diff --git a/src/index.php b/src/index.php
index 5b5c5874..5a4bbaf1 100644
--- a/src/index.php
+++ b/src/index.php
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@
 require_once __DIR__ . '/config.php';
 
 
+/*
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------
+ * COMPOSER AUTOLOAD FILE
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Include Composer's autoload.php file so that I can use external
+ * libraries directly in every section of the application.
+ *
+ */
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/application/third_party/autoload.php';
+
+
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------
  * APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT
@@ -216,4 +229,4 @@ if (defined('ENVIRONMENT'))
 require_once BASEPATH.'core/CodeIgniter.php';
 
 /* End of file index.php */
-/* Location: ./index.php */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* Location: ./index.php */