diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/basePages/listPage/brewItem/brewItem.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/basePages/listPage/brewItem/brewItem.jsx
index 8d677c635..5756b0df1 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/basePages/listPage/brewItem/brewItem.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/basePages/listPage/brewItem/brewItem.jsx
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ const BrewItem = createClass({
 			brew : {
 				title       : '',
 				description : '',
-
-				authors : []
+				authors     : [],
+				stubbed     : true
 			}
 		};
 	},
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const BrewItem = createClass({
 		if(!this.props.brew.editId) return;
 
 		let editLink = this.props.brew.editId;
-		if(this.props.brew.googleId) {
+		if(this.props.brew.googleId && !this.props.brew.stubbed) {
 			editLink = this.props.brew.googleId + editLink;
 		}
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const BrewItem = createClass({
 		if(!this.props.brew.shareId) return;
 
 		let shareLink = this.props.brew.shareId;
-		if(this.props.brew.googleId) {
+		if(this.props.brew.googleId && !this.props.brew.stubbed) {
 			shareLink = this.props.brew.googleId + shareLink;
 		}
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const BrewItem = createClass({
 		if(!this.props.brew.shareId) return;
 
 		let shareLink = this.props.brew.shareId;
-		if(this.props.brew.googleId) {
+		if(this.props.brew.googleId && !this.props.brew.stubbed) {
 			shareLink = this.props.brew.googleId + shareLink;
 		}
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const BrewItem = createClass({
 	},
 
 	renderGoogleDriveIcon : function(){
-		if(!this.props.brew.gDrive) return;
+		if(!this.props.brew.googleId) return;
 
 		return <span>
 			<img className='googleDriveIcon' src={googleDriveIcon} alt='googleDriveIcon' />
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ const BrewItem = createClass({
 			</div>
 			<hr />
 			<div className='info'>
-				<span title={`Authors:\n${brew.authors.join('\n')}`}>
-					<i className='fas fa-user'/> {brew.authors.join(', ')}
+				<span title={`Authors:\n${brew.authors?.join('\n')}`}>
+					<i className='fas fa-user'/> {brew.authors?.join(', ')}
 				</span>
 				<br />
 				<span title={`Last viewed: ${moment(brew.lastViewed).local().format(dateFormatString)}`}>
diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
index a0a262038..f8ac70a5d 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ const EditPage = createClass({
 		const brew = this.state.brew;
 		brew.pageCount = ((brew.renderer=='legacy' ? brew.text.match(/\\page/g) : brew.text.match(/^\\page$/gm)) || []).length + 1;
 
-		const params = `${transfer ? `?transfer${this.state.saveGoogle ? 'To' : 'From'}Google=true` : ''}`;
+		const params = `${transfer ? `?${this.state.saveGoogle ? 'saveToGoogle' : 'removeFromGoogle'}=true` : ''}`;
 		const res = await request
 			.put(`/api/update/${brew.editId}${params}`)
 			.send(brew)
@@ -210,9 +210,7 @@ const EditPage = createClass({
 			});
 
 		this.savedBrew = res.body;
-		if(transfer) {
-			history.replaceState(null, null, `/edit/${this.savedBrew.googleId ?? ''}${this.savedBrew.editId}`);
-		}
+		history.replaceState(null, null, `/edit/${this.savedBrew.editId}`);
 
 		this.setState((prevState)=>({
 			brew : _.merge({}, prevState.brew, {
@@ -340,7 +338,7 @@ const EditPage = createClass({
 	},
 
 	processShareId : function() {
-		return this.state.brew.googleId ?
+		return this.state.brew.googleId && !this.state.brew.stubbed ?
 					 this.state.brew.googleId + this.state.brew.shareId :
 					 this.state.brew.shareId;
 	},
diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx
index cb8378bdd..ae57039b5 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ const NewPage = createClass({
 		brew.pageCount=((brew.renderer=='legacy' ? brew.text.match(/\\page/g) : brew.text.match(/^\\page$/gm)) || []).length + 1;
 
 		const res = await request
-			.post(`/api${this.state.saveGoogle ? '?transferToGoogle=true' : ''}`)
+			.post(`/api${this.state.saveGoogle ? '?saveToGoogle=true' : ''}`)
 			.send(brew)
 			.catch((err)=>{
 				console.log(err);
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ const NewPage = createClass({
 		localStorage.removeItem(BREWKEY);
 		localStorage.removeItem(STYLEKEY);
 		localStorage.removeItem(METAKEY);
-		window.location = `/edit/${brew.googleId ?? ''}${brew.editId}`;
+		window.location = `/edit/${brew.editId}`;
 	},
 
