diff --git a/app/apps/core/forms.py b/app/apps/core/forms.py
index 725578f82b2ba10dd638ed49dc24a48b652f9e95..9213857aa117113c04708b6b45f097bec75d8cb5 100644
--- a/app/apps/core/forms.py
+++ b/app/apps/core/forms.py
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ class DocumentForm(BootstrapFormMixin, forms.ModelForm):
             self.initial['valid_block_types'] = BlockType.objects.filter(default=True)
             self.initial['valid_line_types'] = LineType.objects.filter(default=True)
 
-        qs = Project.objects.for_user(self.request.user)
-        self.fields['project'].queryset = qs
+        self.fields['project'].queryset = Project.objects.for_user(self.request.user)
+        if self.instance.owner != self.request.user:
+            self.fields['project'].disabled = True
+
         self.fields['valid_block_types'].queryset = block_qs.order_by('name')
         self.fields['valid_line_types'].queryset = line_qs.order_by('name')
 
diff --git a/app/escriptorium/templates/core/document_form.html b/app/escriptorium/templates/core/document_form.html
index a1563288afac9c6686bc3205d2d90bd3662a4848..9c61c0dfca1528aeab4d50893a02e1eddfd8a664 100644
--- a/app/escriptorium/templates/core/document_form.html
+++ b/app/escriptorium/templates/core/document_form.html
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
             {% render_field form.name %}
             {% else %}
             {% render_field form.name autofocus=1 %}
-            {% render_field form.project %}
             {% endif %}
+            {% render_field form.project %}
 
             {% render_field form.main_script %}
             {% render_field form.read_direction %}