diff --git a/src/components/Post.js b/src/components/Post.js
index ea3da78..94ed370 100644
--- a/src/components/Post.js
+++ b/src/components/Post.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { FontAwesomeIcon } from '@fortawesome/react-fontawesome';
 import {
     faCaretUp,
     faCaretDown,
-    faCommentAlt,
     faComments,
     faAngleUp,
     faAngleDown
@@ -33,6 +32,14 @@ const Post = ({ post, recursionDepth, selectPost, reload }) => {
         postApi.reactToPost(post.id, null).then(reload);
     }
 
+    const getComments = (post) => {
+        let nrOfComments = post.comments.length;
+        post.comments.forEach(comment => {
+            nrOfComments += getComments(comment);
+        })
+        return nrOfComments;
+    }
+
     return (
         <div>
             <div className="post" onClick={() => setShowComments(!showComments)}>
@@ -46,7 +53,7 @@ const Post = ({ post, recursionDepth, selectPost, reload }) => {
                 </div>
                 <div className="nrOfComments">
                     <FontAwesomeIcon className="icon" icon={faComments}/>
-                    <span className="">{post.comments.length}</span>
+                    <span className="">{getComments(post)}</span>
                 </div>
                 <div className="post-right">
                 <div className="post-date">