diff --git a/submission.inc b/submission.inc
index 8dc60e3c84a77f4462a1b112937f77498d98c287..34e45844b019e30bdf2e3ad5b803799b6e10e7ab 100644
--- a/submission.inc
+++ b/submission.inc
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function submission_vote($id, $vote, $comment) {
     db_query("UPDATE stories SET score = score $vote, votes = votes + 1 WHERE id = $id");
 
     ### Update the comments (if required):
-    db_query("INSERT INTO comments (sid, subject, comment, hostname, timestamp) VALUES($id, '". addslashes(substr($comment, 0, 29)) ." ...', '". addslashes($comment) ."', '". getenv("REMOTE_ADDR") ."', '". time() ."')");
+    if ($comment) db_query("INSERT INTO comments (sid, subject, comment, hostname, timestamp) VALUES($id, '". addslashes(substr($comment, 0, 29)) ." ...', '". addslashes($comment) ."', '". getenv("REMOTE_ADDR") ."', '". time() ."')");
 
     ### Update user's history record:
     $user->setHistory("s$id", "$vote");  // s = submission
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ function submission_vote($id, $vote, $comment) {
     ### Update story table (if required):
     $result = db_query("SELECT * FROM stories WHERE id = $id");  
     if ($submission = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-#      if ($submission->score >= $submission_post_threshold) db_query("UPDATE stories SET status = 2, timestamp = '". time() ."' WHERE id = $id");
-#      if ($submission->score <= $submission_dump_threshold) db_query("UPDATE stories SET status = 0, timestamp = '". time() ."' WHERE id = $id");
+      if ($submission->score >= $submission_post_threshold) db_query("UPDATE stories SET status = 2, timestamp = '". time() ."' WHERE id = $id");
+      if ($submission->score <= $submission_dump_threshold) db_query("UPDATE stories SET status = 0, timestamp = '". time() ."' WHERE id = $id");
     }
   }
 }