diff --git a/src/c3nav/site/static/site/js/c3nav.js b/src/c3nav/site/static/site/js/c3nav.js
index a581aaf5..6b87b28c 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/site/static/site/js/c3nav.js
+++ b/src/c3nav/site/static/site/js/c3nav.js
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ c3nav = {
     continue_init: function() {
         c3nav.init_map();
 
-        c3nav._primary_color = $('.leaflet-control-attribution a:not(:hover)').css('color');
-
         $('.locationinput').data('location', null);
 
         var $main = $('main'),
@@ -106,6 +104,8 @@ c3nav = {
         c3nav.last_site_update = JSON.parse($main.attr('data-last-site-update'));
         c3nav.new_site_update = false;
 
+        c3nav._primary_color = $main.attr('data-primary-color') || L.polyline([0, 0]).options.color;
+
         c3nav.ssids = $main.is('[data-ssids]') ? JSON.parse($main.attr('data-ssids')) : null;
 
         history.replaceState(state, window.location.path);
diff --git a/src/c3nav/site/templates/site/map.html b/src/c3nav/site/templates/site/map.html
index d6841423..99fafa9b 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/site/templates/site/map.html
+++ b/src/c3nav/site/templates/site/map.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% load i18n %}
 
 {% block content %}
-    <main class="map" data-state="{{ state }}"{% if embed %} data-embed{% endif %} data-last-site-update="{{ last_site_update }}"{% if ssids %} data-ssids="{{ ssids }}"{% endif %}>
+    <main class="map" data-state="{{ state }}"{% if embed %} data-embed{% endif %} data-last-site-update="{{ last_site_update }}"{% if ssids %} data-ssids="{{ ssids }}"{% endif %} data-primary-color="{{ primary_color }}">
         {% if not request.mobileclient %}
         <section id="attributions">
             {% if not embed %}
diff --git a/src/c3nav/site/views.py b/src/c3nav/site/views.py
index bc7a9528..227856a8 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/site/views.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/site/views.py
@@ -119,12 +119,14 @@ def map_index(request, mode=None, slug=None, slug2=None, details=None, options=N
     if not initial_bounds:
         initial_bounds = tuple(chain(*Source.max_bounds()))
 
+    print
     ctx = {
         'bounds': json.dumps(Source.max_bounds(), separators=(',', ':')),
         'levels': json.dumps(tuple((level.pk, level.short_label) for level in levels.values()), separators=(',', ':')),
         'state': json.dumps(state, separators=(',', ':'), cls=DjangoJSONEncoder),
         'tile_cache_server': settings.TILE_CACHE_SERVER,
         'initial_level': settings.INITIAL_LEVEL,
+        'primary_color': settings.PRIMARY_COLOR,
         'initial_bounds': json.dumps(initial_bounds, separators=(',', ':')) if initial_bounds else None,
         'last_site_update': json.dumps(SiteUpdate.last_update()),
         'ssids': json.dumps(settings.WIFI_SSIDS, separators=(',', ':')) if settings.WIFI_SSIDS else None,