diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js b/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
index 5acb64f2ceef380248c7ff7a478ede58e9cc60a6..6c9ebc9280edf6b774437264c1fce3a5324f7245 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ const parseInvitedHE = (handlingEditor, state, collectionId) =>
 
 const hideCustomIdStatuses = ['draft', 'technicalChecks']
 
-export const parseCollectionDetails = (state, collection) => ({
+export const parseCollectionDetails = (state, collection = {}) => ({
   ...collection,
   customId:
     !hideCustomIdStatuses.includes(get(collection, 'status', 'draft')) &&
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/ManuscriptCard.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/ManuscriptCard.js
index 095e959e26d78489305ac9c569adf17342656e72..eb945229f9b95c6a40c807cc07301661dafb8555 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/ManuscriptCard.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/ManuscriptCard.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const ManuscriptCard = ({
         </Row>
         <Row alignItems="center" justify="flex-start" mb={1}>
           <H4>Handling editor</H4>
-          <Text ml={1} mr={3}>
+          <Text ml={1} mr={3} whiteSpace="nowrap">
             {get(handlingEditor, 'name', 'Unassigned')}
           </Text>
           {handlingEditor && (
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ const MainContainer = styled.div`
     [data-tooltipped] {
       overflow: hidden;
     }
+    ${H4} {
+      white-space: nowrap;
+    }
     ${H3} {
       margin-bottom: 0;
       text-overflow: ellipsis;
diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/WizardAuthors.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/WizardAuthors.js
index 3be5cad89501e670032295e0efa1937d704af0f7..7b283d24311f9906193b4a01b902da8f7d05cb87 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/WizardAuthors.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/WizardAuthors.js
@@ -21,10 +21,24 @@ const castToBool = author => ({
   isCorresponding: isBoolean(author.isCorresponding) && author.isCorresponding,
 })
 
+const setCorrespondingAuthor = authors => {
+  const corresponding = authors.find(a => a.isCorresponding)
+  return corresponding
+    ? authors
+    : authors.map(
+        a =>
+          a.isSubmitting
+            ? {
+                ...a,
+                isCorresponding: true,
+              }
+            : a,
+      )
+}
+
 const parseEditedAuthors = (editedAuthor, authors) => {
   const newAuthor = castToBool(editedAuthor)
-
-  return authors.map(
+  const newAuthors = authors.map(
     a =>
       a.id === newAuthor.id
         ? newAuthor
@@ -35,6 +49,8 @@ const parseEditedAuthors = (editedAuthor, authors) => {
               : a.isCorresponding,
           },
   )
+
+  return setCorrespondingAuthor(newAuthors)
 }
 
 const WizardAuthors = ({
@@ -156,7 +172,10 @@ export default compose(
     }) => author => ({ hideModal, setModalError }) =>
       deleteAuthor(project.id, version.id, author.id)
         .then(() => {
-          setFormAuthors(authors.filter(a => a.id !== author.id))
+          const newAuthors = setCorrespondingAuthor(
+            authors.filter(a => a.id !== author.id),
+          )
+          setFormAuthors(newAuthors)
           hideModal()
         })
         .catch(() => {
diff --git a/packages/component-invite/src/routes/collectionsInvitations/post.js b/packages/component-invite/src/routes/collectionsInvitations/post.js
index bdd0db7c4cc591eb063a1d4a5aac3fc5449198b0..620e45bd870e09ecd7a5cf210f5a683d185075ea 100644
--- a/packages/component-invite/src/routes/collectionsInvitations/post.js
+++ b/packages/component-invite/src/routes/collectionsInvitations/post.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = models => async (req, res) => {
     })
 
   // check collection status
-  if (collection.status !== 'submitted') {
+  if (!['submitted', 'heInvited'].includes(collection.status)) {
     return res.status(400).json({
       error: `Cannot invite HE while collection is in the status: ${
         collection.status