diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 12362f7d4e3..3e392ed00a9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.9.9] - 2016-04-15
+### Fixed
+- Fixed `require is not defined` issue when plotting offline outside of Ipython Notebooks.
+
 ## [1.9.8] - 2016-04-14
 ### Fixed
 - Error no longer results from a "Run All" cells when working in a Jupyter Notebook.
 
 ### Updated
 - Updated plotly.min.js so offline is using plotly.js v1.9.0
-	- Added Ternary plots with support for scatter traces (trace type `scatterternary`)
+	- Added Ternary plots with support for scatter traces (trace type `scatterternary`, currently only available in offline mode)
 	- For comprehensive update list see the [plotly.js CHANGELOG](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
 
 ## [1.9.7] - 2016-04-04
diff --git a/plotly/offline/offline.py b/plotly/offline/offline.py
index c11bcdb19b8..bd50e2115ba 100644
--- a/plotly/offline/offline.py
+++ b/plotly/offline/offline.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def init_notebook_mode():
 
 
 def _plot_html(figure_or_data, show_link, link_text,
-               validate, default_width, default_height):
+               validate, default_width, default_height, global_requirejs):
 
     figure = tools.return_figure_from_figure_or_data(figure_or_data, validate)
 
@@ -121,17 +121,21 @@ def _plot_html(figure_or_data, show_link, link_text,
         layout=jlayout,
         config=jconfig)
 
+    optional_line1 = ('require(["plotly"], function(Plotly) {{ '
+                      if global_requirejs else '')
+    optional_line2 = '}});' if global_requirejs else ''
+
     plotly_html_div = (
         ''
         '<div id="{id}" style="height: {height}; width: {width};" '
         'class="plotly-graph-div">'
         '</div>'
-        '<script type="text/javascript">'
-        'require(["plotly"], function(Plotly) {{'
+        '<script type="text/javascript">' +
+        optional_line1 +
         'window.PLOTLYENV=window.PLOTLYENV || {{}};'
         'window.PLOTLYENV.BASE_URL="' + plotly_platform_url + '";'
-        '{script}'
-        '}});'
+        '{script}' +
+        optional_line2 +
         '</script>'
         '').format(
         id=plotdivid, script=script,
@@ -189,7 +193,7 @@ def iplot(figure_or_data, show_link=True, link_text='Export to plot.ly',
 
     plot_html, plotdivid, width, height = _plot_html(
         figure_or_data, show_link, link_text, validate,
-        '100%', 525)
+        '100%', 525, global_requirejs=True)
 
     display(HTML(plot_html))
 
@@ -258,7 +262,7 @@ def plot(figure_or_data,
 
     plot_html, plotdivid, width, height = _plot_html(
         figure_or_data, show_link, link_text, validate,
-        '100%', '100%')
+        '100%', '100%', global_requirejs=False)
 
     resize_script = ''
     if width == '100%' or height == '100%':
diff --git a/plotly/version.py b/plotly/version.py
index 2015c15a33c..80d6acd43b2 100644
--- a/plotly/version.py
+++ b/plotly/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.9.8'
+__version__ = '1.9.9'