diff --git a/.docs/index.md b/.docs/index.md
index 90f0651bfe969ab84ce9a1ee09e8edd5f8b7ad0b..80096a728c4cfe6b369dd56aab08d4c783beb3a6 100644
--- a/.docs/index.md
+++ b/.docs/index.md
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ author: Martin Weise
 
 Documentation for version: [v1.9.0](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/releases).
 
-DBRepo is a repository for data in databases that cover the entire data life cycle supporting data evolution, -citation 
-and -versioning. It implements the query store of the [RDA WGDC](https://doi.org/10.1162/99608f92.be565013) on precisely
-identifying arbitrary subsets of data.
+DBRepo is an open-source research database repository that cover the data life cycle supporting data evolution, 
+-citation and -versioning. It implements the query store of the [RDA WGDC](https://doi.org/10.1162/99608f92.be565013) on
+precisely identifying arbitrary subsets of data.
 
 ## Why use DBRepo?
 
diff --git a/dbrepo-ui/components/database/DatabaseToolbar.vue b/dbrepo-ui/components/database/DatabaseToolbar.vue
index 642f75a529194b2524cb1e5bd9cf08a68013782f..16dae8482cd1bf682a8aa80a1b32731966ec1248 100644
--- a/dbrepo-ui/components/database/DatabaseToolbar.vue
+++ b/dbrepo-ui/components/database/DatabaseToolbar.vue
@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ export default {
       return this.roles.includes('create-table')
     },
     canViewSubsets () {
+      if (!this.database) {
+        return false
+      }
+      if (this.database.is_public) {
+        return true
+      }
       return this.hasReadAccess
     },
     isOwner () {