diff --git a/public/theme/js/main.js b/public/theme/js/main.js
index aab6783..bc71fb0 100644
--- a/public/theme/js/main.js
+++ b/public/theme/js/main.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
           e.preventDefault();
           $.post('/comments/add', $(this).serialize())
             .done(function(data) { location.reload(); })
-            .fail(function(data) { $('#comments #resp').val(data); });
+            .fail(function(data) { $('#comments #resp').html(data.responseText); });
         }); // form submit
       }); // on form load
     }); // #cadd click
diff --git a/templates/comments/new.html.ep b/templates/comments/new.html.ep
index 46b513a..6aa2207 100644
--- a/templates/comments/new.html.ep
+++ b/templates/comments/new.html.ep
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   <hr/>
   <textarea name="text"></textarea>
   <br/>
-  <input type="submit" value="<%= l('Add') %>">
+  <input type="submit" value="<%= l('Add') %>">&nbsp;
   <span id="resp" style="color: red"></span>
 </form>