Index: adaptivetheme/inc/template.process.inc
===================================================================
--- adaptivetheme/inc/template.process.inc	(revision 86)
+++ adaptivetheme/inc/template.process.inc	(working copy)
@@ -90,17 +90,6 @@
     );
   }
 
-  // Ad respond.js to the footer to avoid crashes in IE8
-  drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('theme', 'adaptivetheme') . '/js/respond.js',
-    array(
-      'type' => 'file',
-      'scope' => 'footer',
-      'group' => JS_THEME,
-      'preprocess' => TRUE,
-      'cache' => TRUE,
-    )
-  );
-
   // add a body class is the site name is hidden
   if (theme_get_setting('toggle_name') == FALSE) {
     $vars['classes_array'][] = 'site-name-hidden';
Index: adaptivetheme/templates/html.tpl.php
===================================================================
--- adaptivetheme/templates/html.tpl.php	(revision 86)
+++ adaptivetheme/templates/html.tpl.php	(working copy)
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@
   <?php print $page_top; ?>
   <?php print $page; ?>
   <?php print $page_bottom; ?>
+  <script src="<?php drupal_get_path('theme', 'adaptivetheme') . '/js/respond.js';?>"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
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