diff --git a/app/controllers/modal_controller.rb b/app/controllers/modal_controller.rb
index 16ae890e..a8d61d60 100644
--- a/app/controllers/modal_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/modal_controller.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class ModalController < ApplicationController
   skip_before_action :find_active_announcements, :banned?
 
   def close
-    redirect_to root_path unless turbo_frame_request?
+    return redirect_to root_path unless turbo_frame_request?
     render inline: turbo_frame_tag("modal")
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/comment_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/comment_controller_spec.rb
index ace2aad8..63812485 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/comment_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/comment_controller_spec.rb
@@ -34,4 +34,33 @@ describe CommentController, type: :controller do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#show_reactions" do
+    let(:answer_author) { FactoryBot.create(:user) }
+    let(:answer) { FactoryBot.create(:answer, user: answer_author) }
+    let(:commenter) { FactoryBot.create(:user) }
+    let(:comment) { FactoryBot.create(:comment, answer:, user: commenter) }
+
+    context "a regular web navigation request" do
+      subject { get :show_reactions, params: { username: commenter.screen_name, id: comment.id } }
+
+      it "should redirect to the answer page" do
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to redirect_to answer_path(username: answer_author.screen_name, id: answer.id)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "a Turbo Frame request" do
+      subject { get :show_reactions, params: { username: commenter.screen_name, id: comment.id } }
+
+      it "renders the show_reaction template" do
+        @request.headers["Turbo-Frame"] = "some_id"
+
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to render_template(:show_reactions)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/modal_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/modal_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d927173a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/modal_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "rails_helper"
+
+describe ModalController, type: :controller do
+  describe "#close" do
+    context "a regular web navigation request" do
+      subject { get :close }
+
+      it "should redirect to the root page" do
+        subject
+
+        expect(response).to redirect_to root_path
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "a Turbo Frame request" do
+      subject { get :close }
+
+      it "renders the show_reaction template" do
+        @request.headers["Turbo-Frame"] = "some_id"
+
+        subject
+
+        expect(response.body).to include('<turbo-frame id="modal"></turbo-frame>')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end