diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index d68f4b8..cc795e5 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,148 +1,165 @@
 // include packages
-var gulp           = require('gulp'),
-    gUtil          = require('gulp-util'),
-    gLess          = require('gulp-less'),
-    gConcat        = require('gulp-concat'),
-    gPlumber       = require('gulp-plumber'),
-    gUglify        = require('gulp-uglify'),
-    lessGlob       = require('less-plugin-glob'),
-    lessAutoPrefix = require('less-plugin-autoprefix'),
-    lessCleanCSS   = require('less-plugin-clean-css');
+var gulp = require("gulp"),
+    gUtil = require("gulp-util"),
+    gLess = require("gulp-less"),
+    gConcat = require("gulp-concat"),
+    gPlumber = require("gulp-plumber"),
+    gUglify = require("gulp-uglify"),
+    gModernizr = require("gulp-modernizr"),
+    lessGlob = require("less-plugin-glob"),
+    lessAutoPrefix = require("less-plugin-autoprefix"),
+    lessCleanCSS = require("less-plugin-clean-css");
 
 // determine if gulp has been run with --production
 var prod = gUtil.env.production;
 
 // initialize plugins
-var autoprefix = new lessAutoPrefix({ remove: false, cascade: false, browsers: [ 'last 2 versions' ] }),
-    cleancss   = new lessCleanCSS({ advanced: true });
+var autoprefix = new lessAutoPrefix({ remove: false, cascade: false, browsers: [ "last 2 versions" ] }),
+    cleancss = new lessCleanCSS({ advanced: true });
 
-// declare less plugins based on wither gulp has been run with --production
-var lessPlugins = prod ? [ lessGlob, autoprefix, cleancss ] : [ lessGlob, autoprefix ];
+// declare less plugins and modernizr tests
+var lessPlugins = prod ? [ lessGlob, autoprefix, cleancss ] : [ lessGlob, autoprefix ],
+    modernizrTests = [];
 
 // javascript files for the public site
 var jsPublic = [
-    'resources/assets/js/site-vars.js',
-    'resources/assets/js/contact.js',
-    'resources/assets/js/subscription.js',
-    'resources/assets/js/app.js'
+    "resources/assets/js/site-vars.js",
+    "resources/assets/js/contact.js",
+    "resources/assets/js/subscription.js",
+    "resources/assets/js/app.js"
 ];
 
 // javascript libraries for the public site
 var jsPublicLibs = [
-    'bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js',
-    'bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js',
-    'bower_components/jQuery.stickyFooter/assets/js/jquery.stickyfooter.js'
+    "bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js",
+    "bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js",
+    "bower_components/jQuery.stickyFooter/assets/js/jquery.stickyfooter.js"
 ];
 
 // javascript files for the dashboard
 var jsDashboard = [
-    'resources/assets/js/dashboard.js'
+    "resources/assets/js/dashboard.js"
 ];
 
 // javascript libraries for the dashboard
 var jsDashboardLibs = [
-    'bower_components/Sortable/Sortable.js',
-    'bower_components/datetimepicker/build/jquery.datetimepicker.full.min.js',
-    'bower_components/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.js'
+    "bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js",
+    "bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js",
+    "bower_components/Sortable/Sortable.js",
+    "bower_components/datetimepicker/build/jquery.datetimepicker.full.min.js",
+    "bower_components/simplemde/dist/simplemde.min.js"
 ];
 
 // paths to folders containing fonts that should be copied to public/fonts/
 var fontPaths = [
-    'resources/assets/fonts/**',
-    'bower_components/bootstrap/dist/fonts/**',
-    'bower_components/font-awesome/fonts/**'
+    "resources/assets/fonts/**",
+    "bower_components/bootstrap/dist/fonts/**",
+    "bower_components/font-awesome/fonts/**"
 ];
 
 // function to handle gulp-plumber errors
 function plumberError(err) {
     console.log(err);
-    this.emit('end');
+    this.emit("end");
 }
 
 // function to handle the processing of less files
 function processLess(filename) {
-    return gulp.src('resources/assets/less/' + filename + '.less')
+    return gulp.src("resources/assets/less/" + filename + ".less")
         .pipe(gPlumber(plumberError))
-        .pipe(gLess({ plugins: lessPlugins, paths: 'bower_components/' }))
-        .pipe(gConcat(filename + '.css'))
-        .pipe(gulp.dest('public/css/'));
+        .pipe(gLess({ plugins: lessPlugins, paths: "bower_components/" }))
+        .pipe(gConcat(filename + ".css"))
+        .pipe(gulp.dest("public/css/"));
 }
 
 // function to handle the processing of javascript files
 function processJavaScript(ouputFilename, inputFiles) {
     var javascript = gulp.src(inputFiles)
         .pipe(gPlumber(plumberError))
-        .pipe(gConcat(ouputFilename + '.js'));
+        .pipe(gConcat(ouputFilename + ".js"));
 
     // minify if running gulp with --production
-    if (prod) javascript.pipe(gUglify());
-    return javascript.pipe(gulp.dest('public/js/'));
+    if (prod) { javascript.pipe(gUglify()); }
+    return javascript.pipe(gulp.dest("public/js/"));
 }
 
 // gulp task for public styles
-gulp.task('less-public', function() {
-    return processLess('app');
+gulp.task("less-public", function() {
+    return processLess("app");
 });
 
