diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 90d2050e5..5bccf0d6a 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -333,12 +333,12 @@
       type || (type = 'get');
       event || (event = 'onload');
       r = new XMLHttpRequest();
+      r.open(type, url, true);
       for (key in headers) {
         val = headers[key];
         r.setRequestHeader(key, val);
       }
       r[event] = cb;
-      r.open(type, url, true);
       r.send();
       return r;
     },
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index a497dbe81..0c3e4e913 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@ $.extend $,
     type  or= 'get'
     event or= 'onload'
     r = new XMLHttpRequest()
+    r.open type, url, true
     for key, val of headers
       r.setRequestHeader key, val
     r[event] = cb
-    r.open type, url, true
     r.send()
     r
   cache: (url, cb) ->