diff --git a/web/app/components/comment/comment.jsx b/web/app/components/comment/comment.jsx
index e6c9f9bc..eb50fc25 100644
--- a/web/app/components/comment/comment.jsx
+++ b/web/app/components/comment/comment.jsx
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export default class Comment extends Component {
               <span className="comment__time">{o.time}</span>
 
               {
-                !pinned && (
+                !mods.disabled && (
                   <span className="comment__controls">
                     <span className="comment__action" onClick={this.onReplyClick}>reply</span>
                   </span>
diff --git a/web/app/components/root/root.jsx b/web/app/components/root/root.jsx
index 09c1cf99..e7c280e4 100644
--- a/web/app/components/root/root.jsx
+++ b/web/app/components/root/root.jsx
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export default class Root extends Component {
                   pinnedComments.map(comment => (
                     <Comment
                       data={comment}
-                      mods={{ level: 0 }}
+                      mods={{ level: 0, disabled: true }}
                       mix="root__pinned-comment"
                     />
                   ))