 	renderSaveButton : function(){
diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/sharePage/sharePage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/sharePage/sharePage.jsx
index 372dbbc2c..c983512ad 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/sharePage/sharePage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/sharePage/sharePage.jsx
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const SharePage = createClass({
 	},
 
 	processShareId : function() {
-		return this.props.brew.googleId ?
+		return this.props.brew.googleId && !this.props.brew.stubbed ?
 					 this.props.brew.googleId + this.props.brew.shareId :
 					 this.props.brew.shareId;
 	},
diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index dc7b388da..fcb00b29c 100644
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -9,47 +9,12 @@ const yaml = require('js-yaml');
 const app = express();
 const config = require('./config.js');
 
-const homebrewApi = require('./homebrew.api.js');
+const { homebrewApi, getBrew } = require('./homebrew.api.js');
 const GoogleActions = require('./googleActions.js');
 const serveCompressedStaticAssets = require('./static-assets.mv.js');
 const sanitizeFilename = require('sanitize-filename');
 const asyncHandler = require('express-async-handler');
 
-const brewAccessTypes = ['edit', 'share', 'raw'];
-
-//Get the brew object from the HB database or Google Drive
-const getBrewFromId = asyncHandler(async (id, accessType)=>{
-	if(!brewAccessTypes.includes(accessType))
-		throw ('Invalid Access Type when getting brew');
-	let brew;
-	if(id.length > 12) {
-		const googleId = id.slice(0, -12);
-		id             = id.slice(-12);
-		brew = await GoogleActions.getGoogleBrew(googleId, id, accessType);
-	} else {
-		brew = await HomebrewModel.get(accessType == 'edit' ? { editId: id } : { shareId: id });
-		brew = brew.toObject(); // Convert MongoDB object to standard Javascript Object
-	}
-
-	brew = sanitizeBrew(brew, accessType === 'edit' ? false : true);
-	//Split brew.text into text and style
-	//unless the Access Type is RAW, in which case return immediately
-	if(accessType == 'raw') {
-		return brew;
-	}
-	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brew);
-	return brew;
-});
-
-const sanitizeBrew = (brew, full=false)=>{
-	delete brew._id;
-	delete brew.__v;
-	if(full){
-		delete brew.editId;
-	}
-	return brew;
-};
-
 const splitTextStyleAndMetadata = (brew)=>{
 	brew.text = brew.text.replaceAll('\r\n', '\n');
 	if(brew.text.startsWith('```metadata')) {
@@ -66,6 +31,15 @@ const splitTextStyleAndMetadata = (brew)=>{
 	}
 };
 
+const sanitizeBrew = (brew, accessType)=>{
+	brew._id = undefined;
+	brew.__v = undefined;
+	if(accessType !== 'edit'){
+		brew.editId = undefined;
+	}
+	return brew;
+};
+
 app.use('/', serveCompressedStaticAssets(`build`));
 
 //app.use(express.static(`${__dirname}/build`));
@@ -108,63 +82,58 @@ app.get('/robots.txt', (req, res)=>{
 });
 
 //Home page
-app.get('/', async (req, res, next)=>{
-	const brew = {
+app.get('/', (req, res, next)=>{
+	req.brew = {
 		text : welcomeText
 	};
-	req.brew = brew;
 	return next();
 });
 
 //Home page v3
-app.get('/v3_preview', async (req, res, next)=>{
-	const brew = {
+app.get('/v3_preview', (req, res, next)=>{
+	req.brew = {
 		text     : welcomeTextV3,
 		renderer : 'V3'
 	};
-	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brew);
-	req.brew = brew;
+	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
 	return next();
 });
 
 //Legacy/Other Document -> v3 Migration Guide
-app.get('/migrate', async (req, res, next)=>{
-	const brew = {
+app.get('/migrate', (req, res, next)=>{
+	req.brew = {
 		text     : migrateText,
 		renderer : 'V3'
 	};
-	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brew);
-	req.brew = brew;
+	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
 	return next();
 });
 
 //Changelog page
 app.get('/changelog', async (req, res, next)=>{
-	const brew = {
+	req.brew = {
 		title    : 'Changelog',
 		text     : changelogText,
 		renderer : 'V3'
 	};
-	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brew);
-	req.brew = brew;
+	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
 	return next();
 });
 
