diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/EditorialComment.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/EditorialComment.js
index 5376566d437071a4858642f73f6626b9a7ed69a0..b595b7907f774441dc24d5be38037638697d0d0e 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/EditorialComment.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/EditorialComment.js
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ const EditorialComment = ({
 
 export default compose(
   setDisplayName('EditorialComment'),
-  withProps(({ recommendationType, comments = [] }) => ({
-    reason: parseRecommendationType(recommendationType),
+  withProps(({ recommendation, comments = [] }) => ({
+    reason: parseRecommendationType(recommendation),
     comments: parseRecommendationComments(comments),
   })),
 )(EditorialComment)
diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/EditorialComments.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/EditorialComments.js
index 0f6dd4afe9e5c74c1da4111c17b6d5296ee7b1c9..591c9f31a4da8bb1989d768ada8c660844e6d027 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/EditorialComments.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/EditorialComments.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { EditorialComment } from './'
 
 const EditorialComments = ({ recommendations, handlingEditor }) => (
   <Root>
-    <Expandable label="Editorial comments">
+    <Expandable label="Editorial comments" startExpanded>
       {recommendations.map(r => (
         <EditorialComment key={r.id} {...r} handlingEditor={handlingEditor} />
       ))}