diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
index 4795e59..2572b50 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ func (self *httpFrontend) handle_postRequest(pr *postRequest, b bannedFunc, e er
 	// set message
 	nntp.message = nntpSanitize(pr.Message)
 
-	cites, err := self.daemon.database.FindCitesInText(nntp.message)
+	cites, err := self.daemon.database.FindCitesInText(pr.Message)
 	if err != nil {
 		e(err)
 		return
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/postgres.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/postgres.go
index 37436a6..c83b78f 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/postgres.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/postgres.go
@@ -1921,15 +1921,14 @@ func (self *PostgresDatabase) GetNewsgroupList() (list NewsgroupList, err error)
 func (self *PostgresDatabase) FindCitesInText(text string) (msgids []string, err error) {
 	hashes := findBacklinks(text)
 	if len(hashes) > 0 {
-		q := "SELECT message_id FROM Articles WHERE message_id_hash IN ( "
+		q := "SELECT message_id FROM Articles WHERE "
 		var params []string
 		var qparams []interface{}
 		for idx := range hashes {
-			params = append(params, fmt.Sprintf("$%d", idx+1))
-			qparams = append(qparams, hashes[idx])
+			params = append(params, fmt.Sprintf(" message_id_hash ILIKE $%d", idx+1))
+			qparams = append(qparams, strings.Trim(hashes[idx][2:], " ")+"%")
 		}
-		q += strings.Join(params, ", ")
-		q += " )"
+		q += strings.Join(params, " OR ")
 		var rows *sql.Rows
 		rows, err = self.conn.Query(q, qparams...)
 		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {