diff --git a/functions/src/index.ts b/functions/src/index.ts
index 86eb51d..e334580 100644
--- a/functions/src/index.ts
+++ b/functions/src/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export const submissions = functions.runWith({
     memory: "1GB"
 }).https.onRequest(lingdocsAuth(
     async (req, res: functions.Response<FT.SubmissionsResponse | FT.FunctionError>) => {
-        res.send({ ok: false, error: "function under maintenance" });
         if (!Array.isArray(req.body)) {
             res.status(400).send({
                 ok: false,
diff --git a/website/src/lib/submissions.ts b/website/src/lib/submissions.ts
index ef57316..65afdf4 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/submissions.ts
+++ b/website/src/lib/submissions.ts
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ export async function sendSubmissions() {
         const res = await postSubmissions(revRemoved);
         // delete the submissions that were received from the local submissions db
         console.log(res);
-        res.submissions.forEach((submission) => {
-            deleteFromLocalDb("submissions", submission._id);
-        });
+        if (res.submissions) {
+            res.submissions.forEach((submission) => {
+                deleteFromLocalDb("submissions", submission._id);
+            });
+        }
     } catch (err) {
         console.error("error posting submissions", err);
     }
diff --git a/website/src/screens/Account.tsx b/website/src/screens/Account.tsx
index b5f4df3..119e2a4 100644
--- a/website/src/screens/Account.tsx
+++ b/website/src/screens/Account.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const Account = ({ user, loadUser }: { user: AT.LingdocsUser | undefined, loadUs
         });
     }
     function handleOpenSignup() {
-        popupRef = window.open("https://account.lingdocs.com", "account", "height=800,width=500,top=50,left=100");
+        popupRef = window.open("https://account.lingdocs.com", "account", "height=800,width=500,top=50,left=400");
     }
     function handlePublish() {
         setPublishingStatus("publishing");