diff --git a/assets_site/partials/page_layout/footer_global.html b/assets_site/partials/page_layout/footer_global.html
index 84b52386ee12efbf9cdedfe09221694d497ff8f9..6428868f312fe08b1fb537134c7d8b199a49f77d 100644
--- a/assets_site/partials/page_layout/footer_global.html
+++ b/assets_site/partials/page_layout/footer_global.html
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@
 
 <!-- Google Analytics details... -->
 <!-- Change UA-XXXXX-X to be your site's ID -->
+{{#if layout}}
+{{!-- do not show js animation on pages with a layout parameter --}}
+{{else}}
 <script type="text/javascript">!function(e,a,n,t,i,o,c){e.GoogleAnalyticsObject=i,e[i]=e[i]||function(){(e[i].q=e[i].q||[]).push(arguments)},e[i].l=1*new Date,o=a.createElement(n),c=a.getElementsByTagName(n)[0],o.async=1,o.src="//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js",c.parentNode.insertBefore(o,c)}(window,document,"script",0,"ga"),ga("create","UA-629242-1",{cookieDomain:"auto"}),ga("require","linkid","linkid.js"),ga("set","anonymizeIp",!0),ga("send","pageview");</script>
 
-
 <!-- Load our test visulisation -->
 <!-- <script type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost:99/3rd/three.min.js"></script> -->
 <!-- <script type="text/javascript" src="http://localhost:99/grayscott.js"></script> -->
@@ -41,7 +43,6 @@ var visInt = getRandomInt(0,9);
 // console.log('showing vis type:',visInt);
 // visInt = 0;
 
-
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){
   // var vis1 = new DiffusionVis({
   //   target: '#masthead',
@@ -95,3 +96,4 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){
   }, 3000);
 }, false);
 </script>
+{{/if}}