diff --git a/desktop/src-common/advent/actions.clj b/desktop/src-common/advent/actions.clj
index 6cb57c79..1aa03513 100644
--- a/desktop/src-common/advent/actions.clj
+++ b/desktop/src-common/advent/actions.clj
@@ -258,9 +258,7 @@
                                         (.getRegionHeight (get-in entities [:room :entities target-id :object])))
                              scaled (get-in entities [:room :entities target-id :scaled])
                              scale-fn (get-in entities [:room :scale-fn])
-                             scale (if scaled
-                                     (scale-fn [target-x target-y])
-                                     1)
+                             scale (get-in entities [:room :entities target-id :scale-y] 1)
                              height (* scale height)]
                          (screen! dialogue/talking-screen :on-talk :text text 
                                :x target-x :y (+ (get-in entities [:room :entities target-id :y]) height)