diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 7c1627e0f..fc30af38b 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -230,8 +230,7 @@
       return ui.height = d.body.clientHeight - el.offsetHeight;
     },
     drag: function(e) {
-      var bottom, el, left, right, style, top;
-      el = ui.el;
+      var bottom, left, right, style, top;
       left = e.clientX - ui.dx;
       if (left < 10) {
         left = '0';
@@ -246,7 +245,7 @@
         top = null;
       }
       bottom = top ? null : 0;
-      style = el.style;
+      style = ui.el.style;
       style.top = top;
       style.right = right;
       style.bottom = bottom;
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 4426c3db9..0bee99690 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ ui =
     ui.width  = d.body.clientWidth  - el.offsetWidth
     ui.height = d.body.clientHeight - el.offsetHeight
   drag: (e) ->
-    {el} = ui
     left = e.clientX - ui.dx
     if left < 10 then left = '0'
     else if ui.width - left < 10 then left = null
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ ui =
     bottom = if top then null else 0
     #using null instead of '' is 4% faster
     #these 4 statements are 40% faster than 1 style.cssText
-    {style} = el
+    {style} = ui.el
     style.top    = top
     style.right  = right
     style.bottom = bottom