diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 552e0d6e0c..237cd1f65a 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ app.get(
     storyController.json
 );
 
+app.post(
+    '/stories/comment/submit',
+    storyController.commentSubmit
+);
+
 app.get(
     '/stories/comments/:id',
     storyController.comments
diff --git a/controllers/story.js b/controllers/story.js
index 83c64ec94b..8ea25044ca 100644
--- a/controllers/story.js
+++ b/controllers/story.js
@@ -100,16 +100,6 @@ exports.comments = function(req, res, next) {
     });
 };
 
-/*
-
- author: {},
- comments: {
- type: Array,
- default: []
- },
- image:
- */
-
 exports.storySubmission = function(req, res, next) {
     var data = req.body.data;
     var storyLink = data.headline
@@ -147,3 +137,37 @@ exports.storySubmission = function(req, res, next) {
         }));
     });
 };
+
+exports.commentSubmit = function(req, res, next) {
+    var data = req.body.data;
+    var comment = new Comment({
+        associatedPost: data.associatedPost,
+        body: data.body,
+        rank: 0,
+        upvotes: 0,
+        author: data.author,
+        comments: []
+    });
+
+    comment.save(function(err, data) {
+        if (err) {
+            return res.status(500);
+        }
+        debug('this is data from save', data);
+        Story.find({'_id': comment.associatedPost}, function(err, associatedStory) {
+            if (err) {
+                return res.status(500);
+            }
+            associatedStory = associatedStory.pop();
+            if (associatedStory) {
+                associatedStory.comments.push(data._id);
+                associatedStory.save(function(err, data) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        res.status(500);
+                    }
+                    res.send(true);
+                });
+            }
+        });
+    });
+};
diff --git a/public/js/main.js b/public/js/main.js
index 8a5f8216c3..da5163c3e3 100644
--- a/public/js/main.js
+++ b/public/js/main.js
@@ -183,6 +183,33 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     };
 
     $('#story-submit').on('click', storySubmitButtonHandler);
+
+    var commentSubmitButtonHandler = function commentSubmitButtonHandler() {
+        var data = $('#comment-box').val();
+
+        $('#comment-button').unbind('click');
+        $.post('/stories/comment/submit',
+            {
+                data: {
+                    associatedPost: storyId,
+                    body: data,
+                    author: {
+                        picture: user.profile.picture,
+                        userId: user._id,
+                        username: user.profile.username
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+            .fail(function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
+                $('#comment-button').bind('click', commentSubmitButtonHandler);
+            })
+            .done(function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
+                //window.location = '/stories/' + JSON.parse(data).storyLink;
+            });
+
+    };
+
+    $('#comment-button').on('click', commentSubmitButtonHandler);
 });
 
 var profileValidation = angular.module('profileValidation',['ui.bootstrap']);