diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/Responses/Comment.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/Responses/Comment.cs
index e4b66ddeee..ba71faa843 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/Responses/Comment.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/Responses/Comment.cs
@@ -76,5 +76,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses
         public bool IsTopLevel { get; set; }
 
         public bool IsDeleted { get; set; }
+
+        public string GetMessage()
+        {
+            //temporary fix until HTML parsing will be implemented
+            return MessageHTML.Remove(MessageHTML.LastIndexOf("</p>")).Substring(65);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/CommentsContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/CommentsContainer.cs
index b22fefb3de..1b4bbee6a1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/CommentsContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/CommentsContainer.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
                     {
                         Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
                         Origin = Anchor.CentreLeft,
-                        Text = comment.MessageHTML,
+                        Text = comment.GetMessage(),
                     },
                     new Container
                     {