diff --git a/backend/src/middleware/validation/validationMiddleware.js b/backend/src/middleware/validation/validationMiddleware.js
index 9ac15a60f..77282b6b5 100644
--- a/backend/src/middleware/validation/validationMiddleware.js
+++ b/backend/src/middleware/validation/validationMiddleware.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { UserInputError } from 'apollo-server'
 import Joi from '@hapi/joi'
 
+const COMMENT_MIN_LENGTH = 1
+const NO_POST_ERR_MESSAGE = 'Comment cannot be created without a post!'
+
 const validate = schema => {
   return async (resolve, root, args, context, info) => {
     const validation = schema.validate(args)
@@ -15,8 +18,36 @@ const socialMediaSchema = Joi.object().keys({
     .required(),
 })
 
+const validateCommentCreation = async (resolve, root, args, context, info) => {
+  const content = args.content.replace(/<(?:.|\n)*?>/gm, '').trim()
+  const { postId } = args
+
+  if (!args.content || content.length < COMMENT_MIN_LENGTH) {
+    throw new UserInputError(`Comment must be at least ${COMMENT_MIN_LENGTH} character long!`)
+  }
+  const session = context.driver.session()
+  const postQueryRes = await session.run(
+    `
+    MATCH (post:Post {id: $postId})
+    RETURN post`,
+    {
+      postId,
+    },
+  )
+  const [post] = postQueryRes.records.map(record => {
+    return record.get('post')
+  })
+
+  if (!post) {
+    throw new UserInputError(NO_POST_ERR_MESSAGE)
+  } else {
+    return resolve(root, args, context, info)
+  }
+}
+
 export default {
   Mutation: {
     CreateSocialMedia: validate(socialMediaSchema),
+    CreateComment: validateCommentCreation,
   },
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/comments.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/comments.js
index 7aef63c59..31219d6d9 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/comments.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/comments.js
@@ -1,40 +1,15 @@
 import { neo4jgraphql } from 'neo4j-graphql-js'
-import { UserInputError } from 'apollo-server'
-
-const COMMENT_MIN_LENGTH = 1
-const NO_POST_ERR_MESSAGE = 'Comment cannot be created without a post!'
 
 export default {
   Mutation: {
     CreateComment: async (object, params, context, resolveInfo) => {
-      const content = params.content.replace(/<(?:.|\n)*?>/gm, '').trim()
       const { postId } = params
       // Adding relationship from comment to post by passing in the postId,
       // but we do not want to create the comment with postId as an attribute
       // because we use relationships for this. So, we are deleting it from params
       // before comment creation.
       delete params.postId
-
-      if (!params.content || content.length < COMMENT_MIN_LENGTH) {
-        throw new UserInputError(`Comment must be at least ${COMMENT_MIN_LENGTH} character long!`)
-      }
-
       const session = context.driver.session()
-      const postQueryRes = await session.run(
-        `
-        MATCH (post:Post {id: $postId})
-        RETURN post`,
-        {
-          postId,
-        },
-      )
-      const [post] = postQueryRes.records.map(record => {
-        return record.get('post')
-      })
-
-      if (!post) {
-        throw new UserInputError(NO_POST_ERR_MESSAGE)
-      }
       const commentWithoutRelationships = await neo4jgraphql(
         object,
         params,