diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/mobile.js b/app/assets/javascripts/mobile.js
index 83f787d95..b1db9351c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/mobile.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/mobile.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 //= require mbp-helper
 //= require jquery.autoSuggest.custom
 //= require fileuploader-custom
+//= require rails-timeago
 
 $(document).ready(function(){
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/pages/notifications-index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/pages/notifications-index.js
index f66c9adfd..7633a4d7d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/pages/notifications-index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/pages/notifications-index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ Diaspora.Pages.NotificationsIndex = function() {
 
   this.subscribe("page/ready", function(evt, document) {
     self.infiniteScroll = self.instantiate("InfiniteScroll");
-    self.instantiate("TimeAgo", document.find("abbr.timeago"));
+    self.instantiate("TimeAgo", document.find("time.timeago"));
   });
 };
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/widgets/notifications-badge.js b/app/assets/javascripts/widgets/notifications-badge.js
index 53fd75099..1f60bc794 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/widgets/notifications-badge.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/widgets/notifications-badge.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
           self.dropdownNotifications.append(notification.note_html);
         });
       });
-      self.dropdownNotifications.find("abbr.timeago").timeago();
+      self.dropdownNotifications.find("time.timeago").timeago();
 
       self.dropdownNotifications.find('.unread').each(function(index) {
         Diaspora.page.header.notifications.setUpUnread( $(this) );
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/conversations.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/conversations.css.scss
index cc5c06459..50de2fc69 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/conversations.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/conversations.css.scss
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     .last_message {
       color: $white;
     }
-    .timestamp { color: $background-grey; }
+    .timeago { color: $background-grey; }
   }
   &.selected:hover { background-color: lighten($blue,5%); }
   &:hover { cursor: pointer; }
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  .timestamp {
+  .timeago {
     float: right;
     line-height: normal;
     font-weight: normal;
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
   .last_message {
     color: $white;
   }
-  .timestamp { color: $background-grey; }
+  .timeago { color: $background-grey; }
 }
 
 #left_pane {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile.css.scss
index b61ca4725..6124e1e81 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile.css.scss
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ h3 {
   .photo_attachments {
     margin: {
       top: 6px; }; }
-  .time {
+  .timeago {
     font: {
       weight: normal; }; }
   padding: 0 !important; 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ h3 {
     color: #ccc; } }
 
 .comment {
-  .time {
+  .timeago {
     color: $text-dark-grey; } }
 
 .info {
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 48f8bf951..40860ca12 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def timeago(time, options={})
-    timeago_tag(time, options.merge(:title => time.iso8601)) if time
+    timeago_tag(time, options.merge(:class => 'timeago', :title => time.iso8601, :force => true)) if time
   end
 
   def bookmarklet