diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.mustache b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.mustache
index d25b200365..869112096e 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.mustache
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/webapp/index.mustache
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
 
 -->
 
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
-  "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
+<!doctype html>
 
 <html>
   <head>
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=8">
 
     <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" href="resources/images/favicon.ico" />
 		<!--
