diff --git a/internal/app/comment_test.go b/internal/app/comment_test.go
index 035515e..b3f47e1 100644
--- a/internal/app/comment_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/comment_test.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func assertFeedCommentWrite(t *testing.T, pds *testPDS, subject tangled.ListItem
 	if record.Subject == nil || record.Subject.Uri != subject.URI || record.Subject.Cid != subject.CID {
 		t.Errorf("record subject = %+v, want URI %q and CID %q", record.Subject, subject.URI, subject.CID)
 	}
-	if record.Body == nil || record.Body.MarkupMarkdown == nil || record.Body.MarkupMarkdown.Text != body {
+	if record.Body == nil || record.Body.MarkupMarkdown == nil || record.Body.MarkupMarkdown.Text != body || record.Body.MarkupMarkdown.Original == nil || *record.Body.MarkupMarkdown.Original != body {
 		t.Errorf("record body = %+v, want markdown %q", record.Body, body)
 	}
 	if !sameRoundIndex(record.PullRoundIdx, pullRoundIdx) {
diff --git a/internal/app/feed_comment.go b/internal/app/feed_comment.go
index 71fa123..afae68a 100644
--- a/internal/app/feed_comment.go
+++ b/internal/app/feed_comment.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (s *Service) createFeedComment(ctx context.Context, subjectItem tangled.Lis
 		Record: tangledlex.FeedComment{
 			LexiconTypeID: tangled.FeedCommentCollection,
 			Subject:       subject,
-			Body:          &tangledlex.FeedComment_Body{MarkupMarkdown: &tangledlex.MarkupMarkdown{Text: body}},
+			Body:          &tangledlex.FeedComment_Body{MarkupMarkdown: &tangledlex.MarkupMarkdown{Text: body, Original: &body}},
 			CreatedAt:     time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
 			PullRoundIdx:  pullRoundIdx,
 		},