diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30cf94c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bower_components
+node_modules
+
+*.sublime-*
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c3df66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+  "name": "glowing-bear",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/cormier/glowing-bear",
+  "description": "fun with weechat and websockets",
+  "main": "index.html",
+  "keywords": [
+    "weechat",
+    "irc"
+  ],
+  "license": "GPLv3",
+  "private": true,
+  "ignore": [
+    "**/.*",
+    "node_modules",
+    "bower_components"
+  ],
+  "dependencies": {
+    "angular": "~1.2.0",
+    "angular-route": "~1.2.0",
+    "angular-sanitize": "~1.2.0",
+    "angular-bindonce": "~0.2.2",
+    "underscore": "~1.5.2",
+    "jquery": "~1.10.2",
+    "bootstrap": "~3.0.0",
+    "favico.js": "0.3.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index aeda74c..90d67b7 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -5,24 +5,24 @@
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
     <title ng-bind-template="WeeChat {{ pageTitle}}"></title>
-    <link href="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
+    <link href="bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
     <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="img/favicon.png" >
     <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
     <link href="css/glowingbear.css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen">
-    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0-rc.2/angular.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0-rc.2/angular-route.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0-rc.2/angular-sanitize.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.5.2/underscore-min.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/angular/angular.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/angular-route/angular-route.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/angular-sanitize/angular-sanitize.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/angular-bindonce/bindonce.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/underscore/underscore-min.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/favico.js/favico-0.3.0.min.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/localstorage.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/weechat.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/irc-utils.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/websockets.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/models.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/plugins.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/bindonce.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/favico-0.3.0.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
   </head>
   <body ng-controller="WeechatCtrl" ng-keydown="handleKeyPress($event)">
     <div ng-hide="connected" class="container">
