diff --git a/arkindex/documents/admin.py b/arkindex/documents/admin.py
index ddac73de56bb0abccd324a68e46f932f08f891d8..2822dcce9f1e054c2d51ad628bbd9765585b96c7 100644
--- a/arkindex/documents/admin.py
+++ b/arkindex/documents/admin.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class DateInline(admin.TabularInline):
 
 class MetaDataAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = ('id', 'type', 'revision')
-    readonly_fields = ('id', 'revision', )
+    readonly_fields = ('id', 'revision')
+    raw_id_fields = ('element', )
     inlines = (DateInline, )