diff --git a/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/gui/CommentPane.java b/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/gui/CommentPane.java
index 4b640a76..a36619b2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/gui/CommentPane.java
+++ b/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/gui/CommentPane.java
@@ -4,19 +4,16 @@
 
 import featurecat.lizzie.Lizzie;
 import java.awt.BorderLayout;
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 import java.awt.event.MouseMotionAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
 import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
-import javax.swing.JTextPane;
-import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
-import javax.swing.text.html.HTMLDocument;
-import javax.swing.text.html.StyleSheet;
+import javax.swing.JTextArea;
 
 /** The window used to display the game. */
 public class CommentPane extends LizziePane {
@@ -24,11 +21,8 @@ public class CommentPane extends LizziePane {
   //  private final BufferStrategy bs;
 
   // Display Comment
-  private HTMLDocument htmlDoc;
-  private LizziePane.HtmlKit htmlKit;
-  private StyleSheet htmlStyle;
   public JScrollPane scrollPane;
-  private JTextPane commentPane;
+  private JTextArea commentPane;
   private JLabel dragPane = new JLabel("Drag out");
   private MouseMotionListener[] mouseMotionListeners;
   private MouseMotionAdapter mouseMotionAdapter;
@@ -38,38 +32,16 @@ public CommentPane(LizzieMain owner) {
     super(owner);
     setLayout(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
 
-    htmlKit = new LizziePane.HtmlKit();
-    htmlDoc = (HTMLDocument) htmlKit.createDefaultDocument();
-    htmlStyle = htmlKit.getStyleSheet();
-    String style =
-        "body {background:#"
-            + String.format(
-                "%02x%02x%02x",
-                Lizzie.config.commentBackgroundColor.getRed(),
-                Lizzie.config.commentBackgroundColor.getGreen(),
-                Lizzie.config.commentBackgroundColor.getBlue())
-            + "; color:#"
-            + String.format(
-                "%02x%02x%02x",
-                Lizzie.config.commentFontColor.getRed(),
-                Lizzie.config.commentFontColor.getGreen(),
-                Lizzie.config.commentFontColor.getBlue())
-            + "; font-family:"
-            + Lizzie.config.fontName
-            + ", Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Ubuntu Mono', monospace;"
-            + (Lizzie.config.commentFontSize > 0
-                ? "font-size:" + Lizzie.config.commentFontSize
-                : "")
-            + "}";
-    htmlStyle.addRule(style);
-
-    commentPane = new JTextPane();
+    commentPane = new JTextArea();
     commentPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
-    commentPane.setEditorKit(htmlKit);
-    commentPane.setDocument(htmlDoc);
     commentPane.setText("");
     commentPane.setEditable(false);
     commentPane.setFocusable(false);
+    commentPane.setWrapStyleWord(true);
+    commentPane.setLineWrap(true);
+    // drop alpha for backward compatibility with Lizze 0.7.4
+    commentPane.setBackground(new Color(Lizzie.config.commentBackgroundColor.getRGB()));
+    commentPane.setForeground(new Color(Lizzie.config.commentFontColor.getRGB()));
     commentPane.addMouseListener(
         new MouseAdapter() {
           @Override
@@ -124,22 +96,12 @@ public void drawComment() {
         }
         Font font = new Font(Lizzie.config.fontName, Font.PLAIN, fontSize);
         commentPane.setFont(font);
-        comment = comment.replaceAll("(\r\n)|(\n)", "<br />").replaceAll(" ", "&nbsp;");
-        addText("<span class=\"comment\">" + comment + "</span>");
+        commentPane.setText(comment);
+        commentPane.setCaretPosition(0);
       }
     }
   }
 
