diff --git a/src/app/components/creator/_dialogs/comment-settings/comment-settings.component.ts b/src/app/components/creator/_dialogs/comment-settings/comment-settings.component.ts
index 3e4d7a1fa12f7180582e0d745977c08d81d55d57..50d2da5cae3fa560365dedf03134eef4fe89ee7f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/creator/_dialogs/comment-settings/comment-settings.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/creator/_dialogs/comment-settings/comment-settings.component.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class CommentSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
 
   roomId: string;
   comments: Comment[];
-  commentThreshold = -10;
+  commentThreshold = -50;
   editRoom: Room;
   settingThreshold = false;
   enableCommentModeration = false;
diff --git a/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.html b/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.html
index 7c3a322e1f66488f58608a6bb1611038ac929af7..5faa92d3cef593cee5211b2287d4f932d3d601d7 100644
--- a/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.html
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
             <h2>{{ room.name }}</h2>
           </mat-card-title>
           <mat-card-subtitle fxLayoutAlign="center">
-            <h3>
+            <span class="room-short-id">
               {{ 'room-page.session-id' | translate}}: {{ room.shortId.slice(0, 4) }} {{  room.shortId.slice(4, 8) }}
-            </h3>
+            </span>
             <button id="copy" mat-icon-button (click)="copyShortId()">
               <mat-icon class="copy" matTooltip="{{ 'room-page.copy-session-id' | translate}}">cloud_download</mat-icon>
             </button>
diff --git a/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.scss b/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.scss
index 53229158df2d9b02ad0e4fc64c4a3883ec7719c8..11ae898cc3556657ad0565ff1fe67b4336dd1a25 100644
--- a/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.scss
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ mat-card-content > :first-child {
   line-height: 100%!important;
 }
 
+.room-short-id {
+  font-size: larger;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: var(--on-surface)!important;
+  margin: 5% 5% 0 0;
+}
+
 mat-grid-list {
   margin-bottom: 5px !important;
 }
@@ -95,6 +102,7 @@ mat-card-header {
 
 mat-card-title {
   height: 40%;
+  min-width: 200px;
 }
 
 mat-card-subtitle {
diff --git a/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.ts b/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.ts
index 0a64a29af2e1fd98456184b8afa661ab1dabf61e..76695d3517406530c866df988d809b3e7a197c0f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/creator/room-creator-page/room-creator-page.component.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export class RoomCreatorPageComponent extends RoomPageComponent implements OnIni
   updCommentThreshold: number;
   deviceType = localStorage.getItem('deviceType');
   viewModuleCount = 1;
+  moderatorCommentCounter: number;
 
   constructor(protected roomService: RoomService,
               protected notification: NotificationService,
@@ -53,7 +54,11 @@ export class RoomCreatorPageComponent extends RoomPageComponent implements OnIni
   afterRoomLoadHook() {
     if (this.moderationEnabled) {
       this.viewModuleCount = this.viewModuleCount + 1;
+      this.commentService.countByRoomId(this.room.id, false).subscribe(commentCounter => {
+        this.moderatorCommentCounter = commentCounter;
+      });
     }
+
   }
 
   updateGeneralSettings() {
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ export class RoomCreatorPageComponent extends RoomPageComponent implements OnIni
     }
 
     this.moderationEnabled = settings.enableModeration;
+    localStorage.setItem('moderationEnabled', String(this.moderationEnabled));
   }
 
   resetThreshold(): void {
diff --git a/src/app/components/moderator/room-moderator-page/room-moderator-page.component.ts b/src/app/components/moderator/room-moderator-page/room-moderator-page.component.ts
index 1374b69277d4f4e86f4f42241870b1f898d996d4..cdcc59889e896c40c065e7f93a2846d298464145 100644
--- a/src/app/components/moderator/room-moderator-page/room-moderator-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/moderator/room-moderator-page/room-moderator-page.component.ts
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ export class RoomModeratorPageComponent extends RoomPageComponent implements OnI
       }
       this.room = room;
       this.isLoading = false;
-      this.commentService.countByRoomId(this.room.id, true)
-        .subscribe(commentCounter => {
+      this.commentService.countByRoomId(this.room.id, true).subscribe(commentCounter => {
           this.commentCounter = commentCounter;
-        });
-
-      this.commentService.countByRoomId(this.room.id, false).subscribe(commentCounter => {
-        this.moderatorCommentCounter = commentCounter;
       });
+      if (this.moderationEnabled) {
+        this.commentService.countByRoomId(this.room.id, false).subscribe(commentCounter => {
+          this.moderatorCommentCounter = commentCounter;
+        });
+      }
 
