diff --git a/src/core/models/pages.py b/src/core/models/pages.py
index b8b3164ab8a665baf2ba8b15c74c466600179f24..6b5a1bd33bbdbde847bd1d8b31952b91c4e7269c 100644
--- a/src/core/models/pages.py
+++ b/src/core/models/pages.py
@@ -196,14 +196,14 @@ class StaticPageManager(models.Manager):
 
     def get_editable_page(self, user: PlatformUser, conference: Conference, language: str, slug: str, check=False) -> tuple['StaticPage | None', bool]:
         """
-        Request to edit the Static Page with slug `slug` in the context of `user` and `conference` and in the language `langguage`.
+        Request to edit the Static Page with slug `slug` in the context of `user` and `conference` and in the language `language`.
 
         Returns a tuple `(static_page, exists)` with `static_page` the `StaticPage` instance (or `None`) and `exists` a boolean iff the `StaticPage`
         already exists in the database and the user has sufficient permission to create it.
 
         `static_page` will be `None` iff the user is not allowed to edit this Page (even if it does not exist).
         Otherwise, it will be a `StaticPage` instance for the Page.
-        If the Page does not yet exist in the database, the returned `StaticPage` is not stored in the database (`save()` needs to be called by the callee).
+        If the Page does not yet exist in the database, the returned `StaticPage` is not stored in the database (`save()` needs to be called by the caller).
         In this case, `exists` will be `False`.
         """
 
diff --git a/src/plainui/tests/test_views.py b/src/plainui/tests/test_views.py
index d04f35c6685bd0e845aad02298de82cb62c105c8..8873c92911fcc18d7725f5cc2dfe6d78effc86e7 100644
--- a/src/plainui/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/src/plainui/tests/test_views.py
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ class ViewsTest(ViewsTestBase):
         self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['page'], sp)
         self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['page_slug'], sp.slug)
         self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['writeable'], False)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['lock_id'], '')
         self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['revision'], None)
         self.assertIsInstance(resp.context_data['form'], StaticPageBodyForm)
         self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['form']['title'].value(), r2.title)
@@ -701,6 +702,7 @@ class ViewsTest(ViewsTestBase):
             self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['page'], sp)
             self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['page_slug'], sp.slug)
             self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['writeable'], False)
+            self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['lock_id'], '')
             self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['revision'], None)
             self.assertIsInstance(resp.context_data['form'], StaticPageBodyForm)
             self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['form']['title'].value(), r2.title)
@@ -757,6 +759,7 @@ class ViewsTest(ViewsTestBase):
         self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['page_slug'], 'test-doesnotexist')
         self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['writeable'], True)
         self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['revision'], None)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['lock_id'], '')  # no lock
         self.assertIsInstance(resp.context_data['form'], StaticPageBodyForm)
         self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['form']['title'].value(), 'test-doesnotexist')
         self.assertEqual(resp.context_data['form']['body'].value(), '')
diff --git a/src/plainui/views/static_pages.py b/src/plainui/views/static_pages.py
index 924a27684fd016d4f34d19c0d3edeb4bf52fcf09..a4da70392cb44fa9a6c5d59b65eeb857c53cb9d1 100644
--- a/src/plainui/views/static_pages.py
+++ b/src/plainui/views/static_pages.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class StaticPageEditView(ConferenceRequiredMixin, TemplateView):
             return redirect(reverse('plainui:static_page', kwargs={'page_slug': page_slug}))
 
         lock = ''
-        if page_exists:
+        if page_exists and writeable:
             lock, created = Lock.objects.select_for_update().get_or_create(
                 content_type=ContentType.objects.get_for_model(StaticPage),
                 object_id=static_page.pk,