diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
index c1448c497..aa1c93a15 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
@@ -256,12 +256,12 @@ const EditPage = createClass({
 		await updateHistory(this.state.brew).catch(console.error);
 		await versionHistoryGarbageCollection().catch(console.error);
 
-		const preSaveSnapshot = { ...this.state.brew }
+		const preSaveSnapshot = { ...this.state.brew };
 
 		//Prepare content to send to server
 		const brew     = { ...this.state.brew };
 		brew.pageCount = ((brew.renderer=='legacy' ? brew.text.match(/\\page/g) : brew.text.match(/^\\page$/gm)) || []).length + 1;
-		brew.patches   = makePatches(this.savedBrew.text, brew.text);
+		brew.patches   = stringifyPatches(makePatches(this.savedBrew.text, brew.text));
 		brew.hash      = await md5(this.savedBrew.text);
 		brew.text      = undefined;
 		brew.textBin   = undefined;
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index d0b1c43c8..5aaf7aac2 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -352,11 +352,11 @@ const api = {
 			res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
 			return res.status(409).send(JSON.stringify({ message: `The server copy is out of sync with the saved brew. Please save your changes elsewhere, refresh, and try again.` }));
 		}
-		
+
 		let brew         = _.assign(brewFromServer, brewFromClient);
 		brew.title       = brew.title.trim();
 		brew.description = brew.description.trim() || '';
-		brew.text        = applyPatches(brewFromClient.patches, brewFromServer.text)[0];
+		brew.text        = applyPatches(parsePatch(brewFromClient.patches), brewFromServer.text)[0];
 		brew.text        = api.mergeBrewText(brew);
 
 		const googleId = brew.googleId;