diff --git a/services/web/app/views/project/editor/left-menu.jade b/services/web/app/views/project/editor/left-menu.jade
index ea1f141671..c24a2622bc 100644
--- a/services/web/app/views/project/editor/left-menu.jade
+++ b/services/web/app/views/project/editor/left-menu.jade
@@ -110,12 +110,13 @@ aside#left-menu.full-size(
 				)
 					option(value="pdfjs") Built-In
 					option(value="native") Native
-	h4 Publish
-	ul.list-unstyled.nav(ng-controller="TemplatesController")
-		li
-			a(ng-click="openPublishTemplateModal()")
-				i.fa.fa-list-alt.fa-fw 
-				|   Publish as Template
+	span(ng-controller="TemplatesController", ng-show="hasPermission('admin')")
+		h4() Publish
+		ul.list-unstyled.nav()
+			li
+				a(ng-click="openPublishTemplateModal()")
+					i.fa.fa-list-alt.fa-fw 
+					|   Publish as Template
 
 
 #left-menu-mask(
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/permissions/PermissionsManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/permissions/PermissionsManager.coffee
index b52ab933e4..8ce6549647 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/permissions/PermissionsManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/permissions/PermissionsManager.coffee
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 define [], () ->
 	class PermissionsManager
 		constructor: (@ide, @$scope) ->
+			@$scope.permissions =
+				read:  false
+				write: false
+				admin: false
 			@$scope.$watch "permissionsLevel", (permissionsLevel) =>
-				@$scope.permissions =
-					read:  false
-					write: false
-					admin: false
+
 				if permissionsLevel?
 					if permissionsLevel == "readOnly"
 						@$scope.permissions.read = true
@@ -17,3 +18,5 @@ define [], () ->
 						@$scope.permissions.write = true
 						@$scope.permissions.admin = true
 
+			@$scope.hasPermission = (requestedLevel)=>
+				return @$scope.permissions[requestedLevel]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/templates/controllers/TemplatesController.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/templates/controllers/TemplatesController.coffee
index e71e4eab42..11fa29a4fe 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/templates/controllers/TemplatesController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/templates/controllers/TemplatesController.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 define [
 	"base"
-], (App) ->
+	"ide/permissions/PermissionsManager"
+], (App, PermissionsManager) ->
 	App.controller "TemplatesController", ($scope, $modal, ide) ->
+		$scope.showPublishTemplateLinkInSideBar = ide.$scope.hasPermission("admin")
 
 		$scope.openPublishTemplateModal = () ->
 			console.log "open"
@@ -12,8 +14,9 @@ define [
 					diff: () -> $scope.trackChanges.diff
 			}
 
-	App.controller "PublishProjectAsTemplateModalController", ($scope, $modalInstance, diff, ide) ->
-		user_id = window.user.id #TODO this is not correct, it needs to be the owners id
+	App.controller "PublishProjectAsTemplateModalController", ($scope, $modalInstance, ide) ->
+		permissionsManager = new PermissionsManager(ide, $scope)
+		user_id = ide.$scope.user.id
 		$scope.template =
 			description: window.project_description
 		$scope.publishedDetails =
@@ -25,7 +28,6 @@ define [
 
 		refreshPublishedStatus = ->
 			ide.socket.emit "getPublishedDetails", user_id, (err, data)->
-				console.log "got published details"
 				$scope.publishedDetails = data
 				$scope.publishedDetails.publishedDate = moment(data.publishedDate).format("Do MMM YYYY, h:mm a")
 
@@ -35,19 +37,16 @@ define [
 			description = $scope.template.description
 			if description?
 				ide.socket.emit 'updateProjectDescription', description, () => 
-					console.log "updated"
 
 		$scope.publish = ->
 			$scope.state.publishInflight = true
 			ide.socket.emit 'publishProjectAsTemplate', user_id, (error, docLines, version) =>
-				console.log "published"
 				refreshPublishedStatus()
 				$scope.state.publishInflight = false
 
 		$scope.unpublishTemplate = ->
 			$scope.state.unpublishInflight = true
 			ide.socket.emit 'unPublishProjectAsTemplate', user_id, (error, docLines, version) =>
-				console.log "unpublished"
 				refreshPublishedStatus()
 				$scope.state.unpublishInflight = false