diff --git a/src/hooks/use-reply.ts b/src/hooks/use-reply.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a42d1fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/use-reply.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { ChallengeVerification, Comment, PublishCommentOptions, usePublishComment } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
+import { create } from 'zustand';
+import useChallengesStore from './use-challenges';
+import { alertChallengeVerificationFailed } from '../lib/utils/challenge-utils';
+
+type SetReplyStoreData = {
+  subplebbitAddress: string;
+  parentCid: string;
+  content: string | undefined;
+  link: string | undefined;
+  spoiler: boolean;
+};
+
+type ReplyState = {
+  content: { [parentCid: string]: string | undefined };
+  link: { [parentCid: string]: string | undefined };
+  spoiler: { [parentCid: string]: boolean | undefined };
+  publishCommentOptions: PublishCommentOptions;
+  setReplyStore: (data: SetReplyStoreData) => void;
+  resetReplyStore: (parentCid: string) => void;
+};
+
+const { addChallenge } = useChallengesStore.getState();
+
+const useReplyStore = create<ReplyState>((set) => ({
+  content: {},
+  link: {},
+  spoiler: {},
+  publishCommentOptions: {},
+  setReplyStore: (data: SetReplyStoreData) =>
+    set((state) => {
+      const { subplebbitAddress, parentCid, content, link, spoiler } = data;
+      const publishCommentOptions = {
+        subplebbitAddress,
+        parentCid,
+        content,
+        link,
+        spoiler,
+        onChallenge: (...args: any) => addChallenge(args),
+        onChallengeVerification: (challengeVerification: ChallengeVerification, comment: Comment) => {
+          alertChallengeVerificationFailed(challengeVerification, comment);
+        },
+        onError: (error: Error) => {
+          console.error(error);
+          alert(error.message);
+        },
+      };
+      return {
+        content: { ...state.content, [parentCid]: content },
+        link: { ...state.link, [parentCid]: link },
+        spoiler: { ...state.spoiler, [parentCid]: spoiler },
+        publishCommentOptions: { ...state.publishCommentOptions, [parentCid]: publishCommentOptions },
+      };
+    }),
+
+  resetReplyStore: (parentCid) =>
+    set((state) => ({
+      content: { ...state.content, [parentCid]: undefined },
+      link: { ...state.link, [parentCid]: undefined },
+      spoiler: { ...state.spoiler, [parentCid]: undefined },
+      publishCommentOptions: { ...state.publishCommentOptions, [parentCid]: undefined },
+    })),
+}));
+
+const useReply = (comment: Comment) => {
+  const subplebbitAddress = comment?.subplebbitAddress;
+  const parentCid = comment?.cid;
+  const publishCommentOptions = useReplyStore((state) => state.publishCommentOptions[parentCid]);
+  const setReplyStore = useReplyStore((state) => state.setReplyStore);
+  const resetReplyStore = useReplyStore((state) => state.resetReplyStore);
+
+  const setContent = useMemo(
+    () => (content: string | undefined, link: string | undefined, spoiler: boolean) => setReplyStore({ subplebbitAddress, parentCid, content, link, spoiler }),
+    [subplebbitAddress, parentCid, setReplyStore, comment],
+  );
+
+  const resetContent = useMemo(() => () => resetReplyStore(parentCid), [parentCid, resetReplyStore]);
+
+  const { index, publishComment } = usePublishComment(publishCommentOptions);
+
+  return { setContent, resetContent, replyIndex: index, publishReply: publishComment };
+};
+
+export default useReply;
diff --git a/src/views/post/post.tsx b/src/views/post/post.tsx
index 64842c52..9ca6aaa3 100644
--- a/src/views/post/post.tsx
+++ b/src/views/post/post.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useComment, useSubplebbit } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
@@ -7,19 +7,55 @@ import PostComponent from '../../components/post';
 import useReplies from '../../hooks/use-replies';
 import Reply from '../../components/reply';
 import useStateString from '../../hooks/use-state-string';
+import useReply from '../../hooks/use-reply';
 import { usePendingReplyCount } from '../../hooks/use-pending-replycount';
 
 const Post = () => {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
   const { commentCid } = useParams();
   const comment = useComment({ commentCid });
-  const { content, replyCount, subplebbitAddress, title } = comment || {};
+  const { replyCount, subplebbitAddress, title } = comment || {};
   const subplebbit = useSubplebbit({ subplebbitAddress });
-  const replies = useReplies(comment).map((reply, index) => <Reply key={`${index}${reply.cid}`} reply={reply} />) || '';
