diff --git a/_includes/disqus.html b/_includes/disqus.html
index d4521f8c..93313921 100644
--- a/_includes/disqus.html
+++ b/_includes/disqus.html
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 <div class="block">
   <div id="disqus_thread"></div>
   <script type="text/javascript">
-      var disqus_shortname = "{{ site.disqus_shortname}}";
-      (function() {
-        var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true;
-        dsq.src = 'https://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
-        (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq);
-      })();
+    var disqus_config = function () {
+      this.page.url = '{{ page.url | replace:'index.html','' | prepend: site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}'; // canonical url
+      this.page.identifier = '{{ page.url | replace:'index.html','' }}';
+    };
+    (function() {
+      var d = document, s = d.createElement('script');
+      s.src = 'https://{{ site.disqus_shortname }}.disqus.com/embed.js';
+      s.setAttribute('data-timestamp', +new Date());
+      (d.head || d.body).appendChild(s);
+    })();
   </script>
-</div>
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+</div>