diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/components/Comment.js b/client/coral-admin/src/components/Comment.js
index 4f7aebd74..ba2c8b11d 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/components/Comment.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/components/Comment.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 import React from 'react';
 import timeago from 'timeago.js';
 import styles from './CommentList.css';
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import I18n from 'coral-framework/modules/i18n/i18n';
 import translations from '../translations.json';
 import Linkify from 'react-linkify';
 import {FabButton} from 'coral-ui';
+import {Icon} from 'react-mdl';
 
 const linkify = new Linkify();
 
diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Community/Community.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Community/Community.js
index 0a15721aa..374b7dd6b 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Community/Community.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Community/Community.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ const tableHeaders = [
 ];
 
 const Community = ({isFetching, commenters, ...props}) => {
-  console.log(commenters);
   const hasResults = !isFetching && !!commenters.length;
   return (
     <Grid>
diff --git a/models/comment.js b/models/comment.js
index 62b18e6ba..526f14eef 100644
--- a/models/comment.js
+++ b/models/comment.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const mongoose = require('../mongoose');
 const uuid = require('uuid');
 const Action = require('./action');
-const User = require('./user');
 
 const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
 
@@ -40,9 +39,6 @@ const CommentSchema = new Schema({
  * @param {String} body  content of comment
 */
 CommentSchema.statics.new = function(body, author_id, asset_id, parent_id, status, username) {
-  if (username === null && author_id != null) {
-    username = User.findById(author_id)['displayName']
-  };
   let comment  = new Comment({body, author_id, asset_id, parent_id, status, username});
   return comment.save();
 };
@@ -163,13 +159,16 @@ CommentSchema.statics.moderationQueue = function(moderation) {
 //==============================================================================
 
 /**
- * Set the status of a comment.
+ * Changes the status of a comment.
  * @param {String} id  identifier of the comment  (uuid)
  * @param {String} status the new status of the comment
-  * @return {Promise}
-*/
+ * @return {Promise}
+ */
 CommentSchema.statics.changeStatus = function(id, status) {
-  return Comment.findOneAndUpdate({'id': id}, {$set: {'status': status}});
+  return Comment.findOneAndUpdate({'id': id}, {$set: {'status': status}}, {upsert: false, new: true})
+    .then((comment) => {
+      return comment;
+    });
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/models/user.js b/models/user.js
index 933556db6..5048cb805 100644
--- a/models/user.js
+++ b/models/user.js
@@ -425,15 +425,16 @@ UserService.setStatus = (id, status, comment_id) => {
   if (status === 'banned') {
     return  UserService.disableUser(id)
     .then(() => {
-      return Comment.setStatus(comment_id, 'rejected').then(() => {
-        return UserModel.update({
-          id: id
-        }, {
-          $set: {
-            status: status
-          }
+      return Comment.changeStatus(comment_id, 'rejected')
+        .then(() => {
+          return UserModel.update({
+            id: id
+          }, {
+            $set: {
+              status: status
+            }
+          });
         });
-      });
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/models/user.js b/tests/models/user.js
index 434cd1f58..d0886a2e8 100644
--- a/tests/models/user.js
+++ b/tests/models/user.js
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ describe('User: models', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    it('should not still disable and ban the user if there is no comment', () => {
+    it('should still disable and ban the user if there is no comment', () => {
       return User
         .setStatus(mockUsers[0].id, 'banned', '')
         .then(() => {