diff --git a/src/pages/stream/stream.ts b/src/pages/stream/stream.ts
index 03e501f..5ecec86 100644
--- a/src/pages/stream/stream.ts
+++ b/src/pages/stream/stream.ts
@@ -326,7 +326,11 @@ export class NewPostModal {
     if (navParams.data.type === 'reply') {
       this.replyid = navParams.data.post.id;
       this.options = {replyTo: this.replyid};
-      this.ptext = "@" + navParams.data.post.user.username + " ";
+      if (navParams.data.post.user.username !== this.myUsername) {
+        this.ptext = "@" + navParams.data.post.user.username + " ";
+      } else {
+        this.ptext = ""
+      }
       if (navParams.data.post.content.entities) {
         if (navParams.data.post.content.entities.mentions) {
           this.ptext = this.ptext + this.parseMentions(navParams.data.post.content.entities.mentions);