diff --git a/coffee/sortable.coffee b/coffee/sortable.coffee
index 66bd1c4..84bcec9 100644
--- a/coffee/sortable.coffee
+++ b/coffee/sortable.coffee
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ trimRegExp = /^\s+|\s+$/g
 touchDevice = 'ontouchstart' of document.documentElement
 clickEvent = if touchDevice then 'touchstart' else 'click'
 
+addEventListener = (el, event, handler) ->
+  if el.addEventListener?
+    el.addEventListener event, handler, false
+  else
+    el.attachEvent "on#{ event }", handler
+
 sortable =
   init: (options={}) ->
     options.selector ?= SELECTOR
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ sortable =
   setupClickableTH: (table, th, i) ->
     type = sortable.getColumnType table, i
 
-    th.addEventListener clickEvent, (e) ->
+    addEventListener th, clickEvent, (e) ->
       sorted = @getAttribute('data-sorted') is 'true'
       sortedDirection = @getAttribute 'data-sorted-direction'
 
diff --git a/js/sortable.js b/js/sortable.js
index 0fb4ddf..51aeaaf 100644
--- a/js/sortable.js
+++ b/js/sortable.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function() {
-  var SELECTOR, clickEvent, numberRegExp, sortable, touchDevice, trimRegExp;
+  var SELECTOR, addEventListener, clickEvent, numberRegExp, sortable, touchDevice, trimRegExp;
 
   SELECTOR = 'table[data-sortable]';
 
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
 
   clickEvent = touchDevice ? 'touchstart' : 'click';
 
+  addEventListener = function(el, event, handler) {
+    if (el.addEventListener != null) {
+      return el.addEventListener(event, handler, false);
+    } else {
+      return el.attachEvent("on" + event, handler);
+    }
+  };
+
   sortable = {
     init: function(options) {
       var table, tables, _i, _len, _results;
@@ -49,7 +57,7 @@
     setupClickableTH: function(table, th, i) {
       var type;
       type = sortable.getColumnType(table, i);
-      return th.addEventListener(clickEvent, function(e) {
+      return addEventListener(th, clickEvent, function(e) {
         var newSortedDirection, row, rowArray, rowArrayObject, sorted, sortedDirection, tBody, ths, _i, _j, _k, _len, _len1, _len2, _ref, _results;
         sorted = this.getAttribute('data-sorted') === 'true';
         sortedDirection = this.getAttribute('data-sorted-direction');
diff --git a/js/sortable.min.js b/js/sortable.min.js
index 4f6627e..f8a5337 100644
--- a/js/sortable.min.js
+++ b/js/sortable.min.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /*! sortable.js 0.5.0 */
-(function(){var a,b,c,d,e,f;a="table[data-sortable]",c=/^-?[£$¤]?[\d,.]+%?$/,f=/^\s+|\s+$/g,e="ontouchstart"in document.documentElement,b=e?"touchstart":"click",d={init:function(b){var c,e,f,g,h;for(null==b&&(b={}),null==b.selector&&(b.selector=a),e=document.querySelectorAll(b.selector),h=[],f=0,g=e.length;g>f;f++)c=e[f],h.push(d.initTable(c));return h},initTable:function(a){var b,c,e,f,g,h;if(1===(null!=(h=a.tHead)?h.rows.length:void 0)&&"true"!==a.getAttribute("data-sortable-initialized")){for(a.setAttribute("data-sortable-initialized","true"),e=a.querySelectorAll("th"),b=f=0,g=e.length;g>f;b=++f)c=e[b],"false"!==c.getAttribute("data-sortable")&&d.setupClickableTH(a,c,b);return a}},setupClickableTH:function(a,c,e){var f;return f=d.getColumnType(a,e),c.addEventListener(b,function(){var b,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u;for(j="true"===this.getAttribute("data-sorted"),k=this.getAttribute("data-sorted-direction"),b=j?"ascending"===k?"descending":"ascending":f.defaultSortDirection,m=this.parentNode.querySelectorAll("th"),n=0,q=m.length;q>n;n++)c=m[n],c.setAttribute("data-sorted","false"),c.removeAttribute("data-sorted-direction");for(this.setAttribute("data-sorted","true"),this.setAttribute("data-sorted-direction",b),l=a.tBodies[0],h=[],t=l.rows,o=0,r=t.length;r>o;o++)g=t[o],h.push([d.getNodeValue(g.cells[e]),g]);for(j?h.reverse():h.sort(f.compare),u=[],p=0,s=h.length;s>p;p++)i=h[p],u.push(l.appendChild(i[1]));return u})},getColumnType:function(a,b){var e,f,g,h,i;for(i=a.tBodies[0].rows,g=0,h=i.length;h>g;g++)if(e=i[g],f=d.getNodeValue(e.cells[b]),""!==f&&f.match(c))return d.types.numeric;return d.types.alpha},getNodeValue:function(a){return a?null!==a.getAttribute("data-value")?a.getAttribute("data-value"):"undefined"!=typeof a.innerText?a.innerText.replace(f,""):a.textContent.replace(f,""):""},types:{numeric:{defaultSortDirection:"descending",compare:function(a,b){var c,d;return c=parseFloat(a[0].replace(/[^0-9.-]/g,"")),d=parseFloat(b[0].replace(/[^0-9.-]/g,"")),isNaN(c)&&(c=0),isNaN(d)&&(d=0),d-c}},alpha:{defaultSortDirection:"ascending",compare:function(a,b){var c,d;return c=a[0].toLowerCase(),d=b[0].toLowerCase(),c===d?0:d>c?-1:1}}}},setTimeout(d.init,0),window.Sortable=d}).call(this);
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+(function(){var a,b,c,d,e,f,g;a="table[data-sortable]",d=/^-?[£$¤]?[\d,.]+%?$/,g=/^\s+|\s+$/g,f="ontouchstart"in document.documentElement,c=f?"touchstart":"click",b=function(a,b,c){return null!=a.addEventListener?a.addEventListener(b,c,!1):a.attachEvent("on"+b,c)},e={init:function(b){var c,d,f,g,h;for(null==b&&(b={}),null==b.selector&&(b.selector=a),d=document.querySelectorAll(b.selector),h=[],f=0,g=d.length;g>f;f++)c=d[f],h.push(e.initTable(c));return h},initTable:function(a){var b,c,d,f,g,h;if(1===(null!=(h=a.tHead)?h.rows.length:void 0)&&"true"!==a.getAttribute("data-sortable-initialized")){for(a.setAttribute("data-sortable-initialized","true"),d=a.querySelectorAll("th"),b=f=0,g=d.length;g>f;b=++f)c=d[b],"false"!==c.getAttribute("data-sortable")&&e.setupClickableTH(a,c,b);return a}},setupClickableTH:function(a,d,f){var g;return g=e.getColumnType(a,f),b(d,c,function(){var b,c,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u;for(j="true"===this.getAttribute("data-sorted"),k=this.getAttribute("data-sorted-direction"),b=j?"ascending"===k?"descending":"ascending":g.defaultSortDirection,m=this.parentNode.querySelectorAll("th"),n=0,q=m.length;q>n;n++)d=m[n],d.setAttribute("data-sorted","false"),d.removeAttribute("data-sorted-direction");for(this.setAttribute("data-sorted","true"),this.setAttribute("data-sorted-direction",b),l=a.tBodies[0],h=[],t=l.rows,o=0,r=t.length;r>o;o++)c=t[o],h.push([e.getNodeValue(c.cells[f]),c]);for(j?h.reverse():h.sort(g.compare),u=[],p=0,s=h.length;s>p;p++)i=h[p],u.push(l.appendChild(i[1]));return u})},getColumnType:function(a,b){var c,f,g,h,i;for(i=a.tBodies[0].rows,g=0,h=i.length;h>g;g++)if(c=i[g],f=e.getNodeValue(c.cells[b]),""!==f&&f.match(d))return e.types.numeric;return e.types.alpha},getNodeValue:function(a){return a?null!==a.getAttribute("data-value")?a.getAttribute("data-value"):"undefined"!=typeof a.innerText?a.innerText.replace(g,""):a.textContent.replace(g,""):""},types:{numeric:{defaultSortDirection:"descending",compare:function(a,b){var c,d;return c=parseFloat(a[0].replace(/[^0-9.-]/g,"")),d=parseFloat(b[0].replace(/[^0-9.-]/g,"")),isNaN(c)&&(c=0),isNaN(d)&&(d=0),d-c}},alpha:{defaultSortDirection:"ascending",compare:function(a,b){var c,d;return c=a[0].toLowerCase(),d=b[0].toLowerCase(),c===d?0:d>c?-1:1}}}},setTimeout(e.init,0),window.Sortable=e}).call(this);
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