diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 83da74aae..4899ef455 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@
   not chainable
   */
 
+
   $ = function(selector, root) {
     if (root == null) root = d.body;
     return root.querySelector(selector);
@@ -449,6 +450,7 @@
             0200 EST (UTC-05) = 0700 UTC
             0200 EDT (UTC-04) = 0600 UTC
       */
+
       var D, date, day, hours, month, sunday;
       D = new Date();
       date = D.getUTCDate();
@@ -851,7 +853,7 @@
         name = $('.commentpostername', reply).textContent;
         trip = ((_ref = $('.postertrip', reply)) != null ? _ref.textContent : void 0) || '';
         a = $.el('a', {
-          textContent: "[ + ] " + name + " " + trip,
+          innerHTML: "<span>[ + ]</span> " + name + " " + trip,
           href: 'javascript:;'
         });
         $.on(a, 'click', replyHiding.cb.show);
@@ -1638,6 +1640,7 @@
           captchas expire after 30 minutes, see window.RecaptchaState.timeout.
           cutoff 5 minutes before then, b/c posting takes time.
       */
+
       cutoff = Date.now() - 25 * MINUTE;
       captchas = $.get('captchas', []);
       while (captcha = captchas.shift()) {
@@ -1739,6 +1742,7 @@
             To access the parent, we have to break out of the sandbox and evaluate
             in the global context.
       */
+
       $.globalEval(function() {
         var data, node, _ref;
         data = {};
@@ -1904,7 +1908,7 @@
         name = $('.postername', thread).textContent;
         trip = ((_ref = $('.postername + .postertrip', thread)) != null ? _ref.textContent : void 0) || '';
         a = $.el('a', {
-          textContent: "[ + ] " + name + trip + " (" + text + ")",
+          innerHTML: "<span>[ + ]</span> " + name + trip + " (" + text + ")",
           href: 'javascript:;'
         });
         $.on(a, 'click', threadHiding.cb.show);
@@ -2034,6 +2038,7 @@
               This saves bandwidth for both the user and the servers, avoid unnecessary computation,
               and won't load images and scripts when parsing the response.
         */
+
         if (this.status === 304) {
           if (conf['Verbose']) {
             updater.count.textContent = '+0';
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 9c6fb4728..0099ea17f 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ replyHiding =
       name = $('.commentpostername', reply).textContent
       trip = $('.postertrip', reply)?.textContent or ''
       a = $.el 'a',
-        textContent: "[ + ] #{name} #{trip}"
+        innerHTML: "<span>[ + ]</span> #{name} #{trip}"
         href: 'javascript:;'
       $.on a, 'click', replyHiding.cb.show
 
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ threadHiding =
       trip = $('.postername + .postertrip', thread)?.textContent or ''
 
       a = $.el 'a',
-        textContent: "[ + ] #{name}#{trip} (#{text})"
+        innerHTML: "<span>[ + ]</span> #{name}#{trip} (#{text})"
         href: 'javascript:;'
       $.on a, 'click', threadHiding.cb.show