diff --git a/app/static/js/items.js b/app/static/js/items.js
index 7a5c373902237433aefe98ca4f3f239291a3ea8a..72a71bc46d2adda264beb069738c04e504d6320c 100644
--- a/app/static/js/items.js
+++ b/app/static/js/items.js
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 $(document).ready(function() {
 
+  // scroll up to avoid having the form input
+  // hidden under the navbar
+  if (location.hash == "#text") {
+    scrollBy(0, -100);
+  }
+
   var converter = new showdown.Converter({
     simplifiedAutoLink: true
   });
diff --git a/app/templates/inventory/view_item.html b/app/templates/inventory/view_item.html
index 865d8d6a7d6aa570eb5207abd17d32f9d5090b47..0eb5e18b73aaa042f948bccfe54c9d35f0465830 100644
--- a/app/templates/inventory/view_item.html
+++ b/app/templates/inventory/view_item.html
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <div class="card-body item-comment">{{ comment.text }}</div>
   </div>
   {% endfor %}
-  <a class="btn btn-primary" href="{{ url_for('inventory.comment_item', ics_id=item.ics_id) }}">Comment</a>
+  <a class="btn btn-primary" href="{{ url_for('inventory.comment_item', ics_id=item.ics_id) }}#text">Comment</a>
 
   <hr>