diff --git a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsgxschannels.h b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsgxschannels.h
index d9bf6c7a7..23ffc9a6c 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsgxschannels.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsgxschannels.h
@@ -328,8 +328,11 @@ public:
 	        std::vector<RsGxsChannelGroup>& channelsInfo ) = 0;
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief Get all channel messages and comments in a given channel
-	 * @jsonapi{development}
+     * @brief Get all channel messages, comments and votes in a given channel
+     * @note It's the client's responsibility to figure out which message (resp. comment)
+     * a comment (resp. vote) refers to.
+     *
+     * @jsonapi{development}
 	 * @param[in] channelId id of the channel of which the content is requested
 	 * @param[out] posts storage for posts
 	 * @param[out] comments storage for the comments
@@ -342,11 +345,13 @@ public:
 	                                   std::vector<RsGxsVote>& votes ) = 0;
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief Get channel messages and comments corresponding to the given IDs.
-	 * If the set is empty, nothing is returned.
-	 * @note Since comments are internally themselves messages, it is possible
-	 * to get comments only by supplying their IDs.
-	 * @jsonapi{development}
+     * @brief Get channel messages, comments and votes corresponding to the given IDs.
+     * @note Since comments are internally themselves messages, this function actually
+     * returns the data for messages, comments or votes that have the given ID.
+     * It *does not* automatically retrieve the comments or votes for a given message
+     * which Id you supplied.
+     *
+     * @jsonapi{development}
 	 * @param[in] channelId id of the channel of which the content is requested
 	 * @param[in] contentsIds ids of requested contents
 	 * @param[out] posts storage for posts
@@ -361,8 +366,9 @@ public:
 	                                std::vector<RsGxsVote>& votes ) = 0;
 
 	/**
-	 * @brief Get channel comments corresponding to the given IDs.
+     * @brief Get channel comments corresponding to the given message IDs.
 	 * If the set is empty, nothing is returned.
+     *
 	 * @jsonapi{development}
 	 * @param[in] channelId id of the channel of which the content is requested
 	 * @param[in] contentIds ids of requested contents
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.cc b/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.cc
index 55297b635..7d181d021 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.cc
@@ -485,10 +485,9 @@ bool p3GxsChannels::groupShareKeys(
  * at the moment - fix it up later
  */
 
-bool p3GxsChannels::getPostData(
-        const uint32_t &token, std::vector<RsGxsChannelPost> &msgs,
-        std::vector<RsGxsComment> &cmts,
-        std::vector<RsGxsVote> &vots)
+bool p3GxsChannels::getPostData( const uint32_t& token, std::vector<RsGxsChannelPost>& msgs,
+                                 std::vector<RsGxsComment>& cmts,
+                                 std::vector<RsGxsVote>& vots)
 {
 #ifdef GXSCHANNELS_DEBUG
 	RsDbg() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << std::endl;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsModel.cpp
index d65689766..72599364c 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsModel.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,31 @@ void RsGxsChannelPostsModel::setMode(TreeMode mode)
     triggerViewUpdate();
 }
 
+void updateCommentCounts( std::vector<RsGxsChannelPost>& posts, std::vector<RsGxsComment>& comments)
+{
+    // Store posts IDs in a std::map to avoid a quadratic cost
+
+    std::cerr << "Updating comment counts for " << posts.size() << " posts." << std::endl;
+    std::map<RsGxsMessageId,uint32_t> post_indices;
+
+    for(uint32_t i=0;i<posts.size();++i)
+    {
+        post_indices[posts[i].mMeta.mMsgId] = i;
+        posts[i].mCommentCount = 0;	// should be 0 already, but we secure that value.
+
+        std::cerr << "  Zeroing comments for post " << posts[i].mMeta.mMsgId << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    // now look into comments and increase the count
+
+    for(uint32_t i=0;i<comments.size();++i)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "  Found new comment " << comments[i].mMeta.mMsgId << " for post" << comments[i].mMeta.mThreadId << std::endl;
+        ++posts[post_indices[comments[i].mMeta.mThreadId]].mCommentCount;
+    }
+}
+
+
 void RsGxsChannelPostsModel::handleEvent_main_thread(std::shared_ptr<const RsEvent> event)
 {
 	const RsGxsChannelEvent *e = dynamic_cast<const RsGxsChannelEvent*>(event.get());
@@ -91,7 +116,7 @@ void RsGxsChannelPostsModel::handleEvent_main_thread(std::shared_ptr<const RsEve
 		if(e->mChannelGroupId == mChannelGroup.mMeta.mGroupId)
 			RsThread::async([this, e]()
 			{
-				// 1 - get message data from p3GxsChannels
+                // 1 - get message data from p3GxsChannels. No need for pointers here, because we send only a single post to postToObject()
 
