diff --git a/assets/js/jquery.gritter.js b/assets/js/jquery.gritter.js
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7230a87f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/js/jquery.gritter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,419 @@
+/*
+ * Gritter for jQuery
+ * http://www.boedesign.com/
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Jordan Boesch
+ * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses.
+ *
+ * Date: February 24, 2012
+ * Version: 1.7.4
+ */
+
+(function($){
+ 	
+	/**
+	* Set it up as an object under the jQuery namespace
+	*/
+	$.gritter = {};
+	
+	/**
+	* Set up global options that the user can over-ride
+	*/
+	$.gritter.options = {
+		position: '',
+		class_name: '', // could be set to 'gritter-light' to use white notifications
+		fade_in_speed: 'medium', // how fast notifications fade in
+		fade_out_speed: 1000, // how fast the notices fade out
+		time: 6000 // hang on the screen for...
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	* Add a gritter notification to the screen
+	* @see Gritter#add();
+	*/
+	$.gritter.add = function(params){
+
+		try {
+			return Gritter.add(params || {});
+		} catch(e) {
+		
+			var err = 'Gritter Error: ' + e;
+			(typeof(console) != 'undefined' && console.error) ? 
+				console.error(err, params) : 
+				alert(err);
+				
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	* Remove a gritter notification from the screen
+	* @see Gritter#removeSpecific();
+	*/
+	$.gritter.remove = function(id, params){
+		Gritter.removeSpecific(id, params || {});
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	* Remove all notifications
+	* @see Gritter#stop();
+	*/
+	$.gritter.removeAll = function(params){
+		Gritter.stop(params || {});
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	* Big fat Gritter object
+	* @constructor (not really since its object literal)
+	*/
+	var Gritter = {
+		
+		// Public - options to over-ride with $.gritter.options in "add"
+		position: '',
+		fade_in_speed: '',
+		fade_out_speed: '',
+		time: '',
+		
+		// Private - no touchy the private parts
+		_custom_timer: 0,
+		_item_count: 0,
+		_is_setup: 0,
+		_tpl_close: '<a class="gritter-close" href="#" tabindex="1">Close Notification</a>',
+		_tpl_title: '<span class="gritter-title">[[title]]</span>',
+		_tpl_item: '<div id="gritter-item-[[number]]" class="gritter-item-wrapper [[item_class]]" style="display:none" role="alert"><div class="gritter-top"></div><div class="gritter-item">[[close]][[image]]<div class="[[class_name]]">[[title]]<p>[[text]]</p></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="gritter-bottom"></div></div>',
+		_tpl_wrap: '<div id="gritter-notice-wrapper"></div>',
+		
+		/**
+		* Add a gritter notification to the screen
+		* @param {Object} params The object that contains all the options for drawing the notification
+		* @return {Integer} The specific numeric id to that gritter notification
+		*/
+		add: function(params){
+			// Handle straight text
+			if(typeof(params) == 'string'){
+				params = {text:params};
+			}
+
+			// We might have some issues if we don't have a title or text!
+			if(params.text === null){
+				throw 'You must supply "text" parameter.'; 
+			}
+			
+			// Check the options and set them once
+			if(!this._is_setup){
+				this._runSetup();
+			}
+			
+			// Basics
+			var title = params.title, 
+				text = params.text,
+				image = params.image || '',
+				sticky = params.sticky || false,
+				item_class = params.class_name || $.gritter.options.class_name,
+				position = $.gritter.options.position,
+				time_alive = params.time || '';
+
+			this._verifyWrapper();
+			
+			this._item_count++;
+			var number = this._item_count, 
+				tmp = this._tpl_item;
+			
+			// Assign callbacks
+			$(['before_open', 'after_open', 'before_close', 'after_close']).each(function(i, val){
+				Gritter['_' + val + '_' + number] = ($.isFunction(params[val])) ? params[val] : function(){}
+			});
+
+			// Reset
+			this._custom_timer = 0;
+			
+			// A custom fade time set
+			if(time_alive){
+				this._custom_timer = time_alive;
+			}
+			
+			var image_str = (image != '') ? '<img src="' + image + '" class="gritter-image" />' : '',
+				class_name = (image != '') ? 'gritter-with-image' : 'gritter-without-image';
+			
+			// String replacements on the template
+			if(title){
+				title = this._str_replace('[[title]]',title,this._tpl_title);
+			}else{
+				title = '';
+			}
+			
+			tmp = this._str_replace(
+				['[[title]]', '[[text]]', '[[close]]', '[[image]]', '[[number]]', '[[class_name]]', '[[item_class]]'],
