diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index a6e65867b..3b2282ea3 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@
     return object;
   };
   $.extend($, {
+    id: function(id) {
+      return d.getElementById(id);
+    },
     globalEval: function(code) {
       var script;
       script = $.el('script', {
@@ -614,7 +617,7 @@
           _results = [];
           for (_i = 0, _len = _ref2.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
             backlink = _ref2[_i];
-            _results.push(!d.getElementById(backlink.hash.slice(1)) ? $.rm(backlink) : void 0);
+            _results.push(!$.id(backlink.hash.slice(1)) ? $.rm(backlink) : void 0);
           }
           return _results;
       }
@@ -1287,7 +1290,7 @@
           watcher.watch(null, g.THREAD_ID);
         } else {
           id = $('input[name=resto]', qr.el).value;
-          op = d.getElementById(id);
+          op = $.id(id);
           if ($('img.favicon', op).src === Favicon.empty) {
             watcher.watch(op, id);
           }
@@ -1997,7 +2000,7 @@
         }
         _results = [];
         for (qid in quotes) {
-          if (!(el = d.getElementById(qid))) {
+          if (!(el = $.id(qid))) {
             continue;
           }
           if (!conf['OP Backlinks'] && el.className === 'op') {
@@ -2072,14 +2075,14 @@
         _ref = $$('input', table);
         for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
           inlined = _ref[_i];
-          if (hidden = d.getElementById(inlined.name)) {
+          if (hidden = $.id(inlined.name)) {
             $.show($.x('ancestor::table[1]', hidden));
           }
         }
         return;
       }
       root = this.parentNode.nodeName === 'FONT' ? this.parentNode : this.nextSibling ? this.nextSibling : this;
-      if (el = d.getElementById(id)) {
+      if (el = $.id(id)) {
         inline = quoteInline.table(id, el.innerHTML);
         if (this.className === 'backlink') {
           if ($("a.backlink[href='#" + id + "']", el)) {
@@ -2175,7 +2178,7 @@
       });
       $.append(d.body, qp);
       id = this.hash.slice(1);
-      if (el = d.getElementById(id)) {
+      if (el = $.id(id)) {
         qp.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
         if (conf['Quote Highlighting']) {
           $.addClass(el, 'qphl');
@@ -2200,7 +2203,7 @@
     },
     mouseout: function() {
       var el;
-      if (el = d.getElementById(this.hash.slice(1))) {
+      if (el = $.id(this.hash.slice(1))) {
         $.removeClass(el, 'qphl');
       }
       return ui.hoverend();
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 58f0f537e..a30e0b394 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ $.extend = (object, properties) ->
   object
 
 $.extend $,
+  id: (id) ->
+    d.getElementById id
   globalEval: (code) ->
     script = $.el 'script',
       textContent: "(#{code})()"
@@ -430,7 +432,7 @@ expandThread =
         while (prev = table.previousSibling) and (prev.nodeName is 'TABLE')
           $.rm prev
         for backlink in $$ '.op a.backlink'
-          $.rm backlink if !d.getElementById backlink.hash[1..]
+          $.rm backlink if !$.id backlink.hash[1..]
 
 
   parse: (req, pathname, thread, a) ->
@@ -1008,7 +1010,7 @@ qr =
         watcher.watch null, g.THREAD_ID
       else
         id = $('input[name=resto]', qr.el).value
-        op = d.getElementById id
+        op = $.id id
         if $('img.favicon', op).src is Favicon.empty
           watcher.watch op, id
 
@@ -1565,7 +1567,7 @@ quoteBacklink =
         #duplicate quotes get overwritten
         quotes[qid] = quote
       for qid of quotes
-        continue unless el = d.getElementById qid
+        continue unless el = $.id qid
         #don't backlink the op
         continue if !conf['OP Backlinks'] and el.className is 'op'
         link = $.el 'a',
@@ -1613,11 +1615,11 @@ quoteInline =
       $.rm table
       $.removeClass @, 'inlined'
       for inlined in $$ 'input', table
-        if hidden = d.getElementById inlined.name
+        if hidden = $.id inlined.name
           $.show $.x 'ancestor::table[1]', hidden
       return
     root = if @parentNode.nodeName is 'FONT' then @parentNode else if @nextSibling then @nextSibling else @
-    if el = d.getElementById id
+    if el = $.id id
       inline = quoteInline.table id, el.innerHTML
       if @className is 'backlink'
         return if $("a.backlink[href='##{id}']", el)
@@ -1679,7 +1681,7 @@ quotePreview =
     $.append d.body, qp
 
     id = @hash[1..]
-    if el = d.getElementById id
+    if el = $.id id
       qp.innerHTML = el.innerHTML
       $.addClass el, 'qphl' if conf['Quote Highlighting']
       if /backlink/.test @className
@@ -1692,7 +1694,7 @@ quotePreview =
       threadID = @pathname.split('/').pop() or $.x('ancestor::div[@class="thread"]/div', @).id
       $.cache @pathname, (-> quotePreview.parse @, id, threadID)
   mouseout: ->
-    $.removeClass el, 'qphl' if el = d.getElementById @hash[1..]
+    $.removeClass el, 'qphl' if el = $.id @hash[1..]
     ui.hoverend()
   parse: (req, id, threadID) ->
     return unless (qp = ui.el) and (qp.innerHTML is "Loading #{id}...")