diff --git a/4chan_x.js b/4chan_x.js
index dcf9e0b16..a1a8841f6 100644
--- a/4chan_x.js
+++ b/4chan_x.js
@@ -1765,8 +1765,7 @@
         }
       }
       if (this.className === 'backlink') {
-        root = $('table, blockquote', root);
-        $.before(root, inline);
+        $.after($('td > br:first-of-type, td > a:last-of-type', this.parentNode), inline);
         return $.hide($.x('ancestor::table[1]', el));
       } else {
         return $.after(this.parentNode, inline);
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index a78075abd..3c2f2330f 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -1411,8 +1411,7 @@ quoteInline =
         #FIXME need an array of callbacks
         g.requests[threadID] = $.get @href, (-> quoteInline.parse this, id, threadID, inline)
     if @className is 'backlink'
-      root = $ 'table, blockquote', root
-      $.before root, inline
+      $.after $('td > br:first-of-type, td > a:last-of-type', @parentNode), inline
       $.hide $.x 'ancestor::table[1]', el
     else
       $.after @parentNode, inline