diff --git a/admin/app/models/admin_authorization.rb b/admin/app/models/admin_authorization.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..692d118f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/app/models/admin_authorization.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class AdminAuthorization < ActiveAdmin::AuthorizationAdapter
+
+  def authorized?(action, subject = nil)
+    subject.is_a?(EmailBatch) && :update == action ?  subject.can_run_batch? : true
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/admin/config/initializers/active_admin.rb b/admin/config/initializers/active_admin.rb
index 4976f7673..7894eed15 100644
--- a/admin/config/initializers/active_admin.rb
+++ b/admin/config/initializers/active_admin.rb
@@ -168,4 +168,8 @@ ActiveAdmin.setup do |config|
 
   config.register_javascript 'autocomplete-rails.js'
   config.register_stylesheet 'jquery.ui.theme.css'
+
+  config.authorization_adapter = "AdminAuthorization"
+
 end
+