diff --git a/build-js.sh b/build-js.sh
index c24b0cb..ab7940c 100755
--- a/build-js.sh
+++ b/build-js.sh
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ done
 
 if [ "$neochan" == "yes" ] ; then
     set +e
-    for exe in lessc coffee ; do
+    for exe in lessc tsc ; do
         which $exe &> /dev/null
         if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
             echo "$exe not installed";
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ if [ "$neochan" == "yes" ] ; then
     echo
     
     initfile "$neochan_js_outfile"
-    for f in ./contrib/js/neochan/*.coffee ; do
-        echo "compile $f"
-        coffee -cs < "$f" > "$f.js"
-    done
+
+    echo "compile typescript"
+    tsc ./contrib/js/neochan/*.ts
+    
     for f in ./contrib/js/neochan/*.js ; do
         mini "$f" "$neochan_js_outfile"
     done
diff --git a/contrib/js/neochan/.gitignore b/contrib/js/neochan/.gitignore
index 5e8935c..4c43fe6 100644
--- a/contrib/js/neochan/.gitignore
+++ b/contrib/js/neochan/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-*.coffee.js
\ No newline at end of file
+*.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/js/neochan/init.coffee.js b/contrib/js/neochan/init.coffee.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 49caa98..0000000
--- a/contrib/js/neochan/init.coffee.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.11.1
-(function() {
-
-
-}).call(this);
diff --git a/contrib/js/neochan/init.coffee b/contrib/js/neochan/postform.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/js/neochan/init.coffee
rename to contrib/js/neochan/postform.ts
diff --git a/contrib/templates/neochan/postform.mustache b/contrib/templates/neochan/postform.mustache
index f135674..aacee01 100644
--- a/contrib/templates/neochan/postform.mustache
+++ b/contrib/templates/neochan/postform.mustache
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
  - files ( bool, do we allow attachments ? )
  - csrf ( csrf token )
  }}
- <form action="{{post_url}}" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="post" method="post">
+ <form action="{{post_url}}" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="post" method="post" id="neochan_postform" >
  {{{csrf}}}
- <input type="hidden" name="reference" value="{{reference}}" id="postform_reference"/>
+ <input type="hidden" name="reference" value="{{reference}}" id="postform_reference" />
  <div id="postform-outer">
    <div id="postform-inner">
      <table class="postform">
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
            </th>
            <td>
              <input type="text" name="subject" value="" id="postform_subject" />
-             <input type="submit" value="{{button}}" class="button" id="postform_submit" />
+             <button value="{{button}}" class="button" id="postform_submit" onclick="neochan_submit_post()" />
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
@@ -77,14 +77,6 @@
              <input type="text" name="captcha" autocomplete="off" id="captcha_solution" />
            </td>
          </tr>
-         <!-- <tr>
-           <th>
-             {{#i18n.Translations}}{{cuckoo_pow}}{{/i18n.Translations}}
-           </th>
-           <td>
-             <input type="text" name="pow" autocomplete="off" id="miner_result" /><input id="start_miner" class="button" type="button" value="{{#i18n.Translations}}{{start_mining}}{{/i18n.Translations}}"/>
-           </td>
-         </tr> -->
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </div>