diff --git a/src/General/Main.coffee b/src/General/Main.coffee
index 0ca9fc619..970227583 100755
--- a/src/General/Main.coffee
+++ b/src/General/Main.coffee
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ Main =
               error: err
       Main.handleErrors errors if errors
 
+      if g.VIEW is 'thread'
+        scriptData = $('script:not([src])', d.head)?.textContent or ''
+        threads[0].postLimit = /\bbumplimit *= *1\b/.test scriptData
+        threads[0].fileLimit = /\bimagelimit *= *1\b/.test scriptData
+        threads[0].ipCount   = if m = scriptData.match /\bunique_ips *= *(\d+)\b/ then +m[1]
+
       Main.callbackNodes Thread, threads
       Main.callbackNodesDB Post, posts, ->
         $.event '4chanXInitFinished'
diff --git a/src/General/lib/thread.class b/src/General/lib/thread.class
index 8e847ca7a..b4a90c9cf 100755
--- a/src/General/lib/thread.class
+++ b/src/General/lib/thread.class
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Thread
     @isArchived = false
     @postLimit  = false
     @fileLimit  = false
+    @ipCount    = undefined
 
     @OP = null
     @catalogView = null
diff --git a/src/Monitoring/ThreadStats.coffee b/src/Monitoring/ThreadStats.coffee
index 09332a834..59c10f093 100755
--- a/src/Monitoring/ThreadStats.coffee
+++ b/src/Monitoring/ThreadStats.coffee
@@ -40,13 +40,9 @@ ThreadStats =
       postCount++
       fileCount++ if post.file
       ThreadStats.lastPost = post.info.date if Conf["Page Count in Stats"]
-    for script in $$ 'script[type="text/javascript"]:not([src])', d.head
-      if m = script.textContent.match /\bvar unique_ips = (\d+);/
-        ipCount = +m[1]
-        break
     ThreadStats.thread = @
     ThreadStats.fetchPage()
-    ThreadStats.update postCount, fileCount, ipCount
+    ThreadStats.update postCount, fileCount, @ipCount
     $.on d, 'ThreadUpdate', ThreadStats.onUpdate
 
   onUpdate: (e) ->
diff --git a/src/Monitoring/ThreadUpdater.coffee b/src/Monitoring/ThreadUpdater.coffee
index ca4b7dfaf..b6dec04f1 100755
--- a/src/Monitoring/ThreadUpdater.coffee
+++ b/src/Monitoring/ThreadUpdater.coffee
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ ThreadUpdater =
     ThreadUpdater.updateThreadStatus 'Closed', !!OP.closed
     ThreadUpdater.thread.postLimit = !!OP.bumplimit
     ThreadUpdater.thread.fileLimit = !!OP.imagelimit
+    ThreadUpdater.thread.ipCount   = OP.unique_ips if OP.unique_ips?
 
     posts = [] # post objects
     index = [] # existing posts