diff --git a/src/components/comment/Comment.tsx b/src/components/comment/Comment.tsx
index 46a2787..25cf56d 100644
--- a/src/components/comment/Comment.tsx
+++ b/src/components/comment/Comment.tsx
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export const Comment = ({ comment }: CommentProps) => {
       <div className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CommentActions'>
         <div className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CommentActionsInside'>
           <Reactions {...comment.event.rawEvent()} />
-          <div
+          {/* <div
             className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CAElement IBMSMSMBSSCL_CAERepost'
             style={{ cursor: 'not-allowed' }}
           >
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export const Comment = ({ comment }: CommentProps) => {
             <div className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CAElementLoadWrapper'>
               <div className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CAElementLoad'></div>
             </div>
-          </div>
+          </div> */}
           {typeof profile?.lud16 !== 'undefined' && profile.lud16 !== '' && (
             <Zap {...comment.event.rawEvent()} />
           )}
diff --git a/src/components/comment/CommentContent.tsx b/src/components/comment/CommentContent.tsx
index 292a93f..4b6db38 100644
--- a/src/components/comment/CommentContent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/comment/CommentContent.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export const CommentContent = ({ content }: CommentContentProps) => {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <p className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CBText'>{text} </p>
+      <p className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CBText'>{text}</p>
       {isTextOverflowing && (
         <div className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CBExpand' onClick={toggle}>
           <p>{isExpanded ? 'Hide' : 'View'} full post</p>
diff --git a/src/components/comment/CommentsPopup.tsx b/src/components/comment/CommentsPopup.tsx
index 8cb7d6d..527261d 100644
--- a/src/components/comment/CommentsPopup.tsx
+++ b/src/components/comment/CommentsPopup.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { formatDate } from 'date-fns'
-import { useBodyScrollDisable, useNDKContext } from 'hooks'
+import { useBodyScrollDisable, useNDKContext, useReplies } from 'hooks'
 import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { ChangeEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   useParams
 } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { getBlogPageRoute, getModPageRoute, getProfilePageRoute } from 'routes'
-import { UserProfile } from 'types'
+import { CommentEvent, UserProfile } from 'types'
 import { CommentsLoaderResult } from 'types/comments'
 import { adjustTextareaHeight, handleCommentSubmit, hexToNpub } from 'utils'
 import { Reactions } from './Reactions'
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { NDKKind } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import { Comment } from './Comment'
 import { useComments } from 'hooks/useComments'
 import { CommentContent } from './CommentContent'
+import { Dots } from 'components/Spinner'
 
 export const CommentsPopup = () => {
   const { naddr } = useParams()
@@ -35,7 +36,13 @@ export const CommentsPopup = () => {
       : undefined
     : undefined
 
-  const { event, parents } = useLoaderData() as CommentsLoaderResult
+  const { event } = useLoaderData() as CommentsLoaderResult
+  const {
+    size,
+    parent: replyEvent,
+    isComplete,
+    root: rootEvent
+  } = useReplies(event.tagValue('e'))
   const isRoot = event.tagValue('a') === event.tagValue('A')
   const [profile, setProfile] = useState<UserProfile>()
   const { commentEvents, setCommentEvents } = useComments(
@@ -56,7 +63,6 @@ export const CommentsPopup = () => {
     [event.pubkey]
   )
 
-  const replyEvent = parents.length > 0 ? parents[0] : undefined
   const navigate = useNavigate()
 
   const [isSubmitting, setIsSubmitting] = useState(false)
@@ -68,7 +74,30 @@ export const CommentsPopup = () => {
     adjustTextareaHeight(e.currentTarget)
   }, [])
 
-  const handleSubmit = handleCommentSubmit(event, setCommentEvents, ndk)
+  const [visible, setVisible] = useState<CommentEvent[]>([])
+  const discoveredCount = commentEvents.length - visible.length
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // Initial loading to indicate comments fetching (stop after 5 seconds)
+    const t = window.setTimeout(() => setIsLoading(false), 5000)
+    return () => {
+      window.clearTimeout(t)
+    }
+  }, [])
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isLoading) {
+      setVisible(commentEvents)
+    }
+  }, [commentEvents, isLoading])
+  const handleDiscoveredClick = () => {
+    setVisible(commentEvents)
+  }
+  const handleSubmit = handleCommentSubmit(
+    event,
+    setCommentEvents,
+    setVisible,
+    ndk
+  )
 
   const handleComment = async () => {
     setIsSubmitting(true)
@@ -110,6 +139,9 @@ export const CommentsPopup = () => {
                     <div className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CTO'>
                       {replyEvent && (
                         <Link
+                          style={{
+                            ...(!isComplete ? { pointerEvents: 'none' } : {})
+                          }}
                           className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CTOLink'
                           to={baseUrl + replyEvent.encode()}
                         >
@@ -126,16 +158,20 @@ export const CommentsPopup = () => {
                         </Link>
                       )}
                       <p className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CTOText'>
-                        Reply Depth:&nbsp;<span>{parents.length}</span>
+                        Reply Depth:&nbsp;<span>{size}</span>
+                        {!isComplete && <Dots />}
                       </p>
                     </div>
-                    {!isRoot && (
+                    {!isRoot && rootEvent && (
                       <Link
+                        style={{
+                          ...(!isComplete ? { pointerEvents: 'none' } : {})
+                        }}
                         className='btn btnMain IBMSMSMBSSCL_CTOBtn'
                         type='button'
-                        to={'..'}
+                        to={baseUrl + rootEvent.encode()}
                       >
-                        Main Post
+                        Main Post {!isComplete && <Dots />}
                       </Link>
                     )}
                   </div>
@@ -185,7 +221,7 @@ export const CommentsPopup = () => {
                     <div className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CommentActionsInside'>
                       <Reactions {...event.rawEvent()} />
 
-                      <div
+                      {/* <div
                         className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CAElement IBMSMSMBSSCL_CAERepost'
                         style={{ cursor: 'not-allowed' }}
                       >
@@ -203,7 +239,7 @@ export const CommentsPopup = () => {
                         <div className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CAElementLoadWrapper'>
                           <div className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CAElementLoad'></div>
                         </div>
-                      </div>
+                      </div> */}
 
                       {typeof profile?.lud16 !== 'undefined' &&
                         profile.lud16 !== '' && <Zap {...event.rawEvent()} />}
@@ -262,6 +298,26 @@ export const CommentsPopup = () => {
                 <>
                   <h3 className='IBMSMSMBSSCL_CommentNoteRepliesTitle'>
                     Replies
+                    <button
+                      type='button'
+                      className='btnMain IBMSMSMBSSCL_CommentNoteRepliesTitleBtn'
+                      onClick={
+                        discoveredCount ? handleDiscoveredClick : undefined
+                      }
+                    >
+                      <span>
+                        {isLoading ? (
+                          <>
+                            Discovering replies
+                            <Dots />
+                          </>
+                        ) : discoveredCount ? (
+                          <>Load {discoveredCount} discovered replies</>
+                        ) : (
+                          <>No new replies</>
+                        )}
+                      </span>
+                    </button>
                   </h3>
                   <div className='pUMCB_RepliesToPrime'>
                     {commentEvents.map((reply) => (
diff --git a/src/components/comment/index.tsx b/src/components/comment/index.tsx
index 6edcdaf..7700e27 100644
--- a/src/components/comment/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/comment/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Spinner } from 'components/Spinner'
+import { Dots } from 'components/Spinner'
 import { useNDKContext } from 'hooks'
 import { useComments } from 'hooks/useComments'
 import { Dispatch, SetStateAction, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
@@ -48,12 +48,16 @@ export const Comments = ({ addressable, setCommentCount }: Props) => {
     setCommentCount(commentEvents.length)
   }, [commentEvents, setCommentCount])
 
