diff --git a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsgxschannels.h b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsgxschannels.h
index c31eb011f..6b4f5e66a 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsgxschannels.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/retroshare/rsgxschannels.h
@@ -333,6 +333,19 @@ public:
 	                                std::vector<RsGxsChannelPost>& posts,
 	                                std::vector<RsGxsComment>& comments ) = 0;
 
+	/**
+	 * @brief Get channel comments corresponding to the given IDs.
+	 * If the set is empty, nothing is returned.
+	 * @jsonapi{development}
+	 * @param channelId id of the channel of which the content is requested
+	 * @param contentIds ids of requested contents
+	 * @param comments storage for the comments
+	 * @return false if something failed, true otherwhise
+	 */
+	virtual bool getChannelComments(const RsGxsGroupId &channelId,
+	                                const std::set<RsGxsMessageId> &contentIds,
+	                                std::vector<RsGxsComment> &comments) = 0;
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Get channel content summaries
 	 * @jsonapi{development}
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.cc b/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.cc
index 9e0072d5b..a813c92e8 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.cc
@@ -1137,11 +1137,30 @@ bool p3GxsChannels::getChannelContent( const RsGxsGroupId& channelId,
 	msgIds[channelId] = contentIds;
 
 	if( !requestMsgInfo(token, opts, msgIds) || waitToken(token) != RsTokenService::COMPLETE )
-        return false;
+		return false;
 
 	return getPostData(token, posts, comments);
 }
 
+bool p3GxsChannels::getChannelComments(const RsGxsGroupId &channelId,
+                                       const std::set<RsGxsMessageId> &contentIds,
+                                       std::vector<RsGxsComment> &comments)
+{
+	std::vector<RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair> msgIds;
+	for (auto& msg:contentIds)
+		msgIds.push_back(RsGxsGrpMsgIdPair(channelId,msg));
+
+	RsTokReqOptions opts;
+	opts.mReqType = GXS_REQUEST_TYPE_MSG_RELATED_DATA;
+	opts.mOptions = RS_TOKREQOPT_MSG_THREAD | RS_TOKREQOPT_MSG_LATEST;
+
+	uint32_t token;
+	if( !requestMsgRelatedInfo(token, opts, msgIds) || waitToken(token) != RsTokenService::COMPLETE )
+		return false;
+
+	return getRelatedComments(token,comments);
+}
+
 bool p3GxsChannels::createChannelV2(
         const std::string& name, const std::string& description,
         const RsGxsImage& thumbnail, const RsGxsId& authorId,
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.h b/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.h
index 843023fb8..d85372e65 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/services/p3gxschannels.h
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ virtual bool ExtraFileRemove(const RsFileHash &hash);
 	                        std::vector<RsGxsChannelPost>& posts,
 	                        std::vector<RsGxsComment>& comments ) override;
 
+	/// Implementation of @see RsGxsChannels::getChannelComments
+	virtual bool getChannelComments(const RsGxsGroupId &channelId,
+	                                const std::set<RsGxsMessageId> &contentIds,
+	                                std::vector<RsGxsComment> &comments) override;
+
 	/// Implementation of @see RsGxsChannels::getContentSummaries
 	bool getContentSummaries(
 	        const RsGxsGroupId& channelId,
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp
index 5678cb018..b2a1d54c2 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp
@@ -385,13 +385,13 @@ void GxsChannelPostItem::loadComment()
 		std::vector<RsGxsChannelPost> posts;
 		std::vector<RsGxsComment> comments;
 
-		if(! rsGxsChannels->getChannelContent( groupId(),msgIds,posts,comments))
+		if(! rsGxsChannels->getChannelComments( groupId(),msgIds,comments))
 		{
 			RsErr() << "GxsGxsChannelGroupItem::loadGroup() ERROR getting data" << std::endl;
 			return;
 		}
 
-        int comNb = comments.size();
+		int comNb = comments.size();
 
 		RsQThreadUtils::postToObject( [comNb,this]()
 		{