diff --git a/blog/views/default/layout.ls b/blog/views/default/layout.ls
index fabae3f..e1e626f 100644
--- a/blog/views/default/layout.ls
+++ b/blog/views/default/layout.ls
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@
                     target: "quick_talk_comment_thread",
                     api_uri: "https://chat.iohub.dev/comment",
                     uri: "<?=url?>",
+                    author: {
+                        first: "mrsang",
+                        last: "iohub.dev"
+                    },
                     onload: function(){
                         renderMathInElement($("#desktop")[0]);
                         $('pre code').each(function(i, block) {
diff --git a/doc/views/default/layout.ls b/doc/views/default/layout.ls
index 941f2e4..85c81a0 100644
--- a/doc/views/default/layout.ls
+++ b/doc/views/default/layout.ls
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ local url = __main__:get("url")
                     target: "quick_talk_comment_thread",
                     api_uri: "https://chat.iohub.dev/comment",
                     uri: "<?=url?>",
+                    author: {
+                        first: "mrsang",
+                        last: "iohub.dev"
+                    },
                     onload: function(){
                         renderMathInElement($("#book")[0]);
                         $('pre code').each(function(i, block) {
diff --git a/talk/assets/quicktalk.js b/talk/assets/quicktalk.js
index 1566a51..e9f3222 100644
--- a/talk/assets/quicktalk.js
+++ b/talk/assets/quicktalk.js
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ class QuickTalk {
                     content: ta.value,
                 },
             };
+            if (this.options.author) {
+                data.author =
+                    this.options.author.first + "@" + this.options.author.last;
+            }
             this.request(this.options.api_uri + "/post", data, (ret) => {
                 if (ret.result) {
                     // TODO: more check goes here
diff --git a/talk/controllers/CommentController.lua b/talk/controllers/CommentController.lua
index e67d5ad..4cf9260 100644
--- a/talk/controllers/CommentController.lua
+++ b/talk/controllers/CommentController.lua
@@ -111,7 +111,14 @@ function CommentController:post(...)
             rq.comment.id = self.comment.db:lastInsertID()
 
             rq.comment.content = process_md(rq.comment.content)
-
+            -- notify the author
+            if rq.author then
+                sendmail(rq.author, rq.comment.name ..
+                             " has commented on one of your pages",
+                         rq.comment.name .. " has commented on your page: " ..
+                             rq.page.uri ..
+                             ".\nBest regards,\nEmail automatically sent by QuickTalk API")
+            end
             -- send mail to all users of current page
             local cmts, cmti = self.comment:select("MIN(id) as id,email",
                                                    "pid=" .. rq.comment.pid ..
@@ -125,7 +132,7 @@ function CommentController:post(...)
                              rq.comment.name ..
                                  " has written something on a page that you've commented. \nPlease visit this page: " ..
                                  rq.page.uri ..
-                                 " for updates on the discussion.\nBest regard,\nEmail automatically sent by QuickTalk API")
+                                 " for updates on the discussion.\nBest regards,\nEmail automatically sent by QuickTalk API")
                 end
             end
             rq.comment.email = ""