diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/components/_comments.scss b/app/javascript/styles/components/_comments.scss
index 092a4989..88fa3311 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/components/_comments.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/components/_comments.scss
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
   &__input {
     z-index: 99;
     padding-right: 2.5rem;
+
+    &.is-invalid {
+      background-image: none;
+    }
   }
 
   &__character-count {
diff --git a/app/views/answerbox/_comments.haml b/app/views/answerbox/_comments.haml
index 5fecefd3..476fd098 100644
--- a/app/views/answerbox/_comments.haml
+++ b/app/views/answerbox/_comments.haml
@@ -27,7 +27,5 @@
 - if user_signed_in?
   .form-group.has-feedback.comment__input-group.input-group{ name: "ab-comment-new-group", data: { a_id: a.id, controller: "character-count", "character-count-max-value": 160 } }
     %input.form-control.comment__input{ type: :text, placeholder: t(".placeholder"), name: "ab-comment-new", data: { a_id: a.id, "character-count-target": "input" } }
-    %span.text-muted.form-control-feedback.comment__character-count{ id: "ab-comment-charcount-#{a.id}", data: { "character-count-target": "counter" } } 0 / 160
-    .input-group-append
-      %button.btn.btn-primary{ type: :button, name: "ab-comment-new-submit", data: { a_id: a.id, "character-count-target": "action" } }= t(".action")
     %span.text-muted.form-control-feedback.comment__character-count{ id: "ab-comment-charcount-#{a.id}", data: { "character-count-target": "counter" } } 160
+    %button.btn.btn-primary.d-none{ type: :button, name: "ab-comment-new-submit", data: { a_id: a.id, "character-count-target": "action" } }= t(".action")