diff --git a/src/components/backlinks.tsx b/src/components/backlinks.tsx
index 75bd439..a767852 100644
--- a/src/components/backlinks.tsx
+++ b/src/components/backlinks.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ const BacklinkRecords = (props: BacklinksProps & { cursor?: string }) => {
           return (
             <RecordHoverCard
               uri={uri}
-              hoverDelay={300}
               class="block"
               trigger={
                 <a
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ const BacklinkRecords = (props: BacklinksProps & { cursor?: string }) => {
                   <span class="text-blue-500 dark:text-blue-400">{rkey}</span>
                   <DidHoverCard
                     did={did}
-                    hoverDelay={300}
                     class="min-w-0"
                     trigger={
                       <a
diff --git a/src/components/hover-card/did.tsx b/src/components/hover-card/did.tsx
index 913fdfb..3d4b8f7 100644
--- a/src/components/hover-card/did.tsx
+++ b/src/components/hover-card/did.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const DidHoverCard = (props: DidHoverCardProps) => {
       label={props.did}
       newTab={props.newTab}
       onHover={handlePrefetch}
-      hoverDelay={props.hoverDelay}
+      hoverDelay={props.hoverDelay ?? 300}
       trigger={props.trigger}
       class={props.class}
       labelClass={props.labelClass}
diff --git a/src/components/hover-card/record.tsx b/src/components/hover-card/record.tsx
index 586e414..6be46b6 100644
--- a/src/components/hover-card/record.tsx
+++ b/src/components/hover-card/record.tsx
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const RecordHoverCard = (props: RecordHoverCardProps) => {
       label={props.uri}
       newTab={props.newTab}
       onHover={handlePrefetch}
-      hoverDelay={props.hoverDelay}
+      hoverDelay={props.hoverDelay ?? 300}
       trigger={props.trigger}
       class={props.class}
       labelClass={props.labelClass}