diff --git a/gulp/res/js/counter.js b/gulp/res/js/counter.js
index eaab1c83..e40a81d3 100644
--- a/gulp/res/js/counter.js
+++ b/gulp/res/js/counter.js
@@ -16,24 +16,17 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => {
 			} else {
 				counter.removeAttribute('style');
 			}
-		}
+		};
 
 		const updateLength = function(e) {
-			console.log('updating length')
 			currentLength = messageBox.value.length;
 			updateCounter();
-		}
+		};
 
 		updateCounter();
 
 		messageBox.addEventListener('input', updateLength);
 
-		window.addEventListener('addPost', function(e) {
-	        if (!e.detail.hover) { //catch own posts
-				updateCounter();
-	        }
-		});
-
 	}
 
 });
diff --git a/gulp/res/js/forms.js b/gulp/res/js/forms.js
index 4f720c4a..573aebe0 100644
--- a/gulp/res/js/forms.js
+++ b/gulp/res/js/forms.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class formHandler {
 
 	constructor(form) {
 		this.form = form;
+		this.messageBox = form.querySelector('#message')
 		this.submit = form.querySelector('input[type="submit"]')
 		this.originalSubmitText = this.submit.value;
 		this.fileInput = form.querySelector('input[type="file"]');
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ class formHandler {
 						}
 					}
 					this.form.reset();
+				    this.messageBox.dispatchEvent(new Event('input'));
 					this.files = [];
 					this.updateFilesText();
 					const captcha = this.form.querySelector('img');
diff --git a/gulp/res/js/quote.js b/gulp/res/js/quote.js
index 81fe5c07..f3209d2e 100644
--- a/gulp/res/js/quote.js
+++ b/gulp/res/js/quote.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => {
 		messageBox.scrollTop = messageBox.scrollHeight;
 		messageBox.focus();
 		messageBox.setSelectionRange(messageBox.value.length, messageBox.value.length);
+		messageBox.dispatchEvent(new Event('input'));
 		const quotingPost = document.getElementById(number);
 		if (quotingPost) {
 			quotingPost.scrollIntoView();