 				std::vector<RsGxsChannelPost> posts;
 				std::vector<RsGxsComment>     comments;
@@ -103,9 +128,17 @@ void RsGxsChannelPostsModel::handleEvent_main_thread(std::shared_ptr<const RsEve
 					return;
 				}
 
+                if(!rsGxsChannels->getChannelComments(mChannelGroup.mMeta.mGroupId,std::set<RsGxsMessageId>{ e->mChannelMsgId },comments))
+                {
+                    std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " failed to retrieve message comment data for channel/msg " << e->mChannelGroupId << "/" << e->mChannelMsgId << std::endl;
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                updateCommentCounts(posts,comments);
+
 				// 2 - update the model in the UI thread.
 
-				RsQThreadUtils::postToObject( [posts,comments,votes,this]()
+                RsQThreadUtils::postToObject( [posts,this]()
 				{
 					for(uint32_t i=0;i<posts.size();++i)
 					{
@@ -326,7 +359,7 @@ bool RsGxsChannelPostsModel::setNumColumns(int n)
         RsErr() << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " Attempt to set a number of column of 0. This is wrong." << std::endl;
         return false;
     }
-    if(mColumns == n)
+    if((int)mColumns == n)
         return false;
 
 	preMods();
@@ -522,29 +555,6 @@ void RsGxsChannelPostsModel::setPosts(const RsGxsChannelGroup& group, std::vecto
 	emit channelPostsLoaded();
 }
 
-static void updateCommentCounts( std::vector<RsGxsChannelPost>& posts, std::vector<RsGxsComment>& comments)
-{
-    // Store posts IDs in a std::map to avoid a quadratic cost
-
-    std::map<RsGxsMessageId,uint32_t> post_indices;
-
-    for(uint32_t i=0;i<posts.size();++i)
-    {
-        post_indices[posts[i].mMeta.mMsgId] = i;
-        posts[i].mCommentCount = 0;	// should be 0 already, but we secure that value.
-
-        std::cerr << "Zeroing comments for post " << posts[i].mMeta.mMsgId << std::endl;
-    }
-
-    // now look into comments and increase the count
-
-    for(uint32_t i=0;i<comments.size();++i)
-    {
-        std::cerr << "Found new comment " << comments[i].mMeta.mMsgId << " for post" << comments[i].mMeta.mThreadId << std::endl;
-        ++posts[post_indices[comments[i].mMeta.mThreadId]].mCommentCount;
-    }
-}
-
 void RsGxsChannelPostsModel::update_posts(const RsGxsGroupId& group_id)
 {
     if(group_id.isNull())
@@ -579,6 +589,10 @@ void RsGxsChannelPostsModel::update_posts(const RsGxsGroupId& group_id)
 			std::cerr << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << " failed to retrieve channel messages for channel " << group_id << std::endl;
 			return;
 		}
+        std::cerr << "Got channel all content for channel " << group_id << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "  posts   : " << posts->size() << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "  comments: " << comments->size() << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << "  votes   : " << votes->size() << std::endl;
 
         // This shouldn't be needed normally. We need it until a background process computes the number of comments per
         // post and stores it in the service string. Since we request all data, this process isn't costing much anyway.