diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.4 - 2014-11-11
+----------------
+
+- Add option to load bootstrap assets externally.
+
 0.3
 ---
 
diff --git a/Test/Tasty/Runners/Html.hs b/Test/Tasty/Runners/Html.hs
--- a/Test/Tasty/Runners/Html.hs
+++ b/Test/Tasty/Runners/Html.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   ) where
 
 import Control.Applicative (Const(..), (<$))
-import Control.Monad ((>=>), unless)
+import Control.Monad ((>=>), unless, forM_)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Class (lift)
 import Control.Concurrent.STM (atomically, readTVar)
 import qualified Control.Concurrent.STM as STM(retry)
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 import Data.Monoid (Monoid(mempty,mappend), (<>), Sum(Sum,getSum))
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
+import System.FilePath ((</>))
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.IO as TIO
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
-import Control.Monad.State (StateT, evalStateT)
+import Control.Monad.State (StateT, evalStateT, liftIO)
 import qualified Control.Monad.State as State (get, modify)
 import Data.Functor.Compose (Compose(Compose,getCompose))
 import qualified Data.IntMap as IntMap
@@ -55,6 +56,20 @@
   optionName = Tagged "html"
   optionHelp = Tagged "A file path to store the test results in HTML"
 
+-- | Path where external assets will be looked up
+newtype AssetsPath = AssetsPath FilePath deriving (Typeable)
+
+-- | Assets 'Option' for the HTML 'Ingredient'.
+instance IsOption (Maybe AssetsPath) where
+    defaultValue = Nothing
+    parseValue = Just . Just . AssetsPath
+    optionName = Tagged "assets"
+    optionHelp = Tagged "Directory where HTML assets will be looked up. \
+                        \If not given the assets will be inlined within the \
+                        \HTML file. \
+                        \The following files must be present: \
+                        \`bootstrap.min.css`, `bootstrap.min.js`, `jquery-2.1.1.min.js`"
+
 {-| To run tests using this ingredient, use 'Tasty.defaultMainWithIngredients',
     passing 'htmlRunner' as one possible ingredient. This ingredient will run
     tests if you pass the @--html@ command line option. For example,
@@ -63,7 +78,8 @@
 -}
 htmlRunner :: Ingredient
 htmlRunner = TestReporter optionDescription $ \options testTree -> do
-  HtmlPath path <- lookupOption options
+  HtmlPath htmlPath <- lookupOption options
+  let mAssetsPath = lookupOption options
   return $ \statusMap -> do
     Const summary <- flip evalStateT 0 $ getCompose $ getTraversal $
       Tasty.foldTestTree
@@ -73,13 +89,15 @@
         options
         testTree
 
-    -- Ignore ellapsed time
+    -- Ignore elapsed time
     return $ const $ do
-      generateHtml summary path
+      generateHtml summary htmlPath mAssetsPath
       return $ getSum (summaryFailures summary) == 0
 
  where
-  optionDescription = [ Option (Proxy :: Proxy (Maybe HtmlPath)) ]
+  optionDescription = [ Option (Proxy :: Proxy (Maybe HtmlPath))
+                      , Option (Proxy :: Proxy (Maybe AssetsPath))
+                      ]
 
 -- * Internal
 
@@ -108,22 +126,24 @@
 runTest statusMap _ testName _ = Traversal $ Compose $ do
   ix <- State.get
 
-  summary <- lift $ atomically $ do
+  result <- lift $ atomically $ do
     status <- readTVar $
       fromMaybe (error "Attempted to lookup test by index outside bounds") $
       IntMap.lookup ix statusMap
 
     case status of
-      -- If the test is done, generate HTML for it
-      Done result
-        | Tasty.resultSuccessful result -> return $
-            mkSuccess testName $ Tasty.resultDescription result
-        | otherwise ->
-            return $ mkFailure testName $ Tasty.resultDescription result
+      -- If the test is done, return the result
+      Done result -> return result
       -- Otherwise the test has either not been started or is currently
       -- executing
       _ -> STM.retry
 
+  -- Generate HTML for the test
+  msg <- liftIO . Tasty.formatMessage . Tasty.resultDescription $ result
+  let summary = if Tasty.resultSuccessful result
+                then mkSuccess testName msg
+                else mkFailure testName msg
+
   Const summary <$ State.modify (+1)
 
