diff --git a/routes/censusModeration.vue b/routes/censusModeration.vue
index 8b9c0578..64480223 100644
--- a/routes/censusModeration.vue
+++ b/routes/censusModeration.vue
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
             <ol>
                 <li v-for="(question, i) in config.census.questions">
                     <p>{{question.question}}</p>
-                    <p><strong>{{queue.next.answers[i.toString()]}}</strong></p>
-                    <p v-if="queue.next.writins[i.toString()]"><strong><em>{{queue.next.writins[i.toString()]}}</em></strong></p>
+                    <p v-if="queue.next.answers[i.toString()]" :class="question.type === 'textarea' ? 'bg-primary text-white p-2 rounded' : ''"><strong>{{queue.next.answers[i.toString()]}}</strong></p>
+                    <p v-if="queue.next.writins[i.toString()]" class="bg-primary text-white p-2 rounded"><strong><em>{{queue.next.writins[i.toString()]}}</em></strong></p>
                 </li>
             </ol>
 
diff --git a/server/routes/census.js b/server/routes/census.js
index 87e3cd38..7aaa4e4e 100644
--- a/server/routes/census.js
+++ b/server/routes/census.js
@@ -69,9 +69,14 @@ router.post('/census/submit', handleErrorAsync(async (req, res) => {
 }));
 
 router.get('/census/count', handleErrorAsync(async (req, res) => {
-    // if (!req.isGranted('census')) {
-    //     return res.status(401).json({error: 'Unauthorised'});
-    // }
+    if (!req.isGranted('census')) {
+        return res.json({
+            all: 0,
+            nonbinary: 0,
+            usable: 0,
+            awaiting: 0,
+        });
+    }
 
     // duplication reason: https://github.com/felixfbecker/node-sql-template-strings/issues/71