diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b34236d5d..894ba1128 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ changes.
### Fixed
--
+- Move matomo initalization out of the react code
### Changed
diff --git a/govtool/frontend/index.html b/govtool/frontend/index.html
index cb8734a1b..d50aa332b 100644
--- a/govtool/frontend/index.html
+++ b/govtool/frontend/index.html
@@ -25,18 +25,27 @@
diff --git a/govtool/frontend/src/App.tsx b/govtool/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 7745ceefb..553d5295f 100644
--- a/govtool/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/govtool/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ import {
import { PublicRoute } from "./pages/PublicRoute";
import { TopBanners } from "./components/organisms/TopBanners";
import { DashboardHome } from "./pages/DashboardHome";
-import { useMatomo } from "./hooks/useMatomo";
export default () => {
- useMatomo();
const { isProposalDiscussionForumEnabled } = useFeatureFlag();
const { enable, isEnabled } = useCardano();
const navigate = useNavigate();
diff --git a/govtool/frontend/src/hooks/useMatomo.ts b/govtool/frontend/src/hooks/useMatomo.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c323e78c..000000000
--- a/govtool/frontend/src/hooks/useMatomo.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable func-names */
-/* eslint-disable no-multi-assign */
-/* eslint-disable prefer-template */
-/* eslint-disable no-underscore-dangle */
-/* eslint-disable wrap-iife */
-import { useEffect } from "react";
-
-export const useMatomo = () => {
- useEffect(() => {
- const isSancho = window.location.href.includes("sancho");
- if (isSancho) return;
-
- const network = import.meta.env.VITE_NETWORK_FLAG;
- // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
- // @ts-expect-error
- const _paq = (window._paq = window._pag || []);
- _paq.push(["trackPageView"]);
- _paq.push(["enableLinkTracking"]);
- (function () {
- const u = "//analytics.gov.tools/";
- _paq.push(["setTrackerUrl", u + "matomo.php"]);
- _paq.push(["setSiteId", network === 1 ? "1" : "2"]);
- const d = document;
- const g = d.createElement("script");
- const s = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];
- g.async = true;
- g.src = u + "matomo.js";
- s.parentNode?.insertBefore(g, s);
- })();
- }, []);
-};