diff --git a/templates/base.mako b/templates/base.mako
index dc14400a8c4..22af35c1e4f 100644
--- a/templates/base.mako
+++ b/templates/base.mako
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
     <!--base.mako-->
     ${self.init()}
     <head>
-        <title>${self.title()}</title>
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+        ## For mobile browsers, don't scale up
+        <meta name = "viewport" content = "maximum-scale=1.0">
+        ## Force IE to standards mode, and prefer Google Chrome Frame if the user has already installed it
+        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1">
+
+        <title>${self.title()}</title>
         ## relative href for site root
         <link rel="index" href="${ h.url_for( '/' ) }"/>
         ${self.metas()}
diff --git a/templates/base/base_panels.mako b/templates/base/base_panels.mako
index f816659294a..de977726c68 100644
--- a/templates/base/base_panels.mako
+++ b/templates/base/base_panels.mako
@@ -160,16 +160,17 @@
     <!--base_panels.mako-->
     ${self.init()}
     <head>
-        %if app.config.brand:
-            <title>${self.title()} / ${app.config.brand}</title>
-        %else:
-            <title>${self.title()}</title>
-        %endif
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
         ## For mobile browsers, don't scale up
         <meta name = "viewport" content = "maximum-scale=1.0">
         ## Force IE to standards mode, and prefer Google Chrome Frame if the user has already installed it
         <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1">
+
+        %if app.config.brand:
+            <title>${self.title()} / ${app.config.brand}</title>
+        %else:
+            <title>${self.title()}</title>
+        %endif
         ## relative href for site root
         <link rel="index" href="${ h.url_for( '/' ) }"/>
         ${self.stylesheets()}
diff --git a/templates/js-app.mako b/templates/js-app.mako
index 94bd32d2377..62f440ec614 100644
--- a/templates/js-app.mako
+++ b/templates/js-app.mako
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 <html>
     <!--js-app.mako-->
     <head>
-        <title>Galaxy</title>
         <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
         ## For mobile browsers, don't scale up
         <meta name="viewport" content="maximum-scale=1.0">
         ## Force IE to standards mode, and prefer Google Chrome Frame if the user has already installed it
         <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1">
+
+        <title>Galaxy</title>
         ## relative href for site root
         <link rel="index" href="${ h.url_for( '/' ) }"/>
         ## TODO: use loaders to move everything but the essentials below the fold