diff --git a/app/views/journals/update.rjs b/app/views/journals/update.rjs
index 55efb9bf3..f7c58392a 100644
--- a/app/views/journals/update.rjs
+++ b/app/views/journals/update.rjs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ if @journal.frozen?
   # journal was destroyed
   page.remove "change-#{@journal.id}"
 else
-  page.replace "journal-#{@journal.id}-notes", render_notes(@journal)
+  page.replace "journal-#{@journal.id}-notes", render_notes(@journal, :reply_links => authorize_for('issues', 'edit'))
   page.show "journal-#{@journal.id}-notes"
   page.remove "journal-#{@journal.id}-form"
 end