diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 0ae2323..db4dc1c 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const config = {
     searches: 600,
     sidebar: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7 // 7 days
   },
+  post_comments_sort: 'confidence', // one of: confidence, top, new, controversial, old, random, qa, live
   valid_media_domains: ['preview.redd.it', 'external-preview.redd.it', 'i.redd.it', 'v.redd.it', 'a.thumbs.redditmedia.com', 'b.thumbs.redditmedia.com', 'thumbs.gfycat.com', 'i.ytimg.com'],
   reddit_api_error_text: `Seems like your instance is either blocked (e.g. due to API rate limiting), reddit is currently down, or your API key is expired and not renewd properly. This can also happen for other reasons.`
 };
diff --git a/inc/processPostMedia.js b/inc/processPostMedia.js
index e30f840..336da06 100644
--- a/inc/processPostMedia.js
+++ b/inc/processPostMedia.js
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ module.exports = function() {
   this.processPostMedia = (obj, post, post_media, has_gif, reddit_video, gif_to_mp4) => {
     return new Promise(resolve => {
       (async () => {
-        let validEmbedDomains = ['gfycat.com', 'youtube.com']
+        let valid_embed_domains = ['gfycat.com', 'youtube.com']
         if(post_media || has_gif) {
           if(!has_gif) {
-            if(validEmbedDomains.includes(post_media.type)) {
+            if(valid_embed_domains.includes(post_media.type)) {
               if(post_media.type === 'gfycat.com') {
                 obj.has_media = true
                 obj.media = {
diff --git a/routes.js b/routes.js
index 9dc09b5..263a746 100644
--- a/routes.js
+++ b/routes.js
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ module.exports = (app, redis, fetch, RedditAPI) => {
           }
         })()
       } else {
-        fetch(`https://oauth.reddit.com${comments_url}?api_type=json&context=${context}`, redditApiGETHeaders())
+        fetch(`https://oauth.reddit.com${comments_url}?api_type=json&sort=${config.post_comments_sort}&context=${context}`, redditApiGETHeaders())
         .then(result => {
           if(result.status === 200) {
             result.json()
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ module.exports = (app, redis, fetch, RedditAPI) => {
           console.log(`Redirecting to ${post_url} with cursor...`);
           return res.redirect(`${post_url}?cursor=${page}&page=${page}`)
         } else {
-          let url = `https://oauth.reddit.com/api/morechildren?api_type=json&children=${ids_to_show}&limit_children=false&link_id=t3_${post_id}&sort=confidence`
+          let url = `https://oauth.reddit.com/api/morechildren?api_type=json&children=${ids_to_show}&limit_children=false&link_id=t3_${post_id}&sort=${config.post_comments_sort}`
           fetch(url, redditApiGETHeaders())
           .then(result => {
             if(result.status === 200) {