diff --git a/src/components/post/post-desktop/post-desktop.tsx b/src/components/post/post-desktop/post-desktop.tsx
index 31722c71..99919d6c 100644
--- a/src/components/post/post-desktop/post-desktop.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post/post-desktop/post-desktop.tsx
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ const PostDesktop = ({ openReplyModal, post, roles, showAllReplies, showReplies
   // scroll to reply if pathname is reply permalink (backlink)
   const replyRefs = useRef<(HTMLDivElement | null)[]>([]);
   useEffect(() => {
-    const replyIndex = replies.findIndex((reply) => location.pathname.startsWith(`/p/${subplebbitAddress}/c/${reply?.cid}`));
+    const replyIndex = replies.findIndex((reply) => location.pathname === `/p/${subplebbitAddress}/c/${reply?.cid}`);
     if (replyIndex !== -1 && replyRefs.current[replyIndex]) {
       replyRefs.current[replyIndex]?.scrollIntoView();
     }
diff --git a/src/components/post/post-mobile/post-mobile.tsx b/src/components/post/post-mobile/post-mobile.tsx
index 8f921abf..b35f4b4b 100644
--- a/src/components/post/post-mobile/post-mobile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post/post-mobile/post-mobile.tsx
@@ -183,11 +183,10 @@ const PostMobile = ({ openReplyModal, post, roles, showAllReplies, showReplies =
   const linksCount = useCountLinksInReplies(post);
   const replies = useReplies(post);
 
+  // scroll to reply if pathname is reply permalink (backlink)
   const replyRefs = useRef<(HTMLDivElement | null)[]>([]);
-
   useEffect(() => {
-    const replyIndex = replies.findIndex((reply) => location.pathname.startsWith(`/p/${subplebbitAddress}/c/${reply?.cid}`));
-
+    const replyIndex = replies.findIndex((reply) => location.pathname === `/p/${subplebbitAddress}/c/${reply?.cid}`);
     if (replyIndex !== -1 && replyRefs.current[replyIndex]) {
       replyRefs.current[replyIndex]?.scrollIntoView();
     }
diff --git a/src/hooks/use-replies.ts b/src/hooks/use-replies.ts
index 6af6b66b..bc59fc0a 100644
--- a/src/hooks/use-replies.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/use-replies.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useMemo, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { Comment, useAccountComments } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import { flattenCommentsPages } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks/dist/lib/utils';
 
-const useRepliesAndAccountReplies = (comment: Comment) => {
+const useReplies = (comment: Comment) => {
   // flatten all replies including nested ones from the original comment
   const flattenedReplies = useMemo(() => flattenCommentsPages(comment.replies), [comment.replies]);
 
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ const useRepliesAndAccountReplies = (comment: Comment) => {
   return repliesAndNotYetPublishedReplies;
 };
 
-export default useRepliesAndAccountReplies;
+export default useReplies;