diff --git a/builds/4chan-X.user.js b/builds/4chan-X.user.js
index a08d0fe53..642e253a2 100644
--- a/builds/4chan-X.user.js
+++ b/builds/4chan-X.user.js
@@ -8095,6 +8095,12 @@
         return el.className = klass;
       }
     },
+    count: function(start) {
+      clearTimeout(ThreadUpdater.timeoutID);
+      if (start && ThreadUpdater.isUpdating && navigator.onLine) {
+        return ThreadUpdater.timeout();
+      }
+    },
     timeout: function() {
       var n;
 
diff --git a/builds/crx/script.js b/builds/crx/script.js
index edc21d8d9..5491c747d 100644
--- a/builds/crx/script.js
+++ b/builds/crx/script.js
@@ -10395,6 +10395,12 @@
         return el.className = klass;
       }
     },
+    count: function(start) {
+      clearTimeout(ThreadUpdater.timeoutID);
+      if (start && ThreadUpdater.isUpdating && navigator.onLine) {
+        return ThreadUpdater.timeout();
+      }
+    },
     timeout: function() {
       var n;
 
diff --git a/src/Monitoring/ThreadUpdater.coffee b/src/Monitoring/ThreadUpdater.coffee
index 9bea86938..1e714fb6f 100755
--- a/src/Monitoring/ThreadUpdater.coffee
+++ b/src/Monitoring/ThreadUpdater.coffee
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ ThreadUpdater =
       el.textContent = text
     el.className = klass if klass isnt undefined
 
+  count: (start) ->
+    clearTimeout ThreadUpdater.timeoutID
+    ThreadUpdater.timeout() if start and ThreadUpdater.isUpdating and navigator.onLine
+
   timeout: ->
     ThreadUpdater.timeoutID = setTimeout ThreadUpdater.timeout, 1000
     unless n = --ThreadUpdater.seconds