diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
index 434cfcc31a51973518420b333e5b22423d3568ef..ac1472f485b0fb35afe37a8fcd791804e0b19c94 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/minerva.js
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ function createDivStructure(element) {
 function initGlobals(params) {
   if (global.ServerConnector === undefined) {
     global.ServerConnector = ServerConnector;
+    global.$ = global.jQuery = $;
     if (params.isDebug()) {
       logger.level = "debug";
     } else {