diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_loan.js b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_loan.js
index 1beac5f9..e86a5387 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_loan.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_forms/form_loan.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ let LoanForm = React.createClass({
                     label={getLangText('Loanee Email')}
                     onBlur={this.handleOnBlur}
                     editable={!this.props.email}
-                    overrideForm={this.props.email}>
+                    overrideForm={!!this.props.email}>
                     <input
                         value={this.props.email}
                         type="email"
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ let LoanForm = React.createClass({
                     name='gallery_name'
                     label={getLangText('Gallery/exhibition (optional)')}
                     editable={!this.props.gallery}
-                    overrideForm={this.props.gallery}>
+                    overrideForm={!!this.props.gallery}>
                     <input
                         value={this.props.gallery}
                         type="text"
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_slides_container/slides_container.js b/js/components/ascribe_slides_container/slides_container.js
index b479404b..bdaef734 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_slides_container/slides_container.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_slides_container/slides_container.js
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ let SlidesContainer = React.createClass({
         // then we want to "replace" (in this case append) the current url with ?slide_num=0
         if(isNaN(slideNum) && this.state.slideNum === -1) {
             slideNum = 0;
-
             queryParams.slide_num = slideNum;
 
             this.replaceWith(this.getPathname(), null, queryParams);