diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index c5db8f971..c2d9bbbba 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -296,6 +296,13 @@
     return object;
   };
   $.extend($, {
+    innerText: function(el) {
+      var span;
+      span = $.el('span', {
+        innerHTML: el.innerHTML.replace(/<br>/g, ' ')
+      });
+      return span.textContent;
+    },
     id: function(id) {
       return d.getElementById(id);
     },
@@ -1868,7 +1875,7 @@
       return watcher.refresh();
     },
     watch: function(thread, id) {
-      var el, props, span, watched, _name;
+      var el, props, watched, _name;
       el = $('span.filetitle');
       if (!el.textContent) {
         el = $('blockquote');
@@ -1876,11 +1883,8 @@
           return;
         }
       }
-      span = $.el('span', {
-        innerHTML: el.innerHTML.replace(/<br>/g, ' ')
-      });
       props = {
-        textContent: "/" + g.BOARD + "/ - " + span.textContent.slice(0, 25),
+        textContent: "/" + g.BOARD + "/ - " + ($.innerText(el).slice(0, 25)),
         href: "/" + g.BOARD + "/res/" + id
       };
       watched = $.get('watched', {});
@@ -2066,7 +2070,7 @@
   };
   titlePost = {
     init: function() {
-      var el, span;
+      var el;
       el = $('span.filetitle');
       if (!el.textContent) {
         el = $('blockquote');
@@ -2074,10 +2078,7 @@
           return;
         }
       }
-      span = $.el('span', {
-        innerHTML: el.innerHTML.replace(/<br>/g, ' ')
-      });
-      return d.title = "/" + g.BOARD + "/ - " + span.textContent;
+      return d.title = "/" + g.BOARD + "/ - " + ($.innerText(el));
     }
   };
   quoteBacklink = {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 256dc2f81..36f451a26 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ $.extend = (object, properties) ->
   object
 
 $.extend $,
+  innerText: (el) ->
+    span = $.el 'span', innerHTML: el.innerHTML.replace /<br>/g, ' '
+    span.textContent
   id: (id) ->
     d.getElementById id
   globalEval: (code) ->
@@ -1540,10 +1543,8 @@ watcher =
       el = $ 'blockquote'
       if not el.textContent
         return
-    span = $.el 'span',
-      innerHTML: el.innerHTML.replace /<br>/g, ' '
     props =
-      textContent: "/#{g.BOARD}/ - #{span.textContent[...25]}"
+      textContent: "/#{g.BOARD}/ - #{$.innerText(el)[...25]}"
       href: "/#{g.BOARD}/res/#{id}"
 
     watched = $.get 'watched', {}
@@ -1659,9 +1660,7 @@ titlePost =
       el = $ 'blockquote'
       if not el.textContent
         return
-    span = $.el 'span',
-      innerHTML: el.innerHTML.replace /<br>/g, ' '
-    d.title = "/#{g.BOARD}/ - #{span.textContent}"
+    d.title = "/#{g.BOARD}/ - #{$.innerText el}"
 
 quoteBacklink =
   init: ->