diff --git a/client/coral-embed/src/index.js b/client/coral-embed/src/index.js
index 82eea8ef7..3f3c63ba3 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed/src/index.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed/src/index.js
@@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ Talk.render = function(el, opts) {
   // Compose the query to send down to the Talk API so it knows what to load.
   let query = {};
 
-  query.comment_id = window.location.hash.slice(1);
+  let urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+
+  query.comment_id = urlParams.get('commentId');
+
   query.asset_id = opts.asset_id;
 
   query.asset_url = opts.asset_url;