diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js
index 4deb7a526881bade9a937b4e4181811d136202e1..29557c9118baaaa1d967cad780cd3b543eef2dae 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js
@@ -288,6 +288,51 @@ async function applyAuthenticatedUserPolicy(user, operation, object, context) {
   return unauthenticatedUser(operation, object, user.id)
 }
 
+async function applyAdminPolicy(user, operation, object, context) {
+  if (operation === 'GET') {
+    if (get(object, 'type') === 'collection') {
+      return {
+        filter: collection => ({
+          ...collection,
+          visibleStatus: get(statuses, `${collection.status}.admin.label`),
+        }),
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (get(object, 'path') === '/api/users') {
+      return helpers.getUsersList({ UserModel: context.models.User, user })
+    }
+
+    if (get(object, 'type') === 'user') {
+      return helpers.parseUser({ user: object })
+    }
+
+    if (get(object, 'path') === '/api/collections') {
+      const collections = await context.models.Collection.all()
+      const modifiedCollections = await Promise.all(
+        collections.map(async coll => {
+          if (coll.fragments.length === 0) {
+            logger.error(`Collection ${coll.id} does not have any fragments!`)
+
+            return null
+          }
+          const latestFragmentId = coll.fragments[coll.fragments.length - 1]
+          coll.currentVersion = await context.models.Fragment.find(
+            latestFragmentId,
+          )
+          const status = get(coll, 'status', 'draft')
+          coll.visibleStatus = get(statuses, `${status}.admin.label`)
+
+          return coll
+        }),
+      )
+
+      return modifiedCollections.filter(Boolean)
+    }
+  }
+  return true
+}
+
 async function applyEditorInChiefPolicy(user, operation, object, context) {
   if (operation === 'GET') {
     if (get(object, 'type') === 'collection') {
@@ -316,7 +361,6 @@ async function applyEditorInChiefPolicy(user, operation, object, context) {
         collections.map(async coll => {
           if (coll.fragments.length === 0) {
             logger.error(`Collection ${coll.id} does not have any fragments!`)
-
             return null
           }
           const latestFragmentId = coll.fragments[coll.fragments.length - 1]
@@ -324,12 +368,11 @@ async function applyEditorInChiefPolicy(user, operation, object, context) {
             latestFragmentId,
           )
           const status = get(coll, 'status', 'draft')
+          if (status === 'draft') return null
           coll.visibleStatus = get(statuses, `${status}.editorInChief.label`)
-
           return coll
         }),
       )
-
       return modifiedCollections.filter(Boolean)
     }
   }
@@ -353,7 +396,11 @@ const authsomeMode = async (userId, operation, object, context) => {
   // authorization/authsome mode, e.g.
   const user = await context.models.User.find(userId)
 
-  if (get(user, 'admin') || get(user, 'editorInChief')) {
+  if (get(user, 'admin')) {
+    return applyAdminPolicy(user, operation, object, context)
+  }
+
+  if (get(user, 'editorInChief')) {
     return applyEditorInChiefPolicy(user, operation, object, context)
   }