diff --git a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
index 0dd73ad..e0a952e 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
# website title
title = "Bridget"
+# use bundled js and css
+# if you want to build the js and css from scratch, set this to false and run `npm install` and `npm run build`
+bundled = false
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head/link.html b/layouts/partials/head/link.html
index 3b28a7b..b3cd1e6 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head/link.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head/link.html
@@ -8,13 +8,24 @@
{{- partial "plugin/style.html" $style -}}
{{/* main style */}}
-{{- $style := dict "Source" "scss/style.scss" "Fingerprint" $fingerprint -}}
-{{- $options := dict "targetPath" "css/style.css" "enableSourceMap" true "includePaths" (slice "node_modules") -}}
-{{- $style = dict "Context" . "ToCSS" $options "Minify" hugo.IsProduction "Defer" true | merge $style -}}
-{{- partial "plugin/style.html" $style -}}
+{{- if site.Params.bundled -}}
+
+
+{{- else -}}
+ {{- $style := dict "Source" "scss/style.scss" "Fingerprint" $fingerprint -}}
+ {{- $style := dict "Source" "scss/style.scss" "Fingerprint" $fingerprint -}}
+ {{- $options := dict "targetPath" "css/style.css" "enableSourceMap" true "includePaths" (slice "node_modules") -}}
+ {{- $style = dict "Context" . "ToCSS" $options "Minify" hugo.IsProduction "Defer" true | merge $style -}}
+ {{- partial "plugin/style.html" $style -}}
+{{- end -}}
{{/* main js */}}
-
+
{{/* fonts */}}