diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 5123d6158..6b61ab04f 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@
       caretPos = ta.selectionStart;
       ta.value = ta.value.slice(0, caretPos) + text + ta.value.slice(ta.selectionEnd, ta.value.length);
       ta.focus();
-      return ta.selectionStart = ta.selectionEnd = caretPos + text.length;
+      return ta.selectionEnd = ta.selectionStart = caretPos + text.length;
     },
     refresh: function() {
       var m, newFile, oldFile, _ref;
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 08a0c1ddf..1b4da00f2 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ qr =
     ta.value = ta.value.slice(0, caretPos) + text + ta.value.slice(ta.selectionEnd, ta.value.length)
     ta.focus()
     #move the caret to the end of the new quote
-    ta.selectionStart = ta.selectionEnd = caretPos + text.length
+    ta.selectionEnd = ta.selectionStart = caretPos + text.length
 
   refresh: ->
     $('[name=sub]', qr.el).value = ''