diff --git a/packages/component-invite/src/routes/collectionsInvitations/delete.js b/packages/component-invite/src/routes/collectionsInvitations/delete.js
index 6e6b99cf329c8248c74c0e13041ee0e366815479..0eb3ca07b1f9ecc2ba3ff95d68c3d05bfcdbe06f 100644
--- a/packages/component-invite/src/routes/collectionsInvitations/delete.js
+++ b/packages/component-invite/src/routes/collectionsInvitations/delete.js
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ module.exports = models => async (req, res) => {
     collection.invitations = collection.invitations.filter(
       inv => inv.id !== invitation.id,
     )
-
+    if (invitation.role === 'handlingEditor') {
+      delete collection.handlingEditor
+    }
     await collection.save()
     await teamHelper.removeTeamMember(team.id, invitation.userId, models.Team)
     const user = await models.User.find(invitation.userId)
diff --git a/packages/component-user-manager/src/routes/collectionsUsers/patch.js b/packages/component-user-manager/src/routes/collectionsUsers/patch.js
index fb2521e3320b094ee5cdc9c16cb79d4da951b0d2..c973e20d44faaae59eab82afd22a5399e2321924 100644
--- a/packages/component-user-manager/src/routes/collectionsUsers/patch.js
+++ b/packages/component-user-manager/src/routes/collectionsUsers/patch.js
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ module.exports = models => async (req, res) => {
         error: 'Collection and user do not match',
       })
     }
-    matchingAuthor.firstName = firstName
-    matchingAuthor.lastName = lastName
-    matchingAuthor.affiliation = affiliation
+    user.firstName = firstName
+    user.lastName = lastName
+    user.affiliation = affiliation
+    await user.save()
     matchingAuthor.isSubmitting = isSubmitting
     matchingAuthor.isCorresponding = isCorresponding
     collection = await collection.save()
diff --git a/packages/component-user-manager/src/tests/collectionsUsers/patch.test.js b/packages/component-user-manager/src/tests/collectionsUsers/patch.test.js
index 0541f282ef720bd41b952e3086ffd2896cdc3c69..907872eac727afea7ab33cc4acd7601bdcc8c60a 100644
--- a/packages/component-user-manager/src/tests/collectionsUsers/patch.test.js
+++ b/packages/component-user-manager/src/tests/collectionsUsers/patch.test.js
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ describe('Patch collections users route handler', () => {
     )
     expect(matchingAuthor.isSubmitting).toBe(body.isSubmitting)
     expect(matchingAuthor.isCorresponding).toBe(body.isCorresponding)
-    expect(matchingAuthor.firstName).toBe(body.firstName)
+    expect(submittingAuthor.firstName).toBe(body.firstName)
+    expect(submittingAuthor.lastName).toBe(body.lastName)
   })
   it('should return an error when the params are missing', async () => {
     delete body.isSubmitting