diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/boot.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/boot.js
index cd58c3bb10a..5fad3d0a140 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/boot.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/boot.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         // this unique id will be replaced by hostname_databasename by
         // openerp.web.Session on the first connection
         _session_id: "instance0",
-        _modules: ['web'],
+        _modules: openerp._modules || ['web'],
         web_mobile: {},
         /**
          * OpenERP instance constructor
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
          * @param {Array|String} modules list of modules to initialize
          */
         init: function(modules) {
-            if (modules === null) {
-                modules = [];
+            if (modules === undefined) {
+                modules = openerp._modules;
             }
             modules = _.without(modules, "web");
             if (inited)
diff --git a/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml b/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
index 66da9c3cd99..5a6c6aaea4c 100644
--- a/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 
             <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/lib/jquery.ba-bbq/jquery.ba-bbq.js"></script>
 
+            <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb2.js"></script>
+            <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/src/js/openerpframework.js"></script>
+            <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
+                openerp._modules = <t t-raw="modules"/>;
+            </script>
+
             <link rel="stylesheet" href="/web/static/lib/fontawesome/css/font-awesome.css"/>
         </template>
 
@@ -83,8 +89,6 @@
             <link rel="stylesheet" href="/web/static/src/css/data_export.css"/>
             <link rel="stylesheet" href="/base/static/src/css/modules.css"/>
 
-            <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/lib/qweb/qweb2.js"></script>
-            <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/src/js/openerpframework.js"></script>
             <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/lib/py.js/lib/py.js"></script>
             <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/src/js/boot.js"></script>
             <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/src/js/testing.js"></script>
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@
                     <t t-call-assets="web.assets_backend"/>
                     <script type="text/javascript">
                         $(function() {
-                            var s = new openerp.init(<t t-raw="modules"/>);
+                            var s = new openerp.init();
                             <t t-if="init">
                                 <t t-raw="init"/>
                             </t>