diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/templates/base.html b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/templates/base.html
index 5f151cde..cc151436 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/templates/base.html
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/templates/base.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <!-- HTML5 shim, for IE6-8 support of HTML5 elements -->
     <!--[if lt IE 9]>
-      <script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
+      <script src="//html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
     <![endif]-->
 
     {% block css %}