diff --git a/resources/report/js/script.js b/resources/report/js/script.js
index 9100a0e9..ee23c87d 100644
--- a/resources/report/js/script.js
+++ b/resources/report/js/script.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ function addNewTableRow(evt) {
     /* Add deletion listener. */
     row.getElementsByClassName('fa-trash-o')[0].addEventListener('click', removeTableRow, false);
 }
-function addTableRow(tableBody, data) {
+function addTableRow(tableBody, tableData) {
     var rowTemplateId = tableBody.getAttribute('data-template');
     var content = document.getElementById(rowTemplateId).content;
     var row = document.importNode(content, true);
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ function addTableRow(tableBody, data) {
     row = tableBody.lastElementChild.previousElementSibling;
 
     /* Data is an object with keys that match element class names. */
-    for (var key in data) {
-        row.getElementsByClassName(key)[0].value = data[key];
+    for (var key in tableData) {
+        row.getElementsByClassName(key)[0].value = tableData[key];
     }
 
     /* Enable row editing. */
@@ -624,6 +624,12 @@ function setupEventHandlers() {
     document.body.addEventListener('mouseover', toggleHoverText, false);
 }
 function initUI() {
+    if (typeof loot == 'undefined') {
+        console.log('loot is not defined.');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    document.getElementById('LOOTVersion').textContent = loot.version;
     /* Fill in languages, games, settings values. */
 
     /* Fill in game row template's game type options. */
@@ -677,6 +683,26 @@ function initUI() {
     settingsLangSelect.value = loot.settings.language;
     debugVerbositySelect.value = loot.settings.debugVerbosity;
 }
+var loot;
+function initJavascriptVars() {
+    // Create and send a new query.
+    var request_id = window.cefQuery({
+        request: 'initJavascriptVars',
+        persistent: false,
+        onSuccess: function(response) {
+            try {
+                loot = JSON.parse(response);
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.log(e);
+                console.log('Response: ' + response);
+            }
+            initUI();
+        },
+        onFailure: function(error_code, error_message) {
+            showMessageBox('error', "Error", "Error code: " + error_code + "; " + error_message);
+        }
+    });
+}
 function processURLParams() {
     /* Get the data path from the URL and load it. */
     /*var pos = document.URL.indexOf("?data=");*/
@@ -691,7 +717,6 @@ function processURLParams() {
             var activePluginNo = 0;
             var dirtyPluginNo = 0;
             /* Fill report with data. */
-            document.getElementById('LOOTVersion').textContent = loot.version;
             document.getElementById('masterlistRevision').textContent = data.masterlist.revision.substr(0, 9);
             document.getElementById('masterlistDate').textContent = data.masterlist.date;
             var generalMessagesList = document.getElementById('generalMessages').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
@@ -829,7 +854,7 @@ function processURLParams() {
             }
 
             /* Now initialise the rest of the report. */
-            initUI();
+            initJavascriptVars();
             setupEventHandlers();
             if (isStorageSupported()) {
                 loadSettings();
diff --git a/resources/report/report.html b/resources/report/report.html
index 6f0a69e0..d2e2d540 100644
--- a/resources/report/report.html
+++ b/resources/report/report.html
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@
                 <!-- Game <option> elements go here. -->
                 </select>
             <td><input class="folder" type="text" readonly required>
-            <td><input class="masterFile" type="text" readonly>
-            <td><input class="url" type="text" readonly>
+            <td><input class="master" type="text" readonly>
+            <td><input class="repo" type="text" readonly>
             <td><input class="branch" type="text" readonly>
             <td><input class="path" type="text" readonly>
-            <td><input class="registryKey" type="text" readonly>
+            <td><input class="registry" type="text" readonly>
             <td class="fa fa-trash-o fa-fw">
     </template>
     <template id="pluginNav">
diff --git a/src/gui/app.cpp b/src/gui/app.cpp
index d39cfd61..dec06baf 100644
--- a/src/gui/app.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/app.cpp
@@ -51,11 +51,90 @@ namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
 
