diff --git a/app/templates/admin/trial-requests.jade b/app/templates/admin/trial-requests.jade
index 43a62ae22..de9f7cba2 100644
--- a/app/templates/admin/trial-requests.jade
+++ b/app/templates/admin/trial-requests.jade
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ block content
               td= trialRequest.get('properties').heardAbout
               td.status-cell
                 if trialRequest.get('status') === 'submitted'
-                  button.btn.btn-xs.btn-success.btn-approve(data-trial-request=trialRequest) Approve
-                  button.btn.btn-xs.btn-danger.btn-deny(data-trial-request=trialRequest) Deny
+                  button.btn.btn-xs.btn-success.btn-approve(data-trial-request-id=trialRequest.id) Approve
+                  button.btn.btn-xs.btn-danger.btn-deny(data-trial-request-id=trialRequest.id) Deny
                 else if trialRequest.get('prepaidCode')
                   span= trialRequest.get('prepaidCode')
                 else
diff --git a/app/views/admin/TrialRequestsView.coffee b/app/views/admin/TrialRequestsView.coffee
index 7698fda44..5f2f9aec8 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/TrialRequestsView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/admin/TrialRequestsView.coffee
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ module.exports = class TrialRequestsView extends RootView
     context
 
   onClickApprove: (e) ->
-    trialRequestData = $(e.target).data('trial-request')
-    trialRequest = _.find @trialRequests.models, (a) -> a.get('_id') is trialRequestData._id
+    trialRequestID = $(e.target).data('trial-request-id')
+    trialRequest = _.find @trialRequests.models, (a) -> a.id is trialRequestID
     unless trialRequest
       console.error 'Could not find trial request model for', trialRequestData
       return
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ module.exports = class TrialRequestsView extends RootView
         @render?()
 
   onClickDeny: (e) ->
-    trialRequestData = $(e.target).data('trial-request')
-    trialRequest = _.find @trialRequests.models, (a) -> a.get('_id') is trialRequestData._id
+    trialRequestID = $(e.target).data('trial-request-id')
+    trialRequest = _.find @trialRequests.models, (a) -> a.id is trialRequestID
     unless trialRequest
       console.error 'Could not find trial request model for', trialRequestData
       return