diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 06376b6e7..276f7bb0c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ r2/r2/public/static/vote.js
 r2/r2/public/static/reddit_rtl.css
 r2/data/*
 r2/count.pickle
+r2/srcount.pickle
 r2/myproduction.ini
 .DS_Store
 r2/r2.egg-info/**
diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
index c16303249..2710f60a0 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
@@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ class ApiController(RedditController):
             sr = thing.subreddit_slow
             expire_hot(sr)
 
+        #comments have special delete tasks
+        elif isinstance(thing, Comment):
+            thing._delete()
+
 
     @Json
     @validate(VUser(), VModhash(),
diff --git a/r2/r2/models/link.py b/r2/r2/models/link.py
index aa5e6cce7..7c57606d8 100644
--- a/r2/r2/models/link.py
+++ b/r2/r2/models/link.py
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ class Comment(Thing, Printable):
         pass
 
     def _delete(self):
-        pass
+        link = Link._byID(self.link_id, data = True)
+        link._incr('num_comments', -1)
     
     @classmethod
     def _new(cls, author, link, parent, body, ip, spam = False):
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/comment.html b/r2/r2/templates/comment.html
index e1eebf1e8..29c7f86c3 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/comment.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/comment.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## "The contents of this file are subject to the Common Public Attribution
+## The contents of this file are subject to the Common Public Attribution
 ## License Version 1.0. (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
 ## compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 ## http://code.reddit.com/LICENSE. The License is based on the Mozilla Public