diff --git a/profile.html b/profile.html
index 4fde6c4f42..c653e61a6d 100644
--- a/profile.html
+++ b/profile.html
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ $(function() {
             <%
             earned = hw['section_total'][0]
             total = hw['section_total'][1]
-            percentageString = "{:.0%}".format( float(earned)/total) if earned > 0 else ""
+            percentageString = "{0:.0%}".format( float(earned)/total) if earned > 0 else ""
             %>
-            ${ hw['section'] }</a> ${"({}/{}) {}".format( earned, total, percentageString )}</h3>
+            ${ hw['section'] }</a> ${"({0}/{1}) {2}".format( earned, total, percentageString )}</h3>
             ${hw['subtitle']}
             % if 'due' in hw and hw['due']!="":
               due ${hw['due']}
diff --git a/profile_graphs.js b/profile_graphs.js
index 18a6928eab..80eb9dc3b0 100644
--- a/profile_graphs.js
+++ b/profile_graphs.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ $(function () {
       detail_tooltips["${section['category']}"] = ${ json.dumps([score['summary'] for score in section['subscores']]  ) };
           
       droppedScores = droppedScores.concat(${ json.dumps( [[tickIndex + index, 0.05] for index in section['dropped_indices']]) });
-      <% dropExplanation = "The lowest {} {} scores are dropped".format( len(section['dropped_indices']), section['category'] ) %>
+      <% dropExplanation = "The lowest {0} {1} scores are dropped".format( len(section['dropped_indices']), section['category'] ) %>
       detail_tooltips['Dropped Scores'] = detail_tooltips['Dropped Scores'].concat( ${json.dumps( [dropExplanation] * len(section['dropped_indices']) )} );
           
       <% tickIndex += len(section['subscores']) + sectionSpacer %>