diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readerhighlight.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readerhighlight.lua
index f6e5bcd99..eea149ae9 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readerhighlight.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readerhighlight.lua
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ end
 function ReaderHighlight:lookup(selected_word)
 	-- if we extracted text directly
 	if selected_word.word then
-		local word_box = self.view:pageToScreenTransform(selected_word.page, selected_word.sbox)
+		local word_box = self.view:pageToScreenTransform(self.hold_pos.page, selected_word.sbox)
 		self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("LookupWord", self, selected_word.word, word_box))
 	-- or we will do OCR
 	else