diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fc6723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "static/c-base-bootstrap"]
+	path = static/c-base-bootstrap
+	url = git://dev.c-base.org/c-portal/c-portal-bootstrap.git
diff --git a/cbmi/templates/base.html b/cbmi/templates/base.html
index 2332142..249ab09 100644
--- a/cbmi/templates/base.html
+++ b/cbmi/templates/base.html
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     <meta name="description" content="">
     <meta name="author" content="">
 
-    <link href="/static/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet">
-    <link href="/static/css/bootstrap-responsive.css" rel="stylesheet">
+    <link href="/static/c-base-bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet">
+    <link href="/static/c-base-bootstrap/css/bootstrap-responsive.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <style>
         body {
             padding-top: 60px; /* 60px to make the container go all the way to the bottom of the topbar */
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@
     </div>
     </div><!-- /.container -->
 {% endblock body %}
-<script src="/static/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
 <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
-<script src="/static/js/bootstrap-transitions.js"></script>
-<script src="/static/js/bootstrap-dropdown.js"></script>
+<script src="/static/c-base-bootstrap/js/bootstrap.js"></script>
+<script src="/static/c-base-bootstrap/js/bootstrap-transitions.js"></script>
+<script src="/static/c-base-bootstrap/js/bootstrap-dropdown.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/static/c-base-bootstrap b/static/c-base-bootstrap
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..279f25a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/c-base-bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 279f25a00dc1ee300009350a1ddc59963cef0da8