diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
index e04f5a7ddd225a507a3c9eb85b69de865aa08e0b..12bb8a9fb7bbf0732abd72597c7e36e4497097bb 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptLayout.js
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ const ManuscriptLayout = ({
           />
         )}
 
-        {authorResponseToRevisonRequest.content && (
+        {get(authorResponseToRevisonRequest, 'content', false) && (
           <ResponseToRevisionRequest
-            authorReply={authorResponseToRevisonRequest.content}
+            authorReply={get(authorResponseToRevisonRequest, 'content', '')}
             expanded={responseToRevisionRequest}
             fragment={fragment}
             toggle={toggleResponseToRevisionRequest}
diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js
index 15ec610a9c13b8e9661d25623fda50e9a6441b8b..0fe7ad3682d82e1696c023af8ed8ecb0c347dce2 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export default compose(
         isHEToManuscript &&
         !!reviewerReports.length &&
         editorialRecommendations.length === 0 &&
-        !get(fragment, 'responseToReviewers.content', false)
+        get(fragment, 'responseToReviewers.content', false)
       ) {
         this.props.toggleReviewerDetails()
       }