1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/quoins/controllers.py b/quoins/controllers.py
index d22cd51..5605c61 100644
--- a/quoins/controllers.py
+++ b/quoins/controllers.py
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ class BlogController(TGController):
         return 'http://%s%s%s'%(tg.config.get('server.webhost'), port, u)
 
     def comment_author_url(self, comment):
-        if comment.author and (not comment.url):
+        if (hasattr(comment, 'author') and comment.author
+            and (not comment.url)):
             return self.url(comment.author)
         return comment.url
 
@@ -398,10 +399,10 @@ Comment:
         t.start()
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
-        super(BlogController, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
         self.path = kw.pop('path', '/')
         self.post_paginate = kw.pop('paginate', 5)
         self.feed.blog_controller = self
+        super(BlogController, self).__init__(*args, **kw)
 
     @expose(template="genshi:quoinstemplates.index")
     def index(self, start=0):