diff --git a/src/backends/plotly.jl b/src/backends/plotly.jl
index c5c8dedf..a70ddf60 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotly.jl
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ end
 
 
 const _plotly_js_path = joinpath(dirname(@__FILE__), "..", "..", "deps", "plotly-latest.min.js")
+const _plotly_js_path_remote = "https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-latest.min.js"
 
 function _initialize_backend(::PlotlyBackend; kw...)
   @eval begin
@@ -629,8 +630,12 @@ end
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
+const _use_remote = Ref(false)
+
 function html_head(plt::Plot{PlotlyBackend})
-    "<script src=\"$(joinpath(dirname(@__FILE__),"..","..","deps","plotly-latest.min.js"))\"></script>"
+    jsfilename = _use_remote[] ? _plotly_js_path_remote : _plotly_js_path
+    # "<script src=\"$(joinpath(dirname(@__FILE__),"..","..","deps","plotly-latest.min.js"))\"></script>"
+    "<script src=\"$jsfilename\"></script>"
 end
 
 function html_body(plt::Plot{PlotlyBackend}, style = nothing)
diff --git a/src/output.jl b/src/output.jl
index 9e2bd7cb..0f4b01ae 100644
--- a/src/output.jl
+++ b/src/output.jl
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ tex(fn::AbstractString) = tex(current(), fn)
 function html(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
     fn = addExtension(fn, "html")
     io = open(fn, "w")
+    _use_remote[] = true
     show(io, MIME("text/html"), plt)
+    _use_remote[] = false
     close(io)
 end
 html(fn::AbstractString) = html(current(), fn)