diff --git a/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
index 8d2cb63aa..2c7df84cf 100644
--- a/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class MessagesController < ApplicationController
     @reply.safe_attributes = params[:reply]
     @reply.content = @quote + @reply.content
     @reply.subject = "RE: #{@topic.subject}" unless params[:reply][:subject]
-    @reply.reply_id = @message.author
+    # @reply.reply_id = params[:id]
     @topic.children << @reply
     user_activity = UserActivity.where("act_type='Message' and act_id =#{@topic.id}").first
     user_activity.updated_at = Time.now