diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 1ca174296..ce72dc978 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
         }
       } else {
         req = $.ajax(url, {
-          onload: (function() {
+          onload: function() {
             var cb, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
             _ref = this.callbacks;
             _results = [];
@@ -371,7 +371,10 @@
               _results.push(cb.call(this));
             }
             return _results;
-          })
+          },
+          onabort: function() {
+            return delete $.cache.requests[url];
+          }
         });
         req.callbacks = [cb];
         return $.cache.requests[url] = req;
@@ -811,13 +814,13 @@
       switch (a.textContent[0]) {
         case '+':
           if ((_ref = $('.op .container', thread)) != null) _ref.textContent = '';
-          a.textContent = a.textContent.replace('+', 'X Loading...');
+          a.textContent = a.textContent.replace('+', '\u00d7 Loading...');
           return $.cache(pathname, (function() {
             return expandThread.parse(this, pathname, thread, a);
           }));
-        case 'X':
-          a.textContent = a.textContent.replace('X Loading...', '+');
-          return $.cache[pathname].abort();
+        case '\u00d7':
+          a.textContent = a.textContent.replace('\u00d7 Loading...', '+');
+          return $.cache.requests[pathname].abort();
         case '-':
           a.textContent = a.textContent.replace('-', '+');
           num = (function() {
@@ -855,7 +858,7 @@
         $.off(a, 'click', expandThread.cb.toggle);
         return;
       }
-      a.textContent = a.textContent.replace('X Loading...', '-');
+      a.textContent = a.textContent.replace('\u00d7 Loading...', '-');
       body = $.el('body', {
         innerHTML: req.responseText
       });
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 041630193..711571768 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -297,7 +297,9 @@ $.extend $,
       else
         req.callbacks.push cb
     else
-      req = $.ajax url, onload: (-> cb.call @ for cb in @callbacks)
+      req = $.ajax url,
+        onload:  -> cb.call @ for cb in @callbacks
+        onabort: -> delete $.cache.requests[url]
       req.callbacks = [cb]
       $.cache.requests[url] = req
   cb:
@@ -681,16 +683,17 @@ expandThread =
     pathname = "/#{g.BOARD}/res/#{threadID}"
     a = $ '.omittedposts', thread
 
+    # \u00d7 is ×
+
     switch a.textContent[0]
       when '+'
         $('.op .container', thread)?.textContent = ''
-        a.textContent = a.textContent.replace '+', 'X Loading...'
+        a.textContent = a.textContent.replace '+', '\u00d7 Loading...'
         $.cache pathname, (-> expandThread.parse @, pathname, thread, a)
 
-      when 'X'
-        a.textContent = a.textContent.replace 'X Loading...', '+'
-        #FIXME this will kill all callbacks
-        $.cache[pathname].abort()
+      when '\u00d7'
+        a.textContent = a.textContent.replace '\u00d7 Loading...', '+'
+        $.cache.requests[pathname].abort()
 
       when '-'
         a.textContent = a.textContent.replace '-', '+'
@@ -712,7 +715,7 @@ expandThread =
       $.off a, 'click', expandThread.cb.toggle
       return
 
-    a.textContent = a.textContent.replace 'X Loading...', '-'
+    a.textContent = a.textContent.replace '\u00d7 Loading...', '-'
 
     body = $.el 'body',
       innerHTML: req.responseText