diff --git a/dist/css/styles.css b/dist/css/styles.css
index 9859100..55d5ebb 100644
--- a/dist/css/styles.css
+++ b/dist/css/styles.css
@@ -573,6 +573,11 @@ input[type="submit"]:hover,
 	padding-left: 3px;
 	padding-right: 3px;
 }
+#links .link .entry .meta .deleted {
+	margin-left: 0 !important;
+	padding-left: 5px;
+	padding-right: 3px;
+}
 #links .link .entry .meta p {
 	float: inherit;
 	overflow-wrap: anywhere;
@@ -805,7 +810,8 @@ input[type="submit"]:hover,
 	font-size: small;
 	color: #686868;
 }
-#post .submitted a {
+#post .submitted a,
+#post .submitted span {
 	margin-left: 5px;
 }
 #post .comments {
@@ -815,7 +821,8 @@ input[type="submit"]:hover,
 #post .comment .meta p.stickied {
 	color: green;
 }
-#post .comment .meta p.author a {
+#post .comment .meta p.author a,
+#post .comment .meta p.author span {
 	font-weight: initial;
 	margin-left: 10px;
 }
diff --git a/inc/compilePostComments.js b/inc/compilePostComments.js
index 829ed0c..8afcf66 100644
--- a/inc/compilePostComments.js
+++ b/inc/compilePostComments.js
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ module.exports = function() {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       (async () => {
         let comments_html
+
+        function commentAuthor(comment, classlist, submitter, moderator) {
+          let classes = classlist.join(' ')
+          if (comment.author === '[deleted]')
+            return `<span class="${classes}">[deleted]</span>`
+          else
+            return `<a href="/u/${comment.author}" class="${classes}">${comment.author}</a>${submitter || ''}${moderator || ''}`
+        }
+
         if(comments.author !== undefined && comments.body_html !== undefined) {
           let classlist = []
           let submitter_link = ''
@@ -32,13 +41,13 @@ module.exports = function() {
             <div class="comment" id="${comments.id}">
               <details open>
                 <summary>
-                  <a href="/u/${comments.author}">${comments.author}${moderator ? moderator_badge : ''}</a>
+                  <p class="author">${commentAuthor(comments, classlist, submitter && submitter_link, moderator && moderator_badge)}</p>
                   <p class="ups">${ups}</p>
                   <p class="created" title="${toUTCString(comments.created)}">${timeDifference(comments.created)}${edited_span}</p>
                   <p class="stickied">${comments.stickied ? 'stickied comment' : ''}</p>
                 </summary>
               <div class="meta">
-                <p class="author"><a href="/u/${comments.author}" class="${classlist.join(' ')}">${comments.author}</a>${submitter ? submitter_link : ''}${moderator ? moderator_badge : ''}</p>
+                <p class="author">${commentAuthor(comments, classlist, submitter && submitter_link, moderator && moderator_badge)}</p>
                 <p class="ups">${ups}</p>
                 <p class="created" title="${toUTCString(comments.created)}">
                    <a href="${comments.permalink}">${timeDifference(comments.created)}${edited_span}</a>
@@ -118,13 +127,13 @@ module.exports = function() {
                 <div class="comment" id="${comment.id}">
                 <details open>
                   <summary>
-                    <a href="/u/${comment.author}">${comment.author}${moderator ? moderator_badge : ''}</a>
+                    <p class="author">${commentAuthor(comment, classlist, submitter && submitter_link, moderator && moderator_badge)}</p>
                     <p class="ups">${ups}</p>
                     <p class="created" title="${toUTCString(comment.created)}">${timeDifference(comment.created)}${edited_span}</p>
                     <p class="stickied">${comment.stickied ? 'stickied comment' : ''}</p>
                   </summary>
                   <div class="meta">
-                    <p class="author"><a href="/u/${comment.author}" class="${classlist.join(' ')}">${comment.author}</a>${submitter ? submitter_link : ''}${moderator ? moderator_badge : ''}</p>
+                    <p class="author">${commentAuthor(comment, classlist, submitter && submitter_link, moderator && moderator_badge)}</p>
                     <p class="ups">${ups}</p>
                     <p class="created" title="${toUTCString(comment.created)}">
                       <a href="${comment.permalink}">${timeDifference(comment.created)}${edited_span}</a>
diff --git a/views/index.pug b/views/index.pug
index bed1f47..e6244f6 100644
--- a/views/index.pug
+++ b/views/index.pug
@@ -88,8 +88,11 @@ html
               .meta
                 p.submitted submitted
                   span(title="" + toUTCString(link.created) + "") #{timeDifference(link.created)} by
