diff --git a/app/components/submission-wizard/ResolveDuplicates.jsx b/app/components/submission-wizard/ResolveDuplicates.jsx
index f4b2ee281a3d3496469e3c5254ed46f839a59130..1ab79a1117a8de50d3b09e198db302590132554a 100644
--- a/app/components/submission-wizard/ResolveDuplicates.jsx
+++ b/app/components/submission-wizard/ResolveDuplicates.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { withRouter } from 'react-router'
 import { Mutation } from 'react-apollo'
 import styled from 'styled-components'
 import { th } from '@pubsweet/ui-toolkit'
-import { H3, H4, Button, Action, Icon, Link } from '@pubsweet/ui'
+import { H3, H4, Button, Icon, Link } from '@pubsweet/ui'
 import { B, Buttons, Close, CloseButton, Portal, Notification } from '../ui'
 import { States, timeSince } from '../dashboard'
 import Citation from './Citation'
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const Columns = styled.div`
     padding: calc(${th('gridUnit')} * 2);
   }
 `
-const Current = styled.div`  
+const Current = styled.div`
   background-color: ${th('colorBackground')};
 `
 const Dupes = styled.div`
@@ -52,128 +52,167 @@ const FlexP = styled.div`
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: space-between;
 `
-const ResolveDuplicates = ({ close, current, duplicates }) => (
-  <Mutation
-    mutation={REPLACE_MANUSCRIPT}
-    refetchQueries={result => {
-      if (result.data.replaceManuscript) {
-        return [
-          {
-            query: CHECK_DUPES,
-            variables: {
-              id: current.id,
-              pmid:
-                current.meta.articleIds &&
-                current.meta.articleIds.find(id => id.pubIdType === 'pmid')
-                  ? current.meta.articleIds.find(id => id.pubIdType === 'pmid')
-                      .id
-                  : null,
-              title: current.meta.title,
-            },
-          },
-        ]
-      }
-      return []
-    }}
-  >
-    {(replaceManuscript, { data }) => {
-      const replace = async (keepId, throwId) => {
-        const { data } = await replaceManuscript({
-          variables: { keepId, throwId },
-        })
-        if (data.replaceManuscript && throwId === current.id) {
-          this.props.history.push('/')
-        }
-      }
-      console.log(duplicates)
-      return (
-        <Portal transparent>
-          <Close>
-            <CloseButton onClick={close} />
-          </Close>
-          <Columns>
-            <H3>This manuscript</H3>
-            <H3>Duplicate(s)</H3>
-            <p style={{ flex: '0 0 100%' }}>
-              <Notification type="error">
-                Two articles cannot have the same PMID.
-              </Notification>
-            </p>
-            <Current>
-              <H4>{current.id}</H4>
-              <Citation journal={current.journal} metadata={current.meta} />
-              <FlexP>
-                <span>
-                  <B>Status:</B> {current.status}
-                </span>
-                <span>
-                  <B>Last updated:</B> {timeSince(current.updated)}
-                </span>
-              </FlexP>
-              <p>
-                <B>Grants: </B>
-                {current.meta.fundingGroup && current.meta.fundingGroup.map((f, t) => (
-                  <span key={f.awardId}>
-                    {`${f.fundingSource} ${f.awardId}`}
-                    {t !== current.meta.fundingGroup.length - 1 && ', '}
-                  </span>
-                ))}
-              </p>
-              <Button onClick={() => replace(current.id, duplicates[0].id)} primary>
-                Remove this &amp; transfer grants
-                <Icon color="currentColor">arrow-right</Icon>
-              </Button>
-            </Current>              
-            {duplicates.map((dupe, i) => (
-              <React.Fragment>
-                <Dupes key={dupe.id}>
-                  <H4>{dupe.id}</H4>
-                  <Link
-                    target="_blank"
-                    to={`/submission/${dupe.id}/${
-                      States.admin[dupe.status].url
-                    }`}
-                  >
-                    <Citation journal={dupe.journal} metadata={dupe.meta} />
-                  </Link>
+class ResolveDuplicates extends React.Component {
+  state = {
+    error: false,
+    duplicates: this.props.duplicates,
+  }
+  unsetDupe = () => {
+    const { duplicates } = this.state
+    const { current } = this.props
+    if (
+      current.meta.articleIds.find(id => id.pubIdType === 'pmid').id ===
+      duplicates[0].meta.articleIds.find(id => id.pubIdType === 'pmid').id
+    ) {
+      this.setState({ error: true })
+    } else {
+      duplicates.shift()
+      this.setState({ duplicates })
+    }
+  }
+  render() {
+    console.log(this.unsetDupe)
+    const { close, current } = this.props
+    const { duplicates, error } = this.state
+    return (
+      <Mutation
+        mutation={REPLACE_MANUSCRIPT}
+        refetchQueries={result => {
+          if (result.data.replaceManuscript) {
+            return [
+              {
+                query: CHECK_DUPES,
+                variables: {
+                  id: current.id,
+                  pmid:
+                    current.meta.articleIds &&
+                    current.meta.articleIds.find(id => id.pubIdType === 'pmid')
+                      ? current.meta.articleIds.find(
+                          id => id.pubIdType === 'pmid',
+                        ).id
+                      : null,
