diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 8fca7d626..8f0152165 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -186,17 +186,15 @@
 
   (flatten = function(parent, obj) {
     var key, val, _results;
-    if (typeof obj === 'object') {
-      if (obj.length) {
-        return conf[parent] = obj[0];
-      } else {
-        _results = [];
-        for (key in obj) {
-          val = obj[key];
-          _results.push(flatten(key, val));
-        }
-        return _results;
+    if (obj instanceof Array) {
+      return conf[parent] = obj[0];
+    } else if (typeof obj === 'object') {
+      _results = [];
+      for (key in obj) {
+        val = obj[key];
+        _results.push(flatten(key, val));
       }
+      return _results;
     } else {
       return conf[parent] = obj;
     }
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 6d7a7f3ef..329c28c48 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -112,12 +112,10 @@ log = console.log.bind? console
 # flatten the config
 conf = {}
 (flatten = (parent, obj) ->
-  if typeof obj is 'object'
-    # array
-    if obj.length
-      conf[parent] = obj[0]
-    # object
-    else for key, val of obj
+  if obj instanceof Array
+    conf[parent] = obj[0]
+  else if typeof obj is 'object'
+    for key, val of obj
       flatten key, val
   else # string or number
     conf[parent] = obj