diff --git a/_includes/footer-scripts.html b/_includes/footer-scripts.html
index 8a980a4..9e02b3a 100644
--- a/_includes/footer-scripts.html
+++ b/_includes/footer-scripts.html
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+<!-- TODO hardcode the required JS because on 2016-02-01 GitHub pages migrated to jekyll 3 and broke this template -->
+<script src="/js/jquery-1.11.2.min.js"></script>
+<script src="/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
+<script src="/js/main.js"></script>
+<!-- end TODO -->
+
 {% if layout.common-ext-js %}
   {% for js in layout.common-ext-js %}
 	<script src="{{ js }}"></script>