diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 8b81085a..bb685171 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -27,18 +27,11 @@ window.iitcBuildDate = '@@BUILDDATE@@';
 window.onload = function() {};
 document.body.onload = function() {};
 
-// rescue user data from original page
-var scr = document.getElementsByTagName('script');
-for(var x in scr) {
-  var s = scr[x];
-  if(s.src) continue;
-  if(s.type !== 'text/javascript') continue;
-  var d = s.innerHTML.split('\n');
-  break;
-}
 
+//originally code here parsed the <Script> tags from the page to find the one that defined the PLAYER object
+//however, that's already been executed, so we can just access PLAYER - no messing around needed!
 
-if(!d) {
+if (!window.PLAYER) {
   // page doesn’t have a script tag with player information.
   if(document.getElementById('header_email')) {
     // however, we are logged in.
@@ -53,11 +46,6 @@ if(!d) {
 }
 
 
-for(var i = 0; i < d.length; i++) {
-  if(!d[i].match('var PLAYER = ')) continue;
-  eval(d[i].match(/^var /, 'window.'));
-  break;
-}
 // player information is now available in a hash like this:
 // window.PLAYER = {"ap": "123", "energy": 123, "available_invites": 123, "nickname": "somenick", "team": "ENLIGHTENED||RESISTANCE"};