diff --git a/app/models/comment.rb b/app/models/comment.rb
index 638fb070f..73e7400ee 100644
--- a/app/models/comment.rb
+++ b/app/models/comment.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class Comment
   belongs_to :person, :class_name => "Person"
 
   validates_presence_of :text, :diaspora_handle, :post
+  validates_length_of :text, :maximum => 500
   validates_with HandleValidator
 
   before_save do
diff --git a/public/javascripts/vendor/facebox.js b/public/javascripts/vendor/facebox.js
index 5ad90ed5b..e0906f000 100755
--- a/public/javascripts/vendor/facebox.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/vendor/facebox.js
@@ -85,15 +85,15 @@
     settings: {
       opacity      : 0.2,
       overlay      : true,
-      loadingImage : '/facebox/loading.gif',
-      closeImage   : '/facebox/closelabel.png',
+      loadingImage : '/images/facebox/loading.gif',
+      closeImage   : '/images/facebox/closelabel.png',
       imageTypes   : [ 'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif' ],
       faceboxHtml  : '\
     <div id="facebox" style="display:none;"> \
       <div class="popup"> \
         <div class="content"> \
         </div> \
-        <a href="#" class="close"><img src="/facebox/closelabel.png" title="close" class="close_image" /></a> \
+        <a href="#" class="close"><img src="/images/facebox/closelabel.png" title="close" class="close_image" /></a> \
       </div> \
     </div>'
     },