} catch (SocialAppConfigException $e) {
 			$this->checkService->checkInstallationStatus(true);
 			$cloudAddress = $this->setupCloudAddress();
 			if ($cloudAddress !== '') {
-				$data['serverData']['cloudAddress'] = $cloudAddress;
+				$serverData['cloudAddress'] = $cloudAddress;
 			} else {
-				$data['serverData']['setup'] = true;
+				$serverData['setup'] = true;
 
-				if ($data['serverData']['isAdmin']) {
+				if ($serverData['isAdmin']) {
 					$cloudAddress = $this->request->getParam('cloudAddress');
 					if ($cloudAddress !== null) {
 						$this->configService->setCloudUrl($cloudAddress);
 					} else {
-						return new TemplateResponse(Application::APP_NAME, 'main', $data);
+						$this->initialStateService->provideInitialState(Application::APP_NAME, 'serverData', $serverData);
+						return new TemplateResponse(Application::APP_NAME, 'main');
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -179,9 +181,9 @@ class NavigationController extends Controller {
 			$this->configService->setSocialUrl();
 		}
 
-		if ($data['serverData']['isAdmin']) {
+		if ($serverData['isAdmin']) {
 			$checks = $this->checkService->checkDefault();
-			$data['serverData']['checks'] = $checks;
+			$serverData['checks'] = $checks;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ class NavigationController extends Controller {
 		 */
 		try {
 			$this->accountService->createActor($this->userId, $this->userId);
-			$data['serverData']['firstrun'] = true;
+			$serverData['firstrun'] = true;
 		} catch (AccountAlreadyExistsException $e) {
 			// we do nothing
 		} catch (NoUserException $e) {
@@ -198,7 +200,8 @@ class NavigationController extends Controller {
 			// neither.
 		}
 
-		return new TemplateResponse(Application::APP_NAME, 'main', $data);
+		$this->initialStateService->provideInitialState(Application::APP_NAME, 'serverData', $serverData);
+		return new TemplateResponse(Application::APP_NAME, 'main');
 	}
 
 	private function setupCloudAddress(): string {
diff --git a/lib/Controller/OStatusController.php b/lib/Controller/OStatusController.php
index ad848960..3ca22a34 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/OStatusController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/OStatusController.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
  * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
  * later. See the COPYING file.
  *
+ * @author Jonas Sulzer <jonas@violoncello.ch>
  * @author Maxence Lange <maxence@artificial-owl.com>
  * @copyright 2018, Maxence Lange <maxence@artificial-owl.com>
  * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ use OCA\Social\Service\MiscService;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Controller;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\Response;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
+use OCP\IInitialStateService;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 use OCP\IUserManager;
 use OCP\IUserSession;
@@ -83,11 +85,12 @@ class OStatusController extends Controller {
 	 * @param IUserSession $userSession
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
-		IRequest $request, CacheActorService $cacheActorService, AccountService $accountService,
+		IRequest $request, IInitialStateService $initialStateService, CacheActorService $cacheActorService, AccountService $accountService,
 		CurlService $curlService, MiscService $miscService, IUserSession $userSession
 	) {
 		parent::__construct(Application::APP_NAME, $request);
 
+		$this->initialStateService = $initialStateService;
 		$this->cacheActorService = $cacheActorService;
 		$this->accountService = $accountService;
 		$this->curlService = $curlService;
@@ -118,16 +121,15 @@ class OStatusController extends Controller {
 				throw new Exception('Failed to retrieve current user');
 			}
 
-			return new TemplateResponse(
-				'social', 'ostatus', [
-				'serverData' => [
-					'account'     => $actor->getAccount(),
-					'currentUser' => [
-						'uid'         => $user->getUID(),
-						'displayName' => $user->getDisplayName(),
-					]
+			$this->initialStateService->provideInitialState('social', 'serverData', [
+				'account'     => $actor->getAccount(),
+				'currentUser' => [
+					'uid'         => $user->getUID(),
+					'displayName' => $user->getDisplayName(),
 				]
-			], 'guest'
+			]);
+			return new TemplateResponse(
+				'social', 'main', 'guest'
 			);
 		} catch (Exception $e) {
 			return $this->fail($e);
@@ -148,13 +150,12 @@ class OStatusController extends Controller {
 		try {
 			$following = $this->accountService->getActor($local);
 
+			$this->initialStateService->provideInitialState('social', 'serverData', [
+				'local'   => $local,
+				'account' => $following->getAccount()
+			]);
 			return new TemplateResponse(
-				'social', 'ostatus', [
-				'serverData' => [
-					'local'   => $local,
-					'account' => $following->getAccount()
-				]
-			], 'guest'
+				'social', 'main', 'guest'
 			);
 		} catch (Exception $e) {
 			return $this->fail($e);
diff --git a/lib/Controller/SocialPubController.php b/lib/Controller/SocialPubController.php
index 253c9308..8fada3ae 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/SocialPubController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/SocialPubController.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
  * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
  * later. See the COPYING file.
  *
+ * @author Jonas Sulzer <jonas@violoncello.ch>
  * @author Maxence Lange <maxence@artificial-owl.com>
  * @copyright 2018, Maxence Lange <maxence@artificial-owl.com>
  * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ use OCP\AppFramework\Http;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\Response;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\Template\PublicTemplateResponse;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
+use OCP\IInitialStateService;
 use OCP\IL10N;
 use OCP\IRequest;
 
@@ -98,13 +100,14 @@ class SocialPubController extends Controller {
 	 * @param ConfigService $configService
 	 */
 	public function __construct(
-		$userId, IRequest $request, IL10N $l10n, NavigationController $navigationController,
+		$userId, IInitialStateService $initialStateService, IRequest $request, IL10N $l10n, NavigationController $navigationController,
 		CacheActorService $cacheActorService, AccountService $accountService, StreamService $streamService,
 		ConfigService $configService
 	) {
 		parent::__construct(Application::APP_NAME, $request);
 
 		$this->userId = $userId;
+		$this->initialStateService = $initialStateService;
 		$this->l10n = $l10n;
 		$this->navigationController = $navigationController;
 		$this->accountService = $accountService;
@@ -126,9 +129,6 @@ class SocialPubController extends Controller {
 			return $this->navigationController->navigate('');
 		}
 		$data = [
-			'serverData'  => [
-				'public' => true,
-			],
 			'application' => 'Social'
 		];
 
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ class SocialPubController extends Controller {
 		} catch (Exception $e) {
 			return $this->fail($e);
 		}
+
+		$this->initialStateService->provideInitialState('social', 'serverData', [
+			'public' => true,
+		]);
 		$page = new PublicTemplateResponse(Application::APP_NAME, 'main', $data);
 		$page->setStatus($status);
 		$page->setHeaderTitle($this->l10n->t('Social'));
@@ -229,14 +233,14 @@ class SocialPubController extends Controller {
 		$stream = $this->streamService->getStreamById($postId, true);
 		$data = [
 			'id'          => $postId,
-			'item'        => $stream,
-			'serverData'  => [
-				'public' => ($this->userId === null),
-			],
 			'application' => 'Social'
 		];
 
