diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 5d5ca3abf..17c038894 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -2355,14 +2355,6 @@
           className: root.hidden ? 'filtered backlink' : 'backlink',
           textContent: quoteBacklink.funk(id)
         });
-        if (conf['Quote Preview']) {
-          $.bind(a, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover);
-          $.bind(a, 'mousemove', ui.hover);
-          $.bind(a, 'mouseout', quotePreview.mouseout);
-        }
-        if (conf['Quote Inline']) {
-          $.bind(a, 'click', quoteInline.toggle);
-        }
         _results = [];
         for (qid in quotes) {
           if (!(el = $.id(qid))) {
@@ -2372,6 +2364,14 @@
             continue;
           }
           link = a.cloneNode(true);
+          if (conf['Quote Preview']) {
+            $.bind(link, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover);
+            $.bind(link, 'mousemove', ui.hover);
+            $.bind(link, 'mouseout', quotePreview.mouseout);
+          }
+          if (conf['Quote Inline']) {
+            $.bind(link, 'click', quoteInline.toggle);
+          }
           if (!((container = $('.container', el)) && container.parentNode === el)) {
             container = $.el('span', {
               className: 'container'
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 1c459f00a..870ee5c9e 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1777,17 +1777,17 @@ quoteBacklink =
         href: "##{id}"
         className: if root.hidden then 'filtered backlink' else 'backlink'
         textContent: quoteBacklink.funk id
-      if conf['Quote Preview']
-        $.bind a, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover
-        $.bind a, 'mousemove', ui.hover
-        $.bind a, 'mouseout',  quotePreview.mouseout
-      if conf['Quote Inline']
-        $.bind a, 'click', quoteInline.toggle
       for qid of quotes
         continue unless el = $.id qid
         #don't backlink the op
         continue if !conf['OP Backlinks'] and el.className is 'op'
         link = a.cloneNode true
+        if conf['Quote Preview']
+          $.bind link, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover
+          $.bind link, 'mousemove', ui.hover
+          $.bind link, 'mouseout',  quotePreview.mouseout
+        if conf['Quote Inline']
+          $.bind link, 'click', quoteInline.toggle
         unless (container = $ '.container', el) and container.parentNode is el
           container = $.el 'span', className: 'container'
           root = $('.reportbutton', el) or $('span[id]', el)