diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 8ccc92849..8b9d21d5a 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -562,12 +562,15 @@
       }
     },
     toggle: function(thread) {
-      var a, num, pathname, prev, table, threadID, _results;
+      var a, backlink, num, pathname, prev, table, threadID, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
       threadID = thread.firstChild.id;
       pathname = "/" + g.BOARD + "/res/" + threadID;
       a = $('a.omittedposts', thread);
       switch (a.textContent[0]) {
         case '+':
+          if ($.config('OP Backlinks')) {
+            $('.op .container', thread).innerHTML = '';
+          }
           a.textContent = a.textContent.replace('+', 'X Loading...');
           return $.cache(pathname, (function() {
             return expandThread.parse(this, pathname, thread, a);
@@ -579,11 +582,18 @@
           a.textContent = a.textContent.replace('-', '+');
           num = g.BOARD === 'b' ? 3 : 5;
           table = $.x("following::br[@clear][1]/preceding::table[" + num + "]", a);
-          _results = [];
           while ((prev = table.previousSibling) && (prev.nodeName === 'TABLE')) {
-            _results.push($.rm(prev));
+            $.rm(prev);
+          }
+          if ($.config('OP Backlinks')) {
+            _ref = $$('.op a.backlink');
+            _results = [];
+            for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
+              backlink = _ref[_i];
+              _results.push(!d.getElementById(backlink.hash.slice(1)) ? $.rm(backlink) : void 0);
+            }
+            return _results;
           }
-          return _results;
       }
     },
     parse: function(req, pathname, thread, a) {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index df86712a6..f801b82fe 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ expandThread =
 
     switch a.textContent[0]
       when '+'
+        $('.op .container', thread).innerHTML = '' if $.config 'OP Backlinks'
         a.textContent = a.textContent.replace '+', 'X Loading...'
         $.cache pathname, (-> expandThread.parse @, pathname, thread, a)
 
@@ -401,6 +402,10 @@ expandThread =
         table = $.x "following::br[@clear][1]/preceding::table[#{num}]", a
         while (prev = table.previousSibling) and (prev.nodeName is 'TABLE')
           $.rm prev
+        if $.config 'OP Backlinks'
+          for backlink in $$ '.op a.backlink'
+            $.rm backlink if !d.getElementById backlink.hash[1..]
+
 
   parse: (req, pathname, thread, a) ->
     if req.status isnt 200