diff --git a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/index.js b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/index.js
index 9b8a2940..a7603257 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/TopicCard/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import Attachments from './Attachments'
 class ReactTopicCard extends Component {
   render = () => {
     const { topic, ActiveMapper } = this.props
-    var authorizedToEdit = topic.authorizeToEdit(ActiveMapper)
+    const authorizedToEdit = topic.authorizeToEdit(ActiveMapper)
     const hasAttachment = topic.get('link') && topic.get('link') !== ''
     const topicId = topic.isNew() ? topic.cid : topic.id // TODO should we be using cid here???
 
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ class ReactTopicCard extends Component {
       <div className={classname}>
         <div className={`CardOnGraph ${hasAttachment ? 'hasAttachment' : ''}`} id={`topic_${topicId}`}>
           <Title name={topic.get('name')}
+            authorizedToEdit={authorizedToEdit}
             onChange={this.props.updateTopic}
-            authorizedToEdit={topic.authorizeToEdit(ActiveMapper)}
           />
           <Links topic={topic}
             ActiveMapper={this.props.ActiveMapper}
             updateTopic={this.props.updateTopic}
           />
           <Desc desc={topic.get('desc')}
-            authorizedToEdit={topic.authorizeToEdit(ActiveMapper)}
+            authorizedToEdit={authorizedToEdit}
             onChange={this.props.updateTopic}
           />
           <Attachments topic={this.props.topic}