diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index 0de870b65..08772dbc7 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@
   };
   watcher = {
     init: function() {
-      var dialog, favicon, html, input, inputs, watched, _i, _len;
+      var dialog, favicon, html, input, inputs, _i, _len;
       html = '<div class=move>Thread Watcher</div>';
       dialog = ui.dialog('watcher', {
         top: '50px',
@@ -1480,8 +1480,10 @@
         $.bind(favicon, 'click', watcher.cb.toggle);
         $.before(input, favicon);
       }
-      watched = $.getValue('watched', {});
-      return watcher.refresh(watched);
+      watcher.refresh($.getValue('watched', {}));
+      return setInterval((function() {
+        return watcher.refresh($.getValue('watched', {}));
+      }), 1000);
     },
     refresh: function(watched) {
       var board, div, favicon, id, props, watchedBoard, _i, _j, _len, _len2, _ref, _ref2, _ref3, _results;
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index d52872294..b90bb1115 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1176,8 +1176,9 @@ watcher =
       $.before input, favicon
 
     #populate watcher, display watch buttons
-    watched = $.getValue 'watched', {}
-    watcher.refresh watched
+    watcher.refresh $.getValue 'watched', {}
+
+    setInterval (-> watcher.refresh($.getValue 'watched', {}) ), 1000
 
   refresh: (watched) ->
     for div in $$ '#watcher > div:not(.move)'