diff --git a/perl/string_helpers.pm b/perl/string_helpers.pm
index 7f3399d..622f51c 100644
--- a/perl/string_helpers.pm
+++ b/perl/string_helpers.pm
@@ -50,7 +50,16 @@ sub format_username
 
 sub get_mentions_from_content
 {
-    my $status = shift;
+    my ($ssn, $status) = @_;
+    my $result = '';
+    my $acct;
     # todo
-    "";
+    while ($status->{'content'} =~
+           /<a .*?href=\"https?:\/\/(.*?)\/(?:@|users\/|u\/)?(.*?)?\".*?>@(?:<span>)?.*?(?:<\/span>)?/gs)
+    {
+        $acct = $2 . '@' . $1;
+        $result .= '@' . $acct . ' ' if $ssn->{account}->{acct} eq $acct;
+    }
+    ($status->{account}->{acct} eq $ssn->{account}->{acct})
+        ? $result : '@' . $status->{account}->{acct} . ' ' . $result;
 }
diff --git a/src/reply.c b/src/reply.c
index 7203cde..2e9dc0b 100644
--- a/src/reply.c
+++ b/src/reply.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ char* construct_post_box(struct mstdnt_status* reply_status,
  *    so we just grep for regex href
  *  - Misskey/Mastodon adds an @ symbol in the href param, while pleroma adds /users and honk adds /u
  */
-#define REGEX_REPLY "<a .*?href=\"https?:\\/\\/(.*?)\\/(?:@|users/|u/)?(.*?)?\".*?>@(?:<span>)?.*?(?:<\\/span>)?"
+#define REGEX_REPLY ""
 
 char* reply_status(struct session* ssn, char* id, struct mstdnt_status* status)
 {
diff --git a/templates/postbox.tt b/templates/postbox.tt
index 83f274e..46b4c06 100644
--- a/templates/postbox.tt
+++ b/templates/postbox.tt
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
         <input type="hidden" name="replyid" value="[% status.in_reply_to_id %]">
     [% END %]
     <div class="statusbox">
-        <textarea name="content" placeholder="Just landed in N.Y." rows="5">
-            [%- IF status -%]
-                [%- mentionify(status) -%] 
-            [%- END -%]
-        </textarea>
+        <textarea name="content" placeholder="Just landed in N.Y." rows="5">[% IF status %][% mentionify(ssn, status) %][% END %]</textarea>
         <div class="statusfooter">
             <div class="statusfooter-left">
                 <label>