diff --git a/renderer/src/components/EditorPage/Scribex/ReferenceScribex.jsx b/renderer/src/components/EditorPage/Scribex/ReferenceScribex.jsx
index e667abf02..3cdbe3656 100644
--- a/renderer/src/components/EditorPage/Scribex/ReferenceScribex.jsx
+++ b/renderer/src/components/EditorPage/Scribex/ReferenceScribex.jsx
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export default function ReferenceScribex(props) {
   const {
     state: {
       fontSize,
-      projectScriptureDir,
     },
   } = useContext(ReferenceContext);
 
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ export default function ReferenceScribex(props) {
           fontFamily: font || 'sans-serif',
           fontSize: `${fontSize}rem`,
           lineHeight: (fontSize > 1.3) ? 1.5 : '',
-          direction: `${projectScriptureDir === 'RTL' ? 'rtl' : 'auto'}`,
         }}
     >
       <ReferenceEditor {..._props} />
diff --git a/renderer/src/layouts/editor/SectionPlaceholder1.js b/renderer/src/layouts/editor/SectionPlaceholder1.js
index 6752c2ccb..770bf7eb2 100644
--- a/renderer/src/layouts/editor/SectionPlaceholder1.js
+++ b/renderer/src/layouts/editor/SectionPlaceholder1.js
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ const SectionPlaceholder1 = ({ editor }) => {
         }
         if (_obsNavigation2 && referenceColumnOneData2.refName && referenceColumnOneData2.selectedResource === 'obs') {
           const fs = window.require('fs');
-          setStories2(core(fs, _obsNavigation2, referenceColumnOneData1.refName, user.username));
+          setStories2(core(fs, _obsNavigation2, referenceColumnOneData2.refName, user.username));
         }
       });
       // }