diff --git a/node/utils/Minify.js b/node/utils/Minify.js
index 4a22a81f..12efc547 100644
--- a/node/utils/Minify.js
+++ b/node/utils/Minify.js
@@ -303,8 +303,11 @@ function tarCode(filesInOrder, files, write) {
 
 // Wrap the following code in a self executing function and assign exports to
 // global. This is a first step towards removing symbols from the global scope.
+// exports is global and require is a function that returns global.
 function isolateJS(code) {
-  return '(function (exports) {'+code+'\n}(function () {return this}()));\n';
+  return '(function (exports, require) {'
+    + code + '\n'
+    + '}(function () {return this}(), (function (path) {return (function () {return this}())})));\n';
 }
 
 function compressJS(values)
diff --git a/static/pad.html b/static/pad.html
index f57438d5..33df2d4f 100644
--- a/static/pad.html
+++ b/static/pad.html
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
   <link href="../static/custom/pad.css" rel="stylesheet">
   <script src="../static/custom/pad.js"></script>
   <style type="text/css" title="dynamicsyntax"></style>
+  <script type="application/javascript">
+    var require = (function (path) {return (function () {return this}())});
+  </script>
 </head>
 
 <body>
diff --git a/static/timeslider.html b/static/timeslider.html
index c1310cc6..71b4443d 100644
--- a/static/timeslider.html
+++ b/static/timeslider.html
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 // <![CDATA[
   var clientVars = {};
 
+  var require = (function (path) {return (function () {return this}())});
+
   function createCookie(name,value,days) 
   {
 	  if (days) {
