diff --git a/bookwyrm/view_actions.py b/bookwyrm/view_actions.py
index 604fe3a74..3d4926d89 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/view_actions.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/view_actions.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from io import BytesIO, TextIOWrapper
 from PIL import Image
 
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login, logout
-from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseNotFound
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ def resolve_book(request):
 
 
 @login_required
+@permission_required('bookwyrm.edit_book', raise_exception=True)
 def edit_book(request, book_id):
     ''' edit a book cool '''
     if not request.method == 'POST':
@@ -433,7 +434,9 @@ def import_data(request):
         return redirect('/import_status/%d' % (job.id,))
     return HttpResponseBadRequest()
 
+
 @login_required
+@permission_required('bookwyrm.create_invites', raise_exception=True)
 def create_invite(request):
     ''' creates a user invite database entry '''
     form = forms.CreateInviteForm(request.POST)
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views.py b/bookwyrm/views.py
index e619856d1..5bcfebf74 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ''' views for pages you can go to in the application '''
 import re
 
-from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
 from django.db.models import Avg, Count, Q
 from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseNotFound,\
         JsonResponse
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ def invite_page(request, code):
     return TemplateResponse(request, 'invite.html', data)
 
 @login_required
+@permission_required('bookwyrm.create_invites', raise_exception=True)
 def manage_invites(request):
     ''' invite management page '''
     data = {
@@ -453,6 +454,7 @@ def book_page(request, book_id):
 
 
 @login_required
+@permission_required('bookwyrm.edit_book', raise_exception=True)
 def edit_book_page(request, book_id):
     ''' info about a book '''
     book = books_manager.get_edition(book_id)