diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 1296b72b14b98e14749e7c936b00cd5be8df5d94..278b60f88f176852fc16734d2ad3d0665bc1bdeb 100755
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/marquee.css">
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-2.1.4.min.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.jcookie.min.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/marquee.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/panelAPI.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="js/webfontloader.js"></script>
@@ -29,8 +28,9 @@
 			}
 		});	
 
-        var layoutname=$.jCookie("layout");
-        layoutname=(typeof(layoutname)=="undefined" ? "default" : layoutname);
+	var params = location.search.replace('?','').split('&').reduce(function(s,c){var t=c.split('=');s[t[0]]=t[1];return s;},{});	
+	var layoutname = (typeof(params.layout)=="undefined" ? "default" : params.layout);
+
       layout.loadLayout(layoutname);
     });
     //]]>
diff --git a/js/jquery.jcookie.min.js b/js/jquery.jcookie.min.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 29d709d3ca672c7e923734434b8a07cd6f86bfc1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/js/jquery.jcookie.min.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/** https://github.com/martinkr/jCookie - Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Martin Krause - Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses. */
-jQuery.jCookie=function(i,b,l,j){if(!navigator.cookieEnabled){return false}var j=j||{};if(typeof(arguments[0])!=="string"&&arguments.length===1){j=arguments[0];i=j.name;b=j.value;l=j.expires}i=encodeURI(i);if(b&&(typeof(b)!=="number"&&typeof(b)!=="string"&&b!==null)){return false}var e=j.path?"; path="+j.path:"";var f=j.domain?"; domain="+j.domain:"";var d=j.secure?"; secure":"";var g="";if(b||(b===null&&arguments.length==2)){l=(l===null||(b===null&&arguments.length==2))?-1:l;if(typeof(l)==="number"&&l!="session"&&l!==undefined){var k=new Date();k.setTime(k.getTime()+(l*24*60*60*1000));g=["; expires=",k.toGMTString()].join("")}document.cookie=[i,"=",encodeURI(b),g,f,e,d].join("");return true}if(!b&&typeof(arguments[0])==="string"&&arguments.length==1&&document.cookie&&document.cookie.length){var a=document.cookie.split(";");var h=a.length;while(h--){var c=a[h].split("=");if(jQuery.trim(c[0])===i){return decodeURI(c[1])}}return undefined}if(!document.cookie||!document.cookie.length){return undefined}return false};
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