diff --git a/damus/Models/EventRef.swift b/damus/Models/EventRef.swift
index 41fd1f0d..dffc68fb 100644
--- a/damus/Models/EventRef.swift
+++ b/damus/Models/EventRef.swift
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ func interpret_event_refs(blocks: [Block], tags: [[String]]) -> [EventRef] {
 }
 
 
-func event_is_reply(_ ev: NostrEvent, privkey: String?) -> Bool {
-    return ev.event_refs(privkey).contains { evref in
+func event_is_reply(_ refs: [EventRef]) -> Bool {
+    return refs.contains { evref in
         return evref.is_reply != nil
     }
 }
diff --git a/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift b/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift
index fe873b4b..04e99a40 100644
--- a/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift
+++ b/damus/Nostr/NostrEvent.swift
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ extension NostrEvent {
     }
 
     func is_reply(_ privkey: String?) -> Bool {
-        return event_is_reply(self, privkey: privkey)
+        return event_is_reply(self.event_refs(privkey))
     }
 
     func note_language(_ privkey: String?) -> String? {
diff --git a/damus/Views/Events/Components/ReplyPart.swift b/damus/Views/Events/Components/ReplyPart.swift
index 1a301a48..de8dea00 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Events/Components/ReplyPart.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Events/Components/ReplyPart.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct ReplyPart: View {
     
     var body: some View {
         Group {
-            if event_is_reply(event, privkey: privkey) {
+            if event_is_reply(event.event_refs(privkey)) {
                 ReplyDescription(event: event, profiles: profiles)
             } else {
                 EmptyView()
diff --git a/damus/Views/Events/SelectedEventView.swift b/damus/Views/Events/SelectedEventView.swift
index 33dce7a1..bdb5e45c 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Events/SelectedEventView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Events/SelectedEventView.swift
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct SelectedEventView: View {
                 .minimumScaleFactor(0.75)
                 .lineLimit(1)
                 
-                if event_is_reply(event, privkey: damus.keypair.privkey) {
+                if event_is_reply(event.event_refs(damus.keypair.privkey)) {
                     ReplyDescription(event: event, profiles: damus.profiles)
                         .padding(.horizontal)
                 }
diff --git a/nostrdb/NdbNote.swift b/nostrdb/NdbNote.swift
index b8d1c7fa..28213168 100644
--- a/nostrdb/NdbNote.swift
+++ b/nostrdb/NdbNote.swift
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ extension NdbNote {
     }
 
     func is_reply(_ privkey: String?) -> Bool {
-        return event_is_reply(self, privkey: privkey)
+        return event_is_reply(self.event_refs(privkey))
     }
 
     func note_language(_ privkey: String?) -> String? {