diff --git a/lib/cubits/comments/comments_cubit.dart b/lib/cubits/comments/comments_cubit.dart
index 6a7e4451..4ff64ad2 100644
--- a/lib/cubits/comments/comments_cubit.dart
+++ b/lib/cubits/comments/comments_cubit.dart
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ class CommentsCubit extends Cubit<CommentsState> with Loggable, BuildableMixin {
                   cmt.copyWith(level: level),
                 ),
               idToCommentMap: updatedIdToCommentMap,
+              maxLevel: state.maxLevel < level ? level : null,
             ),
           );
           offset++;
diff --git a/lib/extensions/item_action_mixin.dart b/lib/extensions/item_action_mixin.dart
index d6d574f9..f1f89eb0 100644
--- a/lib/extensions/item_action_mixin.dart
+++ b/lib/extensions/item_action_mixin.dart
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ mixin ItemActionMixin<T extends StatefulWidget> on State<T> {
     required String content,
     VoidCallback? action,
     String? label,
+    bool? persist,
   }) {
     context.showSnackBar(
       content: content,
       action: action,
       label: label,
+      persist: persist,
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/screens/item/item_screen.dart b/lib/screens/item/item_screen.dart
index 03fa5cb5..55600596 100644
--- a/lib/screens/item/item_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/item/item_screen.dart
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import 'package:hacki/extensions/extensions.dart';
 import 'package:hacki/models/models.dart';
 import 'package:hacki/repositories/repositories.dart';
 import 'package:hacki/screens/item/widgets/widgets.dart';
-import 'package:hacki/screens/widgets/widgets.dart';
+import 'package:hacki/screens/widgets/download_progress_reminder.dart';
 import 'package:hacki/services/services.dart';
 import 'package:hacki/styles/styles.dart';
 import 'package:hacki/utils/utils.dart';
@@ -81,25 +81,10 @@ class ItemScreen extends StatefulWidget {
             ),
         ),
       ],
-      child: Stack(
-        children: <Widget>[
-          Positioned.fill(
-            child: ItemScreen(
-              item: args.item,
-              parentComments: args.targetComments ?? <Comment>[],
-              shouldMarkNewComment: args.shouldMarkNewComment,
-            ),
-          ),
-          const Positioned(
-            left: Dimens.zero,
-            right: Dimens.zero,
-            bottom: Dimens.zero,
-            height: Dimens.pt40,
-            child: DownloadProgressReminder(
-              isDockedAtBottom: true,
-            ),
-          ),
-        ],
+      child: ItemScreen(
+        item: args.item,
+        parentComments: args.targetComments ?? <Comment>[],
+        shouldMarkNewComment: args.shouldMarkNewComment,
       ),
     );
   }
@@ -442,6 +427,15 @@ class _ItemScreenState extends State<ItemScreen>
                             bottom: Dimens.pt48,
                             child: FloatingSkipButtons(),
                           ),
+                        const Positioned(
+                          left: Dimens.zero,
+                          right: Dimens.zero,
+                          bottom: Dimens.zero,
+                          height: Dimens.pt40,
+                          child: DownloadProgressReminder(
+                            isDockedAtBottom: true,
+                          ),
+                        ),
                       ],
                     ),
                     bottomSheet: ReplyBox(
diff --git a/lib/screens/item/widgets/item_screen_background.dart b/lib/screens/item/widgets/item_screen_background.dart
index f4667ec8..3fa22feb 100644
--- a/lib/screens/item/widgets/item_screen_background.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/item/widgets/item_screen_background.dart
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ class _ItemScreenBackgroundState extends State<ItemScreenBackground> {
           previous.maxLevel != current.maxLevel ||
           previous.status != current.status,
       builder: (BuildContext context, CommentsState state) {
-        if (!_isVisible) return const SizedBox.shrink();
+        if (!_isVisible || state.status == CommentsStatus.inProgress) {
+          return const SizedBox.shrink();
+        }
         return FadeIn(
           child: Stack(
             children: <Widget>[
diff --git a/lib/screens/item/widgets/main_view.dart b/lib/screens/item/widgets/main_view.dart
index a3af50aa..c6d59987 100644
--- a/lib/screens/item/widgets/main_view.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/item/widgets/main_view.dart
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ class MainView extends StatelessWidget {
       HapticFeedbackUtils.error();
       context.showSnackBar(
         content: SnackBarMessages.notLoggedInNoVoting,
+        persist: false,
         action: () {
           showDialog<void>(
             context: context,
diff --git a/lib/screens/item/widgets/more_popup_menu.dart b/lib/screens/item/widgets/more_popup_menu.dart
index beeacedb..da8d009c 100644
--- a/lib/screens/item/widgets/more_popup_menu.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/item/widgets/more_popup_menu.dart
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class MorePopupMenu extends StatelessWidget {
           } else if (voteState.status == VoteStatus.failureNotLoggedIn) {
             context.showSnackBar(
               content: SnackBarMessages.notLoggedInNoVoting,
+              persist: false,
               action: onLoginTapped,
               label: 'Log in',
             );
diff --git a/lib/screens/item/widgets/poll_view.dart b/lib/screens/item/widgets/poll_view.dart
index dbf7d979..4f09ab73 100644
--- a/lib/screens/item/widgets/poll_view.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/item/widgets/poll_view.dart
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class _PollViewState extends State<PollView> with ItemActionMixin {
                           VoteStatus.failureNotLoggedIn) {
                         showSnackBar(
                           content: SnackBarMessages.notLoggedInNoVoting,
+                          persist: false,
                           action: onLoginTapped,
                           label: 'Log in',
                         );