diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/templates/comments/index.jst.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/templates/comments/index.jst.hbs
index 7936076..8f2286c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/templates/comments/index.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/templates/comments/index.jst.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+{{#if show_form}}
+{{else}}
+ You need to sign in to create a comment.
+{{/if}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/comments/comments_index.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/comments/comments_index.js.coffee
index c038290..46763f4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/comments/comments_index.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/backbone/views/comments/comments_index.js.coffee
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ class AsciiIo.Views.CommentsIndex extends Backbone.View
@collection.on('reset', @render, this)
@collection.on('add', @render, this)
+ @current_user = AsciiIo.current_user
+
render: ->
- $(@el).html @template
+ $(@el).html @template( show_form: @current_user )
+
$comments = this.$('.comments')
@collection.each (comment) ->