 namespace loot {
 
+    LootState g_app_state = LootState();
+
     LootApp::LootApp() {}
     
-    void LootApp::Init(std::string& cmdLineGame) {
-        string initError;
+    CefRefPtr<CefBrowserProcessHandler> LootApp::GetBrowserProcessHandler() {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    CefRefPtr<CefRenderProcessHandler> LootApp::GetRenderProcessHandler() {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    void LootApp::OnContextInitialized() {
+        //Make sure this is running in the UI thread.
+        assert(CefCurrentlyOn(TID_UI));
+
+        // Information used when creating the native window.
+        CefWindowInfo window_info;
+
+#if _WIN32 || _WIN64
+        // On Windows we need to specify certain flags that will be passed to CreateWindowEx().
+        window_info.SetAsPopup(NULL, "LOOT");
+#endif
+
+        // Set the handler for browser-level callbacks.
+        CefRefPtr<LootHandler> handler(new LootHandler());
+
+        // Specify CEF browser settings here.
+        CefBrowserSettings browser_settings;
+
+        // Set URL to load. Ignore any command line values.
+        std::string url = ToFileURL(g_path_report);
+
+        // Create the first browser window.
+        CefBrowserHost::CreateBrowser(window_info, handler.get(), url, browser_settings, NULL);
+    }
+
+    void LootApp::OnWebKitInitialized() {
+        // Create the renderer-side router for query handling.
+        CefMessageRouterConfig config;
+        message_router_ = CefMessageRouterRendererSide::Create(config);
+    }
+
+    bool LootApp::OnProcessMessageReceived(
+        CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser,
+        CefProcessId source_process,
+        CefRefPtr<CefProcessMessage> message) {
+        // Handle IPC messages from the browser process...
+        return message_router_->OnProcessMessageReceived(browser, source_process, message);
+    }
+
+
+    void LootApp::OnContextCreated(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser,
+        CefRefPtr<CefFrame> frame,
+        CefRefPtr<CefV8Context> context) {
+
+        _context = context;
+
+        // Register javascript functions.
+        message_router_->OnContextCreated(browser, frame, context);
+    }
+    
+    void LootApp::OnContextReleased(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser,
+        CefRefPtr<CefFrame> frame,
+        CefRefPtr<CefV8Context> context) {
+
+        _context = NULL;
+    }
+
+    void LootApp::InitJSVars() {
+        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Populating JS object variable initial values.";
+
+        if (_context == NULL)
+            return;
+
         
+    }
+
+    // LootState member functions
+    //---------------------------
+
+    void LootState::Init(const std::string& cmdLineGame) {
+        string initError;
+
         //Load settings.
         if (!fs::exists(g_path_settings)) {
             try {
@@ -126,10 +205,8 @@ namespace loot {
         cout.imbue(locale());
         boost::filesystem::path::imbue(locale());
 
-        // Detect Games
-        //-------------
-
-        int gameIndex = -1;
+        // Detect games & select startup game
+        //-----------------------------------
 
         //Detect installed games.
         BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Detecting installed games.";
@@ -149,200 +226,23 @@ namespace loot {
 
         BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Selecting game.";
 
-        if (cmdLineGame.empty()) {
-            if (_settings["Game"] && _settings["Game"].as<string>() != "auto")
-                cmdLineGame = _settings["Game"].as<string>();
-            else if (_settings["Last Game"] && _settings["Last Game"].as<string>() != "auto")
-                cmdLineGame = _settings["Last Game"].as<string>();
+        size_t gameIndex(0);
+        try {
+            gameIndex = SelectGame(_settings, _games, cmdLineGame);
         }
-
-        if (!cmdLineGame.empty()) {
-            for (size_t i = 0, max = _games.size(); i < max; ++i) {
-                if (cmdLineGame == _games[i].FolderName() && _games[i].IsInstalled())
-                    gameIndex = i;
-            }
+        catch (exception &) {
+            BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "None of the supported games were detected.";
         }
-        if (gameIndex < 0) {
-            //Set gameIndex to the first installed game.
-            for (size_t i = 0, max = _games.size(); i < max; ++i) {
-                if (_games[i].IsInstalled()) {
-                    gameIndex = i;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if (gameIndex < 0) {
-                BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "None of the supported games were detected.";
-                initError = translate("Error: None of the supported games were detected.").str();
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-        loot::Game& game(_games[gameIndex]);
-        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Game selected is " << game.Name();
+        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Game selected is " << _games[gameIndex].Name();
 
