diff --git a/pagure/static/issue_ev.js b/pagure/static/issue_ev.js
index 52f7f0f..867c44d 100644
--- a/pagure/static/issue_ev.js
+++ b/pagure/static/issue_ev.js
@@ -162,7 +162,29 @@ update_issue = function(data) {
   }
 }
 
-process_event = function(data, issue_uid, _issue_url, _issues_url){
+private_issue = function(data, _api_issue_url, issue_uid) {
+  if (data.comment_id){
+    var _url = _api_issue_url.replace('-1', issue_uid)
+      + '/comment/' + data.comment_id;
+    console.log(_url);
+
+    $.get( _url )
+      .done(function(data) {
+        add_comment({
+            comment_added: data.comment,
+            comment_id: data.id,
+            comment_user: data.user.name,
+            comment_date: data.comment_date,
+            avatar_url: data.avatar_url,
+          });
+      })
+  }
+
+}
+
+process_event = function(
+      data, issue_uid, _issue_url, _issues_url, _api_issue_url)
+{
   console.log(data);
   if (data.added_tags){
     add_tags(data, _issues_url);
@@ -188,4 +210,8 @@ process_event = function(data, issue_uid, _issue_url, _issues_url){
   else if (data.fields){
     update_issue(data);
   }
+  else if (data.issue == 'private'){
+    console.log('private issue');
+    private_issue(data, _api_issue_url, issue_uid)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/pagure/templates/issue.html b/pagure/templates/issue.html
index 892210d..a08d85b 100644
--- a/pagure/templates/issue.html
+++ b/pagure/templates/issue.html
@@ -349,9 +349,13 @@ source.addEventListener('message', function(e) {
   var data = $.parseJSON(e.data);
   var _issues_url ='<a href="{{
     url_for('view_issues', username=username, repo=repo.name)}}';
+  var _api_issues_url ='{{
+    url_for('api_ns.api_view_issue', username=username,
+            repo=repo.name, issueid='-1')}}';
   var _issue_url ='<a href="{{
     url_for('view_issue', username=username, repo=repo.name, issueid='-1')}}">';
-  process_event(data, "{{ issue.uid }}", _issue_url, _issues_url);
+  process_event(data, "{{ issue.uid }}", _issue_url,
+                _issues_url, _api_issues_url);
 
   }, false);