diff --git a/src/js/modules/orcid/orcid_api.js b/src/js/modules/orcid/orcid_api.js
index 6c69d430c..9d4c9be67 100644
--- a/src/js/modules/orcid/orcid_api.js
+++ b/src/js/modules/orcid/orcid_api.js
@@ -543,7 +543,11 @@ define([
             var oldWork = cacheEntry.work;
 
             // check to see if the work is an error message, { error: {...} }
-            if (work.error) {
+            if (!work) {
+
+              // something weird going on with work, just reject
+              promise.reject();
+            } else if (work.error) {
 
               // check to see if it's just a conflict
               if (work.error['response-code'] === 409) {
@@ -1007,7 +1011,7 @@ define([
           Then we can add some metadata like whether it was an ADS sourced
           record or not
            */
-          var updateRecord = function (k, v, out) {
+          var updateRecord = function (v, k, out) {
 
             // db is always 'identifier:xxx'
             var key = ('identifier:' + v).toLowerCase();
@@ -1034,7 +1038,7 @@ define([
             if (_.isArray(value)) {
               _.each(value, updateRecord);
             } else {
-              updateRecord(key, value, out);
+              updateRecord(value, key, out);
             }
           });
 
diff --git a/src/js/modules/orcid/widget/widget.js b/src/js/modules/orcid/widget/widget.js
index 9e9b655cd..b82e07076 100644
--- a/src/js/modules/orcid/widget/widget.js
+++ b/src/js/modules/orcid/widget/widget.js
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ define([
       var start = 0;
       var docs = PaginationMixin.addPaginationToDocs(docs, start);
       _.each(docs, function (d,i) {
+
+        // let each doc know if it's on the orcid widget page
+        d.isOrcidWidget = true;
         docs[i] = PapersUtilsMixin.prepareDocForViewing(d);
       });
       return docs;
diff --git a/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/templates/item-template.html b/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/templates/item-template.html
index 9cc3b48ca..e616ab9e9 100644
--- a/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/templates/item-template.html
+++ b/src/js/widgets/list_of_things/templates/item-template.html
@@ -121,34 +121,37 @@ <h3 class="s-results-title">{{{title}}}</h3>
 <div class="row">
     <div class="col-xs-10 col-xs-offset-1">
 
-        {{#if authorFormatted}}
-        <ul class="list-inline just-authors s-results-authors less-authors" aria-label="authors">
-            {{#each authorFormatted}}
-                <li class="article-author">{{this}}</li>
-            {{/each}}
-
-            {{#if extraAuthors}}
-            <li>
-                <a href="#" id="show-all-authors">
-                    <em>and {{extraAuthors}} more</em>
-                </a>
-            </li>
+        {{#unless isOrcidWidget}}
+            {{#if authorFormatted}}
+            <ul class="list-inline just-authors s-results-authors less-authors" aria-label="authors">
+                {{#each authorFormatted}}
+                    <li class="article-author">{{this}}</li>
+                {{/each}}
+
+                {{#if extraAuthors}}
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#" id="show-all-authors">
+                        <em>and {{extraAuthors}} more</em>
+                    </a>
+                </li>
+                {{/if}}
+            </ul>
+
+            <ul class="list-inline just-authors s-results-authors all-authors hidden" aria-label="authors">
+                {{#each allAuthorFormatted}}
+                    <li class="article-author">{{this}}</li>
+                {{/each}}
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#" id="show-less-authors">
+                        <em>show less</em>
+                    </a>
+                </li>
+            </ul>
+            {{else}}
+                <span class="text-faded">no author information available</span>
             {{/if}}
-        </ul>
-
-        <ul class="list-inline just-authors s-results-authors all-authors hidden" aria-label="authors">
-            {{#each allAuthorFormatted}}
-                <li class="article-author">{{this}}</li>
-            {{/each}}
-            <li>
-                <a href="#" id="show-less-authors">
-                    <em>show less</em>
-                </a>
-            </li>
-        </ul>
-        {{else}}
-            <span class="text-faded">no author information available</span>
-        {{/if}}
+        {{/unless}}
+
 
     </div>