diff --git a/graph/mutators/comment.js b/graph/mutators/comment.js
index 5112ba829..d608eee57 100644
--- a/graph/mutators/comment.js
+++ b/graph/mutators/comment.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const errors = require('../../errors');
 
 const AssetsService = require('../../services/assets');
+const ActionsService = require('../../services/actions');
 const CommentsService = require('../../services/comments');
 
 const Wordlist = require('../../services/wordlist');
@@ -146,10 +147,11 @@ const createPublicComment = (context, commentInput) => {
           // TODO: this is kind of fragile, we should refactor this to resolve
           // all these const's that we're using like 'COMMENTS', 'FLAG' to be
           // defined in a checkable schema.
-          return context.mutators.Action.create({
+          return ActionsService.insertUserAction({
             item_id: comment.id,
             item_type: 'COMMENTS',
             action_type: 'FLAG',
+            user_id: null,
             group_id: 'Matched suspect word filter',
             metadata: {}
           })