diff --git a/templates/generic_page.html b/templates/generic_page.html
index 9099c79c..c50fb5dd 100644
--- a/templates/generic_page.html
+++ b/templates/generic_page.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=yes">
 		{% if config.meta_keywords %}<meta name="keywords" content="{{ config.meta_keywords }}">{% endif %}
 		{% if config.default_stylesheet.1 != '' %}<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" id="stylesheet" href="{{ config.uri_stylesheets }}{{ config.default_stylesheet.1 }}">{% endif %}
+		<script type="text/javascript">var configRoot="{{ config.root }}";</script>
 		{% if not nojavascript %}
 			<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ config.url_javascript }}"></script>
 			{% if not config.additional_javascript_compile %}
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 76c35d95..d7910416 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=yes">
 	{% if config.meta_keywords %}<meta name="keywords" content="{{ config.meta_keywords }}">{% endif %}
 	{% if config.default_stylesheet.1 != '' %}<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" id="stylesheet" href="{{ config.uri_stylesheets }}{{ config.default_stylesheet.1 }}">{% endif %}
+	<script type="text/javascript">var configRoot="{{ config.root }}";</script>
 	{% if not nojavascript %}
 		<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ config.url_javascript }}"></script>
 		{% if not config.additional_javascript_compile %}
diff --git a/templates/page.html b/templates/page.html
index 0f59e6b1..8fbc49cd 100644
--- a/templates/page.html
+++ b/templates/page.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	<title>{{ title }}</title>
 	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=yes">
 	{% if config.default_stylesheet.1 != '' %}<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" id="stylesheet" href="{{ config.uri_stylesheets }}{{ config.default_stylesheet.1 }}">{% endif %}
+	<script type="text/javascript">var configRoot="{{ config.root }}";</script>
 	{% if not nojavascript %}<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ config.url_javascript }}"></script>{% endif %}
 </head>
 <body>
diff --git a/templates/thread.html b/templates/thread.html
index 60d3c82e..4c359861 100644
--- a/templates/thread.html
+++ b/templates/thread.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=yes">
 	{% if config.meta_keywords %}<meta name="keywords" content="{{ config.meta_keywords }}">{% endif %}
 	{% if config.default_stylesheet.1 != '' %}<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" id="stylesheet" href="{{ config.uri_stylesheets }}{{ config.default_stylesheet.1 }}">{% endif %}
+	<script type="text/javascript">var configRoot="{{ config.root }}";</script>
 	{% if not nojavascript %}
 		<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ config.url_javascript }}"></script>
 		{% if not config.additional_javascript_compile %}
