diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index cc8f8712ad..beb51e5e35 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 
 	app.load = function () {
 		app.loadProgressiveStylesheet();
+		overrides.overrideTimeago();
 
 		var url = ajaxify.start(window.location.pathname.slice(1) + window.location.search + window.location.hash);
 		ajaxify.updateHistory(url, true);
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 		});
 
 		overrides.overrideBootbox();
-		overrides.overrideTimeago();
 		createHeaderTooltips();
 		app.showEmailConfirmWarning();
 		app.showCookieWarning();
diff --git a/public/src/overrides.js b/public/src/overrides.js
index a81b6cf525..8d48b21f2a 100644
--- a/public/src/overrides.js
+++ b/public/src/overrides.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ if ('undefined' !== typeof window) {
 			els.each(function () {
 				iso = this.getAttribute('title');
 				this.setAttribute('datetime', iso);
-				this.setAttribute('title', new Date(iso).toLocaleString(config.userLang.replace('_', '-'), options));
+				$(this).text(new Date(iso).toLocaleString(config.userLang.replace('_', '-'), options));
 			});
 
 			timeagoFn.apply(this, arguments);