-  const postTitle = title?.slice(0, 40) || content?.slice(0, 40);
-  const subplebbitTitle = subplebbit?.title || subplebbit?.shortAddress;
-  const { t } = useTranslation();
   const stateString = useStateString(comment);
-  const commentCount = replyCount === 0 ? t('no_comments') : replyCount === 1 ? t('one_comment') : t('all_comments', { count: replyCount });
+  
+  const replies = useReplies(comment).map((reply, index) => <Reply key={`${index}${reply.cid}`} reply={reply} />) || '';
+  const { setContent, resetContent, replyIndex, publishReply } = useReply(comment);
+
+  const postTitle = title?.slice(0, 40) || comment?.content?.slice(0, 40);
+  const subplebbitTitle = subplebbit?.title || subplebbit?.shortAddress;
+  
+  const textRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
+  const urlRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const spoilerRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+
+  const pendingReplyCount = usePendingReplyCount({ parentCommentCid: commentCid });
+  const totalReplyCount = replyCount + pendingReplyCount;
+  const commentCount = totalReplyCount === 0 ? t('no_comments') : totalReplyCount === 1 ? t('one_comment') : t('all_comments', { count: totalReplyCount });
+
+  const [readyToPublish, setReadyToPublish] = useState(false);
+
+  const onPublish = () => {
+    const currentContent = textRef.current?.value || '';
+    if (!currentContent.trim()) {
+      alert(`missing content`);
+      return;
+    }
+    setContent(textRef.current?.value || undefined, urlRef.current?.value || undefined, spoilerRef.current?.checked || false);
+    setReadyToPublish(true);
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (readyToPublish) {
+      publishReply();
+      setReadyToPublish(false);
+    }
+  }, [readyToPublish, publishReply]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (typeof replyIndex === 'number') {
+      resetContent();
+    }
+  }, [replyIndex, resetContent]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     document.title = `${postTitle || ''}${postTitle && subplebbitTitle ? ' - ' : ''}${subplebbitTitle || ''}${postTitle || subplebbitTitle ? ' - seedit' : 'seedit'}`;
@@ -45,14 +81,16 @@ const Post = () => {
           </div>
           <div className={styles.mdContainer}>
             <div className={styles.md}>
-              <input className={styles.url} placeholder={`url (${t('optional')})`} />
+              <input className={styles.url} ref={urlRef} placeholder={`url (${t('optional')})`} />
               <span className={styles.spoiler}>
-              {t('spoiler')}: <input type='checkbox' className={styles.checkbox} />
+                {t('spoiler')}: <input type='checkbox' className={styles.checkbox} ref={spoilerRef} />
               </span>
-              <textarea className={styles.textarea} placeholder={t('text')} />
+              <textarea className={styles.textarea} ref={textRef} placeholder={t('text')} />
             </div>
             <div className={styles.bottomArea}>
-              <button className={styles.save}>{t('post_save')}</button>
+              <button className={styles.save} onClick={onPublish}>
+                {t('post_save')}
+              </button>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/views/submit/submit.tsx b/src/views/submit/submit.tsx
index 0277404d..83b75c35 100644
--- a/src/views/submit/submit.tsx
+++ b/src/views/submit/submit.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Link, useLocation, useNavigate, useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { usePublishComment, useSubplebbit } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
+import { PublishCommentOptions, usePublishComment, useSubplebbit } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { create } from 'zustand';
 import { isSubplebbitSubmitView } from '../../lib/utils/view-utils';
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type SubmitState = {
   title: string | undefined;
   content: string | undefined;
   link: string | undefined;
-  publishCommentOptions: any;
+  publishCommentOptions: PublishCommentOptions;
   setSubmitStore: (data: Partial<SubmitState>) => void;
   resetSubmitStore: () => void;
 };
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const useSubmitStore = create<SubmitState>((set) => ({
   title: undefined,
   content: undefined,
   link: undefined,
-  publishCommentOptions: undefined,
+  publishCommentOptions: {},
   setSubmitStore: ({ subplebbitAddress, title, content, link }) =>
     set((state) => {
       const nextState = { ...state };