diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
index 688c1b1fe3..99bc647f9a 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/discussion_thread_view.coffee
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class @DiscussionThreadView extends Backbone.View
     body = @$("#wmd-input").val()
     response = new Comment(body: body, created_at: (new Date()).toISOString(), username: window.user.get("username"), votes: { up_count: 0 })
     @renderResponse(response)
+    @addComment()
 
     DiscussionUtil.safeAjax
       $elem: $(event.target)
diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_list_item_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_list_item_view.coffee
index 318acdca0a..de8ae74f05 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_list_item_view.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/thread_list_item_view.coffee
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ class @ThreadListItemView extends Backbone.View
   threadSelected: ->
     @trigger("thread:selected", @model.id)
     false
+
   follow: =>
     @$("a").addClass("followed")
+
   unfollow: =>
     @$("a").removeClass("followed")
+
   addComment: =>
     @$(".comments-count").html(parseInt(@$(".comments-count").html()) + 1)