diff --git a/templates/footer.hbs b/templates/footer.hbs
index 30899b465..251453e49 100644
--- a/templates/footer.hbs
+++ b/templates/footer.hbs
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
       <div class="four columns mt3 mt0-l">
         <h4>Social</h4>
         <div class="flex flex-row flex-wrap">
-          <a rel="me" href="https://social.rust-lang.org/@rust" target="_blank" rel="noopener" alt="mastodon link"><img src="{{root}}images/mastodon.svg" alt="mastodon logo" title="Mastodon"/></a>
-          <a href="https://twitter.com/rustlang" target="_blank" rel="noopener" alt="twitter link"><img src="{{root}}images/twitter.svg" alt="twitter logo" title="Twitter"/></a>
-          <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaYhcUwRBNscFNUKTjgPFiA" target="_blank" rel="noopener" alt="youtube link"><img style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom:6px" src="{{root}}images/youtube.svg" alt="youtube logo" title="YouTube"/></a>
-          <a href="https://discord.gg/rust-lang" target="_blank" rel="noopener" alt="discord link"><img src="{{root}}images/discord.svg" alt="discord logo" title="Discord"/></a>
-          <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang" target="_blank" rel="noopener" alt="github link"><img src="{{root}}images/github.svg" alt="github logo" title="GitHub"/></a>
+          <a rel="me" href="https://social.rust-lang.org/@rust" target="_blank" rel="noopener" alt="mastodon link"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="{{root}}images/mastodon.svg" alt="mastodon logo" title="Mastodon"/></a>
+          <a href="https://twitter.com/rustlang" target="_blank" rel="noopener" alt="twitter link"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="{{root}}images/twitter.svg" alt="twitter logo" title="Twitter"/></a>
+          <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaYhcUwRBNscFNUKTjgPFiA" target="_blank" rel="noopener" alt="youtube link"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom:6px" src="{{root}}images/youtube.svg" alt="youtube logo" title="YouTube"/></a>
+          <a href="https://discord.gg/rust-lang" target="_blank" rel="noopener" alt="discord link"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="{{root}}images/discord.svg" alt="discord logo" title="Discord"/></a>
+          <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang" target="_blank" rel="noopener" alt="github link"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="{{root}}images/github.svg" alt="github logo" title="GitHub"/></a>
         </div>
         <h4 class="mt4 mb3">RSS</h4>
         <ul>
@@ -42,5 +42,3 @@
   </div>
 </footer>
 
-<!-- scripts -->
-<script src="{{root}}scripts/highlight.js"></script>
diff --git a/templates/headers.hbs b/templates/headers.hbs
index 3e19aa182..96f9d93eb 100644
--- a/templates/headers.hbs
+++ b/templates/headers.hbs
@@ -30,4 +30,7 @@
 <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
 
  <!-- atom -->
- <link type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/{{blog.prefix}}feed.xml" title="{{blog.title}}" />
+<link type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/{{blog.prefix}}feed.xml" title="{{blog.title}}" />
+
+ <!-- scripts -->
+<script defer src="{{root}}scripts/highlight.js"></script>