diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/applications/add-applications.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/features/applications/add-applications.controller.js
index 23453734fe..486c20dffb 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/applications/add-applications.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/applications/add-applications.controller.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function AddApplicationsController (models, $state, strings) {
     vm.form.organization._resource = 'organization';
     vm.form.organization._route = 'applications.add.organization';
     vm.form.organization._model = organization;
-    vm.form.organization._placeholder = strings.get('SELECT AN ORGANIZATION');
+    vm.form.organization._placeholder = strings.get('inputs.ORGANIZATION_PLACEHOLDER');
 
     vm.form.name.required = true;
     vm.form.organization.required = true;
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/applications/applications.strings.js b/awx/ui/client/features/applications/applications.strings.js
index 18158c4d4e..0194efbf42 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/applications/applications.strings.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/applications/applications.strings.js
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ function ApplicationsStrings (BaseString) {
         ROW_ITEM_LABEL_ORGANIZATION: t.s('ORG'),
         ROW_ITEM_LABEL_MODIFIED: t.s('LAST MODIFIED')
     };
+
+    ns.inputs = {
+        ORGANIZATION_PLACEHOLDER: t.s('SELECT AN ORGANIZATION')
+    };
 }
 
 ApplicationsStrings.$inject = ['BaseStringService'];
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/applications/edit-applications.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/features/applications/edit-applications.controller.js
index 6b7e21aed4..60b08be6ba 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/applications/edit-applications.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/applications/edit-applications.controller.js
@@ -52,37 +52,25 @@ function EditApplicationsController (models, $state, strings, $scope) {
 
     vm.form.disabled = !isEditable;
 
+    vm.form.name.required = true;
+    vm.form.redirect_uris.required = true;
+
     const isOrgAdmin = _.some(me.get('related.admin_of_organizations.results'), (org) => org.id === organization.get('id'));
     const isSuperuser = me.get('is_superuser');
     const isCurrentAuthor = Boolean(application.get('summary_fields.created_by.id') === me.get('id'));
-
-    vm.form.organization = {
-        type: 'field',
-        label: 'Organization',
-        id: 'organization'
-    };
-    vm.form.description = {
-        type: 'String',
-        label: 'Description',
-        id: 'description'
-    };
-
-    vm.form.organization._resource = 'organization';
-    vm.form.organization._route = 'applications.edit.organization';
-    vm.form.organization._model = organization;
-    vm.form.organization._placeholder = strings.get('SELECT AN ORGANIZATION');
-
-    // TODO: org not returned via api endpoint, check on this
-    vm.form.organization._value = application.get('organization');
-
     vm.form.organization._disabled = true;
+
     if (isSuperuser || isOrgAdmin || (application.get('organization') === null && isCurrentAuthor)) {
         vm.form.organization._disabled = false;
     }
 
-    vm.form.name.required = true;
+    vm.form.organization._resource = 'organization';
+    vm.form.organization._model = organization;
+    vm.form.organization._route = 'applications.edit.organization';
+    vm.form.organization._value = application.get('summary_fields.organization.id');
+    vm.form.organization._displayValue = application.get('summary_fields.organization.name');
+    vm.form.organization._placeholder = strings.get('inputs.ORGANIZATION_PLACEHOLDER');
     vm.form.organization.required = true;
-    vm.form.redirect_uris.required = true;
 
     delete vm.form.name.help_text;