diff --git a/widgets/CommentsWidget.inc b/widgets/CommentsWidget.inc
index 6f23755..c6551cf 100644
--- a/widgets/CommentsWidget.inc
+++ b/widgets/CommentsWidget.inc
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class ComicPressCommentsWidget extends WP_Widget {
 		
 		echo $before_widget;
 		$title = empty($instance['title']) ? __('Permalink','comicpress') : apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title']); ?>
-		<?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) { ?><div class="comment-link"><?php comments_popup_link('<span class="comment-balloon comment-balloon-empty">&rdquo;</span>Comment ', '<span class="comment-balloon">1</span>Comment ', '<span class="comment-balloon">%</span>Comment '); ?></div><?php } ?>
+		<?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) { ?><div class="comment-link"><?php comments_popup_link('<span class="comment-balloon comment-balloon-empty"> </span> Comment ', '<span class="comment-balloon">1</span> Comment ', '<span class="comment-balloon">%</span> Comment '); ?></div><?php } ?>
 		<?php
 		echo $after_widget;
 	}