diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.cpp
index d823414de..dd177e462 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.cpp
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ void GxsCreateCommentDialog::createComment()
 {
 	RsGxsComment comment;
 
-	QString text = ui->commentTextEdit->toHtml();
-	RsHtml::optimizeHtml(text);
+    QString text = ui->commentTextEdit->toPlainText();
+    // RsHtml::optimizeHtml(text);
 	std::string msg = text.toUtf8().constData();
 
 	comment.mComment = msg;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.ui
index 1825bcf55..f59dd4aaf 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxs/GxsCreateCommentDialog.ui
@@ -157,8 +157,11 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
         <property name="styleSheet">
          <string notr="true"/>
         </property>
+        <property name="acceptRichText">
+         <bool>false</bool>
+        </property>
         <property name="placeholderText">
-         <string>Type your comment</string>
+         <string>Type in your comment</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
@@ -241,9 +244,6 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
- <resources>
-  <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
-  <include location="../images.qrc"/>
- </resources>
+ <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>