diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index 23fac72e0..8c1214b2c 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@
       }
       id = root.id || $('td[id]', root).id;
       quotes = {};
-      tid = g.THREAD_ID;
+      tid = g.THREAD_ID || root.parentNode.firstChild.id;
       _ref = $$('a.quotelink', root);
       for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
         quote = _ref[_i];
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index d9dca6f09..a71922bb1 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ quoteBacklink =
     #better coffee-script way of doing this?
     id = root.id or $('td[id]', root).id
     quotes = {}
-    tid = g.THREAD_ID
+    tid = g.THREAD_ID or root.parentNode.firstChild.id
     for quote in $$ 'a.quotelink', root
       continue unless qid = quote.hash[1..]
       #don't backlink the op