diff --git a/public/javascripts/widgets/timeago.js b/public/javascripts/widgets/timeago.js
index c1647b925..142c46f4f 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/widgets/timeago.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/widgets/timeago.js
@@ -9,14 +9,22 @@ Diaspora.widgets.add("timeago", function() {
     Diaspora.widgets.subscribe("stream/scrolled", this.updateTimeAgo);
     Diaspora.widgets.subscribe("stream/reloaded", this.updateTimeAgo);
 
+    if(this.timeAgoElement().length) {
+      this.updateTimeAgo();
+    }
+
     if(Diaspora.widgets.i18n.language !== "en") {
-      $.each($.timeago.settings.strings, function(index, element) {
+      $.each($.timeago.settings.strings, function(index) {
         $.timeago.settings.strings[index] = Diaspora.widgets.i18n.t("timeago." + index);
       });
     }
   };
 
-  this.updateTimeAgo = function(selector) {
-    $((typeof selector === "string") ? selector : Diaspora.widgets.timeago.selector).timeago();
+  this.timeAgoElement = function(selector) {
+    return $((typeof selector === "string") ? selector : this.selector);
+  };
+
+  this.updateTimeAgo = function() {
+    this.timeAgoElement().timeago();
   };
 });