diff --git a/app/views/forum_posts/_forum_post.html.erb b/app/views/forum_posts/_forum_post.html.erb
index 71b989a7e..d763c33fa 100644
--- a/app/views/forum_posts/_forum_post.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/forum_posts/_forum_post.html.erb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
             <li><%= link_to "Delete", forum_post_path(forum_post.id), :confirm => "Do you really want to delete this post?", :method => :delete, :remote => true %></li>
           <% end %>
           <li><%= link_to "Edit", edit_forum_post_path(forum_post.id) %></li>
+          <li><%= link_to "Permalink", forum_post_path(forum_post) %></li>
         <% end %>
       </menu>
     </div>
diff --git a/app/views/forum_posts/new.js.erb b/app/views/forum_posts/new.js.erb
index 7da7750cc..389c17dd5 100644
--- a/app/views/forum_posts/new.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/forum_posts/new.js.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$("#forum_post_body").val(<%= raw @forum_post.body.to_json %>);
+$("#forum_post_body").val($("#forum_post_body").val() + <%= raw @forum_post.body.to_json %>);
 $("#topic-response").show();
 
 $('html, body').animate({
diff --git a/app/views/forum_topics/show.html.erb b/app/views/forum_topics/show.html.erb
index d523eed21..b37ec2d5d 100644
--- a/app/views/forum_topics/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/forum_topics/show.html.erb
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
   <script>
     $(function() {
       $("#new-response-link").click(function(e) {
-        $("#forum_post_body").val("");
         $("#topic-response").show();
 
         $('html, body').animate({