diff --git a/view/js/acl.js b/view/js/acl.js
index c129634a0..ec5e59962 100644
--- a/view/js/acl.js
+++ b/view/js/acl.js
@@ -269,5 +269,6 @@ ACL.prototype.populate = function(data){
 		$(el).removeAttr("data-src");
 	});
 	that.update_view();
+	$('#dbtn-submit, #dbtn-acl').prop('disabled', false);
 }
 
diff --git a/view/tpl/attach_edit.tpl b/view/tpl/attach_edit.tpl
index e91b4c0c6..1254c713b 100644
--- a/view/tpl/attach_edit.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/attach_edit.tpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <form action="filestorage/{{$channelnick}}/{{$file.id}}/edit" method="post" >
 
 <div id="attach-edit-perms" >
-<button class="btn btn-default btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" title="{{$permset}}" onclick="return false;">
+<button id="dbtn-acl" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" title="{{$permset}}" disabled="disabled" onclick="return false;">
 	<i id="jot-perms-icon" class="icon-{{$lockstate}} jot-icons"></i>
 </button>
 {{$aclselect}} {{$file.filename}}
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 <input type="text" id="linkpasteinput" name="cutpasteextlink" value="{{$cloudpath}}" onclick="this.select();"/><br />
 
 <div class="clear"></div>
-<input id="attach-edit-submit" type="submit" name="submit" value="{{$submit}}" />
+<input id="dbtn-submit" type="submit" name="submit" value="{{$submit}}" disabled="disabled"/>
 </form>
 
 
diff --git a/view/tpl/chatroom_new.tpl b/view/tpl/chatroom_new.tpl
index 287f95cc0..bb1121924 100644
--- a/view/tpl/chatroom_new.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/chatroom_new.tpl
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 <form action="chat" method="post" >
 {{include file="field_input.tpl" field=$name}}
-<button class="btn btn-default btn-xs" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" onclick="return false;">{{$permissions}}</button>
+<button id="dbtn-acl" class="btn btn-default btn-xs" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" onclick="return false;" disabled="disabled">{{$permissions}}</button>
 {{$acl}}
 <div class="clear"></div>
 <br />
 <br />
-<input type="submit" name="submit" value="{{$submit}}" />
+<input id="dbtn-submit" type="submit" name="submit" value="{{$submit}}" disabled="disabled"/>
 </form>
 
 
diff --git a/view/tpl/jot.tpl b/view/tpl/jot.tpl
index 12da18ef1..29dc41525 100755
--- a/view/tpl/jot.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/jot.tpl
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 			</div>
 			<div id="profile-jot-submit-right" class="btn-group pull-right">
 				{{if $showacl}}
-				<button class="btn btn-default btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" title="{{$permset}}" onclick="return false;">
+				<button id="dbtn-acl" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" title="{{$permset}}" disabled="disabled" onclick="return false;">
 					<i id="jot-perms-icon" class="icon-{{$lockstate}} jot-icons">{{$bang}}</i>
 				</button>
 				{{/if}}
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 					<i class="icon-eye-open jot-icons" ></i>
 				</button>
 				{{/if}}
-				<button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" type="submit" name="button-submit">{{$share}}</button>
+				<button id="dbtn-submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" type="submit" name="button-submit"{{if $showacl}} disabled="disabled"{{/if}}>{{$share}}</button>
 			</div>
 			<div id="profile-jot-perms-end"></div>
 			<div id="profile-jot-plugin-wrapper">
diff --git a/view/tpl/photo_view.tpl b/view/tpl/photo_view.tpl
index 969f66f44..4652f33c6 100755
--- a/view/tpl/photo_view.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/photo_view.tpl
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@
 				<button class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" id="photo-edit-delete-button" type="submit" name="delete" value="{{$edit.delete}}" onclick="return confirmDelete();" />{{$edit.delete}}</button>
 			</div>
 			<div class="form-group btn-group pull-right">
-				<button class="btn btn-default btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" onclick="return false;">
+				<button id="dbtn-acl" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" disabled="disabled" onclick="return false;">
 					<i id="jot-perms-icon" class="icon-{{$edit.lockstate}}"></i>
 				</button>
-				<button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" type="submit" name="submit" id="photos-edit-submit">{{$edit.submit}}</button>
+				<button id="dbtn-submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" type="submit" name="submit" disabled="disabled">{{$edit.submit}}</button>
 			</div>
 		</form>
 		<div id="photo-edit-end" class="clear"></div>
diff --git a/view/tpl/photos_upload.tpl b/view/tpl/photos_upload.tpl
index 611068b6d..2dd7de9b2 100755
--- a/view/tpl/photos_upload.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/photos_upload.tpl
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 				<input id="photos-upload-choose" type="file" name="userfile" />
 			</div>
 			<div class="btn-group pull-right">
-				<button class="btn btn-default btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" onclick="return false;">
+				<button id="dbtn-acl" class="btn btn-default btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" disabled="disabled" onclick="return false;">
 					<i id="jot-perms-icon" class="icon-{{$lockstate}}"></i>
 				</button>
-				<button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" type="submit" name="submit" id="photos-upload-submit">{{$submit}}</button>
+				<button id="dbtn-submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" type="submit" name="submit" disabled="disabled">{{$submit}}</button>
 			</div>
 			{{/if}}