diff --git a/tailbone/templates/base.mako b/tailbone/templates/base.mako
index 7d90a5a6..0616fe14 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/base.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/base.mako
@@ -5,23 +5,8 @@
     <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
     <title>${self.global_title()} &raquo; ${capture(self.title)}</title>
     <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="${request.static_url('tailbone:static/img/rattail.ico')}" />
-
-    ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/lib/jquery-1.9.1.min.js'))}
-    ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/lib/jquery-ui-1.10.0.custom.min.js'))}
-    ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/lib/jquery.ui.menubar.js'))}
-    ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/lib/jquery.loadmask.min.js'))}
-    ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/tailbone.js'))}
-
-    ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/normalize.css'))}
-    ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.10.0.custom.min.css'))}
-    ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/jquery.ui.menubar.css'))}
-    ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/jquery.loadmask.css'))}
-    ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/base.css'))}
-    ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/layout.css'))}
-    ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/grids.css'))}
-    ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/filters.css'))}
-    ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/forms.css'))}
-
+    ${self.core_javascript()}
+    ${self.core_styles()}
     ${self.head_tags()}
   </head>
 
@@ -141,4 +126,25 @@
 
 <%def name="title()"></%def>
 
+<%def name="core_javascript()">
+  ${h.javascript_link('https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js')}
+  ${h.javascript_link('https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.min.js')}
+  ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/lib/jquery.ui.menubar.js'))}
+  ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/lib/jquery.loadmask.min.js'))}
+  ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/tailbone.js'))}
+</%def>
+
+<%def name="core_styles()">
+  ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/normalize.css'))}
+  ${h.stylesheet_link('https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.min.css')}
+  ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/jquery.ui.menubar.css'))}
+  ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/jquery.loadmask.css'))}
+  ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/jquery.ui.tailbone.css'))}
+  ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/base.css'))}
+  ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/layout.css'))}
+  ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/grids.css'))}
+  ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/filters.css'))}
+  ${h.stylesheet_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/css/forms.css'))}
+</%def>
+
 <%def name="head_tags()"></%def>