diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fe45234e6..d848b7644 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ group :assets do
   gem 'handlebars_assets'
   gem 'jquery-datatables-rails'
   gem 'sass-rails'
+  # sass_rails_patch allows 'css.scss.erb' to work.
+  # delete this when upgrading to rails 4 (sass-rails 4.0.0 incorporates a similar fix)
+  gem 'sass_rails_patch'
   gem 'coffee-rails'
   gem 'uglifier'
   gem 'bootstrap-sass-rails'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7c12a7e14..79c61a82e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -217,11 +217,13 @@ GEM
     rubyzip (0.9.9)
     sanitize (2.0.3)
       nokogiri (>= 1.4.4, < 1.6)
-    sass (3.2.7)
+    sass (3.2.9)
     sass-rails (3.2.6)
       railties (~> 3.2.0)
       sass (>= 3.1.10)
       tilt (~> 1.3)
+    sass_rails_patch (0.0.2)
+      sass-rails
     select2-rails (3.3.0)
       sass-rails (~> 3.2)
       thor (~> 0.14)
@@ -313,6 +315,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-rails
   sanitize
   sass-rails
+  sass_rails_patch
   select2-rails
   sentry-raven
   sextant
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/_fonts.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/_fonts.css.scss.erb
similarity index 93%
rename from app/assets/stylesheets/_fonts.css.scss
rename to app/assets/stylesheets/_fonts.css.scss.erb
index d11bd9828..08b5897c4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/_fonts.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/_fonts.css.scss.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-/* sweet font analytics */
-@import url("//hello.myfonts.net/count/262127");
+<% if Rails.env.production? %>
+  /* font analytics for licensing */
+  @import url("//hello.myfonts.net/count/262127");
+<% end %>
 
 @font-face {
   font-family: 'Freehand521BT-RegularC';