diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 844c05e57..1a79a5638 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@
     }
   };
   if (typeof console !== "undefined" && console !== null) {
-    log = function() {
-      return console.log.apply(console, arguments);
+    log = function(arg) {
+      return console.log(arg);
     };
   }
   if (!Object.keys) {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index e748d91d9..fcdf0660d 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ config =
 
 # XXX chrome can't into `{log} = console`
 if console?
-  log = ->
-    console.log arguments...
+  # XXX scriptish - console.log.apply is not a function
+  # https://github.com/scriptish/scriptish/issues/499
+  log = (arg) ->
+    console.log arg
 
 # XXX opera cannot into Object.keys
 if not Object.keys