diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index afa28d7409d6..fb40ebf80cda 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,9 +163,7 @@ Loading up the sample data will give you an idea of how this should look, how yo
 ## Optional Development Stuff
 ### Set up the debugbar
 
-In dev mode, I use the fabulous [Laravel Debugbar](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-debugbar) by @barryvdh. After you've installed/updated composer, you'll need to publish the assets for the debugbar:
-
-	php artisan debugbar:publish
+In dev mode, I use the fabulous [Laravel Debugbar](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-debugbar) by @barryvdh. 
 
 The profiler is enabled by default if you have debug set to true in your app.php. You certainly don't have to use it, but it's pretty handy for troubleshooting queries, seeing how much memory your pages are using, etc.
 
diff --git a/app/config/app.php b/app/config/app.php
index b372b9078d13..f1d6c7592777 100755
--- a/app/config/app.php
+++ b/app/config/app.php
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 
 		'Cartalyst\Sentry\SentryServiceProvider',
 
+		'Chumper\Datatable\DatatableServiceProvider',
+
 	),
 
 	/*
@@ -144,6 +146,8 @@
 
 		'Sentry'          => 'Cartalyst\Sentry\Facades\Laravel\Sentry',
 
+		'Datatable' => 'Chumper\Datatable\Facades\Datatable',
+
 	),
 
 );
diff --git a/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php b/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php
index a6c0524fb515..14650c6229b5 100755
--- a/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/backend/layouts/default.blade.php
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ asset('assets/css/compiled/form-showcase.css') }}" type="text/css" media="screen" />
 		<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ asset('assets/css/lib/jquery.dataTables.css') }}" type="text/css" media="screen" />
 
-
+        <!-- global header javascripts -->
+        <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
+        <script src="{{ asset('assets/js/jquery.dataTables.js') }}"></script>
 
 		<!-- open sans font -->
 		<link href='//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300italic,400italic,600italic,700italic,800italic,400,300,600,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
@@ -276,13 +278,11 @@
     <!-- end main container -->
 
 	<!-- scripts -->
-    <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
     <script src="{{ asset('assets/js/bootstrap.min.js') }}"></script>
     <script src="{{ asset('assets/js/jquery.knob.js') }}"></script>
     <script src="{{ asset('assets/js/select2.min.js') }}"></script>
     <script src="{{ asset('assets/js/jquery.uniform.min.js') }}"></script>
     <script src="{{ asset('assets/js/bootstrap.datepicker.js') }}"></script>
-    <script src="{{ asset('assets/js/jquery.dataTables.js') }}"></script>
     <script src="{{ asset('assets/js/theme.js') }}"></script>
 
     <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 8ec5ff6bc452..4479cbfcc7c5 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 	"require": {
 		"laravel/framework": "4.0.*",
 		"cartalyst/sentry": "2.0.*",
-		"barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "dev-master"
+		"barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": "dev-master",
+		"chumper/datatable": "dev-master"
 	},
 	"require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "*"
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@
 		],
 		"post-update-cmd": [
 			"php artisan optimize"
+		    "php artisan debugbar:publish"
+		],
+		"post-install-cmd": [
+		    "php artisan debugbar:publish"
 		],
 		"post-create-project-cmd": [
 			"php artisan key:generate"
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 2655f6af3502..02ef8b1fd327
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         "This file locks the dependencies of your project to a known state",
         "Read more about it at http://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file"
     ],
-    "hash": "68b57dc0e0b71bfac27b6218ac9e7f41",
+    "hash": "2ff29b285767430e11356a6316d24a84",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar",
@@ -150,6 +150,58 @@
             ],
             "time": "2013-11-27 22:30:58"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "chumper/datatable",
+            "version": "dev-master",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/Chumper/Datatable.git",
+                "reference": "8e8e29847f42e051d7f4dfb42ac7e01f8a23310b"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Chumper/Datatable/zipball/8e8e29847f42e051d7f4dfb42ac7e01f8a23310b",
+                "reference": "8e8e29847f42e051d7f4dfb42ac7e01f8a23310b",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "illuminate/foundation": "4.0.*",
+                "illuminate/support": "4.0.x",
+                "illuminate/view": "4.0.x",
+                "php": ">=5.3.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "mockery/mockery": "dev-master",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "3.7.*"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-0": {
+                    "Chumper\\Datatable": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Nils Plaschke",
+                    "email": "github@nilsplaschke.de",
+                    "homepage": "http://nilsplaschke.de",
+                    "role": "Developer"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "This is a laravel 4 package for the server and client side of datatablaes at http://datatables.net/",
+            "homepage": "http://github.com/Chumper/datatable",
+            "keywords": [
+                "ajax",
+                "datatables",
+                "jquery",
+                "laravel"
+            ],
+            "time": "2013-11-27 00:33:49"
+        },
         {
             "name": "classpreloader/classpreloader",
             "version": "1.0.1",
@@ -310,7 +362,7 @@
             ],
             "authors": [
                 {
-                    "name": "Jonathan Wage",
+                    "name": "Jonathan H. Wage",
                     "email": "jonwage@gmail.com",
                     "homepage": "http://www.jwage.com/",
                     "role": "Creator"
@@ -329,7 +381,7 @@
                     "email": "kontakt@beberlei.de"
                 },
                 {
-                    "name": "Johannes Schmitt",
+                    "name": "Johannes M. Schmitt",
                     "email": "schmittjoh@gmail.com",
                     "homepage": "http://jmsyst.com",
                     "role": "Developer of wrapped JMSSerializerBundle"
@@ -928,65 +980,6 @@
             ],
             "time": "2013-11-27 15:45:20"
         },
-        {
-            "name": "laravelbook/ardent",
-            "version": "dev-master",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/laravelbook/ardent.git",
-                "reference": "e98ed2d03a9bc824fd5f93880c0cb70130593067"
-            },
-            "dist": {
-                "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravelbook/ardent/zipball/e98ed2d03a9bc824fd5f93880c0cb70130593067",
-                "reference": "e98ed2d03a9bc824fd5f93880c0cb70130593067",
-                "shasum": ""
-            },
-            "require": {
-                "illuminate/database": "4.x",
-                "illuminate/support": "4.x",
-                "illuminate/validation": "4.x",
-                "php": ">=5.3.0"
-            },
-            "type": "library",
-            "autoload": {
-                "psr-0": {
-                    "LaravelBook\\Ardent": "src/"
-                }
-            },
-            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
-            "license": [
-                "BSD-3-Clause"
-            ],
-            "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Max Ehsan",
-                    "email": "contact@laravelbook.com",
-                    "homepage": "http://laravelbook.com/",
-                    "role": "Developer"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Igor Santos",
-                    "email": "igorsantos07@gmail.com",
-                    "homepage": "http://www.igorsantos.com.br",
-                    "role": "Developer"
-                }
-            ],
-            "description": "Self-validating smart models for Laravel 4's Eloquent O/RM",
-            "homepage": "http://laravelbook.com/",
-            "keywords": [
-                "Active Record",
-                "activerecord",
-                "database",
-                "eloquent",
-                "framework",
-                "laravel",
-                "orm",
-                "sql",
-                "validation"
-            ],
-            "time": "2013-11-22 22:41:14"
-        },
         {
             "name": "maximebf/debugbar",
             "version": "dev-master",
@@ -2667,7 +2660,7 @@
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "stability-flags": {
         "barryvdh/laravel-debugbar": 20,
-        "laravelbook/ardent": 20
+        "chumper/datatable": 20
     },
     "platform": [