diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 381d1852e..b6ea9ad0d 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -1868,9 +1868,9 @@
       id = this.previousSibling.hash.slice(2);
       text = ">>" + id + "\n";
       sel = window.getSelection();
-      if ((s = sel.toString()) && id === ((_ref = $.x('ancestor-or-self::blockquote', sel.anchorNode)) != null ? _ref.id.match(/\d+$/)[0] : void 0)) {
+      if ((s = sel.toString().trim()) && id === ((_ref = $.x('ancestor-or-self::blockquote', sel.anchorNode)) != null ? _ref.id.match(/\d+$/)[0] : void 0)) {
         if ($.engine === 'presto') {
-          s = d.getSelection();
+          s = d.getSelection().trim();
         }
         s = s.replace(/\n/g, '\n>');
         text += ">" + s + "\n";
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 6944b3de9..c2d415bf3 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1434,9 +1434,9 @@ QR =
     text = ">>#{id}\n"
 
     sel = window.getSelection()
-    if (s = sel.toString()) and id is $.x('ancestor-or-self::blockquote', sel.anchorNode)?.id.match(/\d+$/)[0]
+    if (s = sel.toString().trim()) and id is $.x('ancestor-or-self::blockquote', sel.anchorNode)?.id.match(/\d+$/)[0]
       # XXX Opera needs d.getSelection() to retain linebreaks from the selected text
-      s = d.getSelection() if $.engine is 'presto'
+      s = d.getSelection().trim() if $.engine is 'presto'
       s = s.replace /\n/g, '\n>'
       text += ">#{s}\n"