diff --git a/app/sync.js b/app/sync.js
index 026fd61137d..8c86628b3ee 100644
--- a/app/sync.js
+++ b/app/sync.js
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ let pollIntervalId = null
 let deviceIdSent = false
 let bookmarksToolbarShown = false
 
+const folderToObjectId = {}
+
 /**
  * Sends sync records of the same category to the sync server.
  * @param {event.sender} sender
@@ -185,7 +187,6 @@ module.exports.onSyncReady = (isFirstRun, e) => {
    * call; there's not enough time to dispatch id updates to appStore.sites.
    * @param {Immutable.Map} site
    */
-  const folderToObjectId = {}
   const syncBookmark = (site) => {
     if (!site || site.get('objectId') || folderToObjectId[site.get('folderId')] || !syncUtil.isSyncable('bookmark', site)) {
       return