diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/CommentList.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/CommentList.js
index b5eb40231..178d3cc02 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/CommentList.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/CommentList.js
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import Comment from 'components/Comment';
 
 // Each action has different meaning and configuration
 const modActions = {
-  'reject': {status: 'rejected', icon: 'close', key: 'r'},
-  'approve': {status: 'accepted', icon: 'done', key: 't'},
-  'flag': {status: 'flagged', icon: 'flag', filter: 'Untouched'},
-  'ban': {status: 'banned', icon: 'not interested'}
+  'reject': {status: 'REJECTED', icon: 'close', key: 'r'},
+  'approve': {status: 'ACCEPTED', icon: 'done', key: 't'},
+  'flag': {status: 'FLAGGED', icon: 'flag', filter: 'Untouched'},
+  'ban': {status: 'BANNED', icon: 'not interested'}
 };
 
 // Renders a comment list and allow performing actions
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default class CommentList extends React.Component {
     comments: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
     users: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
     onClickAction: PropTypes.func,
-    
+
     // list of actions (flags, etc) associated with the comments
     modActions: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string).isRequired,
     loading: PropTypes.bool,
diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
index 54fee8319..3028103a7 100644
--- a/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
+++ b/client/coral-plugin-commentbox/CommentBox.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class CommentBox extends Component {
         const postedComment = data.createComment;
 
         // const commentId = postedComment.id;
-        if (postedComment.status === 'rejected') {
+        if (postedComment.status === 'REJECTED') {
           addNotification('error', lang.t('comment-post-banned-word'));
         } else if (postedComment.status === 'PREMOD') {
           addNotification('success', lang.t('comment-post-notif-premod'));