diff --git a/copyparty/web/md.js b/copyparty/web/md.js
index 222eea1e..d55d92d3 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/md.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/md.js
@@ -24,23 +24,6 @@ var dbg = function () { };
 var md_plug = {};
 
 
-function hesc(txt) {
-    return txt.replace(/&/g, "&amp;").replace(/</g, "&lt;").replace(/>/g, "&gt;");
-}
-
-
-function cls(dom, name, add) {
-    var re = new RegExp('(^| )' + name + '( |$)');
-    var lst = (dom.getAttribute('class') + '').replace(re, "$1$2").replace(/  /, "");
-    dom.setAttribute('class', lst + (add ? ' ' + name : ''));
-}
-
-
-function statify(obj) {
-    return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));
-}
-
-
 // dodge browser issues
 (function () {
     var ua = navigator.userAgent;
@@ -65,7 +48,7 @@ function statify(obj) {
         if (a > 0)
             loc.push(n[a]);
 
-        var dec = hesc(uricom_dec(n[a])[0]);
+        var dec = esc(uricom_dec(n[a])[0]);
 
         nav.push('<a href="/' + loc.join('/') + '">' + dec + '</a>');
     }
diff --git a/copyparty/web/md2.js b/copyparty/web/md2.js
index d62fe1aa..faf2d417 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/md2.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/md2.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ var draw_md = (function () {
         var src = dom_src.value;
         convert_markdown(src, dom_pre);
 
-        var lines = hesc(src).replace(/\r/g, "").split('\n');
+        var lines = esc(src).replace(/\r/g, "").split('\n');
         nlines = lines.length;
         var html = [];
         for (var a = 0; a < lines.length; a++)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ var draw_md = (function () {
         map_src = genmap(dom_ref, map_src);
         map_pre = genmap(dom_pre, map_pre);
 
-        cls(ebi('save'), 'disabled', src == server_md);
+        clmod(ebi('save'), 'disabled', src == server_md);
 
         var t1 = Date.now();
         delay = t1 - t0 > 100 ? 25 : 1;
@@ -1091,9 +1091,9 @@ action_stack = (function () {
         ref = newtxt;
         dbg('undos(%d) redos(%d)', hist.un.length, hist.re.length);
         if (hist.un.length > 0)
-            dbg(statify(hist.un.slice(-1)[0]));
+            dbg(jcp(hist.un.slice(-1)[0]));
         if (hist.re.length > 0)
-            dbg(statify(hist.re.slice(-1)[0]));
+            dbg(jcp(hist.re.slice(-1)[0]));
     }
 
     return {