diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Publish/WorkflowController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Publish/WorkflowController.php
index f5e0f29..911ad0f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Publish/WorkflowController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Publish/WorkflowController.php
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class WorkflowController extends Controller
 
         $builder = Dataset::query();
         $myDatasets = $builder
-            ->whereIn('server_state', ['inprogress', 'released'])
-            // ->where('account_id', $user_id)
+            ->whereIn('server_state', ['inprogress', 'released', 'editor_accepted'])
+            ->where('account_id', $user_id)
             ->with('user:id,login')
             ->get();
         return view('workflow.index', [
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class WorkflowController extends Controller
         $builder = Dataset::query();
         $datasets = $builder
         //->where('server_state', 'inprogress')
-        ->whereIn('server_state', ['released'])
+        ->whereIn('server_state', ['released', 'editor_accepted'])
             ->get();
         return view('workflow.editor_index', compact('datasets'));
     }
@@ -152,6 +152,17 @@ class WorkflowController extends Controller
     public function acceptUpdate(Request $request, $id)
     {
         $dataset = Dataset::findOrFail($id);
+      
+        try {
+            $dataset->setServerState("editor_accepted");
+            $user = Auth::user();
+            $dataset->editor()->associate($user)->save();
+            $dataset->save();
+            return redirect()->back();
+            //return redirect()->route('settings.review.index');
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            throw new GeneralException(trans('exceptions.publish.accept.update_error'));
+        }
     }
 
     // public function release()
@@ -190,7 +201,7 @@ class WorkflowController extends Controller
                 session()->flash('flash_message', 'You have puplished 1 dataset!');
             }
             $dataset->save();
-            return redirect()->back();
+            //return redirect()->back();
             //return redirect()->route('settings.review.index');
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             //return $this->_redirectTo('index', array('failure' => $e->getMessage()), 'documents', 'admin');
diff --git a/public/backend/style.css b/public/backend/style.css
index dae2a80..a78b2ea 100644
--- a/public/backend/style.css
+++ b/public/backend/style.css
@@ -943,6 +943,11 @@ textarea.large, input.large {
 .pure-table tr.released {   
     background-color: greenyellow;
 }
+.pure-table tr.editor_accepted {
+    padding: 0.8em;
+    background-color: lightblue;
+}
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/exceptions.php b/resources/lang/en/exceptions.php
index 47e496c..7c8621f 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/exceptions.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/exceptions.php
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ return [
         'release' => [
             'update_error'   => 'There was a problem rleasing this dataset. Please try again.',
         ],
+        'accept' => [
+            'update_error'   => 'There was a problem accepting this dataset. Please try again.',
+        ],
     ],
 
     'backend' => [
diff --git a/resources/views/settings/layouts/app.blade.php b/resources/views/settings/layouts/app.blade.php
index 2900447..972a755 100644
--- a/resources/views/settings/layouts/app.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/settings/layouts/app.blade.php
@@ -92,15 +92,21 @@
                 <li class="treeview">
                     <h2 class="pure-menu-heading">Publish</h2>
                     <ul class="pure-menu-list">		
+                        @permission('dataset-create')
                         <li class="pure-menu-item {{ Route::is('publish.dataset.create') ? 'active' : '' }}">
                             <a class="pure-menu-link" href="{{ URL::route('publish.dataset.create') }}"><i class="fa fa-upload"></i> Create</a>
                         </li>
+                        @endpermission
+                        @permission('dataset-list')
                         <li class="pure-menu-item {{ Route::is('publish.workflow.index') ? 'active' : '' }}">
                             <a class="pure-menu-link" href="{{ URL::route('publish.workflow.index') }}"><i class="fa fa-upload"></i> All my datasets</a>
                         </li>	
+                        @endpermission
+                        @permission('dataset-editor-list')
                         <li class="pure-menu-item {{ Route::is('publish.workflow.editorIndex') ? 'active' : '' }}">
                             <a class="pure-menu-link" href="{{ URL::route('publish.workflow.editorIndex') }}"><i class="fa fa-upload"></i> EDITOR PAGE: Released datasets</a>
                         </li>	
+                        @endpermission
                         {{-- <li class="pure-menu-item {{ Route::is('publish.workflow.release') ? 'active' : '' }}">
                             <a class="pure-menu-link" href="{{ URL::route('publish.workflow.release') }}"><i class="fa fa-upload"></i> Release pending datasets</a>
                         </li>	
diff --git a/resources/views/workflow/accept.blade.php b/resources/views/workflow/accept.blade.php
index 73e80da..b8a8dab 100644
--- a/resources/views/workflow/accept.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/workflow/accept.blade.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
                 }            
                 @endphp
                
