diff --git a/templates/basebase.html b/templates/basebase.html
index 1379b2c4..33184670 100644
--- a/templates/basebase.html
+++ b/templates/basebase.html
@@ -9,29 +9,31 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
 <html lang="en">
   <head>
-    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
-<script>
-  var previous = null;
-  var current = null;
-  $(document).ready(function() {
-     $.getJSON('http://localhost:8000/rowers/list-jobs/', function(json) {
-        current = JSON.stringify(json);
-        previous = current;
-  });
-  console.log('initial poll');
-  });
+    <script type='text/javascript'
+      src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js'>
+    </script>
+    
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+      window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="/static/js/jquery-3.1.0.js"><' + '/script>');
+      </script>
 
-  setInterval(function() {
-     $.getJSON('http://localhost:8000/rowers/list-jobs/', function(json) {
+
+    <script>
+    var previous = null;
+var current = null;
+(function checkJobs() {
+    console.log('polling');
+    $.getJSON(window.location.protocol + '//'+window.location.host + '/rowers/list-jobs/', function(json) {
         current = JSON.stringify(json);
         if (previous && current && previous !== current) {
-           console.log('refresh');
-           location.reload();
-  };
-  previous = current;
-  });
-  console.log('polling');
-  }, 15000)
+            console.log('refresh');
+            location.reload();
+        };
+        previous = current;
+    });
+    setTimeout(checkJobs, 15000);
+}());
+  
 </script>
 
     <script src="/static/cookielaw/js/cookielaw.js"></script>
