diff --git a/ui/package.json b/ui/package.json
index 008a52d3c..bb951317e 100644
--- a/ui/package.json
+++ b/ui/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "copy-to-clipboard": "3.0.8",
     "fast-deep-equal": "2.0.1",
     "favico.js": "0.3.10",
+    "lato-font": "3.0.0",
     "lodash.debounce": "4.0.8",
     "lodash.throttle": "4.1.1",
     "lodash.uniqueid": "4.0.1",
diff --git a/ui/src/App.scss b/ui/src/App.scss
index d50aed32b..a222b3ad7 100644
--- a/ui/src/App.scss
+++ b/ui/src/App.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// bundled Lato font, so we don't need to talk to Google Fonts API
+@import "./Fonts.scss";
+
 // custom "dark" color, little less dark than flatly
 $blue: #455a64;
 // body background color should be same as navbar, so it blends into one
diff --git a/ui/src/Fonts.scss b/ui/src/Fonts.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf6072546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/Fonts.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// this is used by bootswatch to import the font, zero it since we import all
+// fonts below
+$web-font-path: "";
+
+/* Lato (medium, regular) */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: "Lato";
+  font-weight: 400;
+  font-style: normal;
+  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
+  src: url("~lato-font/fonts/lato-medium/lato-medium.woff2") format("woff2"),
+    url("~lato-font/fonts/lato-medium/lato-medium.woff") format("woff");
+}
+/* Lato (medium, italic) */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: "Lato";
+  font-weight: 400;
+  font-style: italic;
+  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
+  src: url("~lato-font/fonts/lato-medium-italic/lato-medium-italic.woff2")
+      format("woff2"),
+    url("~lato-font/fonts/lato-medium-italic/lato-medium-italic.woff")
+      format("woff");
+}
+/* Lato (heavy, regular) */
+@font-face {
+  font-family: "Lato";
+  font-weight: 700;
+  font-style: normal;
+  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
+  src: url("~lato-font/fonts/lato-bold/lato-bold.woff2") format("woff2"),
+    url("~lato-font/fonts/lato-bold/lato-bold.woff") format("woff");
+}
diff --git a/ui/yarn.lock b/ui/yarn.lock
index 01fe44dee..e00e6d1b9 100644
--- a/ui/yarn.lock
+++ b/ui/yarn.lock
@@ -6749,6 +6749,11 @@ last-call-webpack-plugin@^3.0.0:
     lodash "^4.17.5"
     webpack-sources "^1.1.0"
 
+lato-font@3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lato-font/-/lato-font-3.0.0.tgz#91b837e2374b668fb7331d44c894d37a2d9f8e11"
+  integrity sha1-kbg34jdLZo+3Mx1EyJTTei2fjhE=
+
 lazy-cache@^0.2.3:
   version "0.2.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lazy-cache/-/lazy-cache-0.2.7.tgz#7feddf2dcb6edb77d11ef1d117ab5ffdf0ab1b65"