 -- | To be used for a 'TestGroup' when folding the final 'TestTree'.
@@ -148,21 +168,23 @@
 -- | Generates the final HTML report.
 generateHtml :: Summary  -- ^ Test summary.
              -> FilePath -- ^ Where to write.
+             -> Maybe AssetsPath -- ^ Path to external assets
              -> IO ()
-generateHtml summary path = do
+generateHtml summary htmlPath mAssetsPath = do
       -- Helpers to load external assets
   let getRead = getDataFileName >=> B.readFile
       includeMarkup = getRead >=> return . H.unsafeByteString
       -- blaze-html 'script' doesn't admit HTML inside
       includeScript = getRead >=> \bs ->
-        return . H.unsafeByteString $ "<script \"type=text/javascript\">" <> bs <> "</script>"
+        return . H.unsafeByteString $ "<script>" <> bs <> "</script>"
 
+  -- Only used when no external assets path specified
   bootStrapCss      <- includeMarkup "data/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
   jQueryJs          <- includeScript "data/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"
   bootStrapJs       <- includeScript "data/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"
   scriptJs          <- includeScript "data/script.js"
 
-  TIO.writeFile path $
+  TIO.writeFile htmlPath $
     renderHtml $
       H.docTypeHtml ! A.lang "en" $ do
         H.head $ do
@@ -170,33 +192,40 @@
           H.meta ! A.name "viewport"
                  ! A.content "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"
           H.title "Tasty Test Results"
-          H.style bootStrapCss
 
-          jQueryJs
-          bootStrapJs
-          scriptJs
+          case mAssetsPath of
+            Nothing -> do H.style bootStrapCss
+                          jQueryJs
+                          bootStrapJs
+            Just (AssetsPath assetsPath) -> do
+              H.link ! A.rel "stylesheet"
+                     ! A.href (H.toValue $ assetsPath </> "bootstrap.min.css")
+              forM_ ["bootstrap.min.js", "jquery-2.1.1.min.js", "bootstrap.min.js"] $ \str ->
+                H.script ! A.src (H.toValue $ assetsPath </> str ) $ mempty
 
-        H.body $ H.div ! A.class_ "container" $ do
-          H.h1 ! A.class_ "text-center" $ "Tasty Test Results"
-          H.div ! A.class_ "row" $
-            if summaryFailures summary > Sum 0
-              then
-                H.div ! A.class_ "alert alert-danger" $
-                  H.p ! A.class_ "lead text-center" $ do
-                    H.toMarkup . getSum $ summaryFailures summary
-                    " out of " :: Markup
-                    H.toMarkup tests
-                    " tests failed"
-              else
-                H.div ! A.class_ "alert alert-success" $
-                  H.p ! A.class_ "lead text-center" $ do
-                    "All " :: Markup
-                    H.toMarkup tests
-                    " tests passed"
+        H.body $ do
+          H.div ! A.class_ "container" $ do
+            H.h1 ! A.class_ "text-center" $ "Tasty Test Results"
+            H.div ! A.class_ "row" $
+              if summaryFailures summary > Sum 0
+                then
+                  H.div ! A.class_ "alert alert-danger" $
+                    H.p ! A.class_ "lead text-center" $ do
+                      H.toMarkup . getSum $ summaryFailures summary
+                      " out of " :: Markup
+                      H.toMarkup tests
+                      " tests failed"
+                else
+                  H.div ! A.class_ "alert alert-success" $
+                    H.p ! A.class_ "lead text-center" $ do
+                      "All " :: Markup
+                      H.toMarkup tests
+                      " tests passed"
 
-          H.div ! A.class_ "row" $
-            H.div ! A.class_ "well" $
-              H.toMarkup $ treeMarkup $ htmlRenderer summary
+            H.div ! A.class_ "row" $
+              H.div ! A.class_ "well" $
+                H.toMarkup $ treeMarkup $ htmlRenderer summary
+          scriptJs
 
  where
   -- Total number of tests
diff --git a/tasty-html.cabal b/tasty-html.cabal
--- a/tasty-html.cabal
+++ b/tasty-html.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                tasty-html
-version:             0.3
+version:             0.4
 synopsis:            Render tasty output to HTML
 description:         A tasty ingredient to output test results in HTML5.
 license:             MIT
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@
     base >= 4.5 && < 5,
     bytestring >= 0.10,
     containers >= 0.5.0.0,
+    filepath >= 1.3,
     generic-deriving >= 1.6.2,
     mtl >= 2.1.2,
     stm >= 2.4.2,
     tagged >= 0.7,
-    tasty >= 0.10,
+    tasty >= 0.10.1,
     text >= 1.0,
     transformers >= 0.3.0.0,
     blaze-html >= 0.7