diff --git a/common/djangoapps/pipeline_mako/__init__.py b/common/djangoapps/pipeline_mako/__init__.py
index ed343588da..97c17b6bf3 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/pipeline_mako/__init__.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/pipeline_mako/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from pipeline.utils import guess_type
 from static_replace import try_staticfiles_lookup
 
 
-def compressed_css(package_name):
+def compressed_css(package_name, raw=False):
     package = settings.PIPELINE_CSS.get(package_name, {})
     if package:
         package = {package_name: package}
@@ -15,17 +15,19 @@ def compressed_css(package_name):
     package = packager.package_for('css', package_name)
 
     if settings.PIPELINE:
-        return render_css(package, package.output_filename)
+        return render_css(package, package.output_filename, raw=raw)
     else:
         paths = packager.compile(package.paths)
-        return render_individual_css(package, paths)
+        return render_individual_css(package, paths, raw=raw)
 
 
-def render_css(package, path):
+def render_css(package, path, raw=False):
     template_name = package.template_name or "mako/css.html"
     context = package.extra_context
 
     url = try_staticfiles_lookup(path)
+    if raw:
+        url += "?raw"
     context.update({
         'type': guess_type(path, 'text/css'),
         'url': url,
@@ -33,8 +35,8 @@ def render_css(package, path):
     return render_to_string(template_name, context)
 
 
-def render_individual_css(package, paths):
-    tags = [render_css(package, path) for path in paths]
+def render_individual_css(package, paths, raw=False):
+    tags = [render_css(package, path, raw) for path in paths]
     return '\n'.join(tags)
 
 
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/pipeline_mako/templates/static_content.html b/common/djangoapps/pipeline_mako/templates/static_content.html
index 6efcba7ced..a4ca0eba9f 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/pipeline_mako/templates/static_content.html
+++ b/common/djangoapps/pipeline_mako/templates/static_content.html
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@ from staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
 from pipeline_mako import compressed_css, compressed_js
 %>
 
-<%def name='url(file)'><%
+<%def name='url(file, raw=False)'><%
 try:
     url = staticfiles_storage.url(file)
 except:
     url = file
-%>${url}</%def>
+%>${url}${"?raw" if raw else ""}</%def>
 
-<%def name='css(group)'>
+<%def name='css(group, raw=False)'>
   % if settings.FEATURES['USE_DJANGO_PIPELINE']:
-    ${compressed_css(group)}
+    ${compressed_css(group, raw=raw)}
   % else:
     % for filename in settings.PIPELINE_CSS[group]['source_filenames']:
-      <link rel="stylesheet" href="${staticfiles_storage.url(filename.replace('.scss', '.css'))}" type="text/css" media="all" / >
+      <link rel="stylesheet" href="${staticfiles_storage.url(filename.replace('.scss', '.css'))}${"?raw" if raw else ""}" type="text/css" media="all" / >
     % endfor
   %endif
 </%def>
diff --git a/lms/templates/textannotation.html b/lms/templates/textannotation.html
index accd8dffa4..dc6ba4bcfb 100644
--- a/lms/templates/textannotation.html
+++ b/lms/templates/textannotation.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
 <%namespace name='static' file='/static_content.html'/>
-<%static:css group='style-vendor-tinymce-content'/>
-<%static:css group='style-vendor-tinymce-skin'/>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/vendor/tinymce/js/tinymce/tinymce.full.min.js')}" />
-<script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/vendor/tinymce/js/tinymce/jquery.tinymce.min.js')}" />
+${static.css(group='style-vendor-tinymce-content', raw=True)}
+${static.css(group='style-vendor-tinymce-skin', raw=True)}
+<script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/vendor/tinymce/js/tinymce/tinymce.full.min.js', raw=True)}" />
+<script type="text/javascript" src="${static.url('js/vendor/tinymce/js/tinymce/jquery.tinymce.min.js', raw=True)}" />
 
 <div class="annotatable-wrapper">
     <div class="annotatable-header">
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
         $(this).parents('.annotatable-section:first').find('.annotatable-instructions')[slideMethod]();
     }
     $('.annotatable-toggle-instructions').on('click', onClickHideInstructions);
-    
+
     //Grab uri of the course
-    var parts = window.location.href.split("/"), 
+    var parts = window.location.href.split("/"),
         uri = '';
     for (var index = 0; index <= 9; index += 1) uri += parts[index]+"/"; //Get the unit url
     //Change uri in cms
@@ -67,16 +67,16 @@
         optionsAnnotator: {
             permissions:{
                 user: {
-                    id:"${user.email}", 
+                    id:"${user.email}",
                     name:"${user.username}"
                 },
                 userString: function (user) {
-                    if (user && user.name) 
+                    if (user && user.name)
                         return user.name;
                     return user;
                 },
                 userId: function (user) {
-                    if (user && user.id) 
+                    if (user && user.id)
                         return user.id;
                     return user;
                 },
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
                       }
                       for (_i = 0, _len = tokens.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
                         token = tokens[_i];
-                        
+
                         if (this.userId(user) === token) {
 
                           return true;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 
     var imgURLRoot = "${settings.STATIC_URL}" + "js/vendor/ova/catch/img/";
     tinymce.baseURL = "${settings.STATIC_URL}" + "js/vendor/tinymce/js/tinymce";
-    
+
     //remove old instances
     if (Annotator._instances.length !== 0) {
       $('#textHolder').annotator("destroy");
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     delete ova;
     //Load the plugin Video/Text Annotation
     var ova = new OpenVideoAnnotation.Annotator($('#textHolder'),options);
-    
+
     //Catch
     var annotator = ova.annotator,
         catchOptions = {