         //Now that game is selected, initialise it.
         BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Initialising game-specific settings.";
         try {
-            game.Init();
-            *find(_games.begin(), _games.end(), game) = game;  //Sync changes.
+            _games[gameIndex].Init();
         }
         catch (std::exception& e) {
             BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "Game-specific settings could not be initialised. " << e.what();
-            initError = (format(translate("Error: Game-specific settings could not be initialised. %1%")) % e.what()).str();
-            return;
         }
     }
 
-    CefRefPtr<CefBrowserProcessHandler> LootApp::GetBrowserProcessHandler() {
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    CefRefPtr<CefRenderProcessHandler> LootApp::GetRenderProcessHandler() {
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    void LootApp::OnContextInitialized() {
-        //Make sure this is running in the UI thread.
-        assert(CefCurrentlyOn(TID_UI));
-
-        // Information used when creating the native window.
-        CefWindowInfo window_info;
-
-#if _WIN32 || _WIN64
-        // On Windows we need to specify certain flags that will be passed to CreateWindowEx().
-        window_info.SetAsPopup(NULL, "LOOT");
-#endif
-
-        // Set the handler for browser-level callbacks.
-        CefRefPtr<LootHandler> handler(new LootHandler());
-
-        // Specify CEF browser settings here.
-        CefBrowserSettings browser_settings;
-
-        // Set URL to load. Ignore any command line values.
-        std::string url = ToFileURL(g_path_report);
-
-        // Create the first browser window.
-        CefBrowserHost::CreateBrowser(window_info, handler.get(), url, browser_settings, NULL);
-    }
-
-    void LootApp::OnWebKitInitialized() {
-        // Create the renderer-side router for query handling.
-        CefMessageRouterConfig config;
-        message_router_ = CefMessageRouterRendererSide::Create(config);
-    }
-
-    bool LootApp::OnProcessMessageReceived(
-        CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser,
-        CefProcessId source_process,
-        CefRefPtr<CefProcessMessage> message) {
-        // Handle IPC messages from the browser process...
-        return message_router_->OnProcessMessageReceived(browser, source_process, message);
-    }
-
-
-    void LootApp::OnContextCreated(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser,
-        CefRefPtr<CefFrame> frame,
-        CefRefPtr<CefV8Context> context) {
-
-        // Register javascript functions.
-        message_router_->OnContextCreated(browser, frame, context);
-
-        _context = context;
-    }
-    
-    void LootApp::OnContextReleased(CefRefPtr<CefBrowser> browser,
-        CefRefPtr<CefFrame> frame,
-        CefRefPtr<CefV8Context> context) {
-
-        _context = NULL;
-    }
-
-    void LootApp::InitJSVars() {
-        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Populating JS object variable initial values.";
-
-        if (_context == NULL)
-            return;
-
-        // Retrieve the context's window object.
-        CefRefPtr<CefV8Value> object = _context->GetGlobal();
-
-        // Here the initialisation values should be set.
-
-        CefRefPtr<CefV8Value> lootObj = CefV8Value::CreateObject(NULL);
-
-        // LOOT Version
-        //-------------
-
-        lootObj->SetValue("version", CefV8Value::CreateString(to_string(g_version_major) + "." + to_string(g_version_minor) + "." + to_string(g_version_patch)), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-
-        // LOOT Settings
-        //--------------
-
-        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Setting GUI values for LOOT's settings.";
-
-        CefRefPtr<CefV8Value> settingsObj = CefV8Value::CreateObject(NULL);
-
-        if (_settings["Language"])
-            settingsObj->SetValue("language", CefV8Value::CreateString(Language(_settings["Language"].as<string>()).Name()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-
-        if (_settings["Update Masterlist"])
-            settingsObj->SetValue("updateMasterlist", CefV8Value::CreateBool(_settings["Update Masterlist"].as<bool>()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-
-        if (_settings["Debug Verbosity"])
-            settingsObj->SetValue("debugVerbosity", CefV8Value::CreateInt(_settings["Debug Verbosity"].as<int>()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-
-        if (_settings["Game"])
-            settingsObj->SetValue("game", CefV8Value::CreateString(_settings["Game"].as<string>()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-
-        vector<Game> games = GetGames(_settings);
-        CefRefPtr<CefV8Value> gamesArr = CefV8Value::CreateArray(games.size());
-        for (int i = 0; i < games.size(); ++i) {
-            CefRefPtr<CefV8Value> gameObj = CefV8Value::CreateObject(NULL);
-
-            gameObj->SetValue("type", CefV8Value::CreateString(loot::Game(games[i].Id()).FolderName()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-            gameObj->SetValue("name", CefV8Value::CreateString(games[i].Name()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-            gameObj->SetValue("folder", CefV8Value::CreateString(games[i].FolderName()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-            gameObj->SetValue("masterFile", CefV8Value::CreateString(games[i].Master()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-            gameObj->SetValue("url", CefV8Value::CreateString(games[i].RepoURL()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-            gameObj->SetValue("branch", CefV8Value::CreateString(games[i].RepoBranch()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-            gameObj->SetValue("path", CefV8Value::CreateString(games[i].GamePath().string()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-            gameObj->SetValue("registryKey", CefV8Value::CreateString(games[i].RegistryKey()), V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-
-            gamesArr->SetValue(i, gameObj);
-        }
-        settingsObj->SetValue("games", gamesArr, V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-
-        lootObj->SetValue("settings", settingsObj, V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-
-        // LOOT Game Types
-        //----------------
-
-        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Setting GUI values for LOOT's game types.";
-
-        CefRefPtr<CefV8Value> gameTypesArr = CefV8Value::CreateArray(4);
-        gameTypesArr->SetValue(0, CefV8Value::CreateString(Game(Game::tes4).FolderName()));
-        gameTypesArr->SetValue(1, CefV8Value::CreateString(Game(Game::tes5).FolderName()));
-        gameTypesArr->SetValue(2, CefV8Value::CreateString(Game(Game::fo3).FolderName()));
-        gameTypesArr->SetValue(3, CefV8Value::CreateString(Game(Game::fonv).FolderName()));
-
-        lootObj->SetValue("gameTypes", gameTypesArr, V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-
-        // LOOT Languages
-        //---------------
-
-        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Setting GUI values for LOOT's languages.";
-
-        vector<string> langs = Language::Names();
-        CefRefPtr<CefV8Value> langsArr = CefV8Value::CreateArray(langs.size());
-        for (int i = 0; i < langs.size(); ++i) {
-            langsArr->SetValue(i, CefV8Value::CreateString(langs[i]));
-        }
-
-        lootObj->SetValue("languages", langsArr, V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-
-        // Load Order
-        //-----------
-
-        object->SetValue("loot", lootObj, V8_PROPERTY_ATTRIBUTE_NONE);
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/gui/app.h b/src/gui/app.h
index 2ce350ef..c5bf8f7b 100644
--- a/src/gui/app.h
+++ b/src/gui/app.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ namespace loot {
     public:
         LootApp();
 
