diff --git a/r2/r2/public/static/js/reddit.js b/r2/r2/public/static/js/reddit.js
index f926011b4..0e84a5aaf 100644
--- a/r2/r2/public/static/js/reddit.js
+++ b/r2/r2/public/static/js/reddit.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function post_form(form, where, statusfunc, nametransformfunc, block) {
     }
 };
 
-function simple_post_form(form, where, fields, block) {
+function get_form_fields(form, fields) {
     fields = fields || {};
     /* consolidate the form's inputs for submission */
     $(form).find("select, input, textarea").not(".gray").each(function() {
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ function simple_post_form(form, where, fields, block) {
     if (fields.id == null) {
         fields.id = $(form).attr("id") ? ("#" + $(form).attr("id")) : "";
     }
+    return fields;
+};
 
-    $.request(where, fields, null, block);
+function simple_post_form(form, where, fields, block) {
+    $.request(where, get_form_fields(form, fields), null, block);
     return false;
 };
 
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/utils.html b/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
index d0bdbdaa2..9d9823355 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/utils.html
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ ${unsafe(txt)}
       post_site: "${c.site.name if not c.default_sr else ''}",
       /* are we in an iframe */
       cnameframe: ${"true" if (c.cname and not c.authorized_cname) else "false"},
+      /* this page's referer" */
+      referer: "${request.referer or ""}",
       /* the user's voting hash */
       modhash: ${"'%s'" % c.modhash or "false"},
       /* current domain */
@@ -368,7 +370,7 @@ ${unsafe(txt)}
 <%def name="logout()">
   <form method="post" action="/logout" class="logout hover">
     <input type="hidden" name="uh" value="${c.modhash}"/>
-    <a href="javascript:void()" onclick="$(this).parent().submit()">
+    <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="$(this).parent().submit()">
       ${_("logout")}
     </a>
   </form>