diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/EditNoteTool.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/EditNoteTool.js
index 5f74ba65c7790ea1d01fe1dcb61b85cfe6692cdc..34a4777823249f0156bf84cbd5bfe606213f7fba 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/EditNoteTool.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/EditNoteTool.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class EditNoteTool extends Tool {
   }
 
   didMount () {
-    this.context.editorSession.onUpdate('', this.diabelTools, this)
+    this.context.editorSession.onUpdate('', this.disableTools, this)
   }
 
   _initMiniEditor () {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class EditNoteTool extends Tool {
     return editorSession
   }
 
-  diabelTools () {
+  disableTools () {
     const selected = this.getSelection()
     if (!selected.node) return
     const commandStates = this.context.commandManager.commandStates
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteTool.js b/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteTool.js
index 99ad23841d233611395de75936f6afafa8ecedd8..b5d712753aa16a46ff3241ab7c18c3709066a9e8 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteTool.js
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/note/NoteTool.js
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ import { AnnotationTool } from 'substance'
 class NoteTool extends AnnotationTool {
   renderButton ($$) {
     const el = super.renderButton($$)
+
+    // TODO -- either delete or re-introduce
     // const readOnly = this.isSurfaceReadOnly()
     // if (readOnly === true) el.attr('disabled', 'true')
+
     return el
   }