diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_accordion_list/accordion_list_item.js b/js/components/ascribe_accordion_list/accordion_list_item.js
index 1aeac4ae..baa114ee 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_accordion_list/accordion_list_item.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_accordion_list/accordion_list_item.js
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ let AccordionListItem = React.createClass({
     },
 
     startPolling() {
-        console.log('start polling');
         // start polling until editions are defined
         let pollingIntervalIndex = setInterval(() => {
             EditionListActions.fetchEditionList(this.props.content.id)
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_accordion_list/accordion_list_item_edition_widget.js b/js/components/ascribe_accordion_list/accordion_list_item_edition_widget.js
index 098f329e..764b4f45 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_accordion_list/accordion_list_item_edition_widget.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_accordion_list/accordion_list_item_edition_widget.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ let AccordionListItemEditionWidget = React.createClass({
         }
         else if(numEditions === 0) {
             return (
-                    <button className={classNames('btn', 'btn-default', 'btn-xs', this.props.className)}>
+                    <button disabled className={classNames('btn', 'btn-default', 'btn-xs', this.props.className)}>
                         Creating Editions <span className="glyph-ascribe-spool-chunked spin"/>
                     </button>
                 );
diff --git a/sass/ascribe_accordion_list.scss b/sass/ascribe_accordion_list.scss
index 6a8208ce..5c67975e 100644
--- a/sass/ascribe_accordion_list.scss
+++ b/sass/ascribe_accordion_list.scss
@@ -59,8 +59,12 @@ $ascribe-accordion-list-font: 'Source Sans Pro';
     }
 }
 
-.accordion-list-item-header > a {
-    text-decoration: none;
+.accordion-list-item-header {
+    margin-top:.65em;
+
+    > a {
+        text-decoration: none;
+    }
 }
 
 .ascribe-accordion-list-loading {