+                  title: current.meta.title,
+                },
+              },
+            ]
+          }
+          return []
+        }}
+      >
+        {(replaceManuscript, { data }) => {
+          const replace = async (keepId, throwId) => {
+            const { data } = await replaceManuscript({
+              variables: { keepId, throwId },
+            })
+            if (data.replaceManuscript && throwId === current.id) {
+              this.props.history.push('/')
+            }
+          }
+          return (
+            <Portal transparent>
+              <Close>
+                <CloseButton onClick={close} />
+              </Close>
+              <Columns>
+                <H3>This manuscript</H3>
+                <H3>Duplicate(s)</H3>
+                {error && (
+                  <p style={{ flex: '0 0 100%' }}>
+                    <Notification type="error">
+                      Two articles cannot have the same PMID.
+                    </Notification>
+                  </p>
+                )}
+                <Current>
+                  <H4>{current.id}</H4>
+                  <Citation journal={current.journal} metadata={current.meta} />
                   <FlexP>
                     <span>
-                      <B>Status:</B> {dupe.status}
+                      <B>Status:</B> {current.status}
                     </span>
                     <span>
-                      <B>Last updated:</B> {timeSince(dupe.updated)}
+                      <B>Last updated:</B> {timeSince(current.updated)}
                     </span>
                   </FlexP>
                   <p>
                     <B>Grants: </B>
-                    {dupe.meta.fundingGroup && dupe.meta.fundingGroup.map((f, t) => (
-                      <span key={f.awardId}>
-                        {`${f.fundingSource} ${f.awardId}`}
-                        {t !== dupe.meta.fundingGroup.length - 1 && ', '}
-                      </span>
-                    ))}
+                    {current.meta.fundingGroup &&
+                      current.meta.fundingGroup.map((f, t) => (
+                        <span key={f.awardId}>
+                          {`${f.fundingSource} ${f.awardId}`}
+                          {t !== current.meta.fundingGroup.length - 1 && ', '}
+                        </span>
+                      ))}
                   </p>
-                  <Button onClick={() => replace(current.id, dupe.id)} primary>
-                    <Icon color="currentColor">arrow-left</Icon>
-                    Transfer grants &amp; remove this
+                  <Button
+                    onClick={() => replace(current.id, duplicates[0].id)}
+                    primary
+                  >
+                    Remove this &amp; transfer grants
+                    <Icon color="currentColor">arrow-right</Icon>
                   </Button>
-                </Dupes>
-                {i === 0 && (
-                  <p style={{ flex: '0 0 100%', textAlign: 'center' }}>
-                    <Button style={{ margin: '0 auto' }}>These two are not duplicates!</Button>
-                  </p>
-                )}
-                {i !== duplicates.length - 1 && <br />}
-              </React.Fragment>
-            ))}
-          </Columns>
-          <Buttons>
-            <Button onClick={close}>Exit</Button>
-          </Buttons>
-        </Portal>
-      )
-    }}
-  </Mutation>
-)
+                </Current>
+                {duplicates.map((dupe, i) => (
+                  <React.Fragment key={dupe.id}>
+                    <Dupes>
+                      <H4>{dupe.id}</H4>
+                      <Link
+                        target="_blank"
+                        to={`/submission/${dupe.id}/${
+                          States.admin[dupe.status].url
+                        }`}
+                      >
+                        <Citation journal={dupe.journal} metadata={dupe.meta} />
+                      </Link>
+                      <FlexP>
+                        <span>
+                          <B>Status:</B> {dupe.status}
+                        </span>
+                        <span>
+                          <B>Last updated:</B> {timeSince(dupe.updated)}
+                        </span>
+                      </FlexP>
+                      <p>
+                        <B>Grants: </B>
+                        {dupe.meta.fundingGroup &&
+                          dupe.meta.fundingGroup.map((f, t) => (
+                            <span key={f.awardId}>
+                              {`${f.fundingSource} ${f.awardId}`}
+                              {t !== dupe.meta.fundingGroup.length - 1 && ', '}
+                            </span>
+                          ))}
+                      </p>
+                      <Button
+                        onClick={() => replace(current.id, dupe.id)}
+                        primary
+                      >
+                        <Icon color="currentColor">arrow-left</Icon>
+                        Transfer grants &amp; remove this
+                      </Button>
+                    </Dupes>
+                    {i === 0 && (
+                      <p style={{ flex: '0 0 100%', textAlign: 'center' }}>
+                        <Button
+                          onClick={() => this.unsetDupe()}
+                          style={{ margin: '0 auto' }}
+                        >
+                          These two are not duplicates!
