diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeReplyView.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeReplyView.swift
index 601243f2..f7b1a441 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeReplyView.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Compose/ComposeReplyView.swift
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct ComposeReplyView: View {
                 .frame(height: contentHeight ?? 0)
             }
         }
+        .frame(minHeight: 50, alignment: .top)
     }
     
     private func replyAvatarImage(geometry: GeometryProxy) -> some View {
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ struct ComposeReplyView: View {
         offset = max(offset, 0)
         
         // subtract 50, because we care about where the bottom of the view is but the offset is relative to the top of the view
-        let maxOffset = (contentHeight ?? 0) + (displayNameHeight ?? 0) - 50
+        let maxOffset = max((contentHeight ?? 0) + (displayNameHeight ?? 0) - 50, 0)
         
         // once you scroll past the in-reply-to-content, the bottom of the avatar should be pinned to the bottom of the content
         offset = min(offset, maxOffset)