diff --git a/app/Controllers/EpisodeCommentController.php b/app/Controllers/EpisodeCommentController.php
index e0753ce912ccee691d32cf2d9bbd6f150212e528..702452a72bfe407781c6ae450067c96724fd1e65 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/EpisodeCommentController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/EpisodeCommentController.php
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ class EpisodeCommentController extends BaseController
             // if user is logged in then send to the authenticated activity view
             if (can_user_interact()) {
                 helper('form');
+                return view('episode/comment', $data);
             }
             return view('episode/comment', $data, [
                 'cache' => DECADE,
diff --git a/app/Controllers/PostController.php b/app/Controllers/PostController.php
index 15b23c162a20a369cfbb3476e6a6c220bb60e602..33a0e0af27b91933c3f97d1af4e9a392e53ae18a 100644
--- a/app/Controllers/PostController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/PostController.php
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class PostController extends FediversePostController
             // if user is logged in then send to the authenticated activity view
             if (can_user_interact()) {
                 helper('form');
+                return view('post/post', $data);
             }
             return view('post/post', $data, [
                 'cache' => DECADE,