diff --git a/layouts/partials/stylesheet.html b/layouts/partials/stylesheet.html
index 0e81b5ead6..be55df2aa4 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/stylesheet.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/stylesheet.html
@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@
     <link href="{{"css/ie.css" | relURL}}{{ if $assetBusting }}?{{ now.Unix }}{{ end }}" rel="stylesheet">
     <script src="{{"js/url.js" | relURL}}{{ if not .Site.Params.disableAssetsBusting }}?{{ now.Unix }}{{ end }}"></script>
     <script src="{{"js/variant.js" | relURL}}{{ if not .Site.Params.disableAssetsBusting }}?{{ now.Unix }}{{ end }}"></script>
-    <script id="R-inline-script" data-root-url="/">
-      {{ "// hack to let hugo tell us how to get to the root when using relativeURLs, it needs to be called *url= for it to do its magic:" | safeJS }}
-      {{ "// https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/145b3fcce35fbac25c7033c91c1b7ae6d1179da8/transform/urlreplacers/absurlreplacer.go#L72" | safeJS }}
-      var root_url=document.querySelector( '#R-inline-script' ).dataset.rootUrl;
+    <script>
       window.relearn = window.relearn || {};
-      window.relearn.baseUri=root_url.replace(/\/*$/, '');
+      window.relearn.baseUri='{{ "css/theme.css" | relURL | safeJS }}'.replace(/(.*)css\/theme\.css/, '$1').replace(/\/*$/, '');
       window.relearn.baseUriFull='{{ .Site.BaseURL | safeJS }}/'.replace(/\/*$/, '');
     {{- with .Site.Home.OutputFormats.Get "json" }}
       {{- warnf "%q: DEPRECATED usage of 'json' output format found, use 'search' instead; see https://mcshelby.github.io/hugo-theme-relearn/basics/customization#activate-search" $page.File.Filename }}