diff --git a/apaxy/theme/footer.html b/apaxy/theme/footer.html
index b1c899c..5d0670b 100644
--- a/apaxy/theme/footer.html
+++ b/apaxy/theme/footer.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <div class="footer">
 	Apaxy by <a href="https://twitter.com/adamwhitcroft">@adamwhitcroft</a>
 </div><!--/.footer-->
-<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
 <script>
-$('tr:nth-child(2)').addClass('parent');
-</script>
\ No newline at end of file
+// grab the 2nd child and add the parent class. tr:nth-child(2)
+document.getElementsByTagName('tr')[1].className = 'parent';
+</script>