diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index f84f3636..aebba89a 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             self.path.endswith('/newdm') or \
             self.path.endswith('/newreport') or \
             self.path.endswith('/newshare')):
-            msg=htmlNewPost(self.server.baseDir,self.path,inReplyToUrl,replyToList).encode()
+            msg=htmlNewPost(self.server.baseDir,self.path,inReplyToUrl,replyToList,None).encode()
             self._set_headers('text/html',len(msg),cookie)
             self.wfile.write(msg)
             self.server.GETbusy=False
@@ -2606,10 +2606,21 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             chooserNickname=getNicknameFromActor(originPathStr)
             length = int(self.headers['Content-length'])
             optionsConfirmParams=self.rfile.read(length).decode('utf-8').replace('%3A',':').replace('%2F','/')
+            # actor for the person
             optionsActor=optionsConfirmParams.split('actor=')[1]
-            optionsAvatarUrl=optionsConfirmParams.split('avatarUrl=')[1]
             if '&' in optionsActor:
                 optionsActor=optionsActor.split('&')[0]
+            # url of the avatar
+            optionsAvatarUrl=optionsConfirmParams.split('avatarUrl=')[1]
+            if '&' in optionsAvatarUrl:
+                optionsAvatarUrl=optionsAvatarUrl.split('&')[0]
+            # link to a post, which can then be included in reports
+            postUrl=None
+            if 'postUrl' in optionsConfirmParams:
+                postUrl=optionsConfirmParams.split('postUrl=')[1]
+                if '&' in postUrl:
+                    postUrl=postUrl.split('&')[0]
+                
             optionsNickname=getNicknameFromActor(optionsActor)
             optionsDomain,optionsPort=getDomainFromActor(optionsActor)
             optionsDomainFull=optionsDomain
@@ -2661,7 +2672,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             if '&submitReport=' in optionsConfirmParams:
                 if self.server.debug:
                     print('Reporting '+optionsActor)
-                msg=htmlNewPost(self.server.baseDir,self.path,None,[]).encode()
+                msg=htmlNewPost(self.server.baseDir,self.path,None,[],reportUrl).encode()
                 self._set_headers('text/html',len(msg),cookie)
                 self.wfile.write(msg)
                 self.server.POSTbusy=False
diff --git a/webinterface.py b/webinterface.py
index 09ab6f83..23e72be5 100644
--- a/webinterface.py
+++ b/webinterface.py
@@ -541,16 +541,9 @@ def htmlSuspended(baseDir: str) -> str:
         suspendedForm+=htmlFooter()
     return suspendedForm
 
-def htmlNewPost(baseDir: str,path: str,inReplyTo: str,mentions: []) -> str:
+def htmlNewPost(baseDir: str,path: str,inReplyTo: str,mentions: [],reportUrl: str) -> str:
     """New post screen
     """
-    reportUrl=None
-    if '/newreport?' in path:
-        if '?url=' in path:
-            reportUrl=path.split('?url=')[1]
-            if ';' in reportUrl:
-                reportUrl=reportUrl.split(';')[0]
-        path=path.split('/newreport?')[0]+'/newreport'
     replyStr=''
     if not path.endswith('/newshare'):
         if not path.endswith('/newreport'):