diff --git a/tailbone/templates/page.mako b/tailbone/templates/page.mako
index 14c8b1a6..1dbd333b 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/page.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/page.mako
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@
         methods: {}
     }
 
-    let ThisPageData = {}
+    let ThisPageData = {
+        ## TODO: should find a better way to handle CSRF token
+        csrftoken: ${json.dumps(request.session.get_csrf_token() or request.session.new_csrf_token())|n},
+    }
 
   </script>
 </%def>