diff --git a/_src/_includes/footer.html b/_src/_includes/footer.html
index eb4a7525..e60825cc 100644
--- a/_src/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_src/_includes/footer.html
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
 	</section>
 </footer>
 
-<script src="/assets/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
-<script src="/assets/js/kremalicious3.min.js"></script>
+<script src="/assets/js/kremalicious3.min.js" async></script>
 
 <script>
     (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
diff --git a/_src/_includes/head.html b/_src/_includes/head.html
index c12b0e97..c52dc7f5 100644
--- a/_src/_includes/head.html
+++ b/_src/_includes/head.html
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	<script>try{Typekit.load();}catch(e){}</script>
 
 	<!-- Picturefill  -->
-	<script src="/assets/js/picturefill.min.js" defer></script>
+	<script src="/assets/js/picturefill.min.js" async></script>
 
 	<!-- Canonical URL -->
     <link rel="canonical" href="{{ site.url}}{{ page.url | replace:'index.html','' }}">
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 67a1339e..865c72bf 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -159,10 +159,9 @@ gulp.task('css', function() {
 
 // Libraries
 gulp.task('js-libraries', function() {
-    var jquery = gulp.src('node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js'),
-        picturefill = gulp.src('node_modules/picturefill/dist/picturefill.js');
+    var picturefill = gulp.src('node_modules/picturefill/dist/picturefill.js');
 
-    return merge(jquery, picturefill)
+    return merge(picturefill)
         .pipe($.uglify())
         .pipe($.rename({
             suffix: '.min'
@@ -175,6 +174,7 @@ gulp.task('js-project', function() {
     return gulp.src([
             'node_modules/webcomponents.js/CustomElements.js',
             'node_modules/svg4everybody/svg4everybody.js',
+            'node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js',
             'node_modules/masonry-layout/dist/masonry.pkgd.js',
             'node_modules/imagesloaded/imagesloaded.js',
             'bower_components/simple-jekyll-search/dest/jekyll-search.js',