           $('#comments-box textarea').focus()
 
           $("#new_legislation_annotation").on("ajax:complete", (e, data, status, xhr) ->
+            App.LegislationAnnotatable.app.destroy()
             if data.status == 200
               App.LegislationAnnotatable.remove_highlight()
               $("#comments-box").html("").hide()

      ann_id         = $this.data("legislation-draft-version-id")
      base_url       = $this.data("legislation-annotatable-base-url")

      app = new annotator.App()
        .include ->
          beforeAnnotationCreated: (ann) ->
            ann["legislation_draft_version_id"] = ann_id

        .include(App.LegislationAnnotatable.scrollToAnchor)
        .include(annotator.storage.http, { prefix: base_url, urls: { search: "/annotations/search" } })

      App.LegislationAnnotatable.app.start().then ->
        App.LegislationAnnotatable.app.ident.identity = current_user_id

        options = {}
        options["legislation_draft_version_id"] = ann_id
        App.LegislationAnnotatable.app.annotations.load(options)
