diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc8da916..032dc5af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ CKAN version | Compatibility
 `ckanext.datagovtheme.js_recent_view = true`
 
 
-This defaults to `false`. If displaying the recent view count slows down page loading, the optional parameter can be set to `true` to make the recent view count an AJAX call, improving page loading speed. If the recent view count information (package['tracking_summary']) is already present, the AJAX call is disabled to reduce overhead. Therefore, the built-in recent view count rendering must be disabled for this mechanism to take effect.
+This defaults to `false`. If displaying the recent view count slows down page loading, the optional parameter can be set to `true` to make the recent view count an AJAX call, improving page loading speed. If the recent view count information (package['tracking_summary']) is already present, the AJAX call is disabled to reduce overhead. Therefore, the built-in recent view count rendering must be disabled for this mechanism to take effect. For catalog.data.gov, it means set setting `ckanext.datagovcatalog.add_packages_tracking_info` to false. 
+
+**TODO**: re-evaluate the need for this customization after ckan 2.11 release, as described in ticket https://github.com/GSA/data.gov/issues/4798.
 
 
 ## Development
diff --git a/ckanext/datagovtheme/fanstatic_library/scripts/popular.js b/ckanext/datagovtheme/fanstatic_library/scripts/popular.js
index 261244b5..b7483c78 100644
--- a/ckanext/datagovtheme/fanstatic_library/scripts/popular.js
+++ b/ckanext/datagovtheme/fanstatic_library/scripts/popular.js
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 jQuery(function ($) {
 
   // This api takes a list of package ids from querystring and returns the view count for each package
-  var pupolar_api = "/datagovtheme/get-popular-count";
+  var popular_api = "/datagovtheme/get-popular-count";
 
   // all ids in a string, comma separated
   var pkgs = {'pkgs': collect_all_packages().join(',')};
 
-  $.getJSON(pupolar_api, pkgs, function(data) {
+  $.getJSON(popular_api, pkgs, function(data) {
     $.each( data, function( key, val ) {
       $("ul.dataset-list li.dataset-item h3.dataset-heading").each(function() {
         if ($(this).attr('pkg_id') == key) {
diff --git a/ckanext/datagovtheme/fanstatic_library/webassets.yml b/ckanext/datagovtheme/fanstatic_library/webassets.yml
index 783e9fd8..d0c6d26f 100644
--- a/ckanext/datagovtheme/fanstatic_library/webassets.yml
+++ b/ckanext/datagovtheme/fanstatic_library/webassets.yml
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ popular-js:
   output: datagovtheme/popular.js
   contents:
     - scripts/popular.js
+  extra:
+    preload:
+      - vendor/jquery