diff --git a/views/honkform.html b/views/honkform.html
index 812454d..6532a57 100644
--- a/views/honkform.html
+++ b/views/honkform.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p id="honkformhost">
-<button onclick="return showhonkform();"><a href="/newhonk">it's honking time</a></button>
+<button id="honkingtime" onclick="return showhonkform();"><a href="/newhonk">it's honking time</a></button>
 <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 }}">
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@
 <p>
 <button>it's gonna be honked</button>
 <button name="preview" value="preview">preview</button>
+<button type=button name="cancel" value="cancel" onclick="cancelhonking()">cancel</button>
 </form>
diff --git a/views/honkpage.js b/views/honkpage.js
index 5435ec4..aaeaf53 100644
--- a/views/honkpage.js
+++ b/views/honkpage.js
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ function flogit(el, how, xid) {
 	el.disabled = true
 	post("/zonkit", encode({"CSRF": csrftoken, "wherefore": how, "what": xid}))
 }
+
+var lehonkform = document.getElementById("honkform")
+var lehonkbutton = document.getElementById("honkingtime")
+
 function fillinhonks(xhr) {
 	var doc = xhr.responseXML
 	var stash = curpagestate.name + ":" + curpagestate.arg
@@ -223,12 +227,13 @@ function relinklinks() {
 	el.style.display = "none"
 })();
 function showhonkform(elem, rid, hname) {
-	var form = document.getElementById("honkform")
+	var form = lehonkform
 	form.style = "display: block"
 	if (elem) {
 		form.remove()
 		elem.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.insertAdjacentElement('beforebegin', form)
 	} else {
+		hideelement(lehonkbutton)
 		elem = document.getElementById("honkformhost")
 		elem.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', form)
 	}
@@ -237,14 +242,27 @@ function showhonkform(elem, rid, hname) {
 	if (rid) {
 		ridinput.value = rid
 		honknoise.value = "@" + hname + " "
+	} else {
+		ridinput.value = ""
+		honknoise.value = ""
 	}
 	document.getElementById("honknoise").focus()
 	return false
 }
-function showelement(id) {
-	var el = document.getElementById(id)
+function cancelhonking() {
+	hideelement(lehonkform)
+	showelement(lehonkbutton)
+}
+function showelement(el) {
+	if (typeof(el) == "string")
+		el = document.getElementById(el)
 	el.style.display = "block"
 }
+function hideelement(el) {
+	if (typeof(el) == "string")
+		el = document.getElementById(el)
+	el.style.display = "none"
+}
 function updatedonker() {
 	var el = document.getElementById("donker")
 	el.children[1].textContent = el.children[0].value.slice(-20)