diff --git a/app/store/comment.go b/app/store/comment.go
index 36158de1..4133e80e 100644
--- a/app/store/comment.go
+++ b/app/store/comment.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func (c *Comment) Prepare() {
 	c.Score = 0
 	c.Edit = nil
 	c.Pin = false
+	c.Deleted = false
 }
 
 // Sanitize clean dangerous html/js from the comment
diff --git a/app/store/comment_test.go b/app/store/comment_test.go
index 0b7f2e0c..e78dcad8 100644
--- a/app/store/comment_test.go
+++ b/app/store/comment_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package store
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -30,3 +31,30 @@ func TestComment_Sanitize(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, tt.out, tt.inp, "check #%d", n)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestComment_Prepare(t *testing.T) {
+	comment := Comment{
+		Text:      `blah`,
+		User:      User{ID: "username"},
+		ParentID:  "p123",
+		ID:        "123",
+		Locator:   Locator{SiteID: "site", URL: "url"},
+		Score:     10,
+		Pin:       true,
+		Deleted:   true,
+		Timestamp: time.Date(2018, 1, 1, 9, 30, 0, 0, time.Local),
+		Votes:     map[string]bool{"uu": true},
+	}
+
+	comment.Prepare()
+	assert.Equal(t, "", comment.ID)
+	assert.Equal(t, "p123", comment.ParentID)
+	assert.Equal(t, "blah", comment.Text)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, comment.Score)
+	assert.Equal(t, false, comment.Pin)
+	assert.Equal(t, time.Time{}, comment.Timestamp)
+	assert.Equal(t, false, comment.Deleted)
+	assert.Equal(t, make(map[string]bool), comment.Votes)
+	assert.Equal(t, User{ID: "username"}, comment.User)
+
+}