diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/index.html b/src/webui/www/private/index.html
index 1f11f3aa5..23001f92c 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/index.html
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/index.html
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     <script defer src="scripts/lib/MooTools-Core-1.6.0-compat-compressed.js"></script>
     <script defer src="scripts/lib/MooTools-More-1.6.0-compat-compressed.js"></script>
     <script defer src="scripts/lib/mocha.min.js"></script>
+    <script defer src="scripts/monkeypatch.js?v=${CACHEID}"></script>
     <script defer src="scripts/cache.js?v=${CACHEID}"></script>
     <script defer src="scripts/localpreferences.js?v=${CACHEID}"></script>
     <script defer src="scripts/color-scheme.js?v=${CACHEID}"></script>
diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/client.js b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/client.js
index 287429ecc..7f95a74f5 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/client.js
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/client.js
@@ -175,18 +175,6 @@ let setStatusFilter = () => {};
 let toggleFilterDisplay = () => {};
 
 window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", (event) => {
-    // Override MooTools' `document.id` (used for `$(id)`), which prevents it
-    // from allocating a `uniqueNumber` for elements that don't need it.
-    // This is also more efficient than the original.
-    document.id = el => {
-        switch (typeOf(el)) {
-            case "string":
-                return document.getElementById(el);
-            case "element":
-                return el;
-        }
-    };
-
     window.qBittorrent.LocalPreferences.upgrade();
 
     let isSearchPanelLoaded = false;
diff --git a/src/webui/www/private/scripts/monkeypatch.js b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/monkeypatch.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58ecd2db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webui/www/private/scripts/monkeypatch.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Bittorrent Client using Qt and libtorrent.
+ * Copyright (C) 2025  bolshoytoster <toasterbig@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2025  Mike Tzou (Chocobo1)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give permission to
+ * link this program with the OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with
+ * modified versions of it that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library),
+ * and distribute the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General Public
+ * License in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL".  If you
+ * modify file(s), you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+ * but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+ * exception statement from your version.
+ */
+
+"use strict";
+
+window.qBittorrent ??= {};
+window.qBittorrent.MonkeyPatch ??= (() => {
+    const exports = () => {
+        return {
+            patch: patch
+        };
+    };
+
+    const patch = () => {
+        patchMootoolsDocumentId();
+    };
+
+    const patchMootoolsDocumentId = () => {
+        // Override MooTools' `document.id` (used for `$(id)`), which prevents it
+        // from allocating a `uniqueNumber` for elements that don't need it.
+        // This is also more efficient than the original.
+        document.id = el => {
+            switch (typeOf(el)) {
+                case "string":
+                    return document.getElementById(el);
+                case "element":
+                    return el;
+            }
+        };
+    };
+
+    return exports();
+})();
+Object.freeze(window.qBittorrent.MonkeyPatch);
+
+// execute now
+window.qBittorrent.MonkeyPatch.patch();
diff --git a/src/webui/www/webui.qrc b/src/webui/www/webui.qrc
index bc637f56c..4a833b85a 100644
--- a/src/webui/www/webui.qrc
+++ b/src/webui/www/webui.qrc
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@
         <file>private/scripts/localpreferences.js</file>
         <file>private/scripts/misc.js</file>
         <file>private/scripts/mocha-init.js</file>
+        <file>private/scripts/monkeypatch.js</file>
         <file>private/scripts/pathAutofill.js</file>
         <file>private/scripts/piecesbar.js</file>
         <file>private/scripts/progressbar.js</file>