diff --git a/app/models/web_hook.rb b/app/models/web_hook.rb
index 4159dfbc7cf..40fed09de63 100644
--- a/app/models/web_hook.rb
+++ b/app/models/web_hook.rb
@@ -47,36 +47,6 @@ class WebHook < ActiveRecord::Base
   def self.enqueue_post_hooks(event, post, user=nil)
     WebHook.enqueue_hooks(:post, post_id: post.id, category_id: post&.topic&.category_id, event_name: event.to_s)
   end
-
-  %i(topic_destroyed topic_recovered).each do |event|
-    DiscourseEvent.on(event) do |topic, user|
-      WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(event, topic, user)
-    end
-  end
-
-  DiscourseEvent.on(:topic_created) do |topic, _, user|
-    WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(:topic_created, topic, user)
-  end
-
-  %i(post_created
-     post_destroyed
-     post_recovered).each do |event|
-
-    DiscourseEvent.on(event) do |post, _, user|
-      WebHook.enqueue_post_hooks(event, post, user)
-    end
-  end
-
-  DiscourseEvent.on(:post_edited) do |post, topic_changed|
-    WebHook.enqueue_post_hooks(:post_edited, post)
-    WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(:topic_edited, post.topic) if post.is_first_post? && topic_changed
-  end
-
-  %i(user_created user_approved user_updated).each do |event|
-    DiscourseEvent.on(event) do |user|
-      WebHook.enqueue_hooks(:user, user_id: user.id, event_name: event.to_s)
-    end
-  end
 end
 
 # == Schema Information
diff --git a/config/initializers/012-web_hook_events.rb b/config/initializers/012-web_hook_events.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93edb4e00e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/012-web_hook_events.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+%i(topic_destroyed topic_recovered).each do |event|
+  DiscourseEvent.on(event) do |topic, user|
+    WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(event, topic, user)
+  end
+end
+
+DiscourseEvent.on(:topic_created) do |topic, _, user|
+  WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(:topic_created, topic, user)
+end
+
+%i(post_created
+   post_destroyed
+   post_recovered).each do |event|
+
+  DiscourseEvent.on(event) do |post, _, user|
+    WebHook.enqueue_post_hooks(event, post, user)
+  end
+end
+
+DiscourseEvent.on(:post_edited) do |post, topic_changed|
+  WebHook.enqueue_post_hooks(:post_edited, post)
+  WebHook.enqueue_topic_hooks(:topic_edited, post.topic) if post.is_first_post? && topic_changed
+end
+
+%i(user_created user_approved user_updated).each do |event|
+  DiscourseEvent.on(event) do |user|
+    WebHook.enqueue_hooks(:user, user_id: user.id, event_name: event.to_s)
+  end
+end