diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js
index d5a64cd81c91e38fea8b820274903e0a9ad437f7..da8a57fb20a88e77dded706aacf7d1bb27558cd8 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/EditProjectDialog.js
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@ EditProjectDialog.prototype.open = function() {
       title : self.getProject().getProjectId(),
       width : window.innerWidth / 2,
       height : window.innerHeight / 2,
+      modal : true,
+      close : function(event, ui) {
+        $(this).dialog('destroy').remove();
+      },
     });
   }
   $(div).dialog("open");
@@ -403,7 +407,8 @@ EditProjectDialog.prototype.onSaveClicked = function() {
   return ServerConnector.updateProject(project);
 };
 EditProjectDialog.prototype.close = function() {
-  $(this.getElement()).dialog("close");
+  var self = this;
+  $(self.getElement()).dialog("close");
 };
 
 EditProjectDialog.prototype.saveOverlay = function(overlayId) {