diff --git a/src/main/resources/au/com/centrumsystems/hudson/plugin/buildpipeline/extension/PipelineHeaderExtension/columnHeader.jelly b/src/main/resources/au/com/centrumsystems/hudson/plugin/buildpipeline/extension/PipelineHeaderExtension/columnHeader.jelly
index 54399419..6140ccbc 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/au/com/centrumsystems/hudson/plugin/buildpipeline/extension/PipelineHeaderExtension/columnHeader.jelly
+++ b/src/main/resources/au/com/centrumsystems/hudson/plugin/buildpipeline/extension/PipelineHeaderExtension/columnHeader.jelly
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@
                                             <td id="project-${project.getId()}"></td>
                                         </j:otherwise>
                                     </j:choose>
-                                    <script>
-                                        //save project proxies for future reference (being able to refresh project cards)
-                                        buildPipeline.projectProxies[${project.getId()}] = <st:bind value="${project}" />;
-                                        jQuery("#project-${project.getId()}").append(buildPipeline.projectCardTemplate(${project.asJSON()}));
-                                    </script>
+                                    <st:adjunct includes="au.com.centrumsystems.hudson.plugin.buildpipeline.extension.PipelineHeaderExtension.pipeline-column-headers"/>
+                                    <st:bind value="${project}" var="projectProxy${project.getId()}"/>
+                                    <span class="ch-project-data-holder" data-project-id="${project.getId()}" data-project-json="${project.asJSON()}" style="display:none"/>
                                     <j:if test="${(y + 1 != buildPipelineForm.getGridWidth())}">
                                         <td class="next">
                                             <!-- Changing length to size() to get rid of arrows when there are no more child jobs.-->
diff --git a/src/main/resources/au/com/centrumsystems/hudson/plugin/buildpipeline/extension/PipelineHeaderExtension/pipeline-column-headers.js b/src/main/resources/au/com/centrumsystems/hudson/plugin/buildpipeline/extension/PipelineHeaderExtension/pipeline-column-headers.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7fe10a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/au/com/centrumsystems/hudson/plugin/buildpipeline/extension/PipelineHeaderExtension/pipeline-column-headers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
+    const projectDataHolders = document.querySelectorAll(".ch-project-data-holder");
+
+    projectDataHolders.forEach(dataHolder => {
+        const { projectId, projectJson } = dataHolder.dataset;
+
+        buildPipeline.projectProxies[projectId] = window["projectProxy" + projectId];
+
+        const projectElement = document.getElementById("project-" + projectId);
+        const projectData = JSON.parse(projectJson);
+        projectElement.innerHTML = buildPipeline.projectCardTemplate(projectData);
+    });
+});