diff --git a/src/app/cartography/shared/managers/selection-manager.spec.ts b/src/app/cartography/shared/managers/selection-manager.spec.ts
index 4be36928..4fc83d8c 100644
--- a/src/app/cartography/shared/managers/selection-manager.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/cartography/shared/managers/selection-manager.spec.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe('SelectionManager', () => {
     const node = new Node();
     node.node_id = "test1";
     const drawing = new Drawing();
-    drawing.drawing_id = "test1"
+    drawing.drawing_id = "test1";
     manager.setSelectedLinks([link]);
     manager.setSelectedNodes([node]);
     manager.setSelectedDrawings([drawing]);
diff --git a/src/app/cartography/shared/widgets/nodes.spec.ts b/src/app/cartography/shared/widgets/nodes.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2458482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/cartography/shared/widgets/nodes.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+
+import { TestSVGCanvas } from "../../testing";
+import { NodesWidget } from "./nodes";
+import { Node } from "../models/node";
+import { Label } from "../models/label";
+
+
+describe('NodesWidget', () => {
+  let svg: TestSVGCanvas;
+  let widget: NodesWidget;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    svg = new TestSVGCanvas();
+    widget = new NodesWidget();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    svg.destroy();
+  });
+
+  describe('draggable behaviour', () => {
+    let node: Node;
+    const tryToDrag = () => {
+      const drew = svg.canvas.selectAll<SVGGElement, Node>('g.node');
+      const drewNode = drew.nodes()[0];
+
+      drewNode.dispatchEvent(
+        new MouseEvent('mousedown', {
+          clientX: 150, clientY: 250, relatedTarget: drewNode,
+          screenY: 1024, screenX: 1024, view: window
+        })
+      );
+
+      window.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousemove', {clientX: 300, clientY: 300}));
+      window.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mouseup', {clientX: 300, clientY: 300, view: window}));
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      node = new Node();
+      node.x = 100;
+      node.y = 200;
+      node.width = 100;
+      node.height = 100;
+      node.label = new Label();
+    });
+
+    it('should be draggable when enabled', () => {
+      widget.setDraggingEnabled(true);
+      widget.draw(svg.canvas, [node]);
+
+      tryToDrag();
+
+      expect(node.x).toEqual(250);
+      expect(node.y).toEqual(250);
+    });
+
+     it('should be not draggable when disabled', () => {
+      widget.setDraggingEnabled(false);
+      widget.draw(svg.canvas, [node]);
+
+      tryToDrag();
+
+      expect(node.x).toEqual(100);
+      expect(node.y).toEqual(200);
+    });
+  });
+
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/cartography/shared/widgets/nodes.ts b/src/app/cartography/shared/widgets/nodes.ts
index f79bb640..fbdc6cef 100644
--- a/src/app/cartography/shared/widgets/nodes.ts
+++ b/src/app/cartography/shared/widgets/nodes.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { CssFixer } from "../helpers/css-fixer";
 
 export class NodesWidget implements Widget {
   private debug = false;
+  private draggingEnabled = false;
 
   private onContextMenuCallback: (event: any, node: Node) => void;
   private onNodeClickedCallback: (event: any, node: Node) => void;
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ export class NodesWidget implements Widget {
     this.symbols = symbols;
   }
 
+  public setDraggingEnabled(enabled: boolean) {
+    this.draggingEnabled = enabled;
+  }
+
   private executeOnNodeDraggingCallback(callback_event: any, node: Node) {
     this.onNodeDraggingCallbacks.forEach((callback: (e: any, n: Node) => void) => {
       callback(callback_event, node);
@@ -190,7 +195,9 @@ export class NodesWidget implements Widget {
         });
     };
 
-    node_merge.call(dragging());
+    if (this.draggingEnabled) {
+      node_merge.call(dragging());
+    }
 
     nodes_selection
       .exit()
diff --git a/src/app/project-map/project-map.component.ts b/src/app/project-map/project-map.component.ts
index 0645df2c..ae34fc9a 100644
--- a/src/app/project-map/project-map.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/project-map/project-map.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, Inject, OnDestroy, OnInit, ViewChild, ViewEncapsulation } from '@angular/core';
 import { ActivatedRoute, ParamMap } from '@angular/router';
-import { HotkeysService } from 'angular2-hotkeys';
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { Subject } from "rxjs/Subject";
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@ export class ProjectMapComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
               protected nodesDataSource: NodesDataSource,
               protected linksDataSource: LinksDataSource,
               protected drawingsDataSource: DrawingsDataSource,
-              protected hotkeysService: HotkeysService
               ) {
     this.selectionManager = new SelectionManager(
       this.nodesDataSource, this.linksDataSource, this.drawingsDataSource, new InRectangleHelper());
@@ -105,7 +103,10 @@ export class ProjectMapComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         .fromPromise(this.serverService.get(server_id))
         .flatMap((server: Server) => {
           this.server = server;
-          return this.projectService.get(server, paramMap.get('project_id'));
+          return this.projectService.get(server, paramMap.get('project_id')).map((project) => {
+            project.readonly = true;
+            return project;
+          });
         })
         .flatMap((project: Project) => {
           this.project = project;
@@ -194,6 +195,8 @@ export class ProjectMapComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   setUpMapCallbacks(project: Project) {
+    this.mapChild.graphLayout.getNodesWidget().setDraggingEnabled(!this.project.readonly);
+
     this.mapChild.graphLayout.getNodesWidget().setOnContextMenuCallback((event: any, node: Node) => {
       this.nodeContextMenu.open(node, event.clientY, event.clientX);
     });