diff --git a/apps/user/views.py b/apps/user/views.py
index 309fb0e0..2e9c0f61 100644
--- a/apps/user/views.py
+++ b/apps/user/views.py
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ class ProfileView(TemplateView):
     def get_context_data(self, object):
         context = super().get_context_data()
         context['user'] = self.request.user
-        context['is_author'] = self.request.user.role == User.AUTHOR_ROLE
 
         context['published'] = Course.objects.filter(
             author=self.object,
         )
+        context['is_author'] = context['published'] or self.request.user.role == User.AUTHOR_ROLE
         context['paid'] = Course.objects.filter(
             payments__in=CoursePayment.objects.filter(
                 user=self.object,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class UserView(DetailView):
     def get_context_data(self, object):
         context = super().get_context_data()
         context['published'] = Course.objects.filter(
-            author=self.object,
+            author=self.object, status=Course.PUBLISHED,
         )
         return context