diff --git a/views/basetemplates.py b/views/basetemplates.py
index 470fc02694ce46bcddde9f6546b02defb3285463_dmlld3MvYmFzZXRlbXBsYXRlcy5weQ==..06ac04d370390040130543499e4cb204f3c84a39_dmlld3MvYmFzZXRlbXBsYXRlcy5weQ== 100644
--- a/views/basetemplates.py
+++ b/views/basetemplates.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 
 basetemplates.TheMainTemplate.doctype = HTML5
 
+# options which can be changed freely
+basetemplates.TheMainTemplate.twbs_container_cls = 'container-fluid'
+
+
 @monkeypatch(basetemplates.TheMainTemplate)
 def call(self, view):
     self.grid_nb_cols = 12
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@
     w = self.w
     self.w(u'<body>\n')
     self.wview('header', rset=self.cw_rset, view=view)
-    w(u'<div id="page" class="container">\n')
+    w(u'<div id="page" class="%s">\n' % self.twbs_container_cls)
     w(u'<div class="row">\n')
     left_boxes = list(self._cw.vreg['ctxcomponents'].poss_visible_objects(
         self._cw, rset=self.cw_rset, view=view, context='left'))