diff --git a/_layouts/archive-category.liquid b/_layouts/archive-category.liquid
index 31b84c1cc861..2fc5009f890e 100644
--- a/_layouts/archive-category.liquid
+++ b/_layouts/archive-category.liquid
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ layout: default
     <p class="post-description">an archive of posts in this category</p>
   </header>
 
-  <article>
+  <article class="archive">
     <div class="table-responsive">
       <table class="table table-sm table-borderless">
         {% for post in page.posts %}
diff --git a/_layouts/archive-tag.liquid b/_layouts/archive-tag.liquid
index 22e12ad49287..81019a0bbea5 100644
--- a/_layouts/archive-tag.liquid
+++ b/_layouts/archive-tag.liquid
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ layout: default
     <p class="post-description">an archive of posts with this tag</p>
   </header>
 
-  <article>
+  <article class="archive">
     <div class="table-responsive">
       <table class="table table-sm table-borderless">
         {% for post in page.posts %}
diff --git a/_layouts/archive-year.liquid b/_layouts/archive-year.liquid
index 467115000c91..0ce93efcf2e4 100644
--- a/_layouts/archive-year.liquid
+++ b/_layouts/archive-year.liquid
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ layout: default
     <p class="post-description">an archive of posts from this year</p>
   </header>
 
-  <article>
+  <article class="archive">
     <div class="table-responsive">
       <table class="table table-sm table-borderless">
         {% for post in page.posts %}
diff --git a/assets/js/no_defer.js b/assets/js/no_defer.js
index a58e196374f5..e639595ec3bc 100644
--- a/assets/js/no_defer.js
+++ b/assets/js/no_defer.js
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     }
 
     // only select tables that are not inside an element with "news" (about page) or "card" (cv page) class
-    if ($(this).parents('[class*="news"]').length == 0 && $(this).parents('[class*="card"]').length == 0 && $(this).parents("code").length == 0) {
+    if (
+      $(this).parents('[class*="news"]').length == 0 &&
+      $(this).parents('[class*="card"]').length == 0 &&
+      $(this).parents('[class*="archive"]').length == 0 &&
+      $(this).parents("code").length == 0
+    ) {
       // make table use bootstrap-table
       $(this).attr("data-toggle", "table");
       // add some classes to make the table look better