diff --git a/r2/r2/public/static/js/jquery.reddit.js b/r2/r2/public/static/js/jquery.reddit.js
index 75f1f6a13..960875959 100644
--- a/r2/r2/public/static/js/jquery.reddit.js
+++ b/r2/r2/public/static/js/jquery.reddit.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ $.fn.thing_id = function(class_filter) {
         t = t.find("." + class_filter + ":first");
     }
     if(t.length) {
-        var id = $.grep(t.get(0).className.split(' '),
+        var id = $.grep(t.get(0).className.match(/\S+/g),
                         function(i) { return i.match(/^id-/); }); 
         return (id.length) ? id[0].slice(3, id[0].length) : "";
     }
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/printable.html b/r2/r2/templates/printable.html
index b36523594..721795e52 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/printable.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/printable.html
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ ${self.RenderPrintable()}
   %endif
 </%def>
 
-<%def name="thing_css_class(what)">
-thing id-${what._fullname}
-</%def>
+<%def name="thing_css_class(what)">thing id-${what._fullname}</%def>
 
 <%def name="RenderPrintable()">
 <% cls = thing.lookups[0].__class__.__name__.lower() %>