diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b56a79c..e7e96503 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ build/
__pycache__/
.idea
venv
-dist
\ No newline at end of file
+dist
+static/node_modules/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4a7a226..18e2897f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ cd exui
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
+Optionally, install javascript modules locally, to enable the UI to run when offline (requires Node and npm to be installed):
+```
+cd static
+npm install
+cd ..
+```
+
Then run the web server with the included server.py:
```
@@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ python server.py
Your browser should automatically open on the default IP/port. Config and sessions are stored in `~/exui` by default.
Prebuilt wheels for ExLlamaV2 are available [here](https://github.com/turboderp/exllamav2/releases). Installing
-the latest version of [Flash Attention](https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention) is recommended.
+the latest version of [Flash Attention](https://github.com/Dao-AILab/flash-attention) is recommended.
### Running in Google Colab
diff --git a/static/package.json b/static/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..211e46da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+ "name": "exui",
+ "version": "1.0.0",
+ "description": "",
+ "main": "index.js",
+ "directories": {
+ "doc": "doc"
+ },
+ "scripts": {
+ "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+ },
+ "repository": {
+ "type": "git",
+ "url": "git+https://github.com/turboderp/exui.git"
+ },
+ "author": "",
+ "license": "ISC",
+ "bugs": {
+ "url": "https://github.com/turboderp/exui/issues"
+ },
+ "homepage": "https://github.com/turboderp/exui#readme",
+ "dependencies": {
+ "marked": "^12.0.2"
+ }
+}
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 81335103..fc12ce3b 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
{% include 'svg_icons.html' %}
-
+
+