diff --git a/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/termit/service/security/authorization/TermOccurrenceAuthorizationService.java b/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/termit/service/security/authorization/TermOccurrenceAuthorizationService.java
index f3c063cd..820360f4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/termit/service/security/authorization/TermOccurrenceAuthorizationService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cz/cvut/kbss/termit/service/security/authorization/TermOccurrenceAuthorizationService.java
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ public boolean canModify(TermOccurrence occurrence) {
 
     @Transactional(readOnly = true)
     public boolean canModify(URI occurrenceId) {
-        return dao.find(occurrenceId).map(this::canModify).orElse(false);
+        return dao.find(occurrenceId).map(this::canModify).orElse(true);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/cz/cvut/kbss/termit/service/security/authorization/TermOccurrenceAuthorizationServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/cz/cvut/kbss/termit/service/security/authorization/TermOccurrenceAuthorizationServiceTest.java
index 360f73ff..95bc35da 100644
--- a/src/test/java/cz/cvut/kbss/termit/service/security/authorization/TermOccurrenceAuthorizationServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/cz/cvut/kbss/termit/service/security/authorization/TermOccurrenceAuthorizationServiceTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -79,8 +78,8 @@ void canModifyResolvesResourceVocabularyAndChecksIfUserCanModifyItWhenTermOccurr
     }
 
     @Test
-    void canModifyReturnsFalseWhenTermOccurrenceDoesNotExist() {
+    void canModifyReturnsTrueWhenTermOccurrenceDoesNotExist() {
         when(toDao.find(any())).thenReturn(Optional.empty());
-        assertFalse(sut.canModify(Generator.generateUri()));
+        assertTrue(sut.canModify(Generator.generateUri()));
     }
 }