diff --git a/astro.config.mjs b/astro.config.mjs
index dda0f7b4..36601834 100644
--- a/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/astro.config.mjs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
         },
         {
           tag: "script",
-          content: `var _paq=window._paq=window._paq||[];_paq.push(["disableCookies"]);_paq.push(["enableLinkTracking"]);_paq.push(["trackPageView"]);(function(){var u="https://internetcomputer.matomo.cloud/";_paq.push(["setTrackerUrl",u+"matomo.php"]);_paq.push(["setSiteId","19"]);var d=document,g=d.createElement("script"),s=d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];g.async=true;g.src="https://cdn.matomo.cloud/internetcomputer.matomo.cloud/matomo.js";s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s)})()`,
+          attrs: { src: "/matomo.js", async: true },
         },
         {
           tag: "script",
diff --git a/public/matomo.js b/public/matomo.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d22038bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/matomo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+if (location.hostname !== "localhost" && location.hostname !== "127.0.0.1") {
+  var _paq = (window._paq = window._paq || []);
+  _paq.push(["disableCookies"]);
+  _paq.push(["enableLinkTracking"]);
+  _paq.push(["trackPageView"]);
+  (function () {
+    var u = "https://internetcomputer.matomo.cloud/";
+    _paq.push(["setTrackerUrl", u + "matomo.php"]);
+    _paq.push(["setSiteId", "19"]);
+    var d = document,
+      g = d.createElement("script"),
+      s = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];
+    g.async = true;
+    g.src = "https://cdn.matomo.cloud/internetcomputer.matomo.cloud/matomo.js";
+    s.parentNode.insertBefore(g, s);
+  })();
+}