diff --git a/src/main/java/org/keycloak/gh/bot/BugActions.java b/src/main/java/org/keycloak/gh/bot/BugActions.java
index 594cce0..5d0296d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/keycloak/gh/bot/BugActions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/keycloak/gh/bot/BugActions.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHMilestone;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository;
 import org.kohsuke.github.PagedIterator;
+import org.kohsuke.github.ReactionContent;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ public class BugActions {
             BugAction.create(Action.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
                     .priority(Priority.NORMAL)
                     .comment()
+                    .thumbsUp()
                     .helpWanted()
                     .autoExpire()
                     .autoBump()
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ public class BugActions {
             BugAction.create(Action.PRIORITY_LOW)
                     .priority(Priority.LOW)
                     .comment()
+                    .thumbsUp()
                     .helpWanted()
                     .autoExpire()
                     .autoBump()
@@ -129,6 +132,10 @@ private void runAction(BugAction action, GHIssue issue) throws IOException {
                     labelsToAdd.add(Status.AUTO_BUMP.toLabel());
                 }
 
+                if (action.thumbsUp) {
+                    issue.createReaction(ReactionContent.PLUS_ONE);
+                }
+
                 labelsToRemove.add(action.action.toLabel());
 
                 labelsToRemove.removeAll(labelsToAdd);
@@ -218,6 +225,8 @@ static final class BugAction {
         boolean autoExpire = false;
         boolean autoBump = false;
 
+        boolean thumbsUp = false;
+
         public static BugAction create(Action action) {
             return new BugAction(action);
         }
@@ -276,6 +285,11 @@ BugAction autoBump() {
             return this;
         }
 
+        BugAction thumbsUp() {
+            this.thumbsUp = true;
+            return this;
+        }
+
     }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/keycloak/gh/bot/bug-action-messages.properties b/src/main/resources/org/keycloak/gh/bot/bug-action-messages.properties
index 988feee..30e93cd 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/org/keycloak/gh/bot/bug-action-messages.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/org/keycloak/gh/bot/bug-action-messages.properties
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ action-INVALID=\
 action-PRIORITY_NORMAL=\
   Due to the amount of issues reported by the community we are not able to prioritise resolving this issue at the moment.\n\
   \n\
-  If you are affected by this issue, upvote it by adding a :thumbsup: in the description. We would also welcome a \
+  If you are affected by this issue, upvote it by adding a :thumbsup: to the description. We would also welcome a \
   contribution to fix the issue.
 
 action-PRIORITY_LOW=\
   Due to the amount of issues reported by the community we are not able to prioritise resolving this issue at the moment.\n\
   \n\
-  If you are affected by this issue, upvote it by adding a :thumbsup: in the description. We would also welcome a \
+  If you are affected by this issue, upvote it by adding a :thumbsup: to the description. We would also welcome a \
   contribution to fix the issue.
 
 expired=\