diff --git a/src/components/views/Thread.jsx b/src/components/views/Thread.jsx
index 495d3ce8..dc41bba9 100755
--- a/src/components/views/Thread.jsx
+++ b/src/components/views/Thread.jsx
@@ -1268,14 +1268,14 @@ const Thread = () => {
                           <blockquote key={`pm-${index}`} className="post-message">
                             <Link to={() => {}} key={`r-pm-${index}`} className="quotelink"  
                               ref={el => {
-                                quoteRefs.current[shortParentCid] = el;
+                                quoteRefs.current[reply.cid] = el;
                               }}
                               onClick={(event) => handleQuoteClick(reply, shortParentCid, event)}
                               onMouseOver={(event) => {
                                 event.stopPropagation();
                                 handleQuoteHover(reply, shortParentCid, () => {
                                   setOutOfViewCid(reply.parentCid);
-                                  const rect = quoteRefs.current[shortParentCid].getBoundingClientRect();
+                                  const rect = quoteRefs.current[reply.cid].getBoundingClientRect();
                                   const distanceToRight = window.innerWidth - rect.right;
                                   const distanceToTop = rect.top;
                                   const distanceToBottom = window.innerHeight - rect.bottom;
@@ -1551,14 +1551,14 @@ const Thread = () => {
                         <blockquote key={`mob-pm-${index}`} className="post-message-mobile">
                           <span style={{cursor: 'pointer'}} key={`mob-ql-${index}`} className="quotelink-mobile" 
                             ref={el => {
-                              quoteRefsMobile.current[shortParentCid] = el;
+                              quoteRefsMobile.current[reply.cid] = el;
                             }}
                             onClick={(event) => handleQuoteClick(reply, shortParentCid, event)}
                             onMouseOver={(event) => {
                               event.stopPropagation();
                               handleQuoteHover(reply, shortParentCid, () => {
                                 setOutOfViewCid(reply.parentCid);
-                                const rect = quoteRefsMobile.current[shortParentCid].getBoundingClientRect();
+                                const rect = quoteRefsMobile.current[reply.cid].getBoundingClientRect();
                                 const distanceToRight = window.innerWidth - rect.right;
                                 const distanceToTop = rect.top;
                                 const distanceToBottom = window.innerHeight - rect.bottom;