The Reds lost a whopping eight of their own lineouts during the match as Force duo Jeremy Williams and Darcy Swain wreaked havoc.
The horror display at the line-out looked set to cost Queensland victory until scrumhalf Tate McDermott popped up in the 73rd minute to score the match-winning try.
The Reds will regain back rowers Harry Wilson (rested) and Fraser McReight (AC joint) for Friday's top-of-the-table clash with the Chiefs in New Zealand.
And with Liam Wright not far behind them, the Reds' personnel in the lineout will look vastly different to the one that fronted up against the Force.
"That's not a lot of work," Kiss said of the job of fixing his team's lineout.Â
"Let's not catastrophise. We don't get into that space.
"We make sure we work on the pragmatics of what makes it better."
Fullback Jock Campbell (hand) is also in the running to return against the Chiefs.
The win over the Force thrust Queensland to the top of the table for the first time since 2012.
It also marked the second time this season Queensland had struck gold at the death to sink the Force, with both scorelines reading 28-24.
The Force led 24-21 following Ben Donaldson's 58th-minute penalty, and the Reds went down to 14 men when John Bryant was yellow-carded in the 68th minute.
But a huge referee mistake in the 70th minute proved to be decisive.
The Force were just inside their own 22m when they won their own lineout and got the ball back to Donaldson to successfully kick for touch.
But the referee deemed the line-out throw had occurred outside of the 22m, meaning the Reds were given the lineout 10m from the Force tryline instead of halfway up the field.
McDermott scored the winning try a few minutes later, and Force coach Simon Cron was left angry by the big mistake.
"It's a big moment with nine minutes to go - from inside our 22m to kick that out to halfway, and end up 10m from our line," Cron said.
"I haven't watched the tape, but the hooker was well inside the 22m (for the lineout throw).
"For me it was a big moment, and there's a team of four (officials) there.
"I'd like them to go back and revisit that and give me some clarity around what's happened.
"It looked pretty crystal clear to me."
Stand-in Reds captain Ryan Smith was proud of his team's fighting effort, but is taking nothing for granted ahead of big tests against the Chiefs and Brumbies over the next fortnight.
"It's a cool achievement (to be on top of the ladder), but there's definitely some tough games coming up," Smith said.
"There's no point being in this round and being top of the table - you've got to be deep into the finals, that's where it's important."
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