diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/PersonInvitation.js b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/PersonInvitation.js
index 5199bdce0043d8f313de8225d3b570ed07b2303c..563573c38875e01e88d532f813c9f57cb92b522c 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/PersonInvitation.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-ui/src/PersonInvitation.js
@@ -14,42 +14,43 @@ const PersonInvitation = ({
 }) => (
   <Root {...rest}>
     <Text>{name}</Text>
-    {!hasAnswer && (
-      <Fragment>
-        <OpenModal
-          isFetching={isFetching}
-          onConfirm={resendInvitation}
-          title="Are you sure you want to resend the invitation?"
-        >
-          {showModal => (
-            <IconButton
-              icon="refresh-cw"
-              iconSize={2}
-              ml={2}
-              onClick={showModal}
-              secondary
-            />
-          )}
-        </OpenModal>
-        <OpenModal
-          confirmText="Remove invite"
-          isFetching={isFetching}
-          onConfirm={revokeInvitation}
-          subtitle="Clicking ‘Remove’ will allow you to invite a different Handling Editor"
-          title="Remove invitation to Handling Editor?"
-        >
-          {showModal => (
-            <IconButton
-              icon="x-circle"
-              iconSize={2}
-              ml={2}
-              onClick={showModal}
-              secondary
-            />
-          )}
-        </OpenModal>
-      </Fragment>
-    )}
+    {!hasAnswer &&
+      name !== 'Unassigned' && (
+        <Fragment>
+          <OpenModal
+            isFetching={isFetching}
+            onConfirm={resendInvitation}
+            title="Are you sure you want to resend the invitation?"
+          >
+            {showModal => (
+              <IconButton
+                icon="refresh-cw"
+                iconSize={2}
+                ml={2}
+                onClick={showModal}
+                secondary
+              />
+            )}
+          </OpenModal>
+          <OpenModal
+            confirmText="Remove invite"
+            isFetching={isFetching}
+            onConfirm={revokeInvitation}
+            subtitle="Clicking ‘Remove’ will allow you to invite a different Handling Editor"
+            title="Remove invitation to Handling Editor?"
+          >
+            {showModal => (
+              <IconButton
+                icon="x-circle"
+                iconSize={2}
+                ml={2}
+                onClick={showModal}
+                secondary
+              />
+            )}
+          </OpenModal>
+        </Fragment>
+      )}
   </Root>
 )
 
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Admin/utils.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Admin/utils.js
index 1c91cb462bd6ae5c21d50b94dfa9955241dccecd..bbea0fd9095e78086b3c366b627ad9844e0a21bd 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Admin/utils.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Admin/utils.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const generatePasswordHash = () =>
   ).join('')
 
 export const setAdmin = values => {
-  const newValues = { ...values }
+  const newValues = { ...values, isActive: true }
   if (newValues.roles && newValues.roles.includes('admin')) {
     newValues.admin = true
   } else {