diff --git a/pkg/arvo/mar/publish/comment.hoon b/pkg/arvo/mar/publish/comment.hoon
index 9aabaf7d4..69538108c 100644
--- a/pkg/arvo/mar/publish/comment.hoon
+++ b/pkg/arvo/mar/publish/comment.hoon
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
       ==
     ++  both-parser
       ;~  pose
+        %+  cook
+          |=  [author=@ date-created=@da content=@t]
+          ^-  comment
+          [author date-created content %.n]
         new-parser
         %+  cook
           |=  [author=@ @ @ date-created=@da @ content=@t]