diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index a38d8894b..ab2b9a3d2 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -19225,6 +19225,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 print('WARN: no nickname found when receiving ' + post_type +
                       ' path ' + path)
                 return -1
+
             # get the message id of an edited post
             edited_postid = None
             if '?editid=' in path:
diff --git a/webapp_create_post.py b/webapp_create_post.py
index 8a305e93b..c2ce7fd1b 100644
--- a/webapp_create_post.py
+++ b/webapp_create_post.py
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ def html_new_post(edit_post_params: {},
             conversation_id = edited_post_json['object']['conversation']
         if edit_post_params.get('replyTo'):
             in_reply_to = edit_post_params['replyTo']
+        if box_name == 'dm':
+            mentions = edited_post_json['object']['to']
 
     # default subject line or content warning
     default_subject = ''