+				[title, text, this._tpl_close, image_str, this._item_count, class_name, item_class], tmp
+			);
+
+			// If it's false, don't show another gritter message
+			if(this['_before_open_' + number]() === false){
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			$('#gritter-notice-wrapper').addClass(position).append(tmp);
+			
+			var item = $('#gritter-item-' + this._item_count);
+			
+			item.fadeIn(this.fade_in_speed, function(){
+				Gritter['_after_open_' + number]($(this));
+			});
+			
+			if(!sticky){
+				this._setFadeTimer(item, number);
+			}
+			
+			// Bind the hover/unhover states
+			$(item).bind('mouseenter mouseleave', function(event){
+				if(event.type == 'mouseenter'){
+					if(!sticky){ 
+						Gritter._restoreItemIfFading($(this), number);
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					if(!sticky){
+						Gritter._setFadeTimer($(this), number);
+					}
+				}
+				Gritter._hoverState($(this), event.type);
+			});
+			
+			// Clicking (X) makes the perdy thing close
+			$(item).find('.gritter-close').click(function(){
+				Gritter.removeSpecific(number, {}, null, true);
+				return false;
+			});
+			
+			return number;
+		
+		},
+		
+		/**
+		* If we don't have any more gritter notifications, get rid of the wrapper using this check
+		* @private
+		* @param {Integer} unique_id The ID of the element that was just deleted, use it for a callback
+		* @param {Object} e The jQuery element that we're going to perform the remove() action on
+		* @param {Boolean} manual_close Did we close the gritter dialog with the (X) button
+		*/
+		_countRemoveWrapper: function(unique_id, e, manual_close){
+			
+			// Remove it then run the callback function
+			e.remove();
+			this['_after_close_' + unique_id](e, manual_close);
+			
+			// Check if the wrapper is empty, if it is.. remove the wrapper
+			if($('.gritter-item-wrapper').length == 0){
+				$('#gritter-notice-wrapper').remove();
+			}
+		
+		},
+		
+		/**
+		* Fade out an element after it's been on the screen for x amount of time
+		* @private
+		* @param {Object} e The jQuery element to get rid of
+		* @param {Integer} unique_id The id of the element to remove
+		* @param {Object} params An optional list of params to set fade speeds etc.
+		* @param {Boolean} unbind_events Unbind the mouseenter/mouseleave events if they click (X)
+		*/
+		_fade: function(e, unique_id, params, unbind_events){
+
+			var params = params || {},
+				fade = (typeof(params.fade) != 'undefined') ? params.fade : true,
+				fade_out_speed = params.speed || this.fade_out_speed,
+				manual_close = unbind_events;
+
+			this['_before_close_' + unique_id](e, manual_close);
+			
+			// If this is true, then we are coming from clicking the (X)
+			if(unbind_events){
+				e.unbind('mouseenter mouseleave');
+			}
+			
+			// Fade it out or remove it
+			if(fade){
+			
+				e.animate({
+					opacity: 0
+				}, fade_out_speed, function(){
+					e.animate({ height: 0 }, 300, function(){
+						Gritter._countRemoveWrapper(unique_id, e, manual_close);
+					})
+				})
+				
+			}
+			else {
+				
+				this._countRemoveWrapper(unique_id, e);
+				
+			}
+						
+		},
+		
+		/**
+		* Perform actions based on the type of bind (mouseenter, mouseleave) 
+		* @private
+		* @param {Object} e The jQuery element
+		* @param {String} type The type of action we're performing: mouseenter or mouseleave
+		*/
+		_hoverState: function(e, type){
+			
+			// Change the border styles and add the (X) close button when you hover
+			if(type == 'mouseenter'){
+				
+				e.addClass('hover');
+				
+				// Show close button
+				e.find('.gritter-close').show();
+						
+			}
+			// Remove the border styles and hide (X) close button when you mouse out
+			else {
+				
+				e.removeClass('hover');
+				
+				// Hide close button
+				e.find('.gritter-close').hide();
+				
+			}
+			
+		},
+		
+		/**
+		* Remove a specific notification based on an ID
+		* @param {Integer} unique_id The ID used to delete a specific notification
+		* @param {Object} params A set of options passed in to determine how to get rid of it
+		* @param {Object} e The jQuery element that we're "fading" then removing
+		* @param {Boolean} unbind_events If we clicked on the (X) we set this to true to unbind mouseenter/mouseleave
+		*/
+		removeSpecific: function(unique_id, params, e, unbind_events){
+			
+			if(!e){
+				var e = $('#gritter-item-' + unique_id);
+			}
+
+			// We set the fourth param to let the _fade function know to 
+			// unbind the "mouseleave" event.  Once you click (X) there's no going back!