       this.wsCommentService.getCommentStream(this.room.id).subscribe((message: Message) => {
         const msg = JSON.parse(message.body);
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html
index 0ff20ce30497060e19154241cdc7cc1e969deb19..d9724cab53ff89ad62429c5ba60f9d4e8bb26bd3 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                   matTooltip="{{ 'comment-page.delete' | translate }}">delete
         </mat-icon>
       </button>
-      <button mat-icon-button *ngIf="!isStudent" [disabled]="isStudent" (click)="setAck(comment)">
+      <button mat-icon-button *ngIf="!isStudent && moderationEnabled" [disabled]="isStudent" (click)="setAck(comment)">
         <mat-icon [ngClass]="{'read-icon': comment.read, 'not-marked' : !comment.read}"
                   matTooltip="{{ 'comment-page.acknowledge' | translate }}">gavel
         </mat-icon>
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts
index 320e88cc0956997ef20d9624990a68b65799a407..2a1df9eb23177256b9f22d287c6201ec340032bb 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/comment/comment.component.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export class CommentComponent implements OnInit {
   hasVoted = 0;
   language: string;
   animationState: string;
+  moderationEnabled: boolean;
 
   constructor(protected authenticationService: AuthenticationService,
     private route: ActivatedRoute,
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export class CommentComponent implements OnInit {
     }
     this.language = localStorage.getItem('currentLang');
     this.translateService.use(this.language);
+    this.moderationEnabled = (localStorage.getItem('moderationEnabled') === 'true') ? true : false;
   }
 
   startAnimation(state_: any): void {
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.html b/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.html
index b4febe73250f22f90964442aa53b5bc3c8ee07fd..953fc63a533ce4f6c83f87fb8af189be6fb510c0 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.html
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
     </h3>
     <span class="fill-remaining-space"
           *ngIf="router.url.includes('comments')"></span>
+
+    <span
+      *ngIf="router.url.includes('comments') && moderationEnabled && deviceType === 'desktop'"
+      class="moderation-enabled"
+      fxLayoutAlign="center center"
+    >
+    <mat-icon matTooltip="{{ 'header.moderation-enabled' | translate }}">
+      gavel
+    </mat-icon>
+  </span>
     <h3 *ngIf="router.url.includes('comments')" fxLayoutAlign="center center">
       {{'header.id' | translate}}: {{ shortId.slice(0,4) }} {{  shortId.slice(4,8) }}
     </h3>
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.scss b/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.scss
index 5cf23c9056cfa8092c16b417c55c5b29b7fe94d8..f9e023037bdaaad38c7b44f041cb95d923788891 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.scss
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ mat-toolbar {
   color: var(--light-green);
 }
 
+.moderation-enabled {
+  color: var(--on-surface);
+  margin-left: 5px;
+  font-size: medium;
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
 .color-button {
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.ts
index 751cc79827a5fcfe6beb43ae14e8b361ef6059b1..0ec582d1eccfbe49a785e1940d261cd089eee538 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/header/header.component.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export class HeaderComponent implements OnInit {
   cTime: string;
   shortId: string;
   deviceType: string;
+  moderationEnabled: boolean;
 
   constructor(public location: Location,
               private authenticationService: AuthenticationService,
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ export class HeaderComponent implements OnInit {
        });
       }
     });
+    this.moderationEnabled = (localStorage.getItem('moderationEnabled') === 'true') ? true : false;
   }
 
   getTime(time: Date) {
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared/room-page/room-page.component.ts b/src/app/components/shared/room-page/room-page.component.ts
index 7e739e63768dbeeed2a035a9c1a15a7c05a8647f..e515028e40faf4ad914e69fbf150fa70b4bc69c6 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared/room-page/room-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/shared/room-page/room-page.component.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ export class RoomPageComponent implements OnInit {
       if (this.room && this.room.extensions && this.room.extensions['comments']) {
         if (this.room.extensions['comments'].enableModeration !== null) {
           this.moderationEnabled = this.room.extensions['comments'].enableModeration;
+          // ToDo: make room data cache that's available for components that manages data flow and put that there
         }
       }
+      localStorage.setItem('moderationEnabled', String(this.moderationEnabled));
       this.commentService.countByRoomId(this.room.id, true)
         .subscribe(commentCounter => {
           this.commentCounter = commentCounter;
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/home/de.json b/src/assets/i18n/home/de.json
index 5d611b0fd8d5fcd3be50fa1ec791b50d9fed2c98..20fb588e050fa931447d1d8ef3559d67486e847b 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/home/de.json
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/home/de.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     "dark": "Dunkler Hintergrund",
     "bright": "Heller Hintergrund",
     "beamer": "Für den Beamer optimiert (in Arbeit)",
-    "wai": "Barrierefrei nach WCAG 2.0 (in Arbeit)"
+		"wai": "Barrierefrei nach WCAG 2.0 (in Arbeit)",
+		"moderation-enabled": "Moderiert"
 	},
 	"login-page": {
 		"creator": "Dozent/in",
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/home/en.json b/src/assets/i18n/home/en.json
index 1bfb3b5219f620a5d6913dc72eac57f145bf7428..3c70f764d9706190c5774315d97dbfcf79a6f017 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/home/en.json
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/home/en.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     "dark": "Dark background",
     "bright": "Bright background",
     "beamer": "Optimized for the projector (work in progress)",
-    "wai": "Accessible according to WCAG 2.0 (work in progress)"
+    "wai": "Accessible according to WCAG 2.0 (work in progress)",
+		"moderation-enabled": "Moderated"
 	},
 	"login-page": {
 		"creator": "Professor",