diff --git a/pinaxcon/templates/_scripts.html b/pinaxcon/templates/_scripts.html
index b3cdce514c5d2343965ff1beb9d6dd423883687a..5e4ba92a29f971d2453cdac35cd3ae4878e07451 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/templates/_scripts.html
+++ b/pinaxcon/templates/_scripts.html
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {% load compress %}
 {% load staticfiles %}
 
+<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.js"></script>
+<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ace/1.2.0/ace.js"></script>
+
 {% compress js %}
+  <script src='{% static "bootstrap/javascripts/bootstrap.min.js" %}'></script>
   <script src='{% static "js/site.js" %}'></script>
 {% endcompress %}
diff --git a/pinaxcon/templates/site_base.html b/pinaxcon/templates/site_base.html
index f5511555cd4b84e406a9b24b026c1462cb079ebe..91e94fd5db844a5d6c3346c422a82e86067a7c6f 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/templates/site_base.html
+++ b/pinaxcon/templates/site_base.html
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 
 {% block scripts %}
     {% include "_scripts.html" %}
-    <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ace/1.2.0/ace.js"></script>
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block extra_body_base %}
diff --git a/static/js/site.js b/static/js/site.js
index 844bff22ea393a85daac0c3a40c7d0aa808f7352..e67bf0734d95df001106e0abdc44601c2d971625 100644
--- a/static/js/site.js
+++ b/static/js/site.js
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 /* global window ace */
-window.jQuery = window.$ = require('jquery');
-
-const $ = window.$;
-
-require('bootstrap');
 
 const loadEditors = () => {
     const $editors = $('.modal-body textarea, #id_body, #id_comment, #id_message, #id_text, #id_abstract, #id_additional_notes, #id_content_override, #id_description, #id_biography');