diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_contract_agreement.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_contract_agreement.js
index 9aad8827..0c20383c 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_contract_agreement.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_contract_agreement.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ let ContractAgreementForm = React.createClass({
         let notification = 'Contract agreement send';
         notification = new GlobalNotificationModel(notification, 'success', 10000);
         GlobalNotificationActions.appendGlobalNotification(notification);
+        this.refs.form.reset();
     },
 
     getFormData(){
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_create_contract.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_create_contract.js
index ee26adfc..9cf97db7 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_create_contract.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_create_contract.js
@@ -53,15 +53,14 @@ let CreateContractForm = React.createClass({
         ContractListActions.fetchContractList({is_active: 'True'});
         let notification = new GlobalNotificationModel(getLangText('Contract %s successfully created', response.name), 'success', 5000);
         GlobalNotificationActions.appendGlobalNotification(notification);
-        //
-        //// also refresh contract lists for the rest of the contract settings page
-        //ContractListActions.fetchContractList();
+        this.refs.form.reset();
     },
 
 
     render() {
         return (
             <Form
+                ref='form'
                 url={ApiUrls.ownership_contract_list}
                 getFormData={this.getFormData}
                 handleSuccess={this.handleCreateSuccess}
@@ -81,6 +80,7 @@ let CreateContractForm = React.createClass({
                 <Property
                     label="Contract file">
                     <ReactS3FineUploader
+                        ref='uploader'
                         keyRoutine={{
                             url: AppConstants.serverUrl + 's3/key/',
                             fileClass: 'contract'
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ let CreateContractForm = React.createClass({
                         required/>
                 </Property>
                 <Property
-                    name="public"
+                    name="is_public"
                     className="ascribe-settings-property-collapsible-toggle"
                     style={{paddingBottom: 0}}>
                     <InputCheckbox>
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/property.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/property.js
index cfc4c4d9..90aa0490 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/property.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/property.js
@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ let Property = React.createClass({
         // maybe do reset by reload instead of front end state?
         this.setState({value: this.state.initialValue});
 
-        // resets the value of a custom react component input
-        this.refs.input.state.value = this.state.initialValue;
+        if (this.refs.input.state && this.refs.input.state.value) {
+            // resets the value of a custom react component input
+            this.refs.input.state.value = this.state.initialValue;
+        }
 
         // resets the value of a plain HTML5 input
         this.refs.input.getDOMNode().value = this.state.initialValue;
diff --git a/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/components/ikonotv/ikonotv_contract_notifications.js b/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/components/ikonotv/ikonotv_contract_notifications.js
index e7e2d851..6a63657c 100644
--- a/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/components/ikonotv/ikonotv_contract_notifications.js
+++ b/js/components/whitelabel/wallet/components/ikonotv/ikonotv_contract_notifications.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ let IkonotvContractNotifications = React.createClass({
         this.setState(state);
     },
 
-    displayContract(){
+    getContract(){
         let notifications = this.state.contractAgreementListNotifications[0];
         let blob = notifications.contract_agreement.contract.blob;
         if (blob.mime === 'pdf') {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ let IkonotvContractNotifications = React.createClass({
                     <embed src={blob.url_safe} alt="pdf"
                            pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html"/>
                     <div className='notification-contract-pdf-download'>
-                        <a href={blob.url_safe}>
+                        <a href={blob.url_safe} target="_blank">
                             <Glyphicon glyph='download-alt'/>
                             <span style={{padding: '0.3em'}}>
                                 Download PDF version
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ let IkonotvContractNotifications = React.createClass({
         }
         return (
             <div className='notification-contract-download'>
-                <a href={blob.url_safe}>
+                <a href={blob.url_safe} target="_blank">
                     <Glyphicon glyph='download-alt'/>
                     <span style={{padding: '0.3em'}}>
                         Download contract
@@ -84,6 +84,21 @@ let IkonotvContractNotifications = React.createClass({
         );
     },
 
+    getAppendix() {
+        let notifications = this.state.contractAgreementListNotifications[0];
+        let appendix = notifications.contract_agreement.appendix;
+        if (appendix) {
+            return (<div>
+                    <h1>{getLangText('Appendix')}</h1>
+                    <pre>
+                        {appendix.default}
+                    </pre>
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
+        return null;
+    },
+
     handleConfirmSuccess() {
         let notification = new GlobalNotificationModel(getLangText('You have accepted the conditions'), 'success', 10000);
         GlobalNotificationActions.appendGlobalNotification(notification);
@@ -117,13 +132,10 @@ let IkonotvContractNotifications = React.createClass({
                                 {getLangText('Production Contract')}
                             </div>
                         </div>
-                        {this.displayContract()}
+                        {this.getContract()}
 
                         <div className='notification-contract-footer'>
-                            <h1>{getLangText('Appendix')}</h1>
-                            <pre>
-                                {contractAgreement.appendix.default}
-                            </pre>
+                            {this.getAppendix}
                             <h1>{getLangText('Are you a member of any copyright societies?')}</h1>
                             <p>
                                 ARS, DACS, Bildkunst, Pictoright, SODRAC, Copyright Agency/Viscopy, SAVA, Bildrecht GmbH,
diff --git a/js/utils/requests.js b/js/utils/requests.js
index b36351a2..fd676896 100644
--- a/js/utils/requests.js
+++ b/js/utils/requests.js
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ class Requests {
         merged.method = verb;
         return fetch(url, merged)
                     .then(this.unpackResponse)
-                    .catch( () => {
-                        this.handleError();
-            });
+                    .catch(this.handleError);
     }
 
     get(url, params) {