diff --git a/app/adapters/user-message.ts b/app/adapters/user-message.ts
index dad3feb9ef..60edd8f198 100644
--- a/app/adapters/user-message.ts
+++ b/app/adapters/user-message.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import config from 'ember-osf-web/config/environment';
 const { OSF: { apiUrl } } = config;
 import OsfAdapter from './osf-adapter';
 
 export default class UserMessageAdapter extends OsfAdapter {
-    @service session;
     urlForCreateRecord(modelName, snapshot) {
         const userId = snapshot.record.messageRecipient;
         return `${apiUrl}/v2/users/${userId}/messages/`;
diff --git a/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/object-list/contributors-field/component.ts b/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/object-list/contributors-field/component.ts
index 022528b4da..4b5e4925bb 100644
--- a/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/object-list/contributors-field/component.ts
+++ b/app/institutions/dashboard/-components/object-list/contributors-field/component.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export default class InstitutionalObjectListContributorsField extends Component<
 
 function hasInstitutionAffiliation(contributors: any[], attribution: any, institutionIris: string[]) {
     const attributedContributor = getContributorById(contributors, getSingleOsfmapValue(attribution, ['agent']));
-    return true;
+
     if (!attributedContributor.affiliation) {
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/app/models/user-message.ts b/app/models/user-message.ts
index 89e9453756..838afef701 100644
--- a/app/models/user-message.ts
+++ b/app/models/user-message.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // app/models/user-message.js
 import Model, { attr, belongsTo } from '@ember-data/model';
+import InstitutionModel from 'ember-osf-web/models/institution';
 
 export enum MessageTypeChoices {
     InstitutionalRequest = 'institutional_request',
@@ -11,5 +12,5 @@ export default class UserMessageModel extends Model {
   @attr('string') messageType: MessageTypeChoices;
   @attr('boolean') bccSender;
   @attr('boolean') replyTo;
-  @belongsTo('institution') institution;
+  @belongsTo('institution') institution!: AsyncBelongsTo<InstitutionModel> & InstitutionModel;
 }