+			this._fade(e, unique_id, params || {}, unbind_events);
+			
+		},
+		
+		/**
+		* If the item is fading out and we hover over it, restore it!
+		* @private
+		* @param {Object} e The HTML element to remove
+		* @param {Integer} unique_id The ID of the element
+		*/
+		_restoreItemIfFading: function(e, unique_id){
+			
+			clearTimeout(this['_int_id_' + unique_id]);
+			e.stop().css({ opacity: '', height: '' });
+			
+		},
+		
+		/**
+		* Setup the global options - only once
+		* @private
+		*/
+		_runSetup: function(){
+		
+			for(var opt in $.gritter.options){
+				this[opt] = $.gritter.options[opt];
+			}
+			this._is_setup = 1;
+			
+		},
+		
+		/**
+		* Set the notification to fade out after a certain amount of time
+		* @private
+		* @param {Object} item The HTML element we're dealing with
+		* @param {Integer} unique_id The ID of the element
+		*/
+		_setFadeTimer: function(e, unique_id){
+			
+			var timer_str = (this._custom_timer) ? this._custom_timer : this.time;
+			this['_int_id_' + unique_id] = setTimeout(function(){ 
+				Gritter._fade(e, unique_id);
+			}, timer_str);
+		
+		},
+		
+		/**
+		* Bring everything to a halt
+		* @param {Object} params A list of callback functions to pass when all notifications are removed
+		*/  
+		stop: function(params){
+			
+			// callbacks (if passed)
+			var before_close = ($.isFunction(params.before_close)) ? params.before_close : function(){};
+			var after_close = ($.isFunction(params.after_close)) ? params.after_close : function(){};
+			
+			var wrap = $('#gritter-notice-wrapper');
+			before_close(wrap);
+			wrap.fadeOut(function(){
+				$(this).remove();
+				after_close();
+			});
+		
+		},
+		
+		/**
+		* An extremely handy PHP function ported to JS, works well for templating
+		* @private
+		* @param {String/Array} search A list of things to search for
+		* @param {String/Array} replace A list of things to replace the searches with
+		* @return {String} sa The output
+		*/  
+		_str_replace: function(search, replace, subject, count){
+		
+			var i = 0, j = 0, temp = '', repl = '', sl = 0, fl = 0,
+				f = [].concat(search),
+				r = [].concat(replace),
+				s = subject,
+				ra = r instanceof Array, sa = s instanceof Array;
+			s = [].concat(s);
+			
+			if(count){
+				this.window[count] = 0;
+			}
+		
+			for(i = 0, sl = s.length; i < sl; i++){
+				
+				if(s[i] === ''){
+					continue;
+				}
+				
+				for (j = 0, fl = f.length; j < fl; j++){
+					
+					temp = s[i] + '';
+					repl = ra ? (r[j] !== undefined ? r[j] : '') : r[0];
+					s[i] = (temp).split(f[j]).join(repl);
+					
+					if(count && s[i] !== temp){
+						this.window[count] += (temp.length-s[i].length) / f[j].length;
+					}
+					
+				}
+			}
+			
+			return sa ? s : s[0];
+			
+		},
+		
+		/**
+		* A check to make sure we have something to wrap our notices with
+		* @private
+		*/  
+		_verifyWrapper: function(){
+		  
+			if($('#gritter-notice-wrapper').length == 0){
+				$('body').append(this._tpl_wrap);
+			}
+		
+		}
+		
+	}
+	
+})(jQuery);
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 7959ccc33..f71109f63 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "angular-visjs": "0.0.7",
     "bootstrap": "3.3.0",
     "jquery": "1.11.1",
-    "jquery.gritter": "~1.7.4",
+    "jquery.gritter": "1.7.4",
     "spin.js": "1.3"
   },
   "resolutions": {
diff --git a/gruntFile.js b/gruntFile.js
index cd197d660..f184ed9c7 100644
--- a/gruntFile.js
+++ b/gruntFile.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
             jsTpl: ['<%= distdir %>/templates/**/*.js'],
             jsVendor: [
                 'bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js',
-                'bower_components/jquery.gritter/js/jquery.gritter.js',
+                'assets/js/jquery.gritter.js', // Using custom version to fix error in minified build due to "use strict"
                 'bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.js',
                 'bower_components/spin.js/spin.js',
                 'bower_components/vis/dist/vis.js',