+                        </Button>
+                      </p>
+                    )}
+                    {i !== duplicates.length - 1 && <br />}
+                  </React.Fragment>
+                ))}
+              </Columns>
+              <Buttons>
+                <Button onClick={close}>Exit</Button>
+              </Buttons>
+            </Portal>
+          )
+        }}
+      </Mutation>
+    )
+  }
+}
 
 export default withRouter(ResolveDuplicates)
diff --git a/app/components/submission-wizard/Submit.jsx b/app/components/submission-wizard/Submit.jsx
index a1a6d3463f5af5f35b944044f269de5507fa6ffa..62190c3a40d79a8a81c82983a50935c44ed91627 100644
--- a/app/components/submission-wizard/Submit.jsx
+++ b/app/components/submission-wizard/Submit.jsx
@@ -367,7 +367,9 @@ class Submit extends React.Component {
             <div>
               <PanelHeader>
                 <H2>
-                  {status === 'submission-error' && 'Edit' || status === 'submitted' && 'Review' || 'Confirm'}
+                  {(status === 'submission-error' && 'Edit') ||
+                    (status === 'submitted' && 'Review') ||
+                    'Confirm'}
                   {` input & approve`}
                 </H2>
               </PanelHeader>
diff --git a/app/components/submission-wizard/SubmitPage.jsx b/app/components/submission-wizard/SubmitPage.jsx
index f26226bd43d1c6b750e689342b70492a7d261245..4e1e79244130f4e9700c66c8487498df70f4b492 100755
--- a/app/components/submission-wizard/SubmitPage.jsx
+++ b/app/components/submission-wizard/SubmitPage.jsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const DupeCheckSubmitPage = ({ manuscript, ...props }) => {
           )
         }
         const duplicates =
-          data.checkDuplicates.length > 0 && data.checkDuplicates || null
+          (data.checkDuplicates.length > 0 && data.checkDuplicates) || null
         return (
           <SubmitWithHeader
             duplicates={duplicates}
diff --git a/server/xpub-model/entities/manuscript/index.js b/server/xpub-model/entities/manuscript/index.js
index 028945587f40066fb170362a560e142d9d28fe8d..115fb2dfcfaeed538e575281f115f076ad705135 100755
--- a/server/xpub-model/entities/manuscript/index.js
+++ b/server/xpub-model/entities/manuscript/index.js
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ const authorization = require('pubsweet-server/src/helpers/authorization')
 const logger = require('@pubsweet/logger')
 const EmailValidator = require('email-validator')
 const ManuscriptAccess = require('./data-access')
-const FileAccess = require('../file/data-access')
 const NoteAccess = require('../note/data-access')
-const ReviewAccess = require('../review/data-access')
 const UserAccess = require('../user/data-access')
 const Team = require('../team/data-access')
 const { dManuscriptUpdate, gManuscript } = require('./helpers/transform')
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@ const Manuscript = {
     }
   },
 
-  create: async (userId, organizationId) => {
+  create: async (data, userId, organizationId) => {
     await authorization.can(userId, 'create', {
       id: null,
       type: 'Manuscript',
@@ -181,7 +179,9 @@ const Manuscript = {
         status: config.manuscript.status.initial,
       })
       savedMan = await manuscript.saveWithTrx(trx)
-
+      const input = dManuscriptUpdate(data, userId)
+      lodash.assign(savedMan, input)
+      await savedMan.saveWithTrx(trx)
       const team = new Team({
         manuscriptId: savedMan.id,
         userId,