diff --git a/modules/comment/js/comment.js b/modules/comment/js/comment.js
index bb204b78..3c8097c6 100644
--- a/modules/comment/js/comment.js
+++ b/modules/comment/js/comment.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function ajaxify_comment_form() {
     dataType: "json",
     success: function(data) {
       if (data.result == "success") {
-       $("#g-comments #g-comment-detail ul").append(data.view);
+        $("#g-comments #g-comment-detail ul").append(data.view);
         $("#g-comments #g-comment-detail ul li:last").effect("highlight", {color: "#cfc"}, 8000);
         $("#g-comment-form").hide(2000).remove();
         $("#g-no-comments-yet").hide(2000);
diff --git a/modules/comment/views/comments.html.php b/modules/comment/views/comments.html.php
index 0ed07c22..58ff1765 100644
--- a/modules/comment/views/comments.html.php
+++ b/modules/comment/views/comments.html.php
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
   <?= t("No comments yet. Be the first to <a %attrs>comment</a>!",
         array("attrs" => html::mark_clean("id= \"g-no-comments\" href=\"" . url::site("form/add/comments/{$item->id}") . "\" class=\"showCommentForm\""))) ?>
 </p>
+<ul>&nbsp;</ul>
 <? endif ?>
+<? if ($comments->count()): ?>
 <ul>
   <? foreach ($comments as $comment): ?>
   <li id="g-comment-<?= $comment->id ?>">
@@ -39,4 +41,5 @@
   </li>
   <? endforeach ?>
 </ul>
+<? endif ?>
 </div>