diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index d0aeb4da8..d31cb09ad 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -931,8 +931,8 @@
         return;
       }
       button = post.el.previousElementSibling;
-      button.innerHTML = '<a href="javascript:;">[ - ]</a>';
       $.addClass(button, 'hide_reply_button');
+      button.innerHTML = '<a href="javascript:;"><span>[ - ]</span></a>';
       $.on(button.firstChild, 'click', ReplyHiding.toggle);
       if (post.id in g.hiddenReplies) {
         return ReplyHiding.hide(post.root.firstElementChild);
@@ -969,7 +969,8 @@
         button.hidden = true;
         return;
       }
-      return button.firstChild.textContent = "[ + ] " + ($('.nameBlock', button.nextElementSibling).textContent);
+      button.firstChild.firstChild.textContent = '[ + ]';
+      return $.add(button.firstChild, $.tn(" " + ($('.nameBlock', button.nextElementSibling).textContent)));
     },
     show: function(button) {
       $.removeClass(button, 'hidden_reply');
@@ -977,7 +978,7 @@
         button.hidden = false;
         return;
       }
-      return button.firstChild.textContent = '[ - ]';
+      return button.firstChild.innerHTML = '<span>[ - ]</span>';
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 0ae63ce9f..7de768fdc 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -735,8 +735,8 @@ ReplyHiding =
   node: (post) ->
     return if post.isInlined or /\bop\b/.test post.class
     button = post.el.previousElementSibling
-    button.innerHTML = '<a href="javascript:;">[ - ]</a>'
     $.addClass button, 'hide_reply_button'
+    button.innerHTML = '<a href="javascript:;"><span>[ - ]</span></a>'
     $.on button.firstChild, 'click', ReplyHiding.toggle
 
     if post.id of g.hiddenReplies
@@ -766,7 +766,8 @@ ReplyHiding =
       button.hidden = true
       return
 
-    button.firstChild.textContent = "[ + ] #{$('.nameBlock', button.nextElementSibling).textContent}"
+    button.firstChild.firstChild.textContent = '[ + ]'
+    $.add button.firstChild, $.tn " #{$('.nameBlock', button.nextElementSibling).textContent}"
 
   show: (button) ->
     $.removeClass button, 'hidden_reply'
@@ -775,7 +776,7 @@ ReplyHiding =
       button.hidden = false
       return
 
-    button.firstChild.textContent = '[ - ]'
+    button.firstChild.innerHTML = '<span>[ - ]</span>'
 
 Keybinds =
   init: ->