diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 7f23fd970..4cd222a50 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -3680,8 +3680,8 @@
             a.target = '_blank';
             if (Redirect.post(board, id)) {
               $.addClass(a, 'quotelink');
-              a.dataset.board = board;
-              a.dataset.id = id;
+              a.setAttribute('data-board', board);
+              a.setAttribute('data-id', id);
             }
           }
           data = data.slice(index + quote.length);
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 6d049cbb8..7479b2ebc 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -2876,8 +2876,13 @@ Quotify =
           a.target    = '_blank'
           if Redirect.post board, id
             $.addClass a, 'quotelink'
-            a.dataset.board = board
-            a.dataset.id    = id
+            # XXX WTF Scriptish/Greasemonkey?
+            # Setting dataset attributes that way doesn't affect the HTML,
+            # but are, I suspect, kept as object key/value pairs and GC'd later.
+            # a.dataset.board = board
+            # a.dataset.id    = id
+            a.setAttribute 'data-board', board
+            a.setAttribute 'data-id',    id
 
         data = data[index + quote.length..]