diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/lightboxes.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/lightboxes.coffee
index 5202d677..4b1c88b6 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/lightboxes.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/lightboxes.coffee
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ BlockDirective = () ->
 
             $scope.$apply ->
                 $model.$modelValue.is_blocked = true
-                $model.$modelValue.blocked_note_html = $el.find(".reason").val()
+                $model.$modelValue.blocked_note = $el.find(".reason").val()
 
             $el.addClass("hidden")
 
diff --git a/app/partials/issues-detail-edit.jade b/app/partials/issues-detail-edit.jade
index bddff8af..0ac1dd5e 100644
--- a/app/partials/issues-detail-edit.jade
+++ b/app/partials/issues-detail-edit.jade
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ block content
                 div.blocked-warning(ng-show="issue.is_blocked")
                     span.icon.icon-warning
                     p.blocked Blocked!
-                    p(tg-bind-html="issue.blocked_note_html")
+                    p(tg-bind-html="issue.blocked_note || 'This issue is blocked'")
                     a.button.button-red.button-block.unblock(ng-click="ctrl.unblock()", href="", title="Unblock US") Unblock
 
                 div.user-story-tags(tg-tag-line, editable="true", ng-model="issue.tags")
diff --git a/app/partials/issues-detail.jade b/app/partials/issues-detail.jade
index d73d66db..e060753f 100644
--- a/app/partials/issues-detail.jade
+++ b/app/partials/issues-detail.jade
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ block content
                 div.blocked-warning(ng-show="issue.is_blocked")
                     span.icon.icon-warning
                     p.blocked Blocked!
-                    p(tg-bind-html="issue.blocked_note_html")
+                    p(tg-bind-html="issue.blocked_note || 'This issue is blocked'")
 
                 div.user-story-tags(tg-tag-line, ng-model="issue.tags")