diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 96736fa7e..f4dae1beb 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-* appchan x - Version 2.7.4 - 2014-01-02
+* appchan x - Version 2.7.4 - 2014-01-04
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT license.
 * https://github.com/zixaphir/appchan-x/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/builds/appchan-x.user.js b/builds/appchan-x.user.js
index 69e990f9d..56bb8966e 100644
--- a/builds/appchan-x.user.js
+++ b/builds/appchan-x.user.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 // ==/UserScript==
 
 /*
-* appchan x - Version 2.7.4 - 2014-01-02
+* appchan x - Version 2.7.4 - 2014-01-04
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT license.
 * https://github.com/zixaphir/appchan-x/blob/master/LICENSE
@@ -13642,7 +13642,7 @@
     };
 
     colorToHex = function(color) {
-      var digits, hex;
+      var digits, hex, len;
       if (color.substr(0, 1) === '#') {
         if (color.length !== 4) {
           return color.slice(1);
@@ -13650,11 +13650,14 @@
           return shortToLong(color.substr(1, 3));
         }
       }
-      if (/[0-9a-f]{3}/i.test(color)) {
-        if (color.length === 6) {
-          return color;
-        } else {
-          return shortToLong(color);
+      len = color.length;
+      if (len === 3 || len === 6) {
+        if (/[0-9a-f]{3}/i.test(color)) {
+          if (color.length === 6) {
+            return color;
+          } else {
+            return shortToLong(color);
+          }
         }
       }
       if (digits = color.match(/(.*?)rgba?\((\d+), ?(\d+), ?(\d+)(.*?)\)/)) {
diff --git a/builds/crx/script.js b/builds/crx/script.js
index 633e215bc..745c3ffb0 100644
--- a/builds/crx/script.js
+++ b/builds/crx/script.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Generated by CoffeeScript
 /*
-* appchan x - Version 2.7.4 - 2014-01-02
+* appchan x - Version 2.7.4 - 2014-01-04
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT license.
 * https://github.com/zixaphir/appchan-x/blob/master/LICENSE
@@ -13653,7 +13653,7 @@
     };
 
     colorToHex = function(color) {
-      var digits, hex;
+      var digits, hex, len;
       if (color.substr(0, 1) === '#') {
         if (color.length !== 4) {
           return color.slice(1);
@@ -13661,11 +13661,14 @@
           return shortToLong(color.substr(1, 3));
         }
       }
-      if (/[0-9a-f]{3}/i.test(color)) {
-        if (color.length === 6) {
-          return color;
-        } else {
-          return shortToLong(color);
+      len = color.length;
+      if (len === 3 || len === 6) {
+        if (/[0-9a-f]{3}/i.test(color)) {
+          if (color.length === 6) {
+            return color;
+          } else {
+            return shortToLong(color);
+          }
         }
       }
       if (digits = color.match(/(.*?)rgba?\((\d+), ?(\d+), ?(\d+)(.*?)\)/)) {
diff --git a/src/Theming/color.coffee b/src/Theming/color.coffee
index 285bcb29d..0f6f00acf 100644
--- a/src/Theming/color.coffee
+++ b/src/Theming/color.coffee
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ class Color
       else
         return shortToLong color.substr(1, 3)
 
-    if /[0-9a-f]{3}/i.test color
-      return if color.length is 6 then color else shortToLong color
+    len = color.length
+    if len in [3, 6]
+      if /[0-9a-f]{3}/i.test color
+        return if color.length is 6 then color else shortToLong color
 
     if digits = color.match /(.*?)rgba?\((\d+), ?(\d+), ?(\d+)(.*?)\)/
       # [R, G, B] to 0xRRGGBB