diff --git a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
index 9e23fea21..bf69a3d25 100644
--- a/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
+++ b/src/node/handler/PadMessageHandler.js
@@ -1076,6 +1076,7 @@ async function handleClientReady(client, message)
     var clientVars = {
       "skinName": settings.skinName,
       "skinVariants": settings.skinVariants,
+      "randomVersionString": settings.randomVersionString,
       "accountPrivs": {
           "maxRevisions": 100
       },
diff --git a/src/static/js/ace.js b/src/static/js/ace.js
index d06d902a6..efb27fc5f 100644
--- a/src/static/js/ace.js
+++ b/src/static/js/ace.js
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ function Ace2Editor()
 
       // disableCustomScriptsAndStyles can be used to disable loading of custom scripts
       if(!clientVars.disableCustomScriptsAndStyles){
-        $$INCLUDE_CSS("../static/css/pad.css");
+        $$INCLUDE_CSS("../static/css/pad.css?v=" + clientVars.randomVersionString);
       }
 
       var additionalCSS = _(hooks.callAll("aceEditorCSS")).map(function(path){
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ function Ace2Editor()
         return '../static/plugins/' + path;
       });
       includedCSS = includedCSS.concat(additionalCSS);
-      $$INCLUDE_CSS("../static/skins/" + clientVars.skinName + "/pad.css");
+      $$INCLUDE_CSS("../static/skins/" + clientVars.skinName + "/pad.css?v=" + clientVars.randomVersionString);
 
       pushStyleTagsFor(iframeHTML, includedCSS);
 
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ window.onload = function () {\n\
       var includedCSS = [];
       var $$INCLUDE_CSS = function(filename) {includedCSS.push(filename)};
       $$INCLUDE_CSS("../static/css/iframe_editor.css");
-      $$INCLUDE_CSS("../static/css/pad.css");
+      $$INCLUDE_CSS("../static/css/pad.css?v=" + clientVars.randomVersionString);
 
 
       var additionalCSS = _(hooks.callAll("aceEditorCSS")).map(function(path){
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ window.onload = function () {\n\
         return '../static/plugins/' + path }
       );
       includedCSS = includedCSS.concat(additionalCSS);
-      $$INCLUDE_CSS("../static/skins/" + clientVars.skinName + "/pad.css");
+      $$INCLUDE_CSS("../static/skins/" + clientVars.skinName + "/pad.css?v=" + clientVars.randomVersionString);
 
       pushStyleTagsFor(outerHTML, includedCSS);