-		return new TemplateResponse(Application::APP_NAME, 'stream', $data);
+		$this->initialStateService->provideInitialState(Application::APP_NAME, 'item', $stream );
+		$this->initialStateService->provideInitialState(Application::APP_NAME, 'serverData', [
+			'public' => ($this->userId === null),
+		]);
+		return new TemplateResponse(Application::APP_NAME, 'main', $data);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 096ba37e..f3bbe836 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 		"@babel/runtime": "^7.11.2",
 		"@nextcloud/auth": "^1.3.0",
 		"@nextcloud/axios": "^1.3.3",
+		"@nextcloud/initial-state": "^1.1.2",
 		"@nextcloud/logger": "^1.1.2",
 		"@nextcloud/vue": "^2.6.1",
 		"he": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index cd2f589f..689d9209 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <template>
-	<div v-if="!serverData.setup" id="app-social" :class="{public: serverData.public}">
-		<AppNavigation v-if="!serverData.public" id="app-navigation">
+	<Content v-if="!serverData.setup" app-name="social" :class="{public: serverData.public}">
+		<AppNavigation v-if="!serverData.public">
 			<AppNavigationItem v-for="item in menu.items" :key="item.key" :to="item.to"
 				:title="item.title" :icon="item.icon" :exact="true" />
 		</AppNavigation>
-		<div id="app-content">
+		<AppContent>
 			<div v-if="serverData.isAdmin && !serverData.checks.success" class="setup social__wrapper">
 				<h3 v-if="!serverData.checks.checks.wellknown">
 					{{ t('social', '.well-known/webfinger isn\'t properly set up!') }}
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 			</div>
 			<Search v-if="searchTerm !== ''" :term="searchTerm" />
 			<router-view v-if="searchTerm === ''" :key="$route.fullPath" />
-		</div>
-	</div>
-	<div v-else class="setup">
-		<template v-if="serverData.isAdmin">
+		</AppContent>
+	</Content>
+	<Content v-else app-name="social">
+		<AppContent v-if="serverData.isAdmin" class="setup">
 			<h2>{{ t('social', 'Social app setup') }}</h2>
 			<p>{{ t('social', 'ActivityPub requires a fixed URL to make entries unique. Note that this can not be changed later without resetting the Social app.') }}</p>
 			<form @submit.prevent="setCloudAddress">
@@ -51,38 +51,29 @@
 					</p>
 				</template>
 			</form>
-		</template>
-		<template v-else>
+		</AppContent>
+		<AppContent v-else class="setup">
 			<p>{{ t('social', 'The Social app needs to be set up by the server administrator.') }}</p>
-		</template>
-	</div>
+		</AppContent>
+	</Content>
 </template>
 
 <style scoped>
-	#app-social {
-		width: 100%;
-	}
-
-	#app-content .social__wrapper {
+	#app-content-vue .social__wrapper {
 		padding: 15px;
-		max-width: 600px;
+		max-width: 630px;
 		margin: auto;
 	}
 
-	@media (min-width: 1200px) {
-		#app-social:not(.public) #app-content .social__wrapper {
-			margin: 15px calc(50% - 350px - 75px);
-			max-width: 600px;
-		}
-	}
-
 	.setup {
-		margin: auto;
-		width: 700px;
+		margin: 0 auto !important;
+		padding: 15px;
+		max-width: 630px;
 	}
 
 	.setup input[type=url] {
 		width: 300px;
+		max-width: 100%;
 	}
 
 	#social-spacer a:hover,
@@ -97,15 +88,21 @@
 </style>
 
 <script>
-import { AppNavigation, AppNavigationItem } from '@nextcloud/vue'
+import Content from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/Content'
+import AppContent from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/AppContent'
+import AppNavigation from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/AppNavigation'
+import AppNavigationItem from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/AppNavigationItem'
 
 import axios from '@nextcloud/axios'
 import Search from './components/Search.vue'
 import currentuserMixin from './mixins/currentUserMixin'
+import { loadState } from '@nextcloud/initial-state'
 
 export default {
 	name: 'App',
 	components: {
+		Content,
+		AppContent,
 		AppNavigation,
 		AppNavigationItem,
 		Search
@@ -201,10 +198,7 @@ export default {
 	},
 	beforeMount: function() {
 		// importing server data into the store
-		const serverDataElmt = document.getElementById('serverData')
-		if (serverDataElmt !== null) {
-			this.$store.commit('setServerData', JSON.parse(serverDataElmt.dataset.server))
-		}
+		this.$store.commit('setServerData', loadState('social', 'serverData'))
 
