Your correct it does position it just over the saftey. I didnt realise this when I bought it and was VERY disappointed. Not sure what the thought process was behind the design but it was borderline unusable, and it blocked the saftey! The owner made me a second one positioned forward like the KD releases but the thin metal construction bent when it caught on my chest rig mag pouches. The original design was ment to install over the saftey(again super dumb), so it stuck out quite a bit and caught on alot of stuff.
On the positive side the owner at XG did make a 3rd version for me out of thicker material, but I havent had time to test it out yet. My recommendation would still be to try and find a way to stick with the KD designed release