diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
index adbca510ef77148a24a9bf29eebbed39d239e5c2..4a4017003d8bc3a721d6486649c5452fb4a7bd1f 100644
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   def as_json(options = {})
     super(options).tap do |json|
-      json[:subscribed] = subscribed?(options[:user]) if options.has_key?(:user)
+      json[:subscribed] = subscribed?(options[:user]) if options.has_key?(:user) && options[:user]
 
       if options.has_key?(:labels)
         json[:labels] = labels.as_json(
diff --git a/app/views/projects/boards/components/_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/projects/boards/components/_sidebar.html.haml
index f0c0c6953e04d59acb1102d40fb95d1fb9b64ee0..2125c3387c42f08222cddeee2beff6dad84b1f4b 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/boards/components/_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/boards/components/_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 %board-sidebar{ "inline-template" => true,
-  ":current-user" => "#{current_user.to_json(only: [:username, :id, :name], methods: [:avatar_url]) if current_user}" }
+  ":current-user" => "#{current_user ? current_user.to_json(only: [:username, :id, :name], methods: [:avatar_url]) : {}}" }
   %aside.right-sidebar.right-sidebar-expanded.issue-boards-sidebar{ "v-show" => "showSidebar" }
     .issuable-sidebar
       .block.issuable-sidebar-header
diff --git a/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_assignee.html.haml b/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_assignee.html.haml
index 604e13858d13d9659fb27e85e99ff0a1fd7e344e..8fe1b832071e04ab3d4150bd415f7962b71a3b66 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_assignee.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_assignee.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 .block.assignee
   .title.hide-collapsed
     Assignee
-    = icon("spinner spin", class: "block-loading")
     - if can?(current_user, :admin_issue, @project)
+      = icon("spinner spin", class: "block-loading")
       = link_to "Edit", "#", class: "edit-link pull-right"
   .value.hide-collapsed
     %span.assign-yourself.no-value{ "v-if" => "!issue.assignee" }
diff --git a/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_due_date.html.haml b/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_due_date.html.haml
index c7da1d0d4acf4b643ce72ae89198ee3dcb7b4555..1a3b88e28c577b3678b63da6b8eb78f5c3048632 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_due_date.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_due_date.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 .block.due_date
   .title
     Due date
-    = icon("spinner spin", class: "block-loading")
     - if can?(current_user, :admin_issue, @project)
+      = icon("spinner spin", class: "block-loading")
       = link_to "Edit", "#", class: "edit-link pull-right"
   .value
     .value-content
diff --git a/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_labels.html.haml b/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_labels.html.haml
index ce68e5e1998d0670d5623a410b0112112d38ffb9..0f0a84c156d661ffe709e0790faed05127c6c7fc 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_labels.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_labels.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 .block.labels
   .title
     Labels
-    = icon("spinner spin", class: "block-loading")
     - if can?(current_user, :admin_issue, @project)
+      = icon("spinner spin", class: "block-loading")
       = link_to "Edit", "#", class: "edit-link pull-right"
   .value.issuable-show-labels
     %span.no-value{ "v-if" => "issue.labels && issue.labels.length === 0" }
diff --git a/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_milestone.html.haml b/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_milestone.html.haml
index 3cd20d1c0f769da70ad8d45e9bfa437f7940356e..008d118647865344d85fef80069cfde3af430442 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_milestone.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/boards/components/sidebar/_milestone.html.haml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 .block.milestone
   .title
     Milestone
-    = icon("spinner spin", class: "block-loading")
     - if can?(current_user, :admin_issue, @project)
+      = icon("spinner spin", class: "block-loading")
       = link_to "Edit", "#", class: "edit-link pull-right"
   .value
     %span.no-value{ "v-if" => "!issue.milestone" }
diff --git a/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb b/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb
index 6cb8753e8fc6797aa71a271881408cdd8a4be221..4aa84fb65d9447883b045f999b912799db7fc51d 100644
--- a/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb
@@ -659,6 +659,10 @@ describe 'Issue Boards', feature: true, js: true do
       wait_for_vue_resource
     end
 
+    it 'displays lists' do
+      expect(page).to have_selector('.board')
+    end
+
     it 'does not show create new list' do
       expect(page).not_to have_selector('.js-new-board-list')
     end