diff --git a/app/helpers/repository_datatable_helper.rb b/app/helpers/repository_datatable_helper.rb
index c925784cb..95f2006ee 100644
--- a/app/helpers/repository_datatable_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/repository_datatable_helper.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module RepositoryDatatableHelper
                                 ),
         'recordInfoUrl': Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
                               .repository_row_path(record.id),
-        'recordEditable': record_editable
+        'recordEditable': record.editable?
       }
 
       # Add custom columns
@@ -75,10 +75,6 @@ module RepositoryDatatableHelper
     Constants::REPOSITORY_TABLE_DEFAULT_STATE['columns'].to_json
   end
 
-  def record_editable
-    true
-  end
-
   def display_cell_value(cell, team)
     value_name = cell.repository_column.data_type.underscore
     serializer_class = "RepositoryDatatable::#{cell.repository_column.data_type}Serializer".constantize
diff --git a/app/models/repository_row.rb b/app/models/repository_row.rb
index 6fb472b51..eb87cbf7b 100644
--- a/app/models/repository_row.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository_row.rb
@@ -37,4 +37,8 @@ class RepositoryRow < ApplicationRecord
       .where('repositories.team_id = ? and repository_rows.created_by_id = ?', team, user)
       .update_all(created_by_id: new_owner.id)
   end
+
+  def editable?
+    true
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/repository_datatable_service.rb b/app/services/repository_datatable_service.rb
index b6ee3c154..415f6ecf6 100644
--- a/app/services/repository_datatable_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/repository_datatable_service.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class RepositoryDatatableService
                         .select('COUNT(DISTINCT my_modules.experiment_id) AS "assigned_experiments_count"')
                         .select('COUNT(DISTINCT experiments.project_id) AS "assigned_projects_count"')
     end
-    repository_rows.preload(Extends::REPOSITORY_ROWS_PRELOAD_RELATIONS)
+    repository_rows = repository_rows.preload(Extends::REPOSITORY_ROWS_PRELOAD_RELATIONS)
 
     @repository_rows = sort_rows(order_obj, repository_rows)
   end