diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/AssetInitialization.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/AssetInitialization.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ea3c56b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/AssetInitialization.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Web;
+using ClientDependency.Core;
+using ClientDependency.Core.Config;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+
+namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.JavaScript
+{
+    internal abstract class AssetInitialization
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This will check if we're in release mode, if so it will create a CDF URL to load them all in at once
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="fileRefs"></param>
+        /// <param name="cdfType"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        protected JArray CheckIfReleaseAndOptimized(JArray fileRefs, ClientDependencyType cdfType)
+        {
+            if (HttpContext.Current != null && HttpContext.Current.IsDebuggingEnabled == false)
+            {
+                return GetOptimized(fileRefs, cdfType);
+            }
+            return fileRefs;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Return array of optimized URLs
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="fileRefs"></param>
+        /// <param name="cdfType"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        protected JArray GetOptimized(JArray fileRefs, ClientDependencyType cdfType)
+        {
+            var depenencies = fileRefs.Select(x =>
+                {
+                    var asString = x.ToString();
+                    if (asString.StartsWith("/") == false)
+                    {
+                        if (Uri.IsWellFormedUriString(asString, UriKind.Relative))
+                        {
+                            var absolute = new Uri(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url, asString);
+                            return new BasicFile(cdfType) { FilePath = absolute.AbsolutePath };
+                        }
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                    return new JavascriptFile(asString);
+                }).Where(x => x != null);
+
+            var urls = ClientDependencySettings.Instance.DefaultCompositeFileProcessingProvider.ProcessCompositeList(
+                depenencies,
+                cdfType, 
+                new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current));
+
+            var result = new JArray();
+            foreach (var u in urls)
+            {
+                result.Add(u);
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/CssInitialization.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/CssInitialization.cs
index b694f60a29..be92605cda 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/CssInitialization.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/CssInitialization.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using ClientDependency.Core;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Manifest;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.JavaScript
 {
-    internal class CssInitialization
+    internal class CssInitialization : AssetInitialization
     {
         private readonly ManifestParser _parser;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.JavaScript
                 ManifestParser.MergeJArrays(merged, m.StylesheetInitialize);
             }
 
+            //now we can optimize if in release mode
+            merged = CheckIfReleaseAndOptimized(merged, ClientDependencyType.Css);
+
             return ParseMain(merged);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/JsInitialization.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/JsInitialization.cs
index 200bf6c4d2..389f50be00 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/JsInitialization.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/JavaScript/JsInitialization.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
-using System.Web;
 using ClientDependency.Core;
-using ClientDependency.Core.Config;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.JavaScript
     /// Reads from all defined manifests and ensures that any of their initialization is output with the
     /// main Umbraco initialization output.
     /// </summary>
-    internal class JsInitialization
+    internal class JsInitialization : AssetInitialization
     {        
         private readonly ManifestParser _parser;
 
@@ -54,55 +51,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.JavaScript
             }
 
             //now we can optimize if in release mode
-            umbracoInit = CheckIfReleaseAndOptimized(umbracoInit);
+            umbracoInit = CheckIfReleaseAndOptimized(umbracoInit, ClientDependencyType.Javascript);
 
             return ParseMain(
                 umbracoInit.ToString(),
                 IOHelper.ResolveUrl(SystemDirectories.Umbraco));
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// This will check if we're in release mode, if so it will create a CDF URL to load them all in at once
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="fileRefs"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        internal JArray CheckIfReleaseAndOptimized(JArray fileRefs)
-        {
-            if (HttpContext.Current != null && HttpContext.Current.IsDebuggingEnabled == false)
-            {
-                return GetOptimized(fileRefs);
-            }
-            return fileRefs;
-        }
-
-        internal JArray GetOptimized(JArray fileRefs)
-        {
-            var depenencies = fileRefs.Select(x =>
-                {
-                    var asString = x.ToString();
-                    if (asString.StartsWith("/") == false)
-                    {
-                        if (Uri.IsWellFormedUriString(asString, UriKind.Relative))
-                        {
-                            var absolute = new Uri(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url, asString);                            
-                            return new JavascriptFile(absolute.AbsolutePath);
-                        }
-                        return null;
-                    }
-                    return new JavascriptFile(asString);
-                }).Where(x => x != null);
-
-            var urls = ClientDependencySettings.Instance.DefaultCompositeFileProcessingProvider.ProcessCompositeList(
-                depenencies, ClientDependencyType.Javascript, new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current));
-
-            var result = new JArray();
-            foreach (var u in urls)
-            {
-                result.Add(u);
-            }
-            return result;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns the default config as a JArray
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
index bc480fa4f8..0be01640cc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Umbraco.Web.csproj
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\Trees\CreateChildEntity.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Trees\MenuItemList.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Trees\TreeControllerBase.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UI\JavaScript\AssetInitialization.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UI\JavaScript\CssInitialization.cs" />
     <Compile Include="umbraco.presentation\umbraco\create.aspx.cs">
       <SubType>ASPXCodeBehind</SubType>