diff --git a/app/javascript/retrospring/common.ts b/app/javascript/retrospring/common.ts
index 712edf3e..811e9a8a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/retrospring/common.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/retrospring/common.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import '@hotwired/turbo-rails';
-import initialize from './initializers';
+import initializeBootstrap from './initializers/bootstrap';
+import initializeStimulus from './initializers/stimulus';
 
 export default function start(): void {
   try {
-    initialize();
+    initializeBootstrap();
+    initializeStimulus();
   } catch (e) {
     // initialization errors
   }
-}
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+}
diff --git a/app/javascript/retrospring/initializers/index.ts b/app/javascript/retrospring/initializers/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e7768c0..00000000
--- a/app/javascript/retrospring/initializers/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Using some JavaScript trickery with require.context
- * and default exports, we're basically rebuilding the
- * Rails concept of "initializers" in JavaScript.
- *
- * Every file in this folder exports a default function
- * which this index script is loading and executing, so
- * we don't have to specify several single import
- * statements and can dynamically extend this with as
- * many initializers as we see fit.
- */
-export default function initialize(): void {
-  const files = require.context('.', false, /\.ts$/);
-
-  files.keys().forEach((key) => {
-    if (key === './index.ts') return;
-    if (key.startsWith('./_')) return;
-    files(key).default();
-  });
-}
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diff --git a/app/javascript/retrospring/initializers/stimulus.ts b/app/javascript/retrospring/initializers/stimulus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc65f20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/retrospring/initializers/stimulus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Application } from "@hotwired/stimulus";
+import AnnouncementController from "retrospring/controllers/announcement_controller";
+import AutofocusController from "retrospring/controllers/autofocus_controller";
+import CharacterCountController from "retrospring/controllers/character_count_controller";
+
+/**
+ * This module sets up Stimulus and our controllers
+ *
+ * TODO: Temporary solution until I implement stimulus-rails and move
+ *       controllers to app/javascript/controllers where an automated
+ *       index can be generated
+ */
+export default function (): void {
+  window['Stimulus'] = Application.start();
+  window['Stimulus'].register('announcement', AnnouncementController);
+  window['Stimulus'].register('autofocus', AutofocusController);
+  window['Stimulus'].register('character-count', CharacterCountController);
+}