diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Comments/CommentBoxList.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Comments/CommentBoxList.js
index d520a5d41a2e4a66d073321a358be8eb9c2b3c24..2e50088d71f1cb3fb7eba9e2abb729162b199253 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Comments/CommentBoxList.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Comments/CommentBoxList.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class CommentBoxList extends Component {
       if (entry.id === active) isActive = true
 
       // get position of annotation in editor
-      const annotationEl = document.querySelector('comment[data-id="' + entry.id + '"]')
+      const annotationEl = document.querySelector('span[data-id="' + entry.id + '"]')
 
       if (annotationEl) {
         annotationTop = (self.hasCssClass(annotationEl.offsetParent, 'sc-isolated-node'))