diff --git a/views/honkform.html b/views/honkform.html
index a74ab9f..0a02951 100644
--- a/views/honkform.html
+++ b/views/honkform.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <p id="honkformhost">
 <button onclick="showhonkform(); return false"><a href="/newhonk">it's honking time</a></button>
-<form id="honkform" action="/honk" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" style="display: none">
+<form id="honkform" action="/honk" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" {{ if not .IsPreview }}style="display: none"{{ end }}>
 <input type="hidden" name="CSRF" value="{{ .HonkCSRF }}">
 <input type="hidden" name="updatexid" value = "{{ .UpdateXID }}">
 <input type="hidden" name="rid" id="ridinput" value="{{ .InReplyTo }}">
diff --git a/views/honkpage.html b/views/honkpage.html
index 5ceedd9..87ad9b2 100644
--- a/views/honkpage.html
+++ b/views/honkpage.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 {{ template "honkform.html" . }}
 {{ end }}
 </div>
-{{ if .HonkCSRF }}
+{{ if and .HonkCSRF (not .IsPreview) }}
 <div class="info" id="refreshbox">
 <p><button onclick="refreshhonks(this)">refresh</button><span></span>
 </div>
diff --git a/web.go b/web.go
index 0c40f45..a18689e 100644
--- a/web.go
+++ b/web.go
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ func edithonkpage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	templinfo["Honks"] = honks
 	templinfo["Noise"] = noise
 	templinfo["ServerMessage"] = "honk edit"
+	templinfo["IsPreview"] = true
 	templinfo["UpdateXID"] = honk.XID
 	if len(honk.Donks) > 0 {
 		templinfo["SavedFile"] = honk.Donks[0].XID