diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/miniEditor.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/miniEditor.js
index 2ba195d00f7735b39c17bb2fcb4f1a7bc9156936..347f9a3e97ac520d34bdef927e1c84b32a2428ba 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/miniEditor.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/miniEditor/miniEditor.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class MiniEditor extends ProseEditor {
     let Overlay = this.componentRegistry.get('overlay')
 
     var commentsPane = $$(Comments, {
-      comments: this.props.comments || {},
+      comments: this.props.comments,
       fragment: this.props.fragment,
       update: this.props.update,
       user: this.props.user