diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/mustache_helpers.py b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/mustache_helpers.py
index 48a38be29b..b3b5daaa01 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/mustache_helpers.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/django_comment_client/mustache_helpers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+import django.core.urlresolvers as urlresolvers
 import urllib
+import sys
+import inspect
 
 def pluralize(content, text):
     num, word = text.split(' ')
@@ -9,10 +11,10 @@ def pluralize(content, text):
         return num + ' ' + word
 
 def url_for_user(content, user_id):
-    return reverse('django_comment_client.forum.views.user_profile', args=[content['course_id'], user_id])
+    return urlresolvers.reverse('django_comment_client.forum.views.user_profile', args=[content['course_id'], user_id])
 
-def url_for_tags(content, tags): # assume that tags is in the format u'a, b, c'
-    return reverse('django_comment_client.forum.views.forum_form_discussion', args=[content['course_id']]) + '?' + urllib.urlencode({'tags': tags})
+def url_for_tags(content, tags): # assume that attribute 'tags' is in the format u'a, b, c'
+    return urlresolvers.reverse('django_comment_client.forum.views.forum_form_discussion', args=[content['course_id']]) + '?' + urllib.urlencode({'tags': tags})
 
 def close_thread_text(content):
     if content.get('closed'):
@@ -20,9 +22,7 @@ def close_thread_text(content):
     else:
         return 'Close thread'
 
-mustache_helpers = {
-    'pluralize': pluralize,
-    'url_for_tags': url_for_tags,
-    'url_for_user': url_for_user,
-    'close_thread_text': close_thread_text,
-}
+current_module = sys.modules[__name__]
+all_functions = inspect.getmembers(current_module, inspect.isfunction)
+
+mustache_helpers = {k: v for k, v in all_functions if not k.startswith('_')}
diff --git a/lms/lib/comment_client/settings.py b/lms/lib/comment_client/settings.py
index f64726335f..75a107d0c9 100644
--- a/lms/lib/comment_client/settings.py
+++ b/lms/lib/comment_client/settings.py
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ else:
     SERVICE_HOST = 'http://localhost:4567'
 
 PREFIX = SERVICE_HOST + '/api/v1'
+
+API_KEY = "PUT_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
diff --git a/lms/lib/comment_client/utils.py b/lms/lib/comment_client/utils.py
index 16b1952303..4e8beec079 100644
--- a/lms/lib/comment_client/utils.py
+++ b/lms/lib/comment_client/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import requests
 import json
+import settings
 
 def strip_none(dic):
     return dict([(k, v) for k, v in dic.iteritems() if v is not None])
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ def merge_dict(dic1, dic2):
     return dict(dic1.items() + dic2.items())
     
 def perform_request(method, url, data_or_params=None, *args, **kwargs):
+    data_or_params['api_key'] = settings.API_KEY
     if method in ['post', 'put', 'patch']:
         response = requests.request(method, url, data=data_or_params)
     else: