diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js
index ff76ff3e92d1778824813fbf82da5159dc17566c..4a57da8b656dd7992c438c82307ade57e2bd2e8e 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-helpers.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const filterObjectData = (collectionsPermissions, object, user) => {
     const matchingCollPerm = collectionsPermissions.find(
       collPerm => object.id === collPerm.fragmentId,
     )
-    if (matchingCollPerm === undefined) return {}
+    if (matchingCollPerm === undefined) return null
     if (['reviewer'].includes(matchingCollPerm.permission)) {
       object.files = omit(object.files, ['coverLetter'])
     }
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const filterObjectData = (collectionsPermissions, object, user) => {
   const matchingCollPerm = collectionsPermissions.find(
     collPerm => object.id === collPerm.id,
   )
-  if (matchingCollPerm === undefined) return {}
+  if (matchingCollPerm === undefined) return null
   setPublicStatuses(object, matchingCollPerm)
   parseAuthorsData(object, matchingCollPerm)
   if (['reviewer', 'handlingEditor'].includes(matchingCollPerm.permission)) {