diff --git a/src/ext/UWContent.ts b/src/ext/UWContent.ts
index a4602da..c648ea9 100644
--- a/src/ext/UWContent.ts
+++ b/src/ext/UWContent.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import Comms from './lib/comms/Comms';
 import CommsClient from './lib/comms/CommsClient';
 import PageInfo from './lib/video-data/PageInfo';
 import Logger, { baseLoggingOptions } from './lib/Logger';
+import UWGlobals from './lib/UWGlobals';
 
 export default class UWContent {
   pageInfo: PageInfo;
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ export default class UWContent {
         console.error("logger init failed!", e)
       }
 
+      // second — let's add some globals
+      if (! (window as any).ultrawidify) {
+        (window as any).ultrawidify = new UWGlobals();
+      }
+
       // init() is re-run any time settings change
       if (this.comms) {
         this.comms.destroy();