diff --git a/IPython/html/static/widgets/js/init.js b/IPython/html/static/widgets/js/init.js
index 1dc9d7f..4a46a89 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/widgets/js/init.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/widgets/js/init.js
@@ -3,20 +3,25 @@
 
 define([
     "widgets/js/manager",
+    "widgets/js/widget_link",
     "widgets/js/widget_bool",
     "widgets/js/widget_button",
     "widgets/js/widget_box",
     "widgets/js/widget_float",
     "widgets/js/widget_image",
     "widgets/js/widget_int",
-    "widgets/js/widget_link",
     "widgets/js/widget_selection",
     "widgets/js/widget_selectioncontainer",
     "widgets/js/widget_string",
-], function(widgetmanager) { 
+], function(widgetmanager, linkModels) {
+    for (var target_name in linkModels) {
+        if (linkModels.hasOwnProperty(target_name)) {
+            widgetmanager.WidgetManager.register_widget_model(target_name, linkModels[target_name]);
+        }
+    }
 
     // Register all of the loaded views with the widget manager.
-    for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+    for (var i = 2; i < arguments.length; i++) {
         for (var target_name in arguments[i]) {
             if (arguments[i].hasOwnProperty(target_name)) {
                 widgetmanager.WidgetManager.register_widget_view(target_name, arguments[i][target_name]);