diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/response_comment_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/response_comment_view.coffee
index 351f0f5689..a3c6554db7 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/response_comment_view.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/response_comment_view.coffee
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 class @ResponseCommentView extends DiscussionContentView
   tagName: "li"
   template: _.template($("#response-comment-template").html())
+  initLocal: ->
+    @$local = @$el.find(".response-local")
+    @$delegateElement = @$local
+
   render: ->
     @$el.html(@template(@model.toJSON()))
+    @initLocal()
+    @delegateEvents()
     @renderAttrs()
     @$(".timeago").timeago()
     @convertMath()
diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_response_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_response_view.coffee
index fa35273d00..70dd56427e 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_response_view.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_response_view.coffee
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class @ThreadResponseView extends DiscussionContentView
 
   events:
       "click .vote-btn": "toggleVote"
-      "submit form": "submitComment"
+      "submit .comment-form": "submitComment"
       "click .action-endorse": "toggleEndorse"
       "click .action-delete": "delete"
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html b/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html
index ee95045e07..d4de59be90 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/_underscore_templates.html
@@ -45,20 +45,20 @@
 </script>
 
 <script type="text/template" id="thread-response-template">
-    <header class="local">
+    <header class="response-local">
         <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="vote-btn" data-tooltip="vote"><span class="plus-icon"></span><span class="votes-count-number">${"<%- votes['up_count'] %>"}</span></a>
         <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="endorse-btn${'<% if (endorsed) { %> is-endorsed<% } %>'} action-endorse" style="cursor: default" data-tooltip="endorse"><span class="check-icon" style="pointer-events: none; "></span></a>
         <a href="${'<%- user_url %>'}" class="posted-by">${"<%- username %>"}</a>
         <p class="posted-details" title="${'<%- created_at %>'}">Sometime</p>
     </header>
-    <div class="local"><div class="response-body">${"<%- body %>"}</div></div>
-    <ul class="moderator-actions local">
+    <div class="response-local"><div class="response-body">${"<%- body %>"}</div></div>
+    <ul class="moderator-actions response-local">
         <li style="display: none"><a class="action-edit" href="javascript:void(0)"><span class="edit-icon"></span> Edit</a></li>
         <li style="display: none"><a class="action-delete" href="javascript:void(0)"><span class="delete-icon"></span> Delete</a></li>
         <li style="display: none"><a class="action-openclose" href="javascript:void(0)"><span class="edit-icon"></span> Close</a></li>
     </ul>
     <ol class="comments">
-        <li>
+        <li class="response-local">
             <form class="comment-form">
                 <input type="text" placeholder="Comment..." class="comment-form-input">
             </form>