 		if (!this.serverData.public) {
 			this.search = new OCA.Search(this.search, this.resetSearch)
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 273e84cd..da4d28d5 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ new Vue({
 	router: router,
 	render: h => h(App),
 	store: store
-}).$mount('#vue-content')
+}).$mount('#content')
diff --git a/src/ostatus.js b/src/ostatus.js
index e367b41c..8ac3ba6d 100644
--- a/src/ostatus.js
+++ b/src/ostatus.js
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ Vue.prototype.OCA = OCA
 new Vue({
 	render: h => h(OStatus),
 	store: store
-}).$mount('#vue-content')
+}).$mount('#content')
diff --git a/src/views/OStatus.vue b/src/views/OStatus.vue
index d7724b2b..978749c3 100644
--- a/src/views/OStatus.vue
+++ b/src/views/OStatus.vue
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 import Avatar from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/Avatar'
 import axios from '@nextcloud/axios'
 import currentuserMixin from './../mixins/currentUserMixin'
+import { loadState } from '@nextcloud/initial-state'
 
 export default {
 	name: 'App',
@@ -100,9 +101,8 @@ export default {
 	},
 	beforeMount: function() {
 		// importing server data into the store
-		const serverDataElmt = document.getElementById('serverData')
-		if (serverDataElmt !== null) {
-			const serverData = JSON.parse(document.getElementById('serverData').dataset.server)
+		try {
+			const serverData = loadState('social', 'serverData')
 			if (serverData.currentUser) {
 				window.oc_current_user = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(serverData.currentUser))
 			}
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ export default {
 			if (this.serverData.local) {
 				this.$store.dispatch('fetchPublicAccountInfo', this.serverData.local)
 			}
-
+		} catch {
+			/* empty */
 		}
 	},
 	methods: {
diff --git a/src/views/TimelineSinglePost.vue b/src/views/TimelineSinglePost.vue
index b5ac5c0d..61824c74 100644
--- a/src/views/TimelineSinglePost.vue
+++ b/src/views/TimelineSinglePost.vue
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import Logger from '../logger'
 import TimelineEntry from './../components/TimelineEntry.vue'
 import TimelineList from './../components/TimelineList.vue'
+import { loadState } from '@nextcloud/initial-state'
 
 export default {
 	name: 'TimelineSinglePost',
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ export default {
 		// Get data of post clicked on
 		if (typeof this.$route.params.id === 'undefined') {
 			Logger.debug('displaying the single post timeline for a non logged-in user')
-			this.mainPost = JSON.parse(document.getElementById('postData').dataset.server)
+			this.mainPost = loadState('social', 'item')
 		} else {
 			this.mainPost = this.$store.getters.getPostFromTimeline(this.$route.params.id)
 		}
diff --git a/templates/main.php b/templates/main.php
index 34ea59d6..f0a64fa5 100644
--- a/templates/main.php
+++ b/templates/main.php
@@ -1,6 +1,26 @@
 <?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2019 Julius Härtl <jus@bitgrid.net>
+ *
+ * @author Jonas Sulzer <jonas@violoncello.ch>
+ * @author Julius Härtl <jus@bitgrid.net>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
 script('social', 'social');
 style('social', 'style');
-?>
-<span id="serverData" data-server="<?php p(json_encode($_['serverData']));?>"></span>
-<div id="vue-content"></div>
diff --git a/templates/ostatus.php b/templates/ostatus.php
deleted file mode 100644
index f7ffa08f..00000000
--- a/templates/ostatus.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 2019 Julius Härtl <jus@bitgrid.net>
- *
- * @author Julius Härtl <jus@bitgrid.net>
- *
- * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
- * License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- *
- */
-
-script('social', 'ostatus');
-style('social', 'style');
-
-?>
-<span id="serverData" data-server="<?php p(json_encode($_['serverData']));?>"></span>
-<div id="vue-content"></div>
diff --git a/templates/stream.php b/templates/stream.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 39620085..00000000
--- a/templates/stream.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-script('social', 'social');
-style('social', 'style');
-?>
-<span id="postData" data-server="<?php p(json_encode($_['item']));?>"></span>
-<span id="serverData" data-server="<?php p(json_encode($_['serverData']));?>"></span>
-<div id="vue-content"></div>