diff --git a/files/assets/js/comments_v.js b/files/assets/js/comments_v.js
index 89ae367c44..9d727019c4 100644
--- a/files/assets/js/comments_v.js
+++ b/files/assets/js/comments_v.js
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function post_reply(id){
 
 			document.getElementById('reply-form-body-'+id).value = ''
 			document.getElementById('message-reply-'+id).innerHTML = ''
-			toggleReplyBox('reply-message-c_'+id)
+			toggleReplyBox('reply-to-c_'+id)
 			const fileupload = document.getElementById('file-upload')
 			if (fileupload) {
 				fileupload.value = null;
diff --git a/files/templates/comments.html b/files/templates/comments.html
index ad098f14cf..e52bdb6cfe 100644
--- a/files/templates/comments.html
+++ b/files/templates/comments.html
@@ -539,10 +539,10 @@
 				<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary mr-3 {% if not c.author.is_muted %}d-none{% endif %}" id="unmute-user-{{c.id}}" onclick="postToastSwitch(this,'/unmute_user/{{c.author.id}}','mute-user-{{c.id}}','unmute-user-{{c.id}}','d-none')">Unmute</button>
 			{% endif %}
 
-			<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary nobackground" onclick="toggleReplyBox('reply-message-{{c.fullname}}')">Reply</button>
+			<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary nobackground" onclick="toggleReplyBox('reply-to-{{c.fullname}}')">Reply</button>
 
 			{# TODO: swap to comment_reply_box macro #}
-			<div id="reply-message-{{c.fullname}}" class="d-none">
+			<div id="reply-to-{{c.fullname}}" class="d-none">
 				<div id="comment-form-space-{{c.id}}" class="comment-write collapsed child">
 					<form id="reply-to-message-{{c.id}}" action="/reply" method="post" class="input-group" enctype="multipart/form-data">
 						<input type="hidden" name="formkey" value="{{v|formkey}}"> 
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@
 							{% endif %}
 						</div>
 
-						<button type="button" onclick="document.getElementById('reply-message-{{c.id}}').classList.add('d-none');remove_dialog()" class="btn btn-link text-muted ml-auto">Cancel</button> 
+						<button type="button" onclick="document.getElementById('reply-to-{{c.id}}').classList.add('d-none');remove_dialog()" class="btn btn-link text-muted ml-auto">Cancel</button> 
 						<button type="button" id="save-reply-to-{{c.id}}" class="btn btn-primary ml-2" onclick="post_reply('{{c.id}}');remove_dialog()">Reply</button>
 					</form>
 					<div id="message-reply-{{c.id}}" class="preview mt-2"></div>
diff --git a/files/templates/util/macros.html b/files/templates/util/macros.html
index 6adf8d536b..a30506ac4e 100644
--- a/files/templates/util/macros.html
+++ b/files/templates/util/macros.html
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@
 					{% endif %}
 				</div>
 				<button type="button" id="save-reply-to-{{target_fullname}}" form="reply-to-{{target_fullname}}" class="btn btn-primary text-whitebtn ml-auto fl-r" onclick="postComment('{{target_fullname}}', '{{hide}}');remove_dialog();">Comment</button>
-				<button type="button" onclick="document.getElementById('reply-to-{{target_fullname}}').classList.add('d-none');remove_dialog()" class="btn btn-link text-muted ml-auto fl-r mr-3">Cancel</button> 
+				{% if target_fullname.startswith('c_') %}
+					<button type="button" onclick="document.getElementById('reply-to-{{target_fullname}}').classList.add('d-none');remove_dialog()" class="btn btn-link text-muted ml-auto fl-r mr-3">Cancel</button> 
+				{% endif %}
 			</form>
 			<div id="form-preview-{{target_fullname}}" class="preview mb-3 mt-5"></div>
 			<div class="form-text text-small p-0 m-0"><a href="/formatting" {% if v and v.newtab %}data-target="t" target="_blank"{% endif %}>Formatting help</a></div>