diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnat/turbine/utils/ProjectAccessRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnat/turbine/utils/ProjectAccessRequest.java
index 660bb8c04853765661e93c76d8285af02dc5c1f0..6c967ab5c25e1c2b38fea7e890207cc87a695654 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnat/turbine/utils/ProjectAccessRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nrg/xnat/turbine/utils/ProjectAccessRequest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import org.nrg.xdat.om.XnatProjectdata;
 import org.nrg.xdat.security.UserGroupI;
 import org.nrg.xdat.security.helpers.Groups;
 import org.nrg.xdat.security.helpers.UserHelper;
-import org.nrg.xdat.turbine.utils.AdminUtils;
 import org.nrg.xft.XFTTable;
 import org.nrg.xft.db.ItemAccessHistory;
 import org.nrg.xft.db.PoolDBUtils;
@@ -524,7 +523,7 @@ public class ProjectAccessRequest {
 
 			try {
 				for (Map.Entry<String, UserGroupI> entry : Groups.getGroupsForUser(user).entrySet()) {
-					if (entry.getValue().getTag().equals(_projectId)) {
+					if (StringUtils.equals(entry.getValue().getTag(),_projectId)) {
 						if(!UserHelper.getUserHelperService(user).isOwner(_projectId)){
 							Groups.removeUserFromGroup(user, entry.getValue().getId(), eventInfo);
 						}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/xnat/spawner/site-admin-elements.yaml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/xnat/spawner/site-admin-elements.yaml
index ec12b48c398785a71f22ccab393a12f38e7fa02a..c5df1de15c47f4fa02440ee827b66fb09ba870b2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/xnat/spawner/site-admin-elements.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/xnat/spawner/site-admin-elements.yaml
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ registrationOptions:
             name: par
             label: "Auto-enable with Project Access Request?"
             description: >
-                If true, user accounts created when accepting project access requests will always be enabled (ane verified) automatically. If false,
+                If true, user accounts created when accepting project access requests will always be enabled (and verified) automatically. If false,
                 user accounts will only be enabled automatically if "Auto-enable User Registration?" is true. So this setting determines whether project
                 access requests should override how user registration is normally handled. Either way the administrator receives an email notification
                 when a user registers.