diff --git a/h/static/scripts/group-forms/config.ts b/h/static/scripts/group-forms/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9e530e1b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/h/static/scripts/group-forms/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export type ConfigObject = {
+  /** The URLs of the app's CSS stylesheets. */
+  styles: string[];
+};
+
+/** Return the frontend config from the page's <script class="js-config">. */
+export default function readConfig(): ConfigObject {
+  return JSON.parse(document.querySelector('.js-config')!.textContent!);
+}
diff --git a/h/static/scripts/group-forms/index.tsx b/h/static/scripts/group-forms/index.tsx
index 9f243d167dd..b1ec0dce3f1 100644
--- a/h/static/scripts/group-forms/index.tsx
+++ b/h/static/scripts/group-forms/index.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 import { render } from 'preact';
 
 import CreateGroupForm from './components/CreateGroupForm';
+import readConfig from './config';
 
 function init() {
   const shadowHost = document.querySelector('#create-group-form')!;
   const shadowRoot = shadowHost.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
-  render(<CreateGroupForm />, shadowRoot);
+  const config = readConfig();
+  const stylesheetLinks = config.styles.map(stylesheetURL => (
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href={stylesheetURL} />
+  ));
+  render(
+    <>
+      {stylesheetLinks}
+      <CreateGroupForm />
+    </>,
+    shadowRoot,
+  );
 }
 
 init();
diff --git a/h/templates/groups/create.html.jinja2 b/h/templates/groups/create.html.jinja2
index c99be0edd49..c023a34f1eb 100644
--- a/h/templates/groups/create.html.jinja2
+++ b/h/templates/groups/create.html.jinja2
@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@
 
 {% set page_title = 'Create a new private group' %}
 
-{% block styles %}
-  {{ super() }}
-
-  {% for url in asset_urls('group_forms_css') %}
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ url }}">
-  {% endfor %}
-{% endblock %}
-
 {% block page_content %}
   <div id="create-group-form"></div>
+  <script type="application/json" class="js-config">
+    {
+      "styles": {{ asset_urls("group_forms_css")|tojson }}
+    }
+  </script>
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block scripts %}