diff --git a/www/assert/pretty/main.js b/www/assert/pretty/main.js
index f7424e101..1b8272884 100644
--- a/www/assert/pretty/main.js
+++ b/www/assert/pretty/main.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ define([
     '/bower_components/hyperjson/hyperjson.js',
     '/bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js',
 ], function (Hyperjson) {
+    var $ = window.jQuery;
     var shjson = '["BODY",{"class":"cke_editable cke_editable_themed cke_contents_ltr cke_show_borders","spellcheck":"false"},[["P",{},["This is ",["STRONG",{},["CryptPad"]],", the zero knowledge realtime collaborative editor.",["BR",{},[]],"What you type here is encrypted so only people who have the link can access it.",["BR",{},[]],"Even the server cannot see what you type."]],["P",{},[["SMALL",{},[["I",{},["What you see here, what you hear here, when you leave here, let it stay here"]]]],["BR",{"type":"_moz"},[]]]]]]';
 
     var hjson = JSON.parse(shjson);
diff --git a/www/common/clipboard.js b/www/common/clipboard.js
index edc5eedb8..5e62f5a37 100644
--- a/www/common/clipboard.js
+++ b/www/common/clipboard.js
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-define(function () {
+define([
+    '/bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js',
+], function () {
+    var $ = window.jQuery;
     var Clipboard = {};
 
     // copy arbitrary text to the clipboard
diff --git a/www/common/cryptpad-common.js b/www/common/cryptpad-common.js
index e87bea71c..ae8b6cdd8 100644
--- a/www/common/cryptpad-common.js
+++ b/www/common/cryptpad-common.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ define([
     var setPadAttribute = common.setPadAttribute = function (attr, value, cb) {
         Store.set([getHash(), attr].join('.'), value, function (err, data) {
             cb(err, data);
-        })
+        });
     };
 
     var getPadAttribute = common.getPadAttribute = function (attr, cb) {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ define([
             if (recentPadsStr) {
                 try {
                     recentPads = JSON.parse(recentPadsStr);
-                } catch (err) {
+                } catch (E) {
                     // couldn't parse the localStorage?
                     // just overwrite it.
                 }