diff --git a/functions/src/emails.ts b/functions/src/emails.ts
index b7469e9f..d594ae65 100644
--- a/functions/src/emails.ts
+++ b/functions/src/emails.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { formatNumericProbability } from '../../common/pseudo-numeric'
 import { sendTemplateEmail } from './send-email'
 import { getPrivateUser, getUser } from './utils'
 import { getFunctionUrl } from '../../common/api'
+import { richTextToString } from 'common/util/parse'
 
 const UNSUBSCRIBE_ENDPOINT = getFunctionUrl('unsubscribe')
 
@@ -291,7 +292,8 @@ export const sendNewCommentEmail = async (
   const unsubscribeUrl = `${UNSUBSCRIBE_ENDPOINT}?id=${userId}&type=${emailType}`
 
   const { name: commentorName, avatarUrl: commentorAvatarUrl } = commentCreator
-  const { text } = comment
+  const { content } = comment
+  const text = richTextToString(content)
 
   let betDescription = ''
   if (bet) {
diff --git a/web/pages/[username]/[contractSlug].tsx b/web/pages/[username]/[contractSlug].tsx
index 0da6c994..5866f899 100644
--- a/web/pages/[username]/[contractSlug].tsx
+++ b/web/pages/[username]/[contractSlug].tsx
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ function ContractTopTrades(props: {
               comment={commentsById[topCommentId]}
               tips={tips[topCommentId]}
               betsBySameUser={[betsById[topCommentId]]}
-              truncate={false}
               smallAvatar={false}
             />
           </div>