diff --git a/app/views/commontator/comments/create.js.erb b/app/views/commontator/comments/create.js.erb
index d8d1b4306..4754a6fef 100644
--- a/app/views/commontator/comments/create.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/commontator/comments/create.js.erb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 <% end %>
 
 <% if @update_icon %>
-$('#commentsIcon').removeClass('text-light').addClass('text-primary');
+$('#commentsIcon').addClass('new-comment');
 <% end %>
 
 var commontatorComment = $("#commontator-comment-<%= @comment.id %>").hide().fadeIn();
diff --git a/app/views/readers/update.coffee b/app/views/readers/update.coffee
index 2e6a6b62c..30558ac78 100644
--- a/app/views/readers/update.coffee
+++ b/app/views/readers/update.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ newSize = parseInt($size.data('size')) - 1
 $size.empty().append('(' + newSize + ')').data('size', newSize)
 $('.mediaCommentsDecoration').remove() if newSize == 0
 <% unless @anything_left %>
-$('#commentsIcon').removeClass('text-primary').addClass('text-light')
+$('#commentsIcon').removeClass('new-comment')
 $('#noCommentsAlert').show()
 <% end %>
 <% end %>
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diff --git a/app/views/readers/update_all.coffee b/app/views/readers/update_all.coffee
index e15f5e46d..3a920ca6b 100644
--- a/app/views/readers/update_all.coffee
+++ b/app/views/readers/update_all.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 $('.readerItem').remove()
 $('.mediaCommentsDecoration').remove()
 $('#mediaCommentsSize').empty().append('(0)').data('size', 0)
-$('#commentsIcon').removeClass('text-primary').addClass('text-light')
+$('#commentsIcon').removeClass('new-comment')
 $('#noCommentsAlert').show()
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