diff --git a/assets/javascripts/app/config.js.erb b/assets/javascripts/app/config.js.erb
index 56ce2652..04bc8cba 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/app/config.js.erb
+++ b/assets/javascripts/app/config.js.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 app.config = {
   db_filename: 'db.json',
   default_docs: <%= App.default_docs.to_json %>,
+  docs_aliases: <%= App.docs_aliases.to_json %>,
   docs_origin: '<%= App.docs_origin %>',
   env: '<%= App.environment %>',
   history_cache_size: 10,
diff --git a/assets/javascripts/models/entry.js b/assets/javascripts/models/entry.js
index 79c81342..98822bc9 100644
--- a/assets/javascripts/models/entry.js
+++ b/assets/javascripts/models/entry.js
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 
 app.models.Entry = class Entry extends app.Model {
   static applyAliases(string) {
-    if (Entry.ALIASES.hasOwnProperty(string)) {
-      return [string, Entry.ALIASES[string]];
+    const aliases = app.config.docs_aliases;
+    if (aliases.hasOwnProperty(string)) {
+      return [string, aliases[string]];
     } else {
       const words = string.split(".");
       for (let i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
         var word = words[i];
-        if (Entry.ALIASES.hasOwnProperty(word)) {
-          words[i] = Entry.ALIASES[word];
+        if (aliases.hasOwnProperty(word)) {
+          words[i] = aliases[word];
           return [string, words.join(".")];
         }
       }
@@ -17,43 +18,7 @@ app.models.Entry = class Entry extends app.Model {
     return string;
   }
 
-  static ALIASES = {
-    angular: "ng",
-    "angular.js": "ng",
-    "backbone.js": "bb",
-    "c++": "cpp",
-    coffeescript: "cs",
-    crystal: "cr",
-    elixir: "ex",
-    javascript: "js",
-    julia: "jl",
-    jquery: "$",
-    "knockout.js": "ko",
-    kubernetes: "k8s",
-    less: "ls",
-    lodash: "_",
-    löve: "love",
-    marionette: "mn",
-    markdown: "md",
-    matplotlib: "mpl",
-    modernizr: "mdr",
-    "moment.js": "mt",
-    openjdk: "java",
-    nginx: "ngx",
-    numpy: "np",
-    pandas: "pd",
-    postgresql: "pg",
-    python: "py",
-    "ruby.on.rails": "ror",
-    ruby: "rb",
-    rust: "rs",
-    sass: "scss",
-    tensorflow: "tf",
-    typescript: "ts",
-    "underscore.js": "_",
-  };
   // Attributes: name, type, path
-
   constructor() {
     super(...arguments);
     this.text = Entry.applyAliases(app.Searcher.normalizeString(this.name));
diff --git a/lib/app.rb b/lib/app.rb
index e23b241c..939eab47 100644
--- a/lib/app.rb
+++ b/lib/app.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,42 @@ class App < Sinatra::Application
     set :default_docs, %w(css dom html http javascript)
     set :news_path, File.join(root, assets_prefix, 'javascripts', 'news.json')
 
+    set :docs_aliases, {
+      'angular' => 'ng',
+      'angular.js' => 'ng',
+      'backbone.js' => 'bb',
+      'c++' => 'cpp',
+      'coffeescript' => 'cs',
+      'crystal' => 'cr',
+      'elixir' => 'ex',
+      'javascript' => 'js',
+      'julia' => 'jl',
+      'jquery' => '$',
+      'knockout.js' => 'ko',
+      'kubernetes' => 'k8s',
+      'less' => 'ls',
+      'lodash' => '_',
+      'löve' => 'love',
+      'marionette' => 'mn',
+      'markdown' => 'md',
+      'matplotlib' => 'mpl',
+      'modernizr' => 'mdr',
+      'moment.js' => 'mt',
+      'openjdk' => 'java',
+      'nginx' => 'ngx',
+      'numpy' => 'np',
+      'pandas' => 'pd',
+      'postgresql' => 'pg',
+      'python' => 'py',
+      'ruby.on.rails' => 'ror',
+      'ruby' => 'rb',
+      'rust' => 'rs',
+      'sass' => 'scss',
+      'tensorflow' => 'tf',
+      'typescript' => 'ts',
+      'underscore.js' => '_',
+    }
+
     set :csp, false
 
     require 'docs'
diff --git a/lib/docs/core/manifest.rb b/lib/docs/core/manifest.rb
index 2a1f084c..134bb9e3 100644
--- a/lib/docs/core/manifest.rb
+++ b/lib/docs/core/manifest.rb
@@ -20,15 +20,7 @@ module Docs
         if doc.options[:attribution].is_a?(String)
           json[:attribution] = doc.options[:attribution].strip
         end
-
-        # parse doc aliases from JS file as Ruby hash
-        entry_file = File.open("assets/javascripts/models/entry.js")
-        data = entry_file.read
-        aliases = eval data.split("ALIASES = ").last.split(";").first
-
-        # set alias value
-        json["alias"] = aliases[json["slug"].try(:to_sym)]
-
+        json[:alias] = App.docs_aliases[json["slug"].try(:to_sym)]
         result << json
       end
     end