diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
index 456776f42..da43054c1 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/api/graph.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,42 @@ import {makeResource, resourceFromPath} from '../lib/group';
 import {GroupPolicy, Enc, Post, NodeMap, Content} from '~/types';
 import { numToUd, unixToDa } from '~/logic/lib/util';
 
+export const createBlankNodeWithChildPost = (
+  parentIndex: string = '',
+  childIndex: string = '',
+  contents: Content[]
+) => {
+  const date = unixToDa(Date.now()).toString();
+  const nodeIndex = parentIndex + '/' + date;
+
+  const childGraph = {};
+  childGraph[childIndex] = {
+    post: {
+      author: `~${window.ship}`,
+      index: nodeIndex + '/' + childIndex,
+      'time-sent': Date.now(),
+      contents,
+      hash: null,
+      signatures: []
+    },
+    children: { empty: null }
+  };
+
+  return {
+    post: {
+      author: `~${window.ship}`,
+      index: nodeIndex,
+      'time-sent': Date.now(),
+      contents: [],
+      hash: null,
+      signatures: []
+    },
+    children: {
+      graph: childGraph
+    }
+  };  
+};
+
 export const createPost = (contents: Content[], parentIndex: string = '') => {
   return {
     author: `~${window.ship}`,
@@ -38,6 +74,7 @@ export default class GraphApi extends BaseApi<StoreState> {
   }
 
   private hookAction(ship: Patp, action: any): Promise<any> {
+    console.log(action);
     return this.action('graph-push-hook', 'graph-update', action);
   }
 
@@ -150,6 +187,19 @@ export default class GraphApi extends BaseApi<StoreState> {
     });
   }
 
+  addNode(ship: Patp, name: string, node: Object) {
+    let nodes = {};
+    const resource = { ship, name };
+    nodes[node.post.index] = node;
+
+    return this.hookAction(ship, {
+      'add-nodes': {
+        resource,
+        nodes
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   addNodes(ship: Patp, name: string, nodes: Object) {
     return this.hookAction(ship, {
       'add-nodes': {
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/publish.ts b/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/publish.ts
index 4317f069c..8e44e423a 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/publish.ts
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/logic/lib/publish.ts
@@ -84,12 +84,25 @@ export function getLatestRevision(node: GraphNode): [number, string, string, Pos
   }
   const [revNum, rev] = [...revs.children][0];
   if(!rev) {
-    return empty
+    return empty;
   }
   const [title, body] = rev.post.contents as TextContent[];
   return [revNum.toJSNumber(), title.text, body.text, rev.post];
 }
 
+export function getLatestCommentRevision(node: GraphNode): [number, Post] {
+  const empty = [1, buntPost()] as [number, Post];
+  if (node.children.size <= 0) {
+    return empty;
+  }
+  const [revNum, rev] = [...node.children][0];
+  if(!rev) {
+    return empty;
+  }
+  return [revNum.toJSNumber(), rev.post];
+}
+
+
 export function getComments(node: GraphNode): GraphNode {
   const comments = node.children.get(bigInt(2));
   if(!comments) {
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx
index 4186848e1..0505451ae 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/CommentItem.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { GraphNode, TextContent } from '~/types/graph-update';
 import tokenizeMessage from '~/logic/lib/tokenizeMessage';
 import { LocalUpdateRemoteContentPolicy } from '~/types';
 import { MentionText } from '~/views/components/MentionText';
+import { getLatestCommentRevision } from '~/logic/lib/publish';
 
 const ClickBox = styled(Box)`
   cursor: pointer;
@@ -27,24 +28,22 @@ interface CommentItemProps {
 }
 
 export function CommentItem(props: CommentItemProps) {
-  const { ship, contacts, name, api, remoteContentPolicy } = props;
-  const commentData = props.comment?.post;
-  const comment = commentData.contents;
-
-  const disabled = props.pending || window.ship !== commentData.author;
+  const { ship, contacts, name, api, remoteContentPolicy, comment } = props;
+  const [revNum, post] = getLatestCommentRevision(comment);
+  const disabled = props.pending || window.ship !== post?.author;
 
   const onDelete = async () => {
-    await api.graph.removeNodes(ship, name, [commentData?.index]);
+    await api.graph.removeNodes(ship, name, [comment.post?.index]);
   };
 
   return (
-    <Box mb={4} opacity={commentData?.pending ? '60%' : '100%'}>
+    <Box mb={4} opacity={post?.pending ? '60%' : '100%'}>
       <Row bg="white" my={3}>
         <Author
           showImage
           contacts={contacts}
-          ship={commentData?.author}
-          date={commentData?.['time-sent']}
+          ship={post?.author}
+          date={post?.['time-sent']}
           hideAvatars={props.hideAvatars}
           hideNicknames={props.hideNicknames}
         >
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ export function CommentItem(props: CommentItemProps) {
       <Box mb={2}>
         <MentionText
           contacts={contacts}
-          content={comment}
+          content={post?.contents}
           remoteContentPolicy={remoteContentPolicy}
         />
       </Box>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/Comments.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/Comments.tsx
index 2ed61075c..f3b165213 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/components/Comments.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/components/Comments.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Contacts } from '~/types/contact-update';
 import GlobalApi from '~/logic/api/global';
 import { FormikHelpers } from 'formik';
 import { GraphNode } from '~/types/graph-update';
-import { createPost } from '~/logic/api/graph';
+import { createPost, createBlankNodeWithChildPost } from '~/logic/api/graph';
 import { LocalUpdateRemoteContentPolicy } from '~/types';
 import { scanForMentions } from '~/logic/lib/graph';
 
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ export function Comments(props: CommentsProps) {
   ) => {
     try {
       const content = scanForMentions(comment);
-      const post = createPost(content, comments?.post?.index);
-      await api.graph.addPost(ship, name, post);
+      const node = createBlankNodeWithChildPost(
+        comments?.post?.index,
+        '1',
+        content
+      );
+      await api.graph.addNode(ship, name, node);
       actions.resetForm();
       actions.setStatus({ success: null });
     } catch (e) {