diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58f5603..f72cf4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# v1.2.6
+## 01/09/2017
+
+1. [](#improved)
+    Use existing `Utils::startsWith()` method
+1. [](#bugfix)
+    * Fix [#41](https://github.com/getgrav/grav-plugin-comments/issues/41) using Comments in a Gantry-powered theme did not escape the comment form token correctly
+
 # v1.2.5
 ## 09/16/2016
 
diff --git a/blueprints.yaml b/blueprints.yaml
index 08a112b..4de7704 100644
--- a/blueprints.yaml
+++ b/blueprints.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Comments
-version: 1.2.5
+version: 1.2.6
 description: Adds a commenting functionality to your site
 icon: comment
 author:
diff --git a/comments.php b/comments.php
index 1363a8b..c6ee298 100644
--- a/comments.php
+++ b/comments.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use Grav\Common\Page\Pages;
 use Grav\Common\Plugin;
 use Grav\Common\Filesystem\RecursiveFolderFilterIterator;
 use Grav\Common\User\User;
+use Grav\Common\Utils;
 use RocketTheme\Toolbox\File\File;
 use RocketTheme\Toolbox\Event\Event;
 use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
@@ -76,13 +77,6 @@ class CommentsPlugin extends Plugin
         $this->grav['twig']->comments = $this->fetchComments();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Determine if $haystack starts with $needle. Credit: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10473026/205039
-     */
-    private function startsWith($haystack, $needle) {
-        return $needle === "" || strrpos($haystack, $needle, -strlen($haystack)) !== FALSE;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Determine if the plugin should be enabled based on the enable_on_routes and disable_on_routes config options
      */
@@ -99,7 +93,7 @@ class CommentsPlugin extends Plugin
                 $this->enable = true;
             } else {
                 foreach($enable_on_routes as $route) {
-                    if ($this->startsWith($path, $route)) {
+                    if (Utils::startsWith($path, $route)) {
                         $this->enable = true;
                         break;
                     }
diff --git a/templates/partials/comments.html.twig b/templates/partials/comments.html.twig
index 6872180..7528223 100644
--- a/templates/partials/comments.html.twig
+++ b/templates/partials/comments.html.twig
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         {% endfor %}
         </div>
 
-        {{ nonce_field('form', 'form-nonce') }}
+        {{ nonce_field('form', 'form-nonce')|raw }}
     </form>
 
     <div class="alert">{{ form.message }}</div>