diff --git a/src/app/commands.ts b/src/app/commands.ts
index 27c1189e..e54d6989 100644
--- a/src/app/commands.ts
+++ b/src/app/commands.ts
@@ -460,11 +460,11 @@ export const makeComment = ({event, content, tags = []}: ReplyParams) => {
   if (seenRoots.size === 0) {
     tags.push(["K", String(event.kind)])
     tags.push(["E", event.id])
-  } else {
-    tags.push(["k", String(event.kind)])
-    tags.push(["e", event.id])
   }
 
+  tags.push(["k", String(event.kind)])
+  tags.push(["e", event.id])
+
   return createEvent(COMMENT, {content, tags})
 }