diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3abb76ef0..8d53dccc4 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ gem 'twitter'
 gem 'aws-sdk', '~> 2'
 gem 'responders'
 gem 'highline'
-gem 'dtext_rb', :git => "https://github.com/r888888888/dtext_rb.git"
+gem 'dtext_rb', :git => "https://github.com/r888888888/dtext_rb.git", :require => "dtext"
 
 # needed for looser jpeg header compat
 gem 'ruby-imagespec', :require => "image_spec", :git => "https://github.com/r888888888/ruby-imagespec.git", :branch => "exif-fixes"
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 7ec4bcb94..c532ab02b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'dtext'
+
 module ApplicationHelper
   def wordbreakify(string)
     lines = string.scan(/.{1,10}/)
@@ -48,11 +50,11 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   end
 
   def format_text(text, options = {})
-    DTextRagel.parse(text)
+    raw(DTextRagel.parse(text))
   end
 
   def strip_dtext(text)
-    DTextRagel.parse_strip(text)
+    raw(DTextRagel.parse_strip(text))
   end
 
   def error_messages_for(instance_name)
diff --git a/config/unicorn/staging.rb b/config/unicorn/staging.rb
index a1f7a7517..71a33400e 100644
--- a/config/unicorn/staging.rb
+++ b/config/unicorn/staging.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ app_path = "/var/www/danbooru2/current"
 # Set unicorn options
 worker_processes 2
 
-preload_app false
+preload_app true
 timeout 180
 listen "127.0.0.1:9000"