 //FAQ page
 app.get('/faq', async (req, res, next)=>{
-	const brew = {
+	req.brew = {
 		title    : 'FAQ',
 		text     : faqText,
 		renderer : 'V3'
 	};
-	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brew);
-	req.brew = brew;
+	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
 	return next();
 });
 
 //Source page
-app.get('/source/:id', asyncHandler(async (req, res)=>{
-	const brew = await getBrewFromId(req.params.id, 'raw');
+app.get('/source/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('share')), (req, res)=>{
+	const { brew } = req;
 
 	const replaceStrings = { '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;' };
 	let text = brew.text;
@@ -173,11 +142,12 @@ app.get('/source/:id', asyncHandler(async (req, res)=>{
 	}
 	text = `<code><pre style="white-space: pre-wrap;">${text}</pre></code>`;
 	res.status(200).send(text);
-}));
+});
 
 //Download brew source page
-app.get('/download/:id', asyncHandler(async (req, res)=>{
-	const brew = await getBrewFromId(req.params.id, 'raw');
+app.get('/download/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('share')), (req, res)=>{
+	const { brew } = req;
+	sanitizeBrew(brew, 'share');
 	const prefix = 'HB - ';
 
 	let fileName = sanitizeFilename(`${prefix}${brew.title}`).replaceAll(' ', '');
@@ -188,13 +158,14 @@ app.get('/download/:id', asyncHandler(async (req, res)=>{
 		'Content-Disposition' : `attachment; filename="${fileName}.txt"`
 	});
 	res.status(200).send(brew.text);
-}));
+});
 
 //User Page
 app.get('/user/:username', async (req, res, next)=>{
 	const ownAccount = req.account && (req.account.username == req.params.username);
 
 	const fields = [
+		'googleId',
 		'title',
 		'pageCount',
 		'description',
@@ -220,58 +191,71 @@ app.get('/user/:username', async (req, res, next)=>{
 				console.error(err);
 			});
 
-		if(googleBrews) {
+		if(googleBrews && googleBrews.length > 0) {
+			for (const brew of brews.filter((brew)=>brew.googleId)) {
+				const match = googleBrews.findIndex((b)=>b.editId === brew.editId);
+				if(match !== -1) {
+					brew.googleId = googleBrews[match].googleId;
+					brew.stubbed = true;
+					brew.pageCount = googleBrews[match].pageCount;
+					brew.renderer = googleBrews[match].renderer;
+					brew.version = googleBrews[match].version;
+					googleBrews.splice(match, 1);
+				}
+			}
+
 			googleBrews = googleBrews.map((brew)=>({ ...brew, authors: [req.account.username] }));
 			brews = _.concat(brews, googleBrews);
 		}
 	}
 
 	req.brews = _.map(brews, (brew)=>{
-		return sanitizeBrew(brew, !ownAccount);
+		return sanitizeBrew(brew, ownAccount ? 'edit' : 'share');
 	});
 
 	return next();
 });
 
 //Edit Page
-app.get('/edit/:id', asyncHandler(async (req, res, next)=>{
+app.get('/edit/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('edit')), (req, res, next)=>{
+	req.brew = req.brew.toObject ? req.brew.toObject() : req.brew;
+	sanitizeBrew(req.brew, 'edit');
+	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
 	res.header('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, no-store');	//reload the latest saved brew when pressing back button, not the cached version before save.
-	const brew = await getBrewFromId(req.params.id, 'edit');
-	req.brew = brew;
 	return next();
-}));
+});
 
 //New Page
-app.get('/new/:id', asyncHandler(async (req, res, next)=>{
-	const brew = await getBrewFromId(req.params.id, 'share');
-	brew.title = `CLONE - ${brew.title}`;
-	req.brew = brew;
+app.get('/new/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('share')), (req, res, next)=>{
+	sanitizeBrew(req.brew, 'share');
+	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
+	req.brew.title = `CLONE - ${brew.title}`;
 	return next();
-}));
+});
 
 //Share Page
-app.get('/share/:id', asyncHandler(async (req, res, next)=>{
-	const brew = await getBrewFromId(req.params.id, 'share');
+app.get('/share/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('share')), asyncHandler(async (req, res, next)=>{
+	const { brew } = req;
 
-	if(req.params.id.length > 12) {
+	if(req.params.id.length > 12 && !brew._id) {
 		const googleId = req.params.id.slice(0, -12);
 		const shareId = req.params.id.slice(-12);
 		await GoogleActions.increaseView(googleId, shareId, 'share', brew)
-					.catch((err)=>{next(err);});
+			.catch((err)=>{next(err);});
 	} else {
 		await HomebrewModel.increaseView({ shareId: brew.shareId });
 	}
-
-	req.brew = brew;
+	sanitizeBrew(req.brew, 'share');
+	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
 	return next();
 }));
 
