diff --git a/views/honkpage.html b/views/honkpage.html
index cc3ad17..6e2c2ab 100644
--- a/views/honkpage.html
+++ b/views/honkpage.html
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@
 {{ if .TopXID }}
 <div class="info" id="refreshbox">
 <script>
-var topxid = {{ .TopXID }}
+var topxid = "{{ .TopXID }}"
 function refreshhonks() {
 	get("/?topxid=" + escape(topxid), function(xhr) {
 		var doc = xhr.responseXML
-		topel = doc.children[0].children[1].children[0]
-		topxid = topel.innerText
-		honks = doc.children[0].children[1].children
+		topxid = doc.children[0].children[1].children[0].innerText
+		var honks = doc.children[0].children[1].children
 		var mebox = document.getElementById("refreshbox")
 		for (var i = honks.length; i > 1; i--) {
 			mebox.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', honks[i-1])
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ function refreshhonks() {
 </script>
 <p><button onclick="refreshhonks()">refresh</button>
 </div>
-
 {{ end }}
 {{ range .Honks }}
 {{ template "honk.html" map "Honk" . "BonkCSRF" $BonkCSRF }}