diff --git a/app/rest/api/rest.go b/app/rest/api/rest.go
index cfef028b..24a0bd95 100644
--- a/app/rest/api/rest.go
+++ b/app/rest/api/rest.go
@@ -238,3 +238,12 @@ func renderJSONFromBytes(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, data []byte) {
 		log.Printf("[WARN] failed to send response to %s, %s", r.RemoteAddr, err)
 	}
 }
+
+func filterComments(comments []store.Comment, fn func(c store.Comment) bool) (filtered []store.Comment) {
+	for _, c := range comments {
+		if fn(c) {
+			filtered = append(filtered, c)
+		}
+	}
+	return filtered
+}
diff --git a/app/rest/api/rest_public.go b/app/rest/api/rest_public.go
index bb3268ca..655268be 100644
--- a/app/rest/api/rest_public.go
+++ b/app/rest/api/rest_public.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func (s *Rest) findUserCommentsCtrl(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return nil, e
 		}
 		comments = s.adminService.alterComments(comments, r)
-
+		comments = filterComments(comments, func(c store.Comment) bool { return !c.Deleted })
 		count, e := s.DataService.UserCount(siteID, userID)
 		if e != nil {
 			return nil, e