diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 1ec1c1bfc..6a3487b9c 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@
         err = 'Connection error with sys.4chan.org.';
       }
       if (err) {
-        if (/captcha|verification/i.test(err) || err === 'Connection error with sys.4chan.org.') {
+        if (/captcha|verification/i.test(err.textContent) || err === 'Connection error with sys.4chan.org.') {
           QR.cooldown.auto = !!$.get('captchas', []).length;
           QR.cooldown.set(2);
         } else {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 49fbf2ab6..8f8a34812 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@ QR =
       err = 'Connection error with sys.4chan.org.'
 
     if err
-      if /captcha|verification/i.test(err) or err is 'Connection error with sys.4chan.org.'
+      if /captcha|verification/i.test(err.textContent) or err is 'Connection error with sys.4chan.org.'
         # Enable auto-post if we have some cached captchas.
         QR.cooldown.auto = !!$.get('captchas', []).length
         # Too many frequent mistyped captchas will auto-ban you!