diff --git a/countdown/.jquery.countdown.js.swp b/countdown/.jquery.countdown.js.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3d7fc1
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diff --git a/countdown/jquery.countdown.js b/countdown/jquery.countdown.js
index 2f06b47..b3600a4 100644
--- a/countdown/jquery.countdown.js
+++ b/countdown/jquery.countdown.js
@@ -78,15 +78,15 @@
 
 		// Creating the markup inside the container
 		$.each(['Days','Hours','Minutes','Seconds'],function(i){
-			$('<span class="count'+this+'">').html(
-				'<span class="position">\
-					<span class="digit static">0</span>\
-				</span>\
-				<span class="position">\
-					<span class="digit static">0</span>\
-				</span>'
-			).appendTo(elem);
-			
+			elem.append('\
+				<span class="count' + this + '">\
+					<span class="position">\
+						<span class="digit static">0</span>\
+					</span>\
+					<span class="position">\
+						<span class="digit static">0</span>\
+					</span>\
+				</span>');
 			if(this!="Seconds"){
 				elem.append('<span class="countDiv countDiv'+i+'"></span>');
 			}
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@
 				replacement.addClass('static');
 			});
 	}
-})(jQuery);
\ No newline at end of file
+})(jQuery);