diff --git a/src/classes/Fetcher.coffee b/src/classes/Fetcher.coffee
index 30f21e2db..af98fb141 100644
--- a/src/classes/Fetcher.coffee
+++ b/src/classes/Fetcher.coffee
@@ -106,13 +106,15 @@ class Fetcher
     archive = Redirect.data.post[@boardID]
     encryptionOK = /^https:\/\//.test(url) or location.protocol is 'http:'
     if encryptionOK or Conf['Exempt Archives from Encryption']
-      CrossOrigin.json url, (response) =>
-        {media} = response
-        if !encryptionOK and media then for key of media when /_link$/.test key
-          # Image/thumbnail URLs loaded over HTTP can be modified in transit.
-          # Require them to be from an HTTP host so that no referrer is sent to them from an HTTPS page.
-          delete media[key] unless media[key]?.match /^http:\/\//
-        @parseArchivedPost response, url, archive
+      that = @
+      CrossOrigin.json url, ->
+        if !encryptionOK and @response?.media
+          {media} = @response
+          for key of media when /_link$/.test key
+            # Image/thumbnail URLs loaded over HTTP can be modified in transit.
+            # Require them to be from an HTTP host so that no referrer is sent to them from an HTTPS page.
+            delete media[key] unless media[key]?.match /^http:\/\//
+        that.parseArchivedPost @response, url, archive
       return true
     return false
 
diff --git a/src/meta/eventPage.coffee b/src/meta/eventPage.coffee
index de87915e4..a740cce05 100644
--- a/src/meta/eventPage.coffee
+++ b/src/meta/eventPage.coffee
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ ajax = (request, sender, sendResponse) ->
   xhr.open 'GET', request.url, true
   xhr.responseType = request.responseType
   xhr.addEventListener 'load', ->
+    {status, statusText, response} = @
     if @readyState is @DONE && xhr.status is 200
-      {response} = @
       if request.responseType is 'arraybuffer'
         response = [new Uint8Array(response)...]
         contentType = @getResponseHeader 'Content-Type'
         contentDisposition = @getResponseHeader 'Content-Disposition'
-      chrome.tabs.sendMessage sender.tab.id, {id, response, contentType, contentDisposition}
+      chrome.tabs.sendMessage sender.tab.id, {id, status, statusText, response, contentType, contentDisposition}
     else
-      chrome.tabs.sendMessage sender.tab.id, {id, error: true}
+      chrome.tabs.sendMessage sender.tab.id, {id, status, statusText, response, error: true}
   , false
   xhr.addEventListener 'error', ->
     chrome.tabs.sendMessage sender.tab.id, {id, error: true}
diff --git a/src/platform/CrossOrigin.coffee b/src/platform/CrossOrigin.coffee
index ff0b210f9..e4390c8a6 100644
--- a/src/platform/CrossOrigin.coffee
+++ b/src/platform/CrossOrigin.coffee
@@ -83,45 +83,62 @@ CrossOrigin =
       blob.name = name
       cb blob
 
+  # Attempts to fetch `url` in JSON format using cross-origin privileges, if available.
+  # On success, calls `cb` with a `this` containing properties `status`, `statusText`, `response` and caches result.
+  # On error/abort, calls `cb` with a `this` of `{}`.
   json: do ->
     callbacks = {}
-    responses = {}
+    results = {}
+    success = (url, result) ->
+      for cb in callbacks[url]
+        $.queueTask -> cb.call result
+      delete callbacks[url]
+      results[url] = result
+    failure = (url) ->
+      for cb in callbacks[url]
+        $.queueTask -> cb.call {}
+      delete callbacks[url]
+
     (url, cb) ->
       <% if (type === 'crx') { %>
-      if /^https:\/\//.test(url) or location.protocol is 'http:'
-        return $.cache url, (-> cb @response), responseType: 'json'
+      plainAJAX = (/^https:\/\//.test(url) or location.protocol is 'http:')
       <% } %>
       <% if (type === 'userscript') { %>
-      unless GM?.xmlHttpRequest? or GM_xmlhttpRequest?
-        return $.cache url, (-> cb @response), responseType: 'json'
+      plainAJAX = not (GM?.xmlHttpRequest? or GM_xmlhttpRequest?)
       <% } %>
-      if responses[url]
-        cb responses[url]
+      if plainAJAX
+        if (req = $.cache url, cb, responseType: 'json')
+          $.on req, 'abort error', -> cb.call({})
+        else
+          cb.call {}
+        return
+
+      if results[url]
+        cb.call results[url]
         return
       if callbacks[url]
         callbacks[url].push cb
         return
       callbacks[url] = [cb]
+
       <% if (type === 'userscript') { %>
       (GM?.xmlHttpRequest or GM_xmlhttpRequest)
         method: "GET"
         url: url+''
         onload: (xhr) ->
-          response = JSON.parse xhr.responseText
-          cb response for cb in callbacks[url]
-          delete callbacks[url]
-          responses[url] = response
-        onerror: ->
-          delete callbacks[url]
-        onabort: ->
-          delete callbacks[url]
+          {status, statusText} = xhr
+          try
+            response = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText)
+            success url, {status, statusText, response}
+          catch
+            failure url
+        onerror: -> failure(url)
+        onabort: -> failure(url)
       <% } %>
       <% if (type === 'crx') { %>
-      eventPageRequest url, 'json', ({response, error}) ->
-        if error
-          delete callbacks[url]
+      eventPageRequest url, 'json', (result) ->
+        if result.status
+          success url, result
         else
-          cb response for cb in callbacks[url]
-          delete callbacks[url]
-          responses[url] = response
+          failure url
       <% } %>