diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index c8ce3f9f8..d3aaee38f 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -1678,9 +1678,10 @@
       return g.callbacks.push(quoteBacklink.node);
     },
     node: function(root) {
-      var el, id, link, qid, quote, quotes, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
+      var el, id, link, qid, quote, quotes, tid, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
       id = root.id || $('td[id]', root).id;
       quotes = {};
+      tid = g.THREAD_ID;
       _ref = $$('a.quotelink', root);
       for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
         quote = _ref[_i];
@@ -1688,6 +1689,9 @@
           continue;
         }
         qid = qid[0];
+        if (qid === tid) {
+          continue;
+        }
         quotes[qid] = quote;
       }
       _results = [];
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 4767ead21..5ab2639af 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1352,9 +1352,12 @@ quoteBacklink =
     #better coffee-script way of doing this?
     id = root.id or $('td[id]', root).id
     quotes = {}
+    tid = g.THREAD_ID
     for quote in $$ 'a.quotelink', root
       continue unless qid = quote.textContent.match /\d+/
       [qid] = qid
+      #don't backlink the op
+      continue if qid == tid
       #duplicate quotes get overwritten
       quotes[qid] = quote
     for qid, quote of quotes