diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index a054115..f35f491 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css">
     
     <!-- import the webpage's javascript file -->
+    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
     <script src="/script.js" defer></script>
   </head>  
   <body>
diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
index 1ccfd3c..90a69f7 100644
--- a/script.js
+++ b/script.js
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@
 
 // prints "hi" in the browser's dev tools console
 console.log("hi");
+
+$(function() {
+  alert('Hello, world!')
+})
\ No newline at end of file
