diff --git a/src/excmds.ts b/src/excmds.ts
index a6dea96c..cb1523d3 100644
--- a/src/excmds.ts
+++ b/src/excmds.ts
@@ -5991,16 +5991,12 @@ export async function extoptions(...optionNameArgs: string[]) {
 }
 
 //#content_helper
-// {
 import { Readability } from "@mozilla/readability"
-import xss from "xss"
-// }
 
 //#content_helper
 export async function readerurl() {
     document.querySelectorAll(".TridactylStatusIndicator").forEach(ind => ind.parentNode.removeChild(ind))
     const article = new Readability(document.cloneNode(true) as any as Document).parse()
-    article.content = xss(article.content, {stripIgnoreTag: true})
     article["link"] = window.location.href
     return browser.runtime.getURL("static/reader.html#" + btoa(encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(article))))
 }
diff --git a/src/reader.ts b/src/reader.ts
index 649aaccb..3a8d6932 100644
--- a/src/reader.ts
+++ b/src/reader.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // import * as config from "@src/lib/config"
+import xss from "xss"
 
 function updatePage(){
     const article = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(atob(window.location.hash.substr(1))))
+    article.content = xss(article.content, {stripIgnoreTag: true})
     document.body.innerHTML = article.content
     if (article.title !== undefined) {
         const header = document.createElement("header")