diff --git a/assets/stylesheets/coursemology.org/layout.scss b/assets/stylesheets/coursemology.org/layout.scss
index 574f645..3060605 100644
--- a/assets/stylesheets/coursemology.org/layout.scss
+++ b/assets/stylesheets/coursemology.org/layout.scss
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
   box-shadow: 0 $v-shadow $blur $spread $gray-light;
 }
 
-.root.container-fluid.footer-buffer {
-  padding-top: $navbar-height + $navbar-margin-bottom;
+body {
+  position: relative;
 }
 
 .footer-buffer {
+  padding-top: 5rem;
+
   @media screen and (max-width: 937px) {
     padding-bottom: 120px;
   }
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@
   }
 }
 
-footer {
+.static-footer {
   border-top: 1px solid $gray-lighter;
   bottom: 0;
   color: $gray-light;
diff --git a/views/layouts/coursemology.org.html.slim b/views/layouts/coursemology.org.html.slim
index d0869ab..3215ccb 100644
--- a/views/layouts/coursemology.org.html.slim
+++ b/views/layouts/coursemology.org.html.slim
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ html
         div class=@page_class
           = yield
 
-      footer
+      footer.static-footer
         div.container-fluid
           div.row
             div.col-md-7.col-lg-7.footer-links