diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index adfe98434..0ed28b461 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -472,27 +472,34 @@
       _results = [];
       for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
         a = _ref[_i];
-        _results.push($.bind(a, 'click', expandComment.cb.expand));
+        _results.push($.bind(a, 'click', expandComment.expand));
       }
       return _results;
     },
-    cb: {
-      expand: function(e) {
-        var a, href, replyID, threadID, _, _ref;
-        e.preventDefault();
+    expand: function(e) {
+      var a, replyID, req, threadID, _, _ref;
+      e.preventDefault();
+      _ref = this.href.match(/(\d+)#(\d+)/), _ = _ref[0], threadID = _ref[1], replyID = _ref[2];
+      this.textContent = "Loading " + replyID + "...";
+      if (req = g.requests[threadID]) {
+        if (req.readyState === 4) {
+          return expandComment.parse(req, this, threadID, replyID);
+        }
+      } else {
         a = this;
-        a.textContent = 'Loading...';
-        href = a.getAttribute('href');
-        _ref = href.match(/(\d+)#(\d+)/), _ = _ref[0], threadID = _ref[1], replyID = _ref[2];
-        return g.cache[threadID] = $.get(href, (function() {
-          return expandComment.load(this, a, threadID, replyID);
+        return g.requests[threadID] = $.get(this.href, (function() {
+          return expandComment.parse(this, a, threadID, replyID);
         }));
       }
     },
-    load: function(xhr, a, threadID, replyID) {
+    parse: function(req, a, threadID, replyID) {
       var body, bq, reply, _i, _len, _ref;
+      if (req.status !== 200) {
+        a.textContent = "" + req.status + " " + req.statusText;
+        return;
+      }
       body = $.el('body', {
-        innerHTML: xhr.responseText
+        innerHTML: req.responseText
       });
       if (threadID === replyID) {
         bq = $('blockquote', body);
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 7b92c6dd2..29e058890 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -329,22 +329,26 @@ $$ = (selector, root=d.body) ->
 expandComment =
   init: ->
     for a in $$ 'span.abbr a'
-      $.bind a, 'click', expandComment.cb.expand
-
-  cb:
-    expand: (e) ->
-      e.preventDefault()
+      $.bind a, 'click', expandComment.expand
+  expand: (e) ->
+    e.preventDefault()
+    [_, threadID, replyID] = @href.match /(\d+)#(\d+)/
+    @textContent = "Loading #{replyID}..."
+    if req = g.requests[threadID]
+      if req.readyState is 4
+        expandComment.parse req, this, threadID, replyID
+    else
       a = this
-      a.textContent = 'Loading...'
-      href = a.getAttribute 'href'
-      [_, threadID, replyID] = href.match /(\d+)#(\d+)/
-      g.cache[threadID] = $.get href, (->
-        expandComment.load this, a, threadID, replyID)
-  load: (xhr, a, threadID, replyID) ->
-    body = $.el 'body',
-      innerHTML: xhr.responseText
+      g.requests[threadID] = $.get @href, (-> expandComment.parse this, a, threadID, replyID)
+  parse: (req, a, threadID, replyID) ->
+    if req.status isnt 200
+      a.textContent = "#{req.status} #{req.statusText}"
+      return
 
-    if threadID is replyID
+    body = $.el 'body',
+      innerHTML: req.responseText
+
+    if threadID is replyID #OP
       bq = $ 'blockquote', body
     else
       #css selectors don't like ids starting with numbers,