diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ee57f6..40d7ed9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ this experiment is very much based on the [smack my glitch up js](https://github
 
 build script
 ---
-
 the build script takes care of concatenating and minifying all scripts and styles. it uses [gruntjs](http://gruntjs.com/).
 
 please make sure that both [nodejs](http://nodejs.org/) and grunt-cli are [set up properly](http://gruntjs.com/getting-started) on your machine.
diff --git a/scripts/main.js b/scripts/main.js
index 879bc97..b2daa01 100644
--- a/scripts/main.js
+++ b/scripts/main.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-/*global require, requirejs, define, Modernizr, _basepath_ */
+/*global require, requirejs, define */
 // http://requirejs.org/docs/api.html#config 
-var path = typeof _basepath_ === 'string' ? _basepath_ + '/' : '';
 requirejs.config(
 	{
-		baseUrl: path + 'scripts/',
+		baseUrl: 'scripts/',
 		waitSeconds: 50,
 		urlArgs: 'bust=' +  ( new Date() ).getTime()
 	}