diff --git a/layouts/_partials/comments.html b/layouts/_partials/comments.html
index 99a3bf0..3860132 100644
--- a/layouts/_partials/comments.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/comments.html
@@ -12,45 +12,4 @@
     <i>Enable JavaScript to see the comment section.</i>
 </noscript>
 
-{{ $url := .Permalink }}
-{{ if .IsTranslated }}
-    {{ with index .AllTranslations 0 }}
-        {{ $url = .Permalink }}
-    {{ end }}
-{{ end }}
-
-
-<script data-isso-id="{{ $url }}"
-        data-isso-default-lang="{{ .Language.Lang }}"
-        data-isso-css="true"
-        data-isso-max-comments-top="inf"
-        data-isso-max-comments-nested="inf"
-        data-isso-reveal-on-click="5"
-        {{/*
-        data-isso-avatar-bg="#111"
-        data-isso-avatar-fg="#9abf88 #5698c4 #e279a3 #9163b6 ..."
-        */}}
-        data-isso-vote="true"
-        {{/*
-        data-isso-vote-levels=""
-        */}}
-        data-isso-feed="true"
-        data-isso-require-email="false"
-        data-isso-reply-notifications="true"
-        data-isso-reply-notifications-default-enabled="true"
-
-        {{ with (.GetTerms "authors") }}
-            {{ $authorHashes := slice }}
-            {{ range . }}
-                {{ with .Params.issoUserID }}
-                    {{ $authorHashes = $authorHashes | append . }}
-                {{ end }}
-            {{ end }}
-
-            data-isso-page-author-hashes="{{ delimit $authorHashes "," }}"
-        {{ end }}
-
-        src="https://isso.bbaovanc.com/js/embed.min.js">
-</script>
-
 <section id="isso-thread" data-title="{{ .Title }}"></section>
diff --git a/layouts/_partials/head.html b/layouts/_partials/head.html
index 06b7049..838e9ab 100644
--- a/layouts/_partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/head.html
@@ -23,6 +23,44 @@
             <script defer src="{{ .Permalink }}" integrity="{{ .Data.Integrity }}" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
         {{ end }}
     {{ end }}
+    {{ $isso_url := .Permalink }}
+    {{ if .IsTranslated }}
+        {{ with index .AllTranslations 0 }}
+            {{ $isso_url = .Permalink }}
+        {{ end }}
+    {{ end }}
+    <script defer src="https://isso.bbaovanc.com/js/embed.min.js"
+            data-isso-id="{{ $isso_url }}"
+            data-isso-default-lang="{{ .Language.Lang }}"
+            data-isso-css="true"
+            data-isso-max-comments-top="inf"
+            data-isso-max-comments-nested="inf"
+            data-isso-reveal-on-click="5"
+            {{/*
+            data-isso-avatar-bg="#111"
+            data-isso-avatar-fg="#9abf88 #5698c4 #e279a3 #9163b6 ..."
+            */}}
+            data-isso-vote="true"
+            {{/*
+            data-isso-vote-levels=""
+            */}}
+            data-isso-feed="true"
+            data-isso-require-email="false"
+            data-isso-reply-notifications="true"
+            data-isso-reply-notifications-default-enabled="true"
+
+            {{ with (.GetTerms "authors") }}
+                {{ $authorHashes := slice }}
+                {{ range . }}
+                    {{ with .Params.issoUserID }}
+                        {{ $authorHashes = $authorHashes | append . }}
+                    {{ end }}
+                {{ end }}
+
+                data-isso-page-author-hashes="{{ delimit $authorHashes "," }}"
+            {{ end }}
+            >
+    </script>
 
     {{ if eq .Layout "search" }}
         {{ with resources.Get "css/search.css" | fingerprint "sha512" }}
diff --git a/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/item/comments-counter.html b/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/item/comments-counter.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6e4c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/item/comments-counter.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<span class="page-metadata-item" aria-label="comments counter">
+    {{ partial "icon.html" "message" }}
+    {{/* TODO: figure out if there's a nicer way to generate this URL
+       * the current issue is that we can't use RelRef, since content view means that we don't
+       * have access to the original page context
+       */}}
+    <a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}#isso-thread">comments</a>
+</span>
diff --git a/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/post-full.html b/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/post-full.html
index bd13f4d..d184c55 100644
--- a/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/post-full.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/post-full.html
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/readingtime.html" . }}
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/edithistory.html" . }}
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/viewraw.html" . }}
+        {{ partial "page-metadata/item/comments-counter.html" . }}
 
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/categories.html" . }}
 
diff --git a/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/post-short.html b/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/post-short.html
index aa0574d..9b799af 100644
--- a/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/post-short.html
+++ b/layouts/_partials/page-metadata/post-short.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/authors.html" . }}
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/readingtime.html" . }}
+        {{ partial "page-metadata/item/comments-counter.html" . }}
 
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/series.html" . }}
         {{ partial "page-metadata/item/categories.html" . }}