diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 3b2160a14..121c19725 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -4889,7 +4889,10 @@
   <script src="js/jquery.cookie-1.4.1.min.js"></script>
   <script src="js/moment.min.js"></script>
   <script src="js/html2canvas.min.js"></script>
-  <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-rc.0/dist/js/select2.min.js"></script>
+  <script
+    src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/select2@4.1.0-rc.0/dist/js/select2.min.js"
+    defer
+  ></script>
   <script src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js" async defer></script>
   <script src="js/monkeytype.js"></script>
 </html>