diff --git a/public/app/core/controllers/json_editor_ctrl.js b/public/app/core/controllers/json_editor_ctrl.js
index f83a2ac3e8c..7d7d56fa96b 100644
--- a/public/app/core/controllers/json_editor_ctrl.js
+++ b/public/app/core/controllers/json_editor_ctrl.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function (angular, coreModule) {
   coreModule.default.controller('JsonEditorCtrl', function($scope) {
 
     $scope.json = angular.toJson($scope.object, true);
-    $scope.canUpdate = $scope.updateHandler !== void 0;
+    $scope.canUpdate = $scope.updateHandler !== void 0 && $scope.contextSrv.isEditor;
 
     $scope.update = function () {
       var newObject = angular.fromJson($scope.json);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/annotations.editor.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/annotations.editor.html
index 6d71ec3211a..03ef1df0b52 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/annotations.editor.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/annotations.editor.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	<div class="section">
 		<h5>InfluxDB Query <tip>Example: select text from events where $timeFilter</tip></h5>
 		<div class="editor-option">
-			<input type="text" class="span10" ng-model='annotation.query' placeholder="select text from events where $timeFilter"></input>
+			<input type="text" class="span10" ng-model='ctrl.annotation.query' placeholder="select text from events where $timeFilter"></input>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 </div>
@@ -12,17 +12,17 @@
 		<h5>Column mappings <tip>If your influxdb query returns more than one column you need to specify the column names below. An annotation event is composed of a title, tags, and an additional text field.</tip></h5>
 		<div class="editor-option">
 			<label class="small">Title</label>
-			<input type="text" class="input-small" ng-model='annotation.titleColumn' placeholder=""></input>
+			<input type="text" class="input-small" ng-model='ctrl.annotation.titleColumn' placeholder=""></input>
 		</div>
 
 		<div class="editor-option">
 			<label class="small">Tags</label>
-			<input type="text" class="input-small" ng-model='annotation.tagsColumn' placeholder=""></input>
+			<input type="text" class="input-small" ng-model='ctrl.annotation.tagsColumn' placeholder=""></input>
 		</div>
 
 		<div class="editor-option">
 			<label class="small">Text</label>
-			<input type="text" class="input-small" ng-model='annotation.textColumn' placeholder=""></input>
+			<input type="text" class="input-small" ng-model='ctrl.annotation.textColumn' placeholder=""></input>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 </div>