diff --git a/app/components/BookBuilder/BookBuilder.jsx b/app/components/BookBuilder/BookBuilder.jsx
index f6d58413880c251ece171d55a67d85c9683ab841..f4e9fad8c14da13100d4e4612282551a68f42056 100644
--- a/app/components/BookBuilder/BookBuilder.jsx
+++ b/app/components/BookBuilder/BookBuilder.jsx
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ export class BookBuilder extends React.Component {
   }
 
   _isProductionEditor () {
-    return _.includes(this._getRoles(), 'production-editor')
+    const userRoles = this._getRoles()
+    const accepted = ['production-editor', 'admin']
+    const pass = _.some(accepted, (role) => _.includes(userRoles, role))
+    return pass
   }
 
   render () {
diff --git a/app/components/BookBuilder/Chapter/ProgressItem.jsx b/app/components/BookBuilder/Chapter/ProgressItem.jsx
index d384dc146de899fee604738f451fa1267c043d8c..6ec269ae7a405b60e51b4ecdc6335e194316935d 100644
--- a/app/components/BookBuilder/Chapter/ProgressItem.jsx
+++ b/app/components/BookBuilder/Chapter/ProgressItem.jsx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export class ProgressItem extends React.Component {
   canChange () {
     const { type, roles, chapter } = this.props
 
+    console.log('can change', includes(roles, 'admin'))
     if (includes(roles, 'admin') || includes(roles, 'production-editor')) return true
 
     const isActive = (chapter.progress[type] === 1)
@@ -84,7 +85,11 @@ export class ProgressItem extends React.Component {
       }, 3000)
     }
 
-    if (includes(roles, 'production-editor')) {
+    // TODO -- refactor
+    if (
+      includes(roles, 'production-editor') ||
+      includes(roles, 'admin')
+    ) {
       return this.changeProgressState()
     }
 
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/SimpleEditorWrapper.jsx b/app/components/SimpleEditor/SimpleEditorWrapper.jsx
index 0e99406bb1c7c37b3b5678a59c9f37a8349b6960..576e03e1d9eafb29487f122f23a38fe03b81ec3e 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/SimpleEditorWrapper.jsx
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/SimpleEditorWrapper.jsx
@@ -74,9 +74,12 @@ export class SimpleEditorWrapper extends React.Component {
   //   // this._checkRights()
   // }
 
+  // TODO -- refactor
   _checkRights () {
     const { fragment, user } = this.props
 
+    if (user.admin) return this.setState({ canEdit: true })
+
     if ((fragment.progress['review'] === 1 && user.teams[0].teamType.name === 'Author') ||
         (fragment.progress['edit'] === 1 && user.teams[0].teamType.name === 'Copy Editor')) {
       this.setState({ canEdit: true })