diff --git a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/base.html b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/base.html
index 42a2cec1..9bf4b12b 100644
--- a/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/base.html
+++ b/pelican/themes/notmyidea/templates/base.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
+<html lang="{{ DEFAULT_LANG }}">
 <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8">
         <title>{% block title %}{{ SITENAME }}{%endblock%}</title>
-        <meta charset="utf-8" />
-        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ SITEURL }}/theme/css/{{ CSS_FILE }}" type="text/css" />
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ SITEURL }}/theme/css/{{ CSS_FILE }}">
         {% if FEED_ALL_ATOM %}
         <link href="{{ FEED_DOMAIN }}/{{ FEED_ALL_ATOM }}" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="{{ SITENAME }} Atom Feed" />
         {% endif %}
@@ -12,15 +12,8 @@
         {% endif %}
 
         <!--[if IE]>
-                <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script><![endif]-->
-
-        <!--[if lte IE 7]>
-                <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="{{ SITEURL }}/css/ie.css"/>
-                <script src="{{ SITEURL }}/js/IE8.js" type="text/javascript"></script><![endif]-->
-
-        <!--[if lt IE 7]>
-                <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="{{ SITEURL }}/css/ie6.css"/><![endif]-->
-
+            <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
+        <![endif]-->
 </head>
 
 <body id="index" class="home">