-                  a(href="/u/" + link.author + "")
-                    | #{link.author}
+                  if link.author === '[deleted]'
+                    span(class="deleted") [deleted]
+                  else
+                    a(href="/u/" + link.author + "")
+                      | #{link.author}
                   span(class="to") to
                     a(href="/r/" + link.subreddit + "")
                       | #{link.subreddit}
diff --git a/views/post.pug b/views/post.pug
index 8e76b2a..9ad4b17 100644
--- a/views/post.pug
+++ b/views/post.pug
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@ html
             span(class="domain") (#{post.domain})
           p.submitted
             span(title="" + toUTCString(post.created) + "") submitted #{timeDifference(post.created)} by
-            a(href="/u/" + post.author + "")
-              | #{post.author}
+            if post.author === '[deleted]'
+              span [deleted]
+            else
+              a(href="/u/" + post.author + "")
+                | #{post.author}
         if post.crosspost.is_crosspost === true
           .crosspost
             .title
@@ -44,8 +47,11 @@ html
               div.arrow.down
             p.submitted
               span(title="" + toUTCString(post.crosspost.created) + "") submitted #{timeDifference(post.crosspost.created)} by
-              a(href="/u/" + post.crosspost.author + "")
-                | #{post.crosspost.author}
+              if post.crosspost.author === '[deleted]'
+                span [deleted]
+              else
+                a(href="/u/" + post.crosspost.author + "")
+                  | #{post.crosspost.author}
             p.to to
               a(href="/r/" + post.crosspost.subreddit + "")
                 | #{post.crosspost.subreddit}
@@ -129,3 +135,4 @@ html
             p you are viewing a single comment's thread.
             a(href="" + post_url + "") view the rest of the comments →
         != comments
+
diff --git a/views/search.pug b/views/search.pug
index 7e17736..9bcd3f1 100644
--- a/views/search.pug
+++ b/views/search.pug
@@ -108,7 +108,12 @@ html
               a(href="" + post.permalink + "") #{cleanTitle(post.title)}
             .meta
               p.submitted(title="" + toUTCString(post.created) + "") submitted #{timeDifference(post.created)} by
-                a(href="/u/" + post.author + "") #{post.author}
+                //- I believe finding posts by deleted authors is impossible
+                if post.author === '[deleted]'
+                  span [deleted]
+                else
+                  a(href="/u/" + post.author + "")
+                    | #{post.author}
                 | to
                 a(href="/r/" + post.subreddit + "", class="subreddit") r/#{post.subreddit}
               a.comments(href="" + post.permalink + "") #{post.num_comments} comments
diff --git a/views/subreddit.pug b/views/subreddit.pug
index a5951e9..31fa078 100644
--- a/views/subreddit.pug
+++ b/views/subreddit.pug
@@ -96,8 +96,11 @@ html
                 .meta
                   p.submitted submitted
                     span(title="" + toUTCString(link.created) +  "") #{timeDifference(link.created)} by
-                    a(href="/u/" + link.author + "")
-                      | #{link.author}
+                    if link.author === '[deleted]'
+                      span(class="deleted") [deleted]
+                    else
+                      a(href="/u/" + link.author + "")
+                        | #{link.author}
                   p.to to
                      a(href="/r/" + link.subreddit + "")
                       | #{link.subreddit}
@@ -146,3 +149,4 @@ html
                 each subreddit in subreddits
                   li
                     a(href="/r/" + subreddit + "") #{subreddit}
+
diff --git a/views/user.pug b/views/user.pug
index b751052..8344c37 100644
--- a/views/user.pug
+++ b/views/user.pug
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ html
                     a(href="" + post.url + "") #{cleanTitle(post.link_title)}
                   .author
                     p by
-                      if post.link_author !== '[deleted]'
-                        a(href="/u/" + post.link_author + "") #{post.link_author}
-                      else
+                      if post.link_author === '[deleted]'
                         | [deleted]
+                      else
+                        a(href="/u/" + post.link_author + "") #{post.link_author}
                   .subreddit
                     p in
                       a(href="/r/" + post.subreddit + "") #{post.subreddit}