diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 1707de2..4ce8573 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     <meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off">
     <!-- https://w3c.github.io/manifest/ && https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Manifest -->
     <link rel="manifest" href="webapp.manifest.json">
-    <base href="/">
     <title ng-bind-template="{{ notificationStatus }}Glowing Bear {{ pageTitle}}"></title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha256-916EbMg70RQy9LHiGkXzG8hSg9EdNy97GazNG/aiY1w=" crossorigin="anonymous" />
     <link rel="shortcut icon" sizes="128x128" href="assets/img/glowing_bear_128x128.png">
diff --git a/js/glowingbear.js b/js/glowingbear.js
index a738361..164ce74 100644
--- a/js/glowingbear.js
+++ b/js/glowingbear.js
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ var weechat = angular.module('weechat', ['ngRoute', 'localStorage', 'weechatMode
     weechat.compileProvider = $compileProvider;
 
     //remove hashbang from url
-    $locationProvider.html5Mode(true).hashPrefix('');
+    $locationProvider.html5Mode({
+        enabled: true,
+        requireBase: false
+    }).hashPrefix('');
 }]);
 weechat.config(['$compileProvider', function ($compileProvider) {
     // hack to determine whether we're executing the tests