diff --git a/public_html/layout/cms/featuredstorytext.thtml b/public_html/layout/cms/featuredstorytext.thtml
index 4bff3872b..7cae27337 100644
--- a/public_html/layout/cms/featuredstorytext.thtml
+++ b/public_html/layout/cms/featuredstorytext.thtml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 {!endif}
 
 {!if comments_url}
-		<a class="uk-button" href="{comments_url}" {comments_url_extra}>{comments_count}</a>
+		<a class="uk-button" href="{comments_url}" {comments_url_extra}><i class="uk-icon uk-icon-comments"> {comments_count}</i></a>
 {!endif}
 	</p>