diff --git a/html/General/Index-navlinks.html b/html/General/Index-navlinks.html
index 7caf98685..53a1304a5 100644
--- a/html/General/Index-navlinks.html
+++ b/html/General/Index-navlinks.html
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 [<time id="index-last-refresh" title="Last index refresh">...</time>]&nbsp;
 <input type="search" id="index-search" class="field" placeholder="Search">
 <a id="index-search-clear" class="fa fa-times-circle" href="javascript:;"></a>
+<span id="hidden-label" hidden> &mdash; <span id="hidden-count"></span></span>
diff --git a/src/Filtering/ThreadHiding.coffee b/src/Filtering/ThreadHiding.coffee
index 28684f1fa..39397d999 100644
--- a/src/Filtering/ThreadHiding.coffee
+++ b/src/Filtering/ThreadHiding.coffee
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ ThreadHiding =
     return if thread.isHidden
     threadRoot = thread.OP.nodes.root.parentNode
     thread.isHidden = true
-    Index.updateHideToggle()
+    Index.updateHideLabel()
 
     unless makeStub
       threadRoot.hidden = threadRoot.nextElementSibling.hidden = true # <hr>
@@ -172,4 +172,4 @@ ThreadHiding =
     threadRoot = thread.OP.nodes.root.parentNode
     threadRoot.nextElementSibling.hidden =
       threadRoot.hidden = thread.isHidden = false
-    Index.updateHideToggle()
+    Index.updateHideLabel()
diff --git a/src/General/Index.coffee b/src/General/Index.coffee
index d71178d3d..f62752982 100644
--- a/src/General/Index.coffee
+++ b/src/General/Index.coffee
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Index =
       className: 'navLinks'
       innerHTML: <%= importHTML('General/Index-navlinks') %>
     @searchInput = $ '#index-search', @navLinks
+    @hideLabel   = $ '#hidden-label', @navLinks
     @currentPage = @getCurrentPage()
     $.on window, 'popstate', @cb.popstate
     $.on @pagelist, 'click', @cb.pageNav
@@ -249,28 +250,18 @@ Index =
     $.before a, strong
     $.add strong, a
 
-  updateHideToggle: ->
+  updateHideLabel: ->
     hiddenCount = 0
     for threadID, thread of g.BOARD.threads when thread.isHidden
       hiddenCount++ if thread.ID in Index.liveThreadIDs
     unless hiddenCount
-      Index.removeHideToggle()
+      Index.hideLabel.hidden = true
       return
-    unless Index.toggler
-      Index.addHideToggle()
+    Index.hideLabel.hidden = false
     $('#hidden-count', Index.navLinks).textContent = if hiddenCount is 1
       '1 hidden thread'
     else
       "#{hiddenCount} hidden threads"
-  addHideToggle: ->
-    Index.toggler = $.el 'span',
-      id: 'hidden-label'
-      innerHTML: ' &mdash; <span id="hidden-count"></span>'
-    $.add Index.navLinks, Index.toggler
-  removeHideToggle: ->
-    return unless Index.toggler
-    $.rm Index.toggler
-    delete Index.toggler
 
   update: (pageNum) ->
     return unless navigator.onLine
@@ -390,7 +381,7 @@ Index =
     $.nodes Index.nodes
     Main.callbackNodes Thread, threads
     Main.callbackNodes Post,   posts
-    Index.updateHideToggle()
+    Index.updateHideLabel()
     $.event 'IndexRefresh'
   buildReplies: (threadRoots) ->
     posts = []