diff --git a/base.html b/base.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 0dcfc6e4d2..7e73d0e4d9 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <html itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Product" prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/html">
   <head>
+    <!--#include virtual="base.html" -->
     <!--#include virtual="title.html" -->
     <script>
         window.indexLoadedTime = window.performance.now();
         console.log("(TIME) index.html loaded:\t", indexLoadedTime);
     </script>
-    <script src="config.js?v=15"></script><!-- adapt to your needs, i.e. set hosts and bosh path -->
+    <script><!--#include virtual="config.js" --></script><!-- adapt to your needs, i.e. set hosts and bosh path -->
     <script src="utils.js?v=1"></script>
     <!--#include virtual="connection_optimization/connection_optimization.html" -->
     <script src="connection_optimization/do_external_connect.js?v=1"></script>
