diff --git a/pleroma-comments.lua b/pleroma-comments.lua
index 9581370..2b9d0d5 100644
--- a/pleroma-comments.lua
+++ b/pleroma-comments.lua
@@ -127,12 +127,6 @@ function combine_tables(a,b)
     return a
 end
 
-function get_opening_post(host, post_id)
-    local url = "https://" .. host .. "/api/v1/statuses" .. post_id
-    print(url)
-    local received = get(url)
-end
-
 function get_url_from_pandoc_str(pandoc_str) 
     local str = pandoc.utils.stringify(pandoc_str)
     -- 1 = protocol, 2 = host ...
@@ -147,6 +141,12 @@ function get_url_from_pandoc_str(pandoc_str)
     return link, host, id
 end
 
+function get_status(host, post_id)
+    local url = "https://" .. host .. "/api/v1/statuses/" .. post_id
+    print(url)
+    return get(url)
+end
+
 function get_replies(host, id)
     local url = "https://" .. host ..  "/api/v1/statuses/" .. id .. "/context"
     print(url)
@@ -170,12 +170,10 @@ function Meta(meta)
         table.insert(hrefs, 
             {link = link, id = id}
         )
+        local op = get_status(host, id)
+        table.insert(all_replies, op)
         local replies = get_replies(host, id)
-        if #all_replies == 0 then
-            all_replies = replies
-        else
-            combine_tables(all_replies, replies)
-        end
+        combine_tables(all_replies, replies)
     end
     table.sort(all_replies, 
         function(a, b)