-  const handleSubmit = handleCommentSubmit(event, setCommentEvents, ndk)
-
   const handleDiscoveredClick = () => {
     setVisible(commentEvents)
   }
   const [visible, setVisible] = useState<CommentEvent[]>([])
+  const handleSubmit = handleCommentSubmit(
+    event,
+    setCommentEvents,
+    setVisible,
+    ndk
+  )
   useEffect(() => {
     if (isLoading) {
       setVisible(commentEvents)
@@ -93,17 +97,24 @@ export const Comments = ({ addressable, setCommentCount }: Props) => {
         {/* Hide comment form if aTag is missing */}
         {!!addressable.aTag && <CommentForm handleSubmit={handleSubmit} />}
         <div>
-          {isLoading ? (
-            <Spinner />
-          ) : (
-            <button
-              type='button'
-              className='btnMain'
-              onClick={discoveredCount ? handleDiscoveredClick : undefined}
-            >
-              <span>Load {discoveredCount} discovered comments</span>
-            </button>
-          )}
+          <button
+            type='button'
+            className='btnMain'
+            onClick={discoveredCount ? handleDiscoveredClick : undefined}
+          >
+            <span>
+              {isLoading ? (
+                <>
+                  Discovering comments
+                  <Dots />
+                </>
+              ) : discoveredCount ? (
+                <>Load {discoveredCount} discovered comments</>
+              ) : (
+                <>No new comments</>
+              )}
+            </span>
+          </button>
         </div>
         <Filter
           filterOptions={filterOptions}
diff --git a/src/hooks/index.ts b/src/hooks/index.ts
index 7746976..b397cf6 100644
--- a/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ export * from './useScrollDisable'
 export * from './useLocalStorage'
 export * from './useSessionStorage'
 export * from './useLocalCache'
+export * from './useReplies'
diff --git a/src/hooks/useReplies.tsx b/src/hooks/useReplies.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5513d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useReplies.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import {
+  NDKEvent,
+  NDKKind,
+  NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage
+} from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { useNDKContext } from './useNDKContext'
+import { useDidMount } from './useDidMount'
+
+export const useReplies = (eTag: string | undefined) => {
+  const { ndk } = useNDKContext()
+  const [replies, setReplies] = useState<NDKEvent[]>([])
+  const [isComplete, setIsComplete] = useState(false)
+
+  useDidMount(async () => {
+    if (!eTag) {
+      setIsComplete(true)
+      return
+    }
+
+    let eDepth: string | undefined = eTag
+    while (eDepth) {
+      const previousReply = await ndk.fetchEvent(
+        {
+          kinds: [NDKKind.Text, NDKKind.GenericReply],
+          ids: [eDepth]
+        },
+        {
+          cacheUsage: NDKSubscriptionCacheUsage.CACHE_FIRST
+        }
+      )
+      if (previousReply) {
+        setReplies((p) => {
+          if (p.findIndex((p) => p.id === previousReply.id) === -1) {
+            p.push(previousReply)
+          }
+          return p
+        })
+        eDepth = previousReply.tagValue('e')
+      } else {
+        eDepth = undefined
+      }
+    }
+    setIsComplete(true)
+  })
+
+  return {
+    size: replies.length,
+    isComplete,
+    parent: replies.length > 0 ? replies[0] : undefined,
+    root: isComplete ? replies[replies.length - 1] : undefined
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/loaders/comment.ts b/src/loaders/comment.ts
index 829ae36..06fa85c 100644
--- a/src/loaders/comment.ts
+++ b/src/loaders/comment.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { NDKEvent, NDKKind } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 import { NDKContextType } from 'contexts/NDKContext'
 import { LoaderFunctionArgs, redirect } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { CommentsLoaderResult } from 'types/comments'
@@ -21,23 +20,8 @@ export const commentsLoader =
         throw new Error('We are unable to find the comment on the relays')
       }
 
-      const replies: NDKEvent[] = []
-      let eTag: string | undefined = replyEvent.tagValue('e')
-      while (eTag) {
-        const prev = await ndkContext.ndk.fetchEvent({
-          kinds: [NDKKind.Text, NDKKind.GenericReply],
-          ids: [eTag]
-        })
-        if (prev) {
-          replies.push(prev)
-          eTag = prev.tagValue('e')
-        } else {
-          eTag = undefined
-        }
-      }
       const result: Partial<CommentsLoaderResult> = {
-        event: replyEvent,
-        parents: replies
+        event: replyEvent
       }
       return result
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/styles/comments.css b/src/styles/comments.css
index e728c0f..d0dc7ea 100644
--- a/src/styles/comments.css
+++ b/src/styles/comments.css
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 }
 
