diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/followable.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/followable.js.coffee
index 4aa69fd94..827d42d8b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/followable.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/followable.js.coffee
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ App.Followable =
   initialize: ->
     $('.followable-content a[data-toggle]').on 'click', (event) ->
       event.preventDefault()
+
+  update: (followable_id, button) ->
+    $("#" + followable_id + " .js-follow").html(button)
diff --git a/app/views/follows/refresh_follow_button.js.erb b/app/views/follows/refresh_follow_button.js.erb
index 1e8dc89f9..31e2627a3 100644
--- a/app/views/follows/refresh_follow_button.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/follows/refresh_follow_button.js.erb
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-$("#<%= dom_id(@followable) %> .js-follow").html('<%= j render("followable_button", followable: @followable) %>');
+App.Followable.update("<%= dom_id(@followable) %>",
+                      "<%= j render('followable_button', followable: @followable) %>")