 //Print Page
-app.get('/print/:id', asyncHandler(async (req, res, next)=>{
-	const brew = await getBrewFromId(req.params.id, 'share');
-	req.brew = brew;
-	return next();
-}));
+app.get('/print/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('share')), (req, res, next)=>{
+	sanitizeBrew(req.brew, 'share');
+	splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
+	next();
+});
 
 const nodeEnv = config.get('node_env');
 const isLocalEnvironment = config.get('local_environments').includes(nodeEnv);
@@ -291,7 +275,7 @@ if(isLocalEnvironment){
 
 //Render the page
 const templateFn = require('./../client/template.js');
-app.use((req, res)=>{
+app.use(asyncHandler(async (req, res, next)=>{
 	// Create configuration object
 	const configuration = {
 		local       : isLocalEnvironment,
@@ -309,13 +293,14 @@ app.use((req, res)=>{
 		config      : configuration
 	};
 	const title = req.brew ? req.brew.title : '';
-	templateFn('homebrew', title, props)
-        .then((page)=>{ res.send(page); })
-        .catch((err)=>{
-        	console.log(err);
-        	return res.sendStatus(500);
-        });
-});
+	const page = await templateFn('homebrew', title, props)
+		.catch((err)=>{
+			console.log(err);
+			return res.sendStatus(500);
+		});
+	if(!page) return;
+	res.send(page);
+}));
 
 //v=====----- Error-Handling Middleware -----=====v//
 //Format Errors so all fields will be sent
@@ -339,6 +324,13 @@ app.use((err, req, res, next)=>{
 	console.error(err);
 	res.status(status).send(getPureError(err));
 });
+
+app.use((req, res)=>{
+	if(!res.headersSent) {
+		console.error('Headers have not been sent, responding with a server error.', req.url);
+		res.status(500).send('An error occurred and the server did not send a response. The error has been logged, please note the time this occurred and report this issue.');
+	}
+});
 //^=====--------------------------------------=====^//
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/server/googleActions.js b/server/googleActions.js
index 89691e0d8..5d9e43b71 100644
--- a/server/googleActions.js
+++ b/server/googleActions.js
@@ -143,12 +143,11 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 				description : `${brew.description}`,
 				properties  : {
 					title     : brew.title,
-					published : brew.published,
-					version   : brew.version,
-					renderer  : brew.renderer,
-					tags      : brew.tags,
+					shareId   : brew.shareId || nanoid(12),
+					editId    : brew.editId || nanoid(12),
 					pageCount : brew.pageCount,
-					systems   : brew.systems.join(),
+					renderer  : brew.renderer || 'legacy',
+					isStubbed : true,
 					thumbnail : brew.thumbnail
 				}
 			},
@@ -161,10 +160,9 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 			console.log('Error saving to google');
 			console.error(err);
 			throw (err);
-			//return res.status(500).send('Error while saving');
 		});
 
-		return (brew);
+		return true;
 	},
 
 	newGoogleBrew : async (auth, brew)=>{
@@ -178,17 +176,18 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 		const folderId = await GoogleActions.getGoogleFolder(auth);
 
 		const fileMetadata = {
-			'name'        : `${brew.title}.txt`,
-			'description' : `${brew.description}`,
-			'parents'     : [folderId],
-			'properties'  : {								//AppProperties is not accessible
-				'shareId'   : brew.shareId || nanoid(12),
-				'editId'    : brew.editId || nanoid(12),
-				'title'     : brew.title,
-				'views'     : '0',
-				'pageCount' : brew.pageCount,
-				'renderer'  : brew.renderer || 'legacy',
-				'thumbnail' : brew.thumbnail || ''
+			name        : `${brew.title}.txt`,
+			description : `${brew.description}`,
+			parents     : [folderId],
+			properties  : {								//AppProperties is not accessible
+				shareId   : brew.shareId || nanoid(12),
+				editId    : brew.editId || nanoid(12),
+				title     : brew.title,
+				pageCount : brew.pageCount,
+				renderer  : brew.renderer || 'legacy',
+				isStubbed : true,
+				version   : 1,
+				thumbnail : brew.thumbnail || ''
 			}
 		};
 
@@ -215,26 +214,7 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 			console.error(err);
 		});
 
