diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 0861d7075..a2078769a 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -1858,9 +1858,9 @@
             continue;
           }
           link = $.el('a', {
-            href: '#' + id,
+            href: "#" + id,
             className: 'backlink',
-            textContent: '>>' + id
+            textContent: ">>" + id
           });
           if ($.config('Quote Preview')) {
             $.bind(link, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover);
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index d3875d3ad..54d5dbeb3 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1457,9 +1457,9 @@ quoteBacklink =
         #don't backlink the op
         continue if opbl and el.className is 'op'
         link = $.el 'a',
-          href: '#'+id
+          href: "##{id}"
           className: 'backlink'
-          textContent: '>>'+id
+          textContent: ">>#{id}"
         if $.config 'Quote Preview'
           $.bind link, 'mouseover', quotePreview.mouseover
           $.bind link, 'mousemove', ui.hover