diff --git a/app/templates/corpora/corpus_public.html.j2 b/app/templates/corpora/corpus_public.html.j2
index caaf011a..90a45f62 100644
--- a/app/templates/corpora/corpus_public.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/corpora/corpus_public.html.j2
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@
   followingUserList.add({{ following_users|tojson }}); #}
   
   corpusFollowingRequest.addEventListener('click', () => {
-    corpusFollowingRequest.innerHTML = '<i class="material-icons left">add</i>Unfollow Corpus';
-    if ("{{ current_user.is_following_corpus(corpus) }}" === "False") {
-      corpusFollowingRequest.lastChild.textContent = 'Unfollow Corpus';
+    if ({{ current_user.is_following_corpus(corpus)|tojson }}) {
       return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         fetch(`/corpora/{{ corpus.hashid }}/unfollow`, {method: 'POST', headers: {Accept: 'application/json'}})
           .then(