diff --git a/src/NoteHub/views/common.clj b/src/NoteHub/views/common.clj
index ebb73e8..e83d9ef 100644
--- a/src/NoteHub/views/common.clj
+++ b/src/NoteHub/views/common.clj
@@ -13,96 +13,104 @@
   (mixin
     :font-weight 300
     :font-family (gen-comma-list "'Helvetica Neue'"
-                  "Helvetica"
-                  "Arial"
-                  "'Lucida Grande'"
-                  "sans-serif")))
+                                 "Helvetica"
+                                 "Arial"
+                                 "'Lucida Grande'"
+                                 "sans-serif")))
 (def central-element
   (mixin
-      page-width
-      :margin-top :5em
-      :margin-bottom :10em
-      :margin-left "auto"
-      :margin-right "auto"))
+    page-width
+    :margin-top :5em
+    :margin-bottom :10em
+    :margin-left "auto"
+    :margin-right "auto"))
 
 (def global-css 
-    (css 
-      (rule ".landing-button"
-            :box-shadow [0 :2px :5px :#aaa]
-            :text-decoration :none
-            :font-size :1.5em
-            :background :#0a2
-            :color :white
-            :border :none
-            :border-radius :10px
-            :padding :10px
-            helvetica-neue
-            (rule "&:hover"
-                  :background :#0b2))
-      (rule "html, body"
-            :color :#333
-            :margin 0
-            :padding 0)
-      (rule "#hero"
-            :padding-top :5em
-            :padding-bottom :5em
-            :text-align :center
-            (rule "h2"
-                  helvetica-neue))
-      (rule "article"
-            central-element
-            :font-family :Georgia
-            :font-size :1.2em
-            (rule "& > h1:first-child"
-                  :text-align :center
-                  :margin :2em))
-      (rule "pre"
-            :border-radius :3px
-            :padding :1em
-            :border [:1px :dotted :gray]
-            :background :#efefef)
-      (rule "*:focus"
-            :outline [:0px :none :transparent])
-      (rule "textarea"
-            page-width
-            :font-family :Courier
-            :font-size :1.2em
-            :border :none
-            ; TODO: make this dynamic
-            :height :500px
-            :margin-bottom :2em)
-      (rule ".hidden"
-            :display :none)
-      (rule ".button"
-            :border-radius :3px
-            helvetica-neue
-            :cursor :pointer
-            :border [:1px :solid]
-            :opacity 0.8
-            :font-size :1em
-            :background :white)
-      (rule ".central-element"
-            central-element)
-      (rule "h1"
-            :font-size :2em)
-      (rule "#preview-start-line"
-            :border-bottom [:1px :dashed :gray]
-            :margin-bottom :5em)
-      (rule "h1, h2, h3, h4" 
-            :font-family (gen-comma-list "'Noticia Text'" "'PT Serif'"))))
+  (css 
+    (rule ".landing-button"
+          :box-shadow [0 :2px :5px :#aaa]
+          :text-decoration :none
+          :font-size :1.5em
+          :background :#0a2
+          :color :white
+          :border :none
+          :border-radius :10px
+          :padding :10px
+          helvetica-neue
+          (rule "&:hover"
+                :background :#0b2))
+    (rule "html, body"
+          :color :#333
+          :margin 0
+          :padding 0)
+    (rule "#hero"
+          :padding-top :5em
+          :padding-bottom :5em
+          :text-align :center
+          (rule "h2"
+                helvetica-neue))
+    (rule "article"
+          central-element
+          :font-family :Georgia
+          :font-size :1.2em
+          (rule "& > h1:first-child"
+                :text-align :center
+                :margin :2em))
+    (rule "pre"
+          :border-radius :3px
+          :padding :1em
+          :border [:1px :dotted :gray]
+          :background :#efefef)
+    (rule "*:focus"
+          :outline [:0px :none :transparent])
+    (rule "textarea"
+          page-width
+          :font-family :Courier
+          :font-size :1.2em
+          :border :none
+          ; TODO: make this dynamic
+          :height :500px
+          :margin-bottom :2em)
+    (rule ".hidden"
+          :display :none)
+    (rule ".button"
+          :border-radius :3px
+          helvetica-neue
+          :cursor :pointer
+          :border [:1px :solid]
+          :opacity 0.8
+          :font-size :1em
+          :background :white)
+    (rule ".central-element"
+          central-element)
+    (rule "h1"
+          :font-size :2em)
+    (rule "#preview-start-line"
+          :border-bottom [:1px :dashed :gray]
+          :margin-bottom :5em)
+    (rule "h1, h2, h3, h4" 
+          :font-family (gen-comma-list "'Noticia Text'" "'PT Serif'"))))
 
-(defpartial layout [title & content]
+(defpartial generate-layout 
+            [params title & content]
             (html5
               [:head
                [:title "NoteHub — " title]
-               (include-js "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js")
                [:link {:href (str "http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family="
                                   "PT+Serif:700|Noticia+Text:700"
                                   "&subset=latin,cyrillic" )
                        :rel "stylesheet"
                        :type "text/css"}]
                [:style {:type "text/css"} global-css]]
-              [:body 
-                content
-                (javascript-tag "var CLOSURE_NO_DEPS = true;")
-                (include-js "/cljs/main.js")]))
+              (if (params :js)
+                [:body content
+                 (javascript-tag "var CLOSURE_NO_DEPS = true;")
+                 (include-js "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js")
+                 (include-js "/cljs/main.js")]
+                [:body content])))
+
+(defn layout [& args]
+  (if (map? (first args))
+    (apply generate-layout args)
+    (apply generate-layout {} args)))
+
diff --git a/src/NoteHub/views/pages.clj b/src/NoteHub/views/pages.clj
index da88a81..44b4c5c 100644
--- a/src/NoteHub/views/pages.clj
+++ b/src/NoteHub/views/pages.clj
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
 ; New Note Page
 (defpage "/new" {}
-         (common/layout "New Markdown Note"
+         (common/layout {:js true} "New Markdown Note"
                         [:div.central-element
                          (form-to [:post "/post-note"]
                                   (hidden-field :session-key (get-flash-key))