diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index e630af974..a5aaf5c01 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 //= require d3
 //= require c3
 //= require c3ext
+//= require qp
 //= require app
 //= require_tree .
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ var initialize_modules = function() {
   App.Votes.initialize();
   App.Tags.initialize();
   App.Stats.initialize();
+  App.LocaleSwitcher.initialize();
 };
 
 $(function(){
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/qp.js b/app/assets/javascripts/qp.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e2b4f02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/qp.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ *  getQueryParameters.js
+ *  Copyright (c) 2014 Nicholas Ortenzio
+ *  The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ */
+
+window.getQueryParameters = function(str) {
+  str = (str || document.location.search).replace(/(^\?)/,'');
+  if(!str) { return {}; }
+  return str.split("&").reduce(function(o,n){n=n.split('=');o[n[0]]=n[1];return o},{});
+};