diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Moderate.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Moderate.php
index b4709f3bd..10c8ab8f2 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Moderate.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Moderate.php
@@ -47,24 +47,17 @@ class Moderate extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 			);
 
 			if($r) {
+				$item = $r[0];
+
 				if($action === 'approve') {
 					q("update item set item_blocked = 0 where uid = %d and id = %d",
 						intval(local_channel()),
 						intval($post_id)
 					);
 
-					// update the parent's commented timestamp
+					$item['item_blocked'] = 0;
 
-					$z = q("select max(created) as commented from item where parent_mid = '%s' and uid = %d and item_delayed = 0 ",
-						dbesc($r[0]['parent_mid']),
-						intval(local_channel())
-					);
-
-					q("UPDATE item set commented = '%s', changed = '%s' WHERE id = %d",
-						dbesc(($z) ? $z[0]['commented'] : (datetime_convert())),
-						dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-						intval($r[0]['parent'])
-					);
+					item_update_parent_commented($item);
 
 					notice( t('Comment approved') . EOL);
 				}
@@ -72,6 +65,8 @@ class Moderate extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 					drop_item($post_id,false);
 					notice( t('Comment deleted') . EOL);
 				} 
+
+				// refetch the item after changes have been made
 			
 				$r = q("select * from item where id = %d",
 					intval($post_id)
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index a2068868a..d1625e944 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -1977,31 +1977,7 @@ function item_store($arr, $allow_exec = false, $deliver = true) {
 	 */
 	call_hooks('post_remote_end', $arr);
 
-	$update_parent = true;
-
-	// update the commented timestamp on the parent - unless this is a moderated comment or a potential clone of an older item
-	// which we don't wish to bring to the surface. As the queue only holds deliveries for 3 days, it's
-	// suspected of being an older cloned item if the creation time is older than that.
-
-	if(intval($arr['item_blocked']) === ITEM_MODERATED)
-		$update_parent = false;
- 
-	if($arr['created'] < datetime_convert('','','now - 4 days'))
-		$update_parent = false;
-
-	if($update_parent) {
-		$z = q("select max(created) as commented from item where parent_mid = '%s' and uid = %d and item_delayed = 0 ",
-			dbesc($arr['parent_mid']),
-			intval($arr['uid'])
-		);
-
-		q("UPDATE item set commented = '%s', changed = '%s' WHERE id = %d",
-			dbesc(($z) ? $z[0]['commented'] : (datetime_convert())),
-			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-			intval($parent_id)
-		);
-	}
-
+	item_update_parent_commented($arr);
 
 	// If _creating_ a deleted item, don't propagate it further or send out notifications.
 	// We need to store the item details just in case the delete came in before the original post,
@@ -2332,6 +2308,36 @@ function item_store_update($arr, $allow_exec = false, $deliver = true) {
 	return $ret;
 }
 
+function item_update_parent_commented($item) {
+
+
+	$update_parent = true;
+
+	// update the commented timestamp on the parent 
+	// - unless this is a moderated comment or a potential clone of an older item
+	// which we don't wish to bring to the surface. As the queue only holds deliveries 
+	// for 3 days, it's suspected of being an older cloned item if the creation time 
+	//is older than that.
+
+	if(intval($item['item_blocked']) === ITEM_MODERATED)
+		$update_parent = false;
+ 
+	if($item['created'] < datetime_convert('','','now - 4 days'))
+		$update_parent = false;
+
+	if($update_parent) {
+		$z = q("select max(created) as commented from item where parent_mid = '%s' and uid = %d and item_delayed = 0 ",
+			dbesc($item['parent_mid']),
+			intval($item['uid'])
+		);
+
+		q("UPDATE item set commented = '%s', changed = '%s' WHERE id = %d",
+			dbesc(($z) ? $z[0]['commented'] : datetime_convert()),
+			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+			intval($item['parent'])
+		);
+	}
+}
 
 
 function send_status_notifications($post_id,$item) {