diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index 75aedf87c..6963d0458 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -140,26 +140,30 @@
       el.className = 'reply dialog';
       el.innerHTML = html;
       el.id = id;
-      switch (position) {
-        case 'topleft':
-          left = '0px';
-          top = '0px';
-          break;
-        case 'topright':
-          left = null;
-          top = '0px';
-          break;
-        case 'bottomleft':
-          left = '0px';
-          top = null;
-          break;
-        case 'bottomright':
-          left = null;
-          top = null;
-          break;
-        case 'center':
-          left = '50%';
-          top = '25%';
+      if (typeof position === 'object') {
+        left = position.left, top = position.top;
+      } else {
+        switch (position) {
+          case 'topleft':
+            left = '0px';
+            top = '0px';
+            break;
+          case 'topright':
+            left = null;
+            top = '0px';
+            break;
+          case 'bottomleft':
+            left = '0px';
+            top = null;
+            break;
+          case 'bottomright':
+            left = null;
+            top = null;
+            break;
+          case 'center':
+            left = '50%';
+            top = '25%';
+        }
       }
       left = GM_getValue("" + id + "Left", left);
       top = GM_getValue("" + id + "Top", top);
@@ -1798,8 +1802,10 @@
   }
   if (getConfig('Thread Watcher')) {
     html = '<div class="move">Thread Watcher</div><div></div>';
-    watcher = new Dialog('watcher', 'topleft', html).el;
-    watcher.style.top = '50px';
+    watcher = new Dialog('watcher', {
+      top: '50px',
+      left: '0px'
+    }, html).el;
     mv(watcher, d.body);
     watcherUpdate();
     threads = g.watched[g.BOARD] || [];
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 1a06ffcee..162359a54 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -78,22 +78,25 @@ class Dialog
     el.className = 'reply dialog'
     el.innerHTML = html
     el.id = id
-    switch position
-      when 'topleft'
-        left = '0px'
-        top  = '0px'
-      when 'topright'
-        left = null
-        top  = '0px'
-      when 'bottomleft'
-        left = '0px'
-        top  = null
-      when 'bottomright'
-        left = null
-        top  = null
-      when 'center'
-        left = '50%'
-        top  = '25%'
+    if typeof position is 'object'
+      {left, top} = position
+    else
+      switch position
+        when 'topleft'
+          left = '0px'
+          top  = '0px'
+        when 'topright'
+          left = null
+          top  = '0px'
+        when 'bottomleft'
+          left = '0px'
+          top  = null
+        when 'bottomright'
+          left = null
+          top  = null
+        when 'center'
+          left = '50%'
+          top  = '25%'
     left = GM_getValue "#{id}Left", left
     top  = GM_getValue "#{id}Top",  top
     if left then el.style.left = left else el.style.right  = '0px'
@@ -1364,8 +1367,7 @@ if getConfig 'Quick Report'
 if getConfig 'Thread Watcher'
   #create watcher
   html = '<div class="move">Thread Watcher</div><div></div>'
-  watcher = new Dialog('watcher', 'topleft', html).el
-  watcher.style.top = '50px' #don't cover the board links
+  watcher = new Dialog('watcher', top: '50px', left: '0px', html).el
   mv watcher, d.body
   watcherUpdate()