-        void Init(std::string& cmdLineGame);
-
         // Override CefApp methods.
         virtual CefRefPtr<CefBrowserProcessHandler> GetBrowserProcessHandler() OVERRIDE;
         virtual CefRefPtr<CefRenderProcessHandler> GetRenderProcessHandler() OVERRIDE;
@@ -69,12 +67,19 @@ namespace loot {
 
         CefRefPtr<CefV8Context> _context;
 
-        YAML::Node _settings;
-        std::vector<loot::Game> _games;
-
         IMPLEMENT_REFCOUNTING(LootApp);
     };
 
+    class LootState {
+    public:
+
+        void Init(const std::string& cmdLineGame);
+
+        YAML::Node _settings;
+        std::vector<loot::Game> _games;
+    };
+
+    extern LootState g_app_state;
 }
 
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/gui/handler.cpp b/src/gui/handler.cpp
index d6adfca8..cc413984 100644
--- a/src/gui/handler.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/handler.cpp
@@ -24,23 +24,28 @@
 
 #include "handler.h"
 #include "resource.h"
+#include "app.h"
 
 #include <include/cef_app.h>
 #include <include/cef_runnable.h>
 #include <include/cef_task.h>
 
+#include <boost/log/trivial.hpp>
+
 #include <sstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <cassert>
 
+using namespace std;
+
 namespace loot {
 
     namespace {
         LootHandler * g_instance = NULL;
     }
 
-    // Handler methods
-    //----------------
+    // WinHandler methods
+    //-------------------
 
     Handler::Handler() {}
 
@@ -52,8 +57,7 @@ namespace loot {
                             bool persistent,
                             CefRefPtr<Callback> callback) {
 
