diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index f5046cb..68bee9e 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -804,11 +804,13 @@ pub async fn parse_post(post: &Value) -> Post {
 
 	let permalink = val(post, "permalink");
 
+	let post_id = val(post, "id");
+
 	let poll = Poll::parse(&post["data"]["poll_data"]);
 
 	let body = if val(post, "removed_by_category") == "moderator" {
 		format!(
-			"<div class=\"md\"><p>[removed] — <a href=\"https://{}{permalink}\">view removed post</a></p></div>",
+			"<div class=\"md\"><p>[removed] — <a href=\"https://{}?comments={post_id}\">view removed post</a></p></div>",
 			get_setting("REDLIB_PUSHSHIFT_FRONTEND").unwrap_or_else(|| String::from(crate::config::DEFAULT_PUSHSHIFT_FRONTEND)),
 		)
 	} else {