-  private void addText(String text) {
-    try {
-      htmlDoc.remove(0, htmlDoc.getLength());
-      htmlKit.insertHTML(htmlDoc, htmlDoc.getLength(), text, 0, 0, null);
-      commentPane.setCaretPosition(htmlDoc.getLength());
-    } catch (BadLocationException | IOException e) {
-      e.printStackTrace();
-    }
-  }
-
   public void setDesignMode(boolean mode) {
     //    if (mode) {
     //      mouseMotionListeners = commentPane.getMouseMotionListeners();
diff --git a/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/gui/LizzieFrame.java b/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/gui/LizzieFrame.java
index e3781b71..4a9909d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/gui/LizzieFrame.java
+++ b/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/gui/LizzieFrame.java
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import javax.swing.*;
-import javax.swing.text.html.HTMLDocument;
-import javax.swing.text.html.StyleSheet;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 
 /** The window used to display the game. */
@@ -104,11 +102,8 @@ public class LizzieFrame extends MainFrame {
   private boolean isPonderingBeforeReplayVariation = false;
 
   // Display Comment
-  private HTMLDocument htmlDoc;
-  private LizziePane.HtmlKit htmlKit;
-  private StyleSheet htmlStyle;
   private JScrollPane scrollPane;
-  private JTextPane commentPane;
+  private JTextArea commentPane;
   private BufferedImage cachedCommentImage = new BufferedImage(1, 1, TYPE_INT_ARGB);
   private String cachedComment;
   private Rectangle commentRect;
@@ -175,35 +170,14 @@ protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
       setExtendedState(Frame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
     }
 
-    htmlKit = new LizziePane.HtmlKit();
-    htmlDoc = (HTMLDocument) htmlKit.createDefaultDocument();
-    htmlStyle = htmlKit.getStyleSheet();
-    String style =
-        "body {background:#"
-            + String.format(
-                "%02x%02x%02x",
-                Lizzie.config.commentBackgroundColor.getRed(),
-                Lizzie.config.commentBackgroundColor.getGreen(),
-                Lizzie.config.commentBackgroundColor.getBlue())
-            + "; color:#"
-            + String.format(
-                "%02x%02x%02x",
-                Lizzie.config.commentFontColor.getRed(),
-                Lizzie.config.commentFontColor.getGreen(),
-                Lizzie.config.commentFontColor.getBlue())
-            + "; font-family:"
-            + Lizzie.config.fontName
-            + ", Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Ubuntu Mono', monospace;"
-            + (Lizzie.config.commentFontSize > 0
-                ? "font-size:" + Lizzie.config.commentFontSize
-                : "")
-            + "}";
-    htmlStyle.addRule(style);
-    commentPane = new JTextPane();
+    commentPane = new JTextArea();
     commentPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
-    commentPane.setEditorKit(htmlKit);
-    commentPane.setDocument(htmlDoc);
     commentPane.setEditable(false);
+    commentPane.setWrapStyleWord(true);
+    commentPane.setLineWrap(true);
+    // drop alpha for backward compatibility with Lizze 0.7.4
+    commentPane.setBackground(new Color(Lizzie.config.commentBackgroundColor.getRGB()));
+    commentPane.setForeground(new Color(Lizzie.config.commentFontColor.getRGB()));
     scrollPane = new JScrollPane();
     scrollPane.setViewportView(commentPane);
     scrollPane.setBorder(null);
@@ -1314,7 +1288,8 @@ public boolean processCommentMouseWheelMoved(MouseWheelEvent e) {
     if (Lizzie.config.showComment && commentRect.contains(e.getX(), e.getY())) {
       scrollPane.dispatchEvent(e);
       createCommentImage(true, commentRect.width, commentRect.height);
-      getGraphics()
+      mainPanel
+          .getGraphics()
           .drawImage(
               cachedCommentImage,
               commentRect.x,
@@ -1445,7 +1420,6 @@ private void drawComment(Graphics2D g, int x, int y, int w, int h) {
     }
     Font font = new Font(Lizzie.config.fontName, Font.PLAIN, fontSize);
     commentPane.setFont(font);
-    comment = comment.replaceAll("(\r\n)|(\n)", "<br />").replaceAll(" ", "&nbsp;");
     commentPane.setText(comment);
     commentPane.setSize(w, h);
     createCommentImage(!comment.equals(this.cachedComment), w, h);