diff --git a/js/halfstyle.js b/js/halfstyle.js
index 2bad267..08353d7 100644
--- a/js/halfstyle.js
+++ b/js/halfstyle.js
@@ -3,29 +3,31 @@
  * Copyright 2014 Arbel Hakopian
  * Licensed under MIT (https://github.com/arbelh/HalfStyle/blob/master/license.md)
  */
-jQuery(function($) {
-    var halfstyle_text, halfstyle_chars, $halfstyle_el, halfstyle_i, halfstyle_output, halfstyle_style;
+(function () {
+    var nodes = document.querySelectorAll('.textToHalfStyle');
 
-    // Iterate over all class occurrences
-    $('.textToHalfStyle').each(function(idx, halfstyle_el) {
-        $halfstyle_el = $(halfstyle_el);
-        halfstyle_style = $halfstyle_el.data('halfstyle');
-        halfstyle_text = $halfstyle_el.text();
-        halfstyle_chars = halfstyle_text.split('');
+    Array.prototype.forEach.call(nodes, function (node, index) {
+        var halfStyle = node.getAttribute('data-halfstyle');
+        var text = node.innerText || node.textContent;
+        var chars = text.split('');
+        var styles = [
+            'position: absolute !important',
+            'clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px)',
+            'clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px)'
+        ].join(';');
 
-        // Set the screen-reader text
-        $halfstyle_el.html('<span style="position: absolute !important;clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px);clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);">' + halfstyle_text + '</span>');
+        var output = '<span style="' + styles + '">' + text + '</span>';
 
-        // Reset output for appending
-        halfstyle_output = '';
+        for (var i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
+            var attributes = [
+                'aria-hidden="true"',
+                'class="halfStyle ' + halfStyle + '"',
+                'data-content="' + chars[i] + '"'
+            ].join(' ');
 
-        // Iterate over all chars in the text
-        for (halfstyle_i = 0; halfstyle_i < halfstyle_chars.length; halfstyle_i++) {
-            // Create a styled element for each character and append to container
-            halfstyle_output += '<span aria-hidden="true" class="halfStyle ' + halfstyle_style + '" data-content="' + halfstyle_chars[halfstyle_i] + '">' + halfstyle_chars[halfstyle_i] + '</span>';
+            output += '<span ' + attributes + '>' + chars[i] + '</span>';
         }
-
-        // Write to DOM only once
-        $halfstyle_el.append(halfstyle_output);
+       
+        node.innerHTML = output;
     });
-});
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+}());