-		const newHomebrew = {
-			text      : brew.text,
-			shareId   : fileMetadata.properties.shareId,
-			editId    : fileMetadata.properties.editId,
-			createdAt : new Date(),
-			updatedAt : new Date(),
-			gDrive    : true,
-			googleId  : obj.data.id,
-			pageCount : fileMetadata.properties.pageCount,
-
-			title       : brew.title,
-			description : brew.description,
-			tags        : '',
-			published   : brew.published,
-			renderer    : brew.renderer,
-			authors     : [],
-			systems     : []
-		};
-
-		return newHomebrew;
+		return obj.data.id;
 	},
 
 	getGoogleBrew : async (id, accessId, accessType)=>{
@@ -247,7 +227,6 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 		.catch((err)=>{
 			console.log('Error loading from Google');
 			throw (err);
-			return;
 		});
 
 		if(obj) {
@@ -257,9 +236,7 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 				throw ('Share ID does not match');
 			}
 
-			const serviceDrive = google.drive({ version: 'v3' });
-
-			const file = await serviceDrive.files.get({
+			const file = await drive.files.get({
 				fileId : id,
 				fields : 'description, properties',
 				alt    : 'media'
@@ -276,7 +253,7 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 				text    : file.data,
 
 				description : obj.data.description,
-				tags        : obj.data.properties.tags    ? obj.data.properties.tags               : '',
+				tags        : obj.data.properties.tags ? obj.data.properties.tags : '',
 				systems     : obj.data.properties.systems ? obj.data.properties.systems.split(',') : [],
 				authors     : [],
 				published   : obj.data.properties.published ? obj.data.properties.published == 'true' : false,
@@ -291,7 +268,6 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 				renderer   : obj.data.properties.renderer ? obj.data.properties.renderer : 'legacy',
 				thumbnail  : obj.data.properties.thumbnail || '',
 
-				gDrive   : true,
 				googleId : id
 			};
 
@@ -299,14 +275,11 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 		}
 	},
 
-	deleteGoogleBrew : async (auth, id)=>{
+	deleteGoogleBrew : async (auth, id, accessId)=>{
 		const drive = google.drive({ version: 'v3', auth });
 
-		const googleId = id.slice(0, -12);
-		const accessId = id.slice(-12);
-
 		const obj = await drive.files.get({
-			fileId : googleId,
+			fileId : id,
 			fields : 'properties'
 		})
 		.catch((err)=>{
@@ -315,11 +288,11 @@ const GoogleActions = {
 		});
 
 		if(obj && obj.data.properties.editId != accessId) {
-			throw ('Not authorized to delete this Google brew');
+			throw { status: 403, message: 'Not authorized to delete this Google brew' };
 		}
 
 		await drive.files.update({
-			fileId   : googleId,
+			fileId   : id,
 			resource : { trashed: true }
 		})
 		.catch((err)=>{
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index 4415c948b..4af232b4c 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* eslint-disable max-lines */
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const HomebrewModel = require('./homebrew.model.js').model;
 const router = require('express').Router();
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ const GoogleActions = require('./googleActions.js');
 const Markdown = require('../shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js');
 const yaml = require('js-yaml');
 const asyncHandler = require('express-async-handler');
+const { nanoid } = require('nanoid');
 
 // const getTopBrews = (cb) => {
 // 	HomebrewModel.find().sort({ views: -1 }).limit(5).exec(function(err, brews) {
@@ -13,6 +15,53 @@ const asyncHandler = require('express-async-handler');
 // 	});
 // };
 
+const getBrew = (accessType)=>{
+	// Create middleware with the accessType passed in as part of the scope
+	return async (req, res, next)=>{
+		// Set the id and initial potential google id, where the google id is present on the existing brew.
+		let id = req.params.id, googleId = req.body?.googleId;
+
+		// If the id is longer than 12, then it's a google id + the edit id. This splits the longer id up.
+		if(id.length > 12) {
+			googleId = id.slice(0, -12);
+			id = id.slice(-12);
+		}
+		// Try to find the document in the Homebrewery database -- if it doesn't exist, that's fine.
+		let stub = await HomebrewModel.get(accessType === 'edit' ? { editId: id } : { shareId: id })
+			.catch((err)=>{
+				if(googleId) {
+					console.warn(`Unable to find document stub for ${accessType}Id ${id}`);
+				} else {
+					console.warn(err);
+				}
+			});
+		stub = stub?.toObject();
+
+		// If there is a google id, try to find the google brew
+		if(googleId || stub?.googleId) {
+			let googleError;
+			const googleBrew = await GoogleActions.getGoogleBrew(googleId || stub?.googleId, id, accessType)
+				.catch((err