diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js b/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js
index a1fa7f58..f72b47f9 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_detail/edition_container.js
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ let EditionContainer = React.createClass({
     },
 
     render() {
-        const {edition, currentUser, coaMeta} = this.state;
-        if (edition && edition.id && currentUser && currentUser.email) {
+        const { edition, currentUser, coaMeta } = this.state;
+        if (Object.keys(edition).length && edition.id && currentUser && currentUser.email) {
             setDocumentTitle([edition.artist_name, edition.title].join(', '));
             return (
                 <Edition
diff --git a/js/stores/edition_store.js b/js/stores/edition_store.js
index 29a9a0d0..3a35dbad 100644
--- a/js/stores/edition_store.js
+++ b/js/stores/edition_store.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import CoaSource from '../sources/coa_source';
 
 class EditionStore {
     constructor() {
-        this.edition = null;
+        this.edition = {};
         this.editionMeta = {
             err: null,
             idToFetch: null
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class EditionStore {
     }
 
     onSuccessFetchCoa(res) {
-        if (res && res.coa && this.edition) {
+        if (res && res.coa && Object.keys(this.edition).length) {
             this.edition.coa = res.coa;
             this.coaMeta.err = null;
         } else {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class EditionStore {
     }
 
     onFlushEdition() {
-        this.edition = null;
+        this.edition = {};
         this.editionMeta = {
             err: null,
             idToFetch: null