diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/comments.ts b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/comments.ts
index a3a0c7290..c6f07245c 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/comments.ts
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/comments.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default {
             MATCH (post:Post {id: $postId})
             MATCH (author:User {id: $userId})
             WITH post, author
-            CREATE (comment:Comment {params})
+            CREATE (comment:Comment $params)
             SET comment.createdAt = toString(datetime())
             SET comment.updatedAt = toString(datetime())
             MERGE (post)<-[:COMMENTS]-(comment)<-[:WROTE]-(author)