diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index 48e6dfe29..8ecd194e1 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -1744,40 +1744,41 @@
         }
         return;
       }
-      inline = $.el('table', {
-        className: 'inline',
-        innerHTML: "<tbody><tr><td class=reply id=i" + id + "></td></tr></tbody>"
-      });
-      td = $('td', inline);
       if (el = d.getElementById(id)) {
-        td.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
+        inline = $.el('table', {
+          className: 'inline',
+          innerHTML: "<tbody><tr><td class=reply id=i" + id + ">" + el.innerHTML + "</td></tr></tbody>"
+        });
+        if (this.className === 'backlink') {
+          $.after($('td > br:first-of-type, td > a:last-of-type', this.parentNode), inline);
+          return $.hide($.x('ancestor::table[1]', el));
+        } else {
+          return $.after(this.parentNode, inline);
+        }
       } else {
-        td.innerHTML = "Loading " + id + "...";
+        inline = $.el('div', {
+          className: 'reply inline',
+          innerHTML: "Loading " + id + "..."
+        });
+        $.after(this.parentNode, inline);
         threadID = this.pathname.split('/').pop() || $.x('ancestor::div[@class="thread"]/div', this).id;
         if (req = g.requests[threadID]) {
           if (req.readyState === 4) {
-            quoteInline.parse(req, id, threadID, inline);
+            return quoteInline.parse(req, id, threadID, inline);
           }
         } else {
-          g.requests[threadID] = $.get(this.href, (function() {
+          return g.requests[threadID] = $.get(this.href, (function() {
             return quoteInline.parse(this, id, threadID, inline);
           }));
         }
       }
-      if (this.className === 'backlink') {
-        $.after($('td > br:first-of-type, td > a:last-of-type', this.parentNode), inline);
-        return $.hide($.x('ancestor::table[1]', el));
-      } else {
-        return $.after(this.parentNode, inline);
-      }
     },
     parse: function(req, id, threadID, inline) {
-      var body, clone, html, op, reply, _i, _len, _ref;
+      var body, html, newInline, op, reply, _i, _len, _ref;
       if (req.status !== 200) {
         inline.innerHTML = "" + req.status + " " + req.statusText;
         return;
       }
-      clone = inline.cloneNode(true);
       body = $.el('body', {
         innerHTML: req.responseText
       });
@@ -1794,8 +1795,11 @@
           }
         }
       }
-      $('td', clone).innerHTML = html;
-      return $.replace(inline, clone);
+      newInline = $.el('table', {
+        className: 'inline',
+        innerHTML: "<tbody><tr><td class=reply id=i" + id + ">" + html + "</td></tr></tbody>"
+      });
+      return $.replace(inline, newInline);
     }
   };
   quotePreview = {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 4da2cbb1e..3ae555371 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1393,16 +1393,21 @@ quoteInline =
       if @className is 'backlink'
         $.show $.x 'ancestor::table[1]', d.getElementById id
       return
-    inline = $.el 'table',
-      className: 'inline'
-      innerHTML: "<tbody><tr><td class=reply id=i#{id}></td></tr></tbody>"
-    td = $ 'td', inline
     if el = d.getElementById id
-      td.innerHTML = el.innerHTML
+      inline = $.el 'table',
+        className: 'inline'
+        innerHTML: "<tbody><tr><td class=reply id=i#{id}>#{el.innerHTML}</td></tr></tbody>"
+      if @className is 'backlink'
+        $.after $('td > br:first-of-type, td > a:last-of-type', @parentNode), inline
+        $.hide $.x 'ancestor::table[1]', el
+      else
+        $.after @parentNode, inline
     else
-      td.innerHTML = "Loading #{id}..."
+      inline = $.el 'div',
+        className: 'reply inline'
+        innerHTML: "Loading #{id}..."
+      $.after @parentNode, inline
       # or ... is for index page new posts.
-      # FIXME x-thread quotes
       threadID = @pathname.split('/').pop() or $.x('ancestor::div[@class="thread"]/div', this).id
       if req = g.requests[threadID]
         if req.readyState is 4
@@ -1410,17 +1415,11 @@ quoteInline =
       else
         #FIXME need an array of callbacks
         g.requests[threadID] = $.get @href, (-> quoteInline.parse this, id, threadID, inline)
-    if @className is 'backlink'
-      $.after $('td > br:first-of-type, td > a:last-of-type', @parentNode), inline
-      $.hide $.x 'ancestor::table[1]', el
-    else
-      $.after @parentNode, inline
   parse: (req, id, threadID, inline) ->
     if req.status isnt 200
       inline.innerHTML = "#{req.status} #{req.statusText}"
       return
 
-    clone = inline.cloneNode true
     body = $.el 'body',
       innerHTML: req.responseText
     if id == threadID #OP
@@ -1431,8 +1430,10 @@ quoteInline =
         if reply.id == id
           html = reply.innerHTML
           break
-    $('td', clone).innerHTML = html
-    $.replace inline, clone
+    newInline = $.el 'table',
+      className: 'inline'
+      innerHTML: "<tbody><tr><td class=reply id=i#{id}>#{html}</td></tr></tbody>"
+    $.replace inline, newInline
 
 quotePreview =
   init: ->