diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.html
index 94f4f21b4..70b6d8263 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     (change)="onChange(selectedDocuments)">
     <ng-template ng-label-tmp let-document="item">
       <div class="d-flex align-items-center">
-        <button class="btn p-0 lh-1" (click)="unselect(document)" title="Remove link" i18n-title><i-bs name="x"></i-bs></button>
+        <button class="btn p-0 lh-1" [disabled]="disabled" (click)="unselect(document)" title="Remove link" i18n-title><i-bs name="x"></i-bs></button>
         <a routerLink="/documents/{{document.id}}" class="badge bg-light text-primary" (mousedown)="$event.stopImmediatePropagation();" title="Open link" i18n-title>
           <i-bs width="0.9em" height="0.9em" name="file-text"></i-bs>&nbsp;<span>{{document.title}}</span>
         </a>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.scss b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.scss
index 5541def31..1c83a7122 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,19 @@
 
     .ng-value {
         background-color: transparent !important;
-        border-color: transparent;
+        border-color: transparent !important;
+    }
+}
+
+.paperless-input-select.disabled {
+    --bs-btn-disabled-border-color: transparent;
+    ::ng-deep ng-select {
+        .ng-select-container {
+            div, .ng-arrow-wrapper, input {
+                cursor: not-allowed;
+            }
+            background-color: var(--pngx-bg-alt) !important;
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
index e44d7a713..25a512463 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.html
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@
       @if (!hasNext()) {
         <button type="button" class="order-2 btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" (click)="save(true)" i18n [disabled]="!userCanEdit || networkActive || (isDirty$ | async) !== true">Save &amp; close</button>
       }
+      <button type="button" class="order-0 btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" (click)="discard()" i18n [disabled]="!userCanEdit || networkActive || (isDirty$ | async) !== true">Discard</button>
     </ng-container>
-    <button type="button" class="order-0 btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" (click)="discard()" i18n [disabled]="!userCanEdit || networkActive || (isDirty$ | async) !== true">Discard</button>
   </div>
 </ng-template>
 
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
index 084efefe7..6cd26b368 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts
@@ -1020,10 +1020,14 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
     }
     return (
       !this.document ||
-      this.permissionsService.currentUserHasObjectPermissions(
+      (this.permissionsService.currentUserCan(
         PermissionAction.Change,
-        doc
-      )
+        PermissionType.Document
+      ) &&
+        this.permissionsService.currentUserHasObjectPermissions(
+          PermissionAction.Change,
+          doc
+        ))
     )
   }