diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index 8c1214b2c..b901422d1 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -1760,17 +1760,13 @@
         return $.after(this.parentNode, inline);
       }
     },
-    parse: function(req, id, threadID, oldInline) {
-      var body, html, inline, op, reply, td, _i, _len, _ref;
+    parse: function(req, id, threadID, inline) {
+      var body, clone, html, op, reply, _i, _len, _ref;
       if (req.status !== 200) {
-        oldInline.innerHTML = "" + req.status + " " + req.statusText;
+        inline.innerHTML = "" + req.status + " " + req.statusText;
         return;
       }
-      inline = $.el('table', {
-        className: 'inline',
-        innerHTML: '<tbody><tr><td class=reply></td></tr></tbody>'
-      });
-      td = $('td', inline);
+      clone = inline.cloneNode(true);
       body = $.el('body', {
         innerHTML: req.responseText
       });
@@ -1787,8 +1783,8 @@
           }
         }
       }
-      td.innerHTML = html;
-      return $.replace(oldInline, inline);
+      $('td', clone).innerHTML = html;
+      return $.replace(inline, clone);
     }
   };
   quotePreview = {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index a71922bb1..bc141d7d3 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1396,17 +1396,12 @@ quoteInline =
       $.hide $.x 'ancestor::table[1]', el
     else
       $.after @parentNode, inline
-  parse: (req, id, threadID, oldInline) ->
+  parse: (req, id, threadID, inline) ->
     if req.status isnt 200
-      oldInline.innerHTML = "#{req.status} #{req.statusText}"
+      inline.innerHTML = "#{req.status} #{req.statusText}"
       return
 
-    #this is fucking stupid
-    inline = $.el 'table',
-      className: 'inline'
-      innerHTML: '<tbody><tr><td class=reply></td></tr></tbody>'
-    td = $ 'td', inline
-
+    clone = inline.cloneNode true
     body = $.el 'body',
       innerHTML: req.responseText
     if id == threadID #OP
@@ -1417,8 +1412,8 @@ quoteInline =
         if reply.id == id
           html = reply.innerHTML
           break
-    td.innerHTML = html
-    $.replace oldInline, inline
+    $('td', clone).innerHTML = html
+    $.replace inline, clone
 
 quotePreview =
   init: ->