diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/Embed.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/Embed.js
index d9b5c8310..a16852c00 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/Embed.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/Embed.js
@@ -79,10 +79,12 @@ class Embed extends Component {
     if(!isEqual(nextProps.data.asset, this.props.data.asset)) {
       loadAsset(nextProps.data.asset);
 
-      const {getCounts, updateCountCache} = this.props;
+      const {getCounts, updateCountCache, asset: {countCache}} = this.props;
       const {asset} = nextProps.data;
 
-      updateCountCache(asset.id, asset.commentCount);
+      if (!countCache) {
+        updateCountCache(asset.id, asset.commentCount);
+      }
 
       this.setState({
         countPoll: setInterval(() => {
@@ -127,6 +129,10 @@ class Embed extends Component {
 
     const banned = user && user.status === 'BANNED';
 
+    const hasOlderComments =
+      asset && asset.lastComment &&
+      asset.lastComment.id !== asset.comments[asset.comments.length - 1].id;
+
     const expandForLogin = showSignInDialog ? {
       minHeight: document.body.scrollHeight + 200
     } : {};
@@ -259,7 +265,7 @@ class Embed extends Component {
                   topLevel={true}
                   assetId={asset.id}
                   comments={asset.comments}
-                  moreComments={countCache[asset.id] > asset.comments.length}
+                  moreComments={hasOlderComments}
                   loadMore={this.props.loadMore} />
               </div>
             }
diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/NewCount.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/NewCount.js
index 2368c1ab8..8d7333aab 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/NewCount.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/NewCount.js
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ const onLoadMoreClick = ({loadMore, commentCount, firstCommentDate, assetId, upd
 const NewCount = (props) => {
   const newComments = props.commentCount - props.countCache;
 
-  return <div className='coral-new-comments'>
+  return <div className='coral-new-comments coral-load-more'>
     {
       props.countCache && newComments > 0 ?
-      <button onClick={onLoadMoreClick(props)} className='coral-load-more'>
+      <button onClick={onLoadMoreClick(props)}>
         {newComments === 1
           ? lang.t('newCount', newComments, lang.t('comment'))
           : lang.t('newCount', newComments, lang.t('comments'))}
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql b/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql
index 102c656e5..94dc3d32e 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql
+++ b/client/coral-framework/graphql/queries/streamQuery.graphql
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ query AssetQuery($asset_id: ID, $asset_url: String, $comment_id: ID!, $has_comme
         }
         commentCount
         totalCommentCount
+        lastComment {
+          id
+        }
         comments(limit: 10) {
             ...commentView
             replyCount
diff --git a/graph/resolvers/asset.js b/graph/resolvers/asset.js
index c2a0a2b66..877b5e7aa 100644
--- a/graph/resolvers/asset.js
+++ b/graph/resolvers/asset.js
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 const Asset = {
+  lastComment({id}, _, {loaders: {Comments}}) {
+    return Comments.getByQuery({
+      asset_id: id,
+      limit: 1,
+      parent_id: null
+    }).then(data => data[0]);
+  },
   recentComments({id}, _, {loaders: {Comments}}) {
     return Comments.genRecentComments.load(id);
   },
diff --git a/graph/typeDefs.graphql b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
index 8b07c2ab2..3f61273d4 100644
--- a/graph/typeDefs.graphql
+++ b/graph/typeDefs.graphql
@@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ type Asset {
   # The URL that the asset is located on.
   url: String
 
+  # Returns last comment
+  lastComment: Comment
+
   # Returns recent comments
   recentComments: [Comment]