diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_piece_extradata.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_piece_extradata.js
index ef58b58a..8cb23813 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_piece_extradata.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_piece_extradata.js
@@ -27,16 +27,19 @@ let PieceExtraDataForm = React.createClass({
     },
 
     renderForm() {
-
+        let defaultValue = this.props.editions[0].extra_data[this.props.name] || '';
+        if (defaultValue.length === 0 && ~this.props.editable){
+            return null;
+        }
         return (
             <form role="form" key={this.props.name}>
                 <h5>{this.props.title}</h5>
                 <InputTextAreaToggable
                     ref={this.props.name}
                     className="form-control"
-                    defaultValue={this.props.editions[0].extra_data[this.props.name]}
+                    defaultValue={defaultValue}
                     rows={3}
-                    editable={true}
+                    editable={this.props.editable}
                     required=""
                     onSubmit={this.submit}
                 />
diff --git a/js/components/edition.js b/js/components/edition.js
index 7d6a66f8..d54a9964 100644
--- a/js/components/edition.js
+++ b/js/components/edition.js
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 
+import UserActions from '../actions/user_actions';
+import UserStore from '../stores/user_store';
+
 import MediaPlayer from './ascribe_media/media_player';
 
 import CollapsibleMixin from 'react-bootstrap/lib/CollapsibleMixin';
@@ -31,6 +34,23 @@ let Edition = React.createClass({
         loadEdition: React.PropTypes.func
     },
 
+    getInitialState() {
+        return UserStore.getState();
+    },
+
+    componentDidMount() {
+        UserStore.listen(this.onChange);
+        UserActions.fetchCurrentUser();
+    },
+
+    componentWillUnmount() {
+        UserStore.unlisten(this.onChange);
+    },
+
+    onChange(state) {
+        this.setState(state);
+    },
+
     render() {
         let thumbnail = this.props.edition.thumbnail;
         let mimetype = this.props.edition.digital_work.mime;
@@ -71,8 +91,10 @@ let Edition = React.createClass({
                         edition={this.props.edition} />
                     <CollapsibleEditionDetails
                         title="Personal Note"
+                        show={this.state.currentUser && true || false}
                         iconName="pencil">
                         <EditionPersonalNote
+                            currentUser={this.state.currentUser}
                             handleSuccess={this.props.loadEdition}
                             edition={this.props.edition}/>
                     </CollapsibleEditionDetails>
@@ -160,7 +182,7 @@ let EditionSummary = React.createClass({
             status = <EditionDetailProperty label="STATUS" value={ this.props.edition.status.join().replace(/_/, ' ') } />;
         }
         let actions = null;
-        if (this.props.edition.request_action){
+        if (this.props.edition.request_action && this.props.edition.request_action.length > 0){
             actions = (
                 <RequestActionForm
                     editions={ [this.props.edition] }
@@ -372,6 +394,7 @@ let EditionFurtherDetails = React.createClass({
     },
 
     render() {
+        let editable = this.props.edition.acl.indexOf('edit') > -1;
         return (
             <Row>
                 <Col md={12} className="ascribe-edition-personal-note">
@@ -379,16 +402,19 @@ let EditionFurtherDetails = React.createClass({
                         name='artist_contact_info'
                         title='Artist Contact Info'
                         handleSuccess={this.showNotification}
+                        editable={editable}
                         editions={[this.props.edition]} />
                     <PieceExtraDataForm
                         name='display_instructions'
                         title='Display Instructions'
                         handleSuccess={this.showNotification}
+                        editable={editable}
                         editions={[this.props.edition]} />
                     <PieceExtraDataForm
                         name='technology_details'
                         title='Technology Details'
                         handleSuccess={this.showNotification}
+                        editable={editable}
                         editions={[this.props.edition]} />
                 </Col>
             </Row>
diff --git a/js/components/header.js b/js/components/header.js
index aed6b846..77dd113a 100644
--- a/js/components/header.js
+++ b/js/components/header.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { getLangText } from '../utils/lang_utils';
 let Link = Router.Link;
 
 let Header = React.createClass({
+    mixins: [Router.Navigation],
 
     getInitialState() {
         return UserStore.getState();
@@ -43,8 +44,7 @@ let Header = React.createClass({
     },
 
     refreshData(){
-        UserActions.fetchCurrentUser();
-        PieceListActions.fetchPieceList(1, 10);
+        location.reload();
     },
     render() {
         let account = null;
diff --git a/js/utils/fetch_api_utils.js b/js/utils/fetch_api_utils.js
index 272e29f3..68f8fe6d 100644
--- a/js/utils/fetch_api_utils.js
+++ b/js/utils/fetch_api_utils.js
@@ -62,3 +62,11 @@ export function status(response) {
     }
     throw new Error(response.json());
 }
+
+export function getCookie(name) {
+    let value = '; ' + document.cookie;
+    let parts = value.split('; ' + name + '=');
+    if (parts.length === 2) {
+        return parts.pop().split(';').shift();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/utils/requests.js b/js/utils/requests.js
index 46f97fa9..1eee67ab 100644
--- a/js/utils/requests.js
+++ b/js/utils/requests.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import { argsToQueryParams } from '../utils/fetch_api_utils';
+import { argsToQueryParams, getCookie } from '../utils/fetch_api_utils';
 
 
 class UrlMapError extends Error {}
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class Requests {
     request(verb, url, options) {
         options = options || {};
         let merged = this._merge(this.httpOptions, options);
+        this.httpOptions.headers['X-CSRFToken'] = getCookie('csrftoken');
         merged.method = verb;
         return fetch(url, merged)
                     .then(this.unpackResponse)