 .IBMSMSMBSSCL_CBText {
+  white-space: pre-line;
 }
 
 .IBMSMSMBSSCL_CBTextStatus {
@@ -478,6 +479,13 @@ hover {
   width: 100%;
   margin: 0 0 15px 0;
   color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+}
+
+.IBMSMSMBSSCL_CommentNoteRepliesTitleBtn {
+ font-size: 16px;
 }
 
 .IBMSMSMBSSCL_CAElementLoadWrapper {
diff --git a/src/types/comments.ts b/src/types/comments.ts
index bdde1e4..a14a7f0 100644
--- a/src/types/comments.ts
+++ b/src/types/comments.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { NDKEvent } from '@nostr-dev-kit/ndk'
 
 export interface CommentsLoaderResult {
   event: NDKEvent
-  parents: NDKEvent[]
 }
 
 export enum SortByEnum {
diff --git a/src/utils/comments.ts b/src/utils/comments.ts
index 5bc7987..74c4438 100644
--- a/src/utils/comments.ts
+++ b/src/utils/comments.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { log, LogType } from './utils'
 export function handleCommentSubmit(
   event: NDKEvent | undefined,
   setCommentEvents: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<CommentEvent[]>>,
+  setVisible: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<CommentEvent[]>>,
   ndk: NDK
 ) {
   return async (content: string): Promise<boolean> => {
@@ -19,13 +20,18 @@ export function handleCommentSubmit(
       const reply = event.reply()
       reply.content = content.trim()
 
-      setCommentEvents((prev) => [
-        {
-          event: reply,
-          status: CommentEventStatus.Publishing
-        },
-        ...prev
-      ])
+      setCommentEvents((prev) => {
+        const newCommentEvents = [
+          {
+            event: reply,
+            status: CommentEventStatus.Publishing
+          },
+          ...prev
+        ]
+        setVisible(newCommentEvents)
+        return newCommentEvents
+      })
+
       if (!ndk.signer) {
         ndk.signer = new NDKNip07Signer()
       }
@@ -33,8 +39,8 @@ export function handleCommentSubmit(
       id = reply.id
       const relaySet = await reply.publish()
       if (relaySet.size) {
-        setCommentEvents((prev) =>
-          prev.map((ce) => {
+        setCommentEvents((prev) => {
+          const newCommentEvents = prev.map((ce) => {
             if (ce.event.id === reply.id) {
               return {
                 event: ce.event,
@@ -43,23 +49,28 @@ export function handleCommentSubmit(
             }
             return ce
           })
-        )
+          setVisible(newCommentEvents)
+          return newCommentEvents
+        })
         // when an event is successfully published remove the status from it after 15 seconds
         setTimeout(() => {
-          setCommentEvents((prev) =>
-            prev.map((ce) => {
+          setCommentEvents((prev) => {
+            const newCommentEvents = prev.map((ce) => {
               if (ce.event.id === reply.id) {
                 delete ce.status
               }
 
               return ce
             })
-          )
+            setVisible(newCommentEvents)
+            return newCommentEvents
+          })
         }, 15000)
+        return true
       } else {
         log(true, LogType.Error, 'Publishing reply failed.')
-        setCommentEvents((prev) =>
-          prev.map((ce) => {
+        setCommentEvents((prev) => {
+          const newCommentEvents = prev.map((ce) => {
             if (ce.event.id === reply.id) {
               return {
                 event: ce.event,
@@ -68,14 +79,16 @@ export function handleCommentSubmit(
             }
             return ce
           })
-        )
+          setVisible(newCommentEvents)
+          return newCommentEvents
+        })
+        return false
       }
-      return false
     } catch (error) {
       toast.error('An error occurred in publishing reply.')
       log(true, LogType.Error, 'An error occurred in publishing reply.', error)
-      setCommentEvents((prev) =>
-        prev.map((ce) => {
+      setCommentEvents((prev) => {
+        const newCommentEvents = prev.map((ce) => {
           if (ce.event.id === id) {
             return {
               event: ce.event,
@@ -84,7 +97,9 @@ export function handleCommentSubmit(
           }
           return ce
         })
-      )
+        setVisible(newCommentEvents)
+        return newCommentEvents
+      })
       return false
     }
   }