diff --git a/packages/common/test/unit.js b/packages/common/test/unit.js
index 533ffa221f6e5c06cacfa8fd0abefd7604bb1b0e..a0a2b501520ccb16e3db7bb2454fdbb9f9d0f8b0 100644
--- a/packages/common/test/unit.js
+++ b/packages/common/test/unit.js
@@ -32,4 +32,10 @@ describe('utils', () => {
     it('setting', () => {
         assert(utils.setting('apiBaseUrl').startsWith("http"));
     });
+
+    it('getAssetURL', () => {
+        utils.initAssetBaseURL();
+        assert(utils.getAssetURL("foo/bar") == "foo/bar");
+        assert(utils.getAssetURL("foo/bar") == "foo/bar");
+    })
 });
diff --git a/packages/common/utils.js b/packages/common/utils.js
index 911f004c2fe3c8ece24567c1f90a5de4c0fd400a..f5800185485c463f37cb5a6c517dc5d7fea39337 100644
--- a/packages/common/utils.js
+++ b/packages/common/utils.js
@@ -176,3 +176,53 @@ export const dateToInputTimeString = (date) => {
 
     return `${pad10(date.getHours())}:${pad10(date.getMinutes())}`;
 };
+
+let _assetBaseURL = null;
+
+/**
+ * Set the base url for future calls to getAssetURL()
+ *
+ * @param {string} [id] An optional id of the script tag to figure out the
+ *  base bundle URL.
+ */
+export const initAssetBaseURL = (id) => {
+    // We don't want future calls to change things
+    if (_assetBaseURL)
+        return;
+
+    if (id) {
+        // Find the id added to the script tag
+        const elm = document.getElementById(id);
+        if (elm && elm.src) {
+            _assetBaseURL = elm.src;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // In the (unlikely) event that we are bundled as a non-module
+    // we can use the old currentScript API
+    if (document.currentScript && document.currentScript.src) {
+        _assetBaseURL = document.currentScript.src;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get an absolute path for assets given a relative path to the js bundle.
+ * Call initAssetBaseURL() before this.
+ *
+ * @param {string} path The relative path based on the js bundle path
+ */
+export const getAssetURL = (path) => {
+    // Maybe initScriptURL() can do something without the id
+    if (!_assetBaseURL) {
+        initAssetBaseURL();
+    }
+
+    // We already found the path before, just go with it
+    if (_assetBaseURL) {
+        return new URL(path, _assetBaseURL).href;
+    }
+
+    // If all fails we just fall back to relative paths and hope the
+    // html is on the same path as the bundle
+    return path;
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/common/vpu-button.js b/packages/common/vpu-button.js
index 0c94c5163957448e9667a28dbe37bda47b6230b4..aba98dd15bfac92ea8176b543389baa69b4cacf6 100644
--- a/packages/common/vpu-button.js
+++ b/packages/common/vpu-button.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import {html, LitElement, css} from 'lit-element';
 import * as commonUtils from './utils.js';
 import bulmaCSSPath from 'bulma/css/bulma.min.css';
 import VPULitElement from './vpu-lit-element.js';
-import * as utils from '../../src/utils';
 
 /**
  * vpu-button implements a button with Bulma styles and automatic spinner and
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ class Button extends VPULitElement {
     }
 
     render() {
-        const bulmaCSS = utils.getAssetURL(bulmaCSSPath);
+        const bulmaCSS = commonUtils.getAssetURL(bulmaCSSPath);
 
         return html`
             <link rel="stylesheet" href="${bulmaCSS}">