diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js
index cd03a3fc046952d077cc25bbe8744b65acd53f7b..720c6ea6fb6a4335cc6f0a8b463df109f4ce7d35 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ export default compose(
       const handlingEditor = get(project, 'handlingEditor')
       const isAdmin = get(currentUser, 'admin')
       const isEic = get(currentUser, 'editorInChief')
-      const isHe = get(currentUser, 'handlingEditor')
       const isAccepted = get(handlingEditor, 'isAccepted')
-      return (isAdmin || isEic || isHe) && isAccepted
+      const heId = get(handlingEditor, 'id')
+      return isAccepted && (currentUser.id === heId || isAdmin || isEic)
     },
     showConfirmationModal: ({
       deleteProject,
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/MakeRecommendation/StepTwo.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/MakeRecommendation/StepTwo.js
index 26a2320e4923528355169f7714f0bd300b875818..2e554d6ccb2d8f863416d3711ebeb469c14a0109 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/MakeRecommendation/StepTwo.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/MakeRecommendation/StepTwo.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const StepTwo = ({
           <RowItem vertical>
             <Label>Message for Editor in Chief (optional)</Label>
             <ValidatedField
-              component={input => <Textarea {...input} />}
+              component={input => <Textarea {...input} height={70} />}
               name="message.eic"
             />
           </RowItem>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const StepTwo = ({
           <RowItem vertical>
             <Label>Message for Author (optional)</Label>
             <ValidatedField
-              component={input => <Textarea {...input} />}
+              component={input => <Textarea {...input} height={70} />}
               name="message.author"
             />
           </RowItem>
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ const StepTwo = ({
                 />
               )}
               name="revision.revisionType"
+              validate={[required]}
             />
           </RowItem>
         </CustomRow>