diff --git a/src/screens/PostThread/index.tsx b/src/screens/PostThread/index.tsx
index 21a3a1dbbd..f0b68a2e1c 100644
--- a/src/screens/PostThread/index.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/PostThread/index.tsx
@@ -110,16 +110,19 @@ export function Inner({uri}: {uri: string | undefined}) {
    * handler scrolls the `List` to the top of the highlighted post after
    * parents are prepended, offset by any fixed elements like the header.
    */
-  const hasScrolledToAnchor = useRef(false)
+  {
+    /* const hasScrolledToAnchor = useRef(false) */
+  }
   const onContentSizeChangeWebOnly = web(() => {
     const anchorElement = anchorRef.current as any as Element
     const headerElement = headerRef.current as any as Element
     if (
       anchorElement &&
       headerElement &&
-      !deferParents &&
-      !hasScrolledToAnchor.current
+      !deferParents
+      //!hasScrolledToAnchor.current
     ) {
+      console.log('HANDLE')
       // distance from top of the list (screen)
       const anchorOffsetTop = anchorElement.getBoundingClientRect().top
       const headerHeight = headerElement.getBoundingClientRect().height
@@ -131,11 +134,20 @@ export function Inner({uri}: {uri: string | undefined}) {
        * at all.
        */
       if (scrollPosition >= headerHeight) {
+        console.log('Scrolling to anchor post at', scrollPosition)
         listRef.current?.scrollToOffset({
           animated: false,
           offset: scrollPosition,
         })
-        hasScrolledToAnchor.current = true
+        {
+          /* hasScrolledToAnchor.current = true */
+        }
+      } else {
+        console.log('Scrolling to first position')
+        listRef.current?.scrollToOffset({
+          animated: false,
+          offset: headerHeight * -1,
+        })
       }
     }
   })