diff --git a/tailbone/templates/themes/falafel/base.mako b/tailbone/templates/themes/falafel/base.mako
index af6805a8..31ae7556 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/themes/falafel/base.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/themes/falafel/base.mako
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="vuejs()">
-  ## Vue.js (latest)
-  ${h.javascript_link('https://unpkg.com/vue')}
+  ## Vue.js (last known good @ 2.6.10)
+  ${h.javascript_link('https://unpkg.com/vue/dist/vue.min.js')}
 
   ## vue-resource
   ## (needed for e.g. this.$http.get() calls, used by grid at least)
@@ -358,8 +358,10 @@
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="buefy()">
-  ## Buefy (latest)
-  ${h.javascript_link('https://unpkg.com/buefy/dist/buefy.min.js')}
+  ## Buefy (last known good @ 0.7.10)
+  ## TODO: i guess Buefy 0.8.0 breaks us! in particular see the grid filters
+  ## ${h.javascript_link('https://unpkg.com/buefy/dist/buefy.min.js')}
+  ${h.javascript_link('https://unpkg.com/buefy@0.7.10/dist/buefy.min.js')}
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="fontawesome()">