diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index 72666291d..a872b27c0 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
   ui = {
     dialog: function(id, position, html) {
       var el, left, top, _ref;
-      ui.el = el = document.createElement('div');
+      el = document.createElement('div');
       el.className = 'reply dialog';
       el.innerHTML = html;
       el.id = id;
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
     },
     move: function(e) {
       var el, rect;
-      el = ui.el;
+      ui.el = el = e.target.parentNode;
       rect = el.getBoundingClientRect();
       ui.dx = e.clientX - rect.left;
       ui.dy = e.clientY - rect.top;
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 1ad3ed948..353c2e2a4 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if typeof GM_deleteValue is 'undefined'
 
 ui =
   dialog: (id, position, html) ->
-    ui.el = el = document.createElement 'div'
+    el = document.createElement 'div'
     el.className = 'reply dialog'
     el.innerHTML = html
     el.id = id
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ ui =
       (-> el.parentNode.removeChild(el)), true
     el
   move: (e) ->
-    {el} = ui
+    ui.el = el = e.target.parentNode
     #distance from pointer to el edge is constant; calculate it here.
     # XXX opera reports el.offsetLeft / el.offsetTop as 0
     rect = el.getBoundingClientRect()