diff --git a/components/lib/events.ts b/components/lib/events.ts
index 2eee3ad23236..9c6b123b705a 100644
--- a/components/lib/events.ts
+++ b/components/lib/events.ts
@@ -273,9 +273,9 @@ function initPrintEvent() {
   })
 }
 
-export default function initializeEvents(xcsrfToken?: string) {
+export function initializeEvents(xcsrfToken: string) {
   csrfToken = xcsrfToken // always update the csrfToken
-  if (initialized || !xcsrfToken) return
+  if (initialized) return
   initialized = true
   initPageAndExitEvent() // must come first
   initLinkEvent()
diff --git a/pages/_app.tsx b/pages/_app.tsx
index 6310b3953bf2..24d691f143d6 100644
--- a/pages/_app.tsx
+++ b/pages/_app.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { ThemeProvider, SSRProvider, ThemeProviderProps } from '@primer/react'
 
 import '../stylesheets/index.scss'
 
-import events from 'components/lib/events'
+import { initializeEvents } from 'components/lib/events'
 import experiment from 'components/lib/experiment'
 import { LanguagesContext, LanguagesContextT } from 'components/context/LanguagesContext'
 import { useSession } from 'components/hooks/useSession'
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const MyApp = ({ Component, pageProps, languagesContext }: MyAppProps) => {
   const { session } = useSession()
   useEffect(() => {
     if (session?.csrfToken) {
-      events(session.csrfToken)
+      initializeEvents(session.csrfToken)
     }
     experiment()
   }, [session])