diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-base-fields-editor/description-base-fields-editor.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-base-fields-editor/description-base-fields-editor.component.html
index f55816bba..d322083b9 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-base-fields-editor/description-base-fields-editor.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-base-fields-editor/description-base-fields-editor.component.html
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 							</mat-option>
 						</mat-select>
 						<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('descriptionTemplateId').hasError('backendError')">{{formGroup.get('descriptionTemplateId').getError('backendError').message}}</mat-error>
-						<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('label').hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
+						<mat-error *ngIf="formGroup.get('descriptionTemplateId').hasError('required')">{{'GENERAL.VALIDATION.REQUIRED' | translate}}</mat-error>
 					</mat-form-field>
 				</div>
 			</div>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.component.ts
index 801dd955e..d880711c8 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/description/editor/description-editor.component.ts
@@ -575,7 +575,10 @@ export class DescriptionEditorComponent extends BaseEditor<DescriptionEditorMode
 					// this.selectedSystemFields = this.selectedSystemFieldDisabled();
 					this.descriptionEditorService.setValidationErrorModel(this.editorModel.validationErrorModel);
 					if (this.editorModel.status == DescriptionStatus.Finalized || this.isDeleted) {
+						this.viewOnly = true;
 						this.formGroup.disable();
+					}else{
+						this.viewOnly = false;
 					}
 
 					this.registerFormListeners();
@@ -618,7 +621,7 @@ export class DescriptionEditorComponent extends BaseEditor<DescriptionEditorMode
 			return;
 		}
 
-		this.persistEntity();
+		// this.persistEntity();
 	}
 
 	public delete() {