diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js
index ad46d788b6f1bf6b4dba07a6f550f13891a71e22..43e9589646f57908839144ee8ae1468eb5ee9616 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ ServerConnector.getProject = function (projectId) {
       }
       project = self._projectsById[projectId];
 
-      return Promise.all(promises).then(function() {
+      return Promise.all(promises).then(function () {
         return self.getModels(projectId);
       }).then(function (models) {
         project.setModels(models);
@@ -1141,7 +1141,9 @@ ServerConnector.updateProject = function (project) {
   }).then(function () {
     return project;
   }).catch(function (error) {
-    return self._processUpdateError(error);
+    return self.getProject(project.getProjectId()).then(function (project) {
+      return self._processUpdateError(error);
+    });
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js
index d54381e89097fa2328c6fea3318bd06388eae50d..27d96692e29e24c359b9c27ecc938d3425d0fa99 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js
@@ -551,6 +551,9 @@ EditProjectDialog.prototype.createUserPrivilegeColumns = function () {
  */
 EditProjectDialog.prototype.init = function () {
   var self = this;
+  self.getProject().addListener("onreload", function(){
+    self.projectDataUpdated(self.getProject());
+  });
   return self.initUsersTab().then(function () {
     return self.refresh()
   }).then(function () {
@@ -560,12 +563,11 @@ EditProjectDialog.prototype.init = function () {
 
 /**
  *
- * @returns {Promise}
+ * @param {Project} project
  */
-EditProjectDialog.prototype.refresh = function () {
-  var self = this;
-  var element = self.getElement();
-  var project = self.getProject();
+
+EditProjectDialog.prototype.projectDataUpdated = function (project) {
+  var element = this.getElement();
   $("[name='projectName']", element).val(xss(project.getName()));
   $("[name='projectId']", element).html(xss(project.getProjectId()));
   $("[name='projectVersion']", element).val(xss(project.getVersion()));
@@ -586,6 +588,17 @@ EditProjectDialog.prototype.refresh = function () {
     email = xss(project.getNotifyEmail());
   }
   $("[name='projectNotifyEmail']", element).val(email);
+};
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @returns {Promise}
+ */
+EditProjectDialog.prototype.refresh = function () {
+  var self = this;
+  var project = self.getProject();
+
+  self.projectDataUpdated(project);
 
 
   return self.refreshUsers().then(function () {
diff --git a/frontend-js/src/test/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog-test.js b/frontend-js/src/test/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog-test.js
index edd4449c6a558952ee06d51cc525bf5642e0c6ae..6af8d9c5573ff648effa84b342e62d1d403b9d2b 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/test/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog-test.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/test/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog-test.js
@@ -60,6 +60,26 @@ describe('EditProjectDialog', function () {
       dialog.destroy();
     });
   });
+
+  it('update project rejected', function () {
+    helper.loginAsAdmin();
+    var dialog, input;
+    return createDialog().then(function (result) {
+      dialog = result;
+      return dialog.init();
+    }).then(function () {
+      input = $("[name='projectDisease']");
+      input.val("XYZ");
+      return input[0].parentNode.onchange();
+    }).then(function () {
+      assert.notOk("Error expected");
+    }).catch(function (e) {
+      assert.notEqual(input.val(), "XYZ", "After reject the data should be restored");
+    }).then(function () {
+      return dialog.destroy();
+    });
+  });
+
   it('saveOverlay', function () {
     helper.loginAsAdmin();
     var dialog;