diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/compose.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/compose.js
index bb64745ea5..387982325c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/compose.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/actions/compose.js
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ export function submitCompose(overridePrivacy = null, successCallback = undefine
       });
     }
 
+    const visibility = overridePrivacy || getState().getIn(['compose', 'privacy']);
     api().request({
       url: statusId === null ? '/api/v1/statuses' : `/api/v1/statuses/${statusId}`,
       method: statusId === null ? 'post' : 'put',
@@ -250,11 +251,11 @@ export function submitCompose(overridePrivacy = null, successCallback = undefine
         media_attributes,
         sensitive: getState().getIn(['compose', 'sensitive']) || (spoilerText.length > 0 && media.size !== 0),
         spoiler_text: spoilerText,
-        visibility: overridePrivacy || getState().getIn(['compose', 'privacy']),
+        visibility: visibility,
         poll: getState().getIn(['compose', 'poll'], null),
         language: getState().getIn(['compose', 'language']),
         quoted_status_id: getState().getIn(['compose', 'quoted_status_id']),
-        quote_approval_policy: getState().getIn(['compose', 'quote_policy']),
+        quote_approval_policy: visibility === 'private' || visibility === 'direct' ? 'nobody' : getState().getIn(['compose', 'quote_policy']),
       },
       headers: {
         'Idempotency-Key': getState().getIn(['compose', 'idempotencyKey']),
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/visibility_modal.tsx b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/visibility_modal.tsx
index d74fce3e89..4bd6063a19 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/visibility_modal.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/components/visibility_modal.tsx
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export const VisibilityModal: FC<VisibilityModalProps> = forwardRef(
                 items={quoteItems}
                 onChange={handleQuotePolicyChange}
                 classPrefix='visibility-dropdown'
-                current={quotePolicy}
+                current={disableQuotePolicy ? 'nobody' : quotePolicy}
                 title={intl.formatMessage(messages.buttonTitle)}
                 disabled={disableQuotePolicy}
                 id={quoteDropdownId}