-            {!! Form::model($dataset, [ 'method' => 'POST', 'id' => 'acceptForm',
+            {!! Form::model($dataset, [ 'method' => 'POST', 'route' => ['publish.workflow.acceptUpdate', $dataset->id], 'id' => 'acceptForm',
             'class' => 'pure-form', 'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data', 'v-on:submit.prevent' => 'checkForm']) !!}
             <fieldset id="fieldset-General">
                 <legend>General</legend>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
             <br />
             <div class="pure-controls">
-                <button :disabled="errors.any()" type="submit" class="pure-button">
+                <button type="submit" class="pure-button">
                     <i class="fa fa-share"></i>
                     <span>Accept</span>
                 </button>
@@ -79,11 +79,5 @@
 
 @stop 
 
-@section('after-scripts') {{--
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ asset('js/lib.js') }}"></script> --}} {{--
-<script src="https://unpkg.com/axios/dist/axios.min.js"></script>
-<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue"></script>--}} {{--
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ resource_path('assets\js\datasetPublish.js') }}"></script> --}}
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{  asset('backend/publish/releaseDataset.js') }}"></script>
-
+@section('after-scripts') 
 @stop
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/views/workflow/editor_index.blade.php b/resources/views/workflow/editor_index.blade.php
index 8b66152..1b1f181 100644
--- a/resources/views/workflow/editor_index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/workflow/editor_index.blade.php
@@ -13,14 +13,23 @@
             <thead>
                 <th>Dataset Title</th>
                 <th>ID</th>
-                <th>Server State</th>
-                <th>Preferred Editor</th>
+                <th>Server State</th>               
+                <th>Editor</th>              
                 <th></th>
             </thead>
 
             <tbody>
-                @foreach($datasets as $dataset)
-                <tr>
+                @foreach($datasets as $dataset)               
+                @php 
+                //if userid changed from last iteration, store new userid and change color                
+                // $lastid = $detail->payment->userid;
+                if ($dataset->server_state == 'editor_accepted') {
+                    $rowclass = 'editor_accepted';
+                } elseif ($dataset->server_state == 'released') {
+                    $rowclass = 'released';   
+                }            
+                @endphp
+                <tr class="{{ $rowclass }}">
                     <td>
                         @if ($dataset->titles()->first()) 
                         {{ $dataset->titles()->first()->value }} 
@@ -34,7 +43,12 @@
                     <td>
                         {{ $dataset->server_state }}
                     </td>
-                    <td> {{ optional($dataset->editor)->login }} </td>
+                    @if ($dataset->server_state == "released") 
+                    <td>Preferred editor: {{ optional($dataset->editor)->login }} </td>
+                    @elseif ($dataset->server_state == "editor_accepted")
+                    <td>in approvement by {{ optional($dataset->editor)->login }} </td>
+                    @endif
+                   
                     <td>
                         @if ($dataset->server_state == "released")
                         <a href="{{ URL::route('publish.workflow.accept', $dataset->id) }}" class="pure-button">
diff --git a/resources/views/workflow/index.blade.php b/resources/views/workflow/index.blade.php
index 8fd0f72..1d4daef 100644
--- a/resources/views/workflow/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/workflow/index.blade.php
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
                     $rowclass = 'inprogress';
                 } elseif ($dataset->server_state == 'released') {
                     $rowclass = 'released';   
-                }            
+                }  
+                elseif ($dataset->server_state == 'editor_accepted') {
+                    $rowclass = 'editor_accepted';   
+                }              
                 @endphp
                 <tr class="{{ $rowclass }}">
                     <td>
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 15889cc..e125925 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Route::group(
         // ]);
 
         Route::get('workflow/editor_index', [
-            'middleware' => ['permission:dataset-released-list'],
+            'middleware' => ['permission:dataset-editor-list'],
             'as' => 'workflow.editorIndex', 'uses' => 'WorkflowController@editorIndex',
         ]);
         Route::get('workflow/accept/{id}', [