diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
index e4c1c7f..a00b884 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.scss
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 
 @import 'settings/variables';
 @import 'settings/fonts';
-// @import 'settings/animations';
 
-// @import 'generic/reset';
+@import 'settings/reset';
+/*= require normalize-css/normalize */
+
 
 // @import 'elements/';
 // @import 'objects/';
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/settings/_reset.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/settings/_reset.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99a5d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/settings/_reset.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// normalize css is loaded, then these additions:
+
+html {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+
+*,
+*::before,
+*::after {
+  box-sizing: inherit;
+}
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 34e7316..d87d6dc 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     "tota11y": "",
     "modernizr-lite": "*",
     "html5shiv": "^3.7.3",
-    "foundation-emails": "^2.2.1"
+    "foundation-emails": "^2.2.1",
+    "normalize-css": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "ignore": [
     "**/.*",
@@ -19,6 +20,5 @@
     "test",
     "tests"
   ],
-  "devDependencies": {
-  }
+  "devDependencies": {}
 }