diff --git a/files/assets/js/comments_v.js b/files/assets/js/comments_v.js
index 7512730aa..a830cdb79 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/comments_v.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/comments_v.js
@@ -297,8 +297,6 @@ document.onpaste = function(event) {
 }
 
 function handle_action(type, cid, thing) {
-
-
 	const btns = document.getElementsByClassName(`action-${cid}`)
 	for (const btn of btns)
 	{
diff --git a/files/assets/js/core.js b/files/assets/js/core.js
index de0ccd506..c8b828c5c 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/core.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/core.js
@@ -74,13 +74,11 @@ function postPostToastNonShopActions(t, url, button1, button2, className) {
 	}
 }
 
-function createXhrWithFormKey(url, method="POST", form=null) {
+function createXhrWithFormKey(url, method="POST", form=new FormData()) {
 	const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
 	xhr.open(method, url);
 	xhr.setRequestHeader('xhr', 'xhr');
-	if (!form) {
-		form = new FormData();
-	}
+	if (!form) form = new FormData();
 	form.append("formkey", formkey());
 	return [xhr, form]; // hacky but less stupid than what we were doing before
 }
diff --git a/files/assets/js/lottery.js b/files/assets/js/lottery.js
index b36c6266a..b758b3c6b 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/lottery.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/lottery.js
@@ -77,16 +77,12 @@ function endLotterySession() {
 
 // Composed
 function handleLotteryRequest(uri, method, callback = () => {}) {
-	const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
-	const url = `/lottery/${uri}`;
-	xhr.open(method, url);
-	xhr.onload = handleLotteryResponse.bind(null, xhr, method, callback);
-
 	const form = new FormData();
 	form.append("formkey", formkey());
-	form.append("quantity", purchaseQuantity)
-
-	xhr.send(form);
+	form.append("quantity", purchaseQuantity);
+	const xhr = createXhrWithFormKey(`/lottery/${uri}`, method, form);
+	xhr[0].onload = handleLotteryResponse.bind(null, xhr[0], method, callback);
+	xhr[0].send(xhr[1]);
 }
 
 function handleLotteryResponse(xhr, method, callback) {