 // gulp task for dashboard styles
-gulp.task('less-dashboard', function() {
-    return processLess('dashboard');
+gulp.task("less-dashboard", function() {
+    return processLess("dashboard");
 });
 
 // gulp task for public javascript
-gulp.task('js-public', function() {
-    return processJavaScript('app', jsPublic);
+gulp.task("js-public", function() {
+    return processJavaScript("app", jsPublic);
 });
 
 // gulp task for public javascript libraries
-gulp.task('js-public-libs', function() {
-    return processJavaScript('lib', jsPublicLibs);
+gulp.task("js-public-libs", function() {
+    return processJavaScript("lib", jsPublicLibs);
 });
 
 // gulp task for dashboard javascript
-gulp.task('js-dashboard', function() {
-    return processJavaScript('dashboard', jsDashboard);
+gulp.task("js-dashboard", function() {
+    return processJavaScript("dashboard", jsDashboard);
 });
 
 // gulp task for dashboard javascript libraries
-gulp.task('js-dashboard-libs', function() {
-    return processJavaScript('lib-dashboard', jsDashboardLibs);
+gulp.task("js-dashboard-libs", function() {
+    return processJavaScript("lib-dashboard", jsDashboardLibs);
+});
+
+// gulp task for modernizr
+gulp.task("modernizr", function() {
+    var modernizr = gulp.src([ "public/js/*.js", "public/css/*.css" ])
+        .pipe(gModernizr({ tests: modernizrTests, crawl: false }))
+        .pipe(gPlumber(plumberError))
+        .pipe(gConcat("modernizr.js"));
+
+    // minify if running gulp with --production
+    if (prod) { modernizr.pipe(gUglify()); }
+    return modernizr.pipe(gulp.dest("public/js/"));
 });
 
 // gulp task to copy fonts
-gulp.task('fonts', function() {
+gulp.task("fonts", function() {
     return gulp.src(fontPaths)
         .pipe(gPlumber(plumberError))
-        .pipe(gulp.dest('public/fonts/'));
+        .pipe(gulp.dest("public/fonts/"));
 });
 
 // gulp watch task
-gulp.task('watch', function() {
-    var gLiveReload = require('gulp-livereload');
+gulp.task("watch", function() {
+    var gLiveReload = require("gulp-livereload");
 
     var liveReloadUpdate = function(wait) {
         setTimeout(function() {
-            gLiveReload.changed('.');
+            gLiveReload.changed(".");
         }, wait || 1);
     };
 
     gLiveReload.listen();
-    gulp.watch(jsPublic, [ 'js-public' ]).on('change', liveReloadUpdate);
-    gulp.watch(jsDashboard, [ 'js-dashboard' ]).on('change', liveReloadUpdate);
-    gulp.watch([ 'app/**/*.php', 'resources/views/**/*.blade.php' ]).on('change', liveReloadUpdate);
+    gulp.watch(jsPublic, [ "js-public" ]).on("change", liveReloadUpdate);
+    gulp.watch(jsDashboard, [ "js-dashboard" ]).on("change", liveReloadUpdate);
+    gulp.watch([ "app/**/*.php", "resources/views/**/*.blade.php" ]).on("change", liveReloadUpdate);
 
-    gulp.watch('resources/assets/less/**/*.less', [ 'less-public', 'less-dashboard' ]).on('change', function() {
+    gulp.watch("resources/assets/less/**/*.less", [ "less-public", "less-dashboard" ]).on("change", function() {
         liveReloadUpdate(1000);
     });
 });
 
 // gulp default task
-gulp.task('default', [
-    'less-public',
-    'less-dashboard',
-    'js-public',
-    'js-public-libs',
-    'js-dashboard',
-    'js-dashboard-libs',
-    'fonts'
+gulp.task("default", [
+    "less-public",
+    "less-dashboard",
+    "js-public",
+    "js-public-libs",
+    "js-dashboard",
+    "js-dashboard-libs",
+    "modernizr",
+    "fonts"
 ]);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6539474..bae8d02 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
     "gulp-less": "^3.0.5",
+    "gulp-modernizr": "^1.0.0-alpha",
     "gulp-plumber": "^1.1.0",
     "gulp-uglify": "^1.5.3",
     "gulp-util": "^3.0.7",
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/base.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/base.blade.php
index 8bfb5ac..83a20ec 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/base.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/base.blade.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <head>
         {!! Head::render() !!}
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
-        <script src="/js/lib.js"></script>
+        <script src"/js/modernizr.js"></script>
         @yield('page-includes')
 
         @if(Config::get('app.debug'))
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
             </script>
         @endif
     </head>
+
     <body class="{{ Request::path() == '/' ? 'index' : preg_replace('/\/.*/', '', Request::path()) }}">
         @yield('page-top')
         <div id="page-content">@yield('content')</div>
diff --git a/resources/views/layouts/public.blade.php b/resources/views/layouts/public.blade.php
index 7be6e1b..f38a9d9 100644
--- a/resources/views/layouts/public.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/layouts/public.blade.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @extends('layouts.base')
 
 @section('page-includes')
+    <script src="/js/lib.js"></script>
     <script src="/js/app.js"></script>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/app.css" />
 @endsection