diff --git a/src/components/UniversalPostRenderer.tsx b/src/components/UniversalPostRenderer.tsx
index 4abf0ea..c0e7996 100644
--- a/src/components/UniversalPostRenderer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/UniversalPostRenderer.tsx
@@ -306,12 +306,13 @@ export function UniversalPostRendererATURILoader({
         filterMustBeReply={filterMustBeReply}
       />
       <>
-        {maxReplies && maxReplies === 0 && replies && replies > 0 ? (
+        {maxReplies !== undefined && maxReplies === 0 && replies && replies > 0 ? (
           <>
             <MoreReplies atUri={atUri} />
           </>
         ) : (
-          <></>
+          <>
+          </>
         )}
       </>
       {!isQuote && oldestOpsReplyElseNewestNonOpsReply && (
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ function MoreReplies({ atUri }: { atUri: string }) {
           params: { did: aturio.host, rkey: aturio.rkey },
         })
       }
-      className="border-b border-gray-300 dark:border-gray-800 flex flex-row px-4 cursor-pointer hover:bg-gray-50 dark:hover:bg-gray-900 transition-colors"
+      className="border-b border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-800 flex flex-row px-4 cursor-pointer hover:bg-gray-50 dark:hover:bg-gray-900 transition-colors"
     >
       <div className="w-[42px] h-12 flex flex-col items-center justify-center">
         <div
diff --git a/src/routes/profile.$did/post.$rkey.tsx b/src/routes/profile.$did/post.$rkey.tsx
index fdf5b68..14654dd 100644
--- a/src/routes/profile.$did/post.$rkey.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/profile.$did/post.$rkey.tsx
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ export function ProfilePostComponent({
     }
   }, [parentsLoading, mainPost, showMainPostRoute]);
 
+  const directparent = mainPost?.value.reply?.parent.uri;
+
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!mainPost?.value?.reply?.parent?.uri) {
       setParents([]);
@@ -418,7 +420,7 @@ export function ProfilePostComponent({
     let ignore = false;
     const fetchParents = async () => {
       setParentsLoading(true);
-      const parentChain: any[] = [];
+      const parentChain: ({uri: string;cid: string;value: any;} | undefined)[] = [];
       let currentParentUri = mainPost?.value.reply?.parent.uri;
       const MAX_PARENTS = 25;
       let safetyCounter = 0;
@@ -433,6 +435,14 @@ export function ProfilePostComponent({
           currentParentUri = parentPost.value?.reply?.parent?.uri;
         } catch (error) {
           console.error("Failed to fetch a parent post:", error);
+          // its okay to always add one invalid parent then stop
+          if (currentParentUri){
+            parentChain.push({
+              uri: currentParentUri,
+              cid: "sorry",
+              value: "sorry",
+            })
+          }
           break;
         }
         safetyCounter++;
@@ -499,7 +509,7 @@ export function ProfilePostComponent({
           <UniversalPostRendererATURILoader
             atUri={atUri!}
             detailed={true}
-            topReplyLine={parentsLoading || parents.length > 0}
+            topReplyLine={parentsLoading || parents.length > 0 || !!directparent}
             nopics={!!nopics}
             lightboxCallback={lightboxCallback}
           />