diff --git a/files/templates/comments.html b/files/templates/comments.html
index 30721fdfb..3086edcfd 100644
--- a/files/templates/comments.html
+++ b/files/templates/comments.html
@@ -407,7 +407,28 @@
 				{% endif %}
 
 
-				
+				{% if not c.parent_submission and c.author_id!=NOTIFICATIONS_ID and c.author_id!=AUTOJANNY_ID and c.author_id!=v.id %}
+					<a class="btn btn-primary" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="document.getElementById('reply-m-{{c.id}}').classList.toggle('hidden')">Reply</a>
+					<pre></pre>
+					<div id="reply-m-{{c.id}}" class="hidden">
+						<div id="comment-form-space-{{c.id}}" class="comment-write collapsed child">		
+							<form id="reply-to-message-{{c.id}}" action="/reply" method="post" class="input-group" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+								<input type="hidden" name="formkey" value="{{v.formkey}}"> 
+								<textarea maxlength="10000" name="body" form="reply-to-t3_{{c.id}}" data-id="{{c.id}}" class="comment-box form-input" id="reply-form-body-{{c.id}}" aria-label="With textarea" rows="3"></textarea> 
+								<div class="comment-format" id="comment-format-bar-{{c.id}}"> 
+									<label class="btn btn-secondary format d-inline-block m-0" for="gif-reply-btn-{{c.id}}">
+										<i id="emoji-reply-btn-{{c.id}}" class="fas fa-smile-beam" onclick="loadEmojis('reply-form-body-{{c.id}}')" aria-hidden="true" data-bs-toggle="modal" data-bs-target="#emojiModal" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="bottom" title="" data-bs-original-title="Add Emoji"></i>
+									</label>
+									&nbsp;
+									<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="document.getElementById('reply-m-{{c.id}}').classList.add('hidden')" class="hidden d-md-block btn btn-link text-muted ml-auto cancel-form">Cancel</a> 
+									<a id="save-reply-to-{{c.id}}" class="hidden d-md-block btn btn-primary text-muted ml-2" onclick="post_reply('{{c.id}}');" href="javascript:void(0)">Reply</a> 
+								</div>
+								<a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="document.getElementById('reply-m-{{c.id}}').classList.add('hidden')" class="md:hidden btn btn-link text-muted ml-auto cancel-form">Cancel</a> 
+								<a id="save-reply-to-{{c.id}}" class="md:hidden btn btn-primary text-white ml-2" onclick="post_reply('{{c.id}}');" href="javascript:void(0)">Reply</a> 
+							</form>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+				{% endif %}
 			</div>
 			{% if c.parent_submission %}
 				<!-- Author's edit comment form -->
@@ -427,7 +448,7 @@
 		</div>
 
 	{% if render_replies %} 
-		{% if level<10 %}
+		{% if level<5 %}
 			<div id="replies-of-{{c.id}}">
 				{% for reply in replies %}
 					{{single_comment(reply, level=level+1)}}