diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index be6fe9445..cd54fbb96 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -500,14 +500,14 @@
       }
       id = reply.id;
       g.hiddenReply[id] = Date.now();
-      return GM_setValue("hiddenReply/" + g.BOARD + "/", JSON.stringify(g.hiddenReply));
+      return $.setValue("hiddenReply/" + g.BOARD + "/", g.hiddenReply);
     },
     show: function(table) {
       var id;
       $.show(table);
       id = $('td[id]', table).id;
       delete g.hiddenReply[id];
-      return GM_setValue("hiddenReply/" + g.BOARD + "/", JSON.stringify(g.hiddenReply));
+      return $.setValue("hiddenReply/" + g.BOARD + "/", g.hiddenReply);
     }
   };
   imageHover = {
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@
   } else {
     g.PAGENUM = parseInt(temp) || 0;
   }
-  g.hiddenReply = JSON.parse(GM_getValue("hiddenReply/" + g.BOARD + "/", '{}'));
+  g.hiddenReply = $.getValue("hiddenReply/" + g.BOARD + "/", {});
   tzOffset = (new Date()).getTimezoneOffset() / 60;
   g.chanOffset = 5 - tzOffset;
   if ($.isDST()) {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 49ad74d37..a3ae3c9a2 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -345,14 +345,14 @@ replyHiding =
 
     id = reply.id
     g.hiddenReply[id] = Date.now()
-    GM_setValue "hiddenReply/#{g.BOARD}/", JSON.stringify g.hiddenReply
+    $.setValue "hiddenReply/#{g.BOARD}/", g.hiddenReply
 
   show: (table) ->
     $.show table
 
     id = $('td[id]', table).id
     delete g.hiddenReply[id]
-    GM_setValue "hiddenReply/#{g.BOARD}/", JSON.stringify g.hiddenReply
+    $.setValue "hiddenReply/#{g.BOARD}/", g.hiddenReply
 
 imageHover =
   init: ->
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ if temp is 'res'
   g.THREAD_ID = pathname[2]
 else
   g.PAGENUM = parseInt(temp) || 0
-g.hiddenReply = JSON.parse GM_getValue "hiddenReply/#{g.BOARD}/", '{}'
+g.hiddenReply = $.getValue "hiddenReply/#{g.BOARD}/", {}
 tzOffset = (new Date()).getTimezoneOffset() / 60
 # GMT -8 is given as +480; would GMT +8 be -480 ?
 g.chanOffset = 5 - tzOffset# 4chan = EST = GMT -5