-        const std::string& message_name = request;
-        if (message_name == "openReadme") {
+        if (request == "openReadme") {
             // Open readme in default application.
             HINSTANCE ret = ShellExecute(0, NULL, ToWinWide(ToFileURL(g_path_readme)).c_str(), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
             if ((int)ret > 32)
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ namespace loot {
                 callback->Failure((int)ret, "Shell execute failed.");
             return true;
         }
-        else if (message_name == "openLogLocation") {
+        else if (request == "openLogLocation") {
             //Open debug log folder.
             HINSTANCE ret = ShellExecute(NULL, L"open", ToWinWide(g_path_log.parent_path().string()).c_str(), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
             if ((int)ret > 32)
@@ -71,10 +75,84 @@ namespace loot {
                 callback->Failure((int)ret, "Shell execute failed.");
             return true;
         }
+        else if (request == "initJavascriptVars") {
+            // Convert the _settings YAML object to a JSON string, and also add members for the LOOT version, game types and languages.
+
+            if (g_app_state._games.empty()) {
+                BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(warning) << "Application state not yet initialised, initialising now...";
+                g_app_state.Init("");
+                BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(info) << "Application state initialised.";
+            }
+
+            YAML::Node temp;
+
+            // LOOT Version
+            //-------------
+
+            temp["version"] = to_string(g_version_major) + "." + to_string(g_version_minor) + "." + to_string(g_version_patch);
+
+            // LOOT Settings
+            //--------------
+
+            //temp["settings"] = g_app_state._settings;
+
+            // Do a bit of translation of key names into more javascript-friendly names.
+            // Consider instead making the settings file use the more friendly names itself.
+
+            temp["settings"]["debugVerbosity"] = g_app_state._settings["Debug Verbosity"];
+            temp["settings"]["game"] = g_app_state._settings["Game"];
+            temp["settings"]["games"] = g_app_state._settings["Games"];
+            temp["settings"]["language"] = Language(g_app_state._settings["Language"].as<string>()).Name();
+            temp["settings"]["lastGame"] = g_app_state._settings["Last Game"];
+
+            // LOOT Game Types
+            //-----------------
+
+            vector<string> gameTypes;
+            gameTypes.push_back(Game(Game::tes4).FolderName());
+            gameTypes.push_back(Game(Game::tes5).FolderName());
+            gameTypes.push_back(Game(Game::fo3).FolderName());
+            gameTypes.push_back(Game(Game::fonv).FolderName());
+
+            temp["gameTypes"] = gameTypes;
+
+            // LOOT Languages
+            //---------------
+
+            BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Setting GUI values for LOOT's languages.";
+
+            temp["languages"] = Language::Names();
+
+            // Now output as JSON.
+
+            YAML::Emitter tempout;
+            tempout.SetOutputCharset(YAML::EscapeNonAscii);
+            tempout.SetStringFormat(YAML::DoubleQuoted);
+            tempout.SetBoolFormat(YAML::TrueFalseBool);
+            tempout.SetSeqFormat(YAML::Flow);
+            tempout.SetMapFormat(YAML::Flow);
+
+            tempout << temp;
+
+            // yaml-cpp produces `!<!>` artifacts in its output, so remove them.
+            std::string json = tempout.c_str();
+            boost::replace_all(json, "!<!>", "");
+            // There's also a bit of weirdness where there are some \x escapes and some \u escapes.
+            // They should all be \u, so transform them.
+            boost::replace_all(json, "\\x", "\\u00");
+
+            callback->Success(json);
+
+            return true;
+        }
 
         return false;
     }
 
+
+    // LootHandler methods
+    //--------------------
+
     LootHandler::LootHandler() : is_closing_(false) {
         assert(!g_instance);
         g_instance = this;
diff --git a/src/gui/main_win.cpp b/src/gui/main_win.cpp
index e3354ee4..38553f03 100644
--- a/src/gui/main_win.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/main_win.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCmd
         gameStr = command_line->GetSwitchValue("game");
     }
 
+    loot::g_app_state.Init(gameStr);
+
     // Back to CEF
     //------------
 
@@ -133,8 +135,6 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCmd
     // Do application init
     //--------------------
 
-    app.get()->Init(gameStr);
-
     // Run the CEF message loop. This will block until CefQuitMessageLoop() is called.
     CefRunMessageLoop();