diff --git a/app/policies/answer_policy.rb b/app/policies/answer_policy.rb
index 805efac..d7bedcd 100644
--- a/app/policies/answer_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/answer_policy.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     @answer = answer
   end
 
-  def create?
-    # is the plan editable by the user, and is the user_id that of the user
-    @answer.plan.editable_by(@user.id) && (@answer.user_id == @user.id)
+  def update?
+    # is the plan editable by the user
+    @answer.plan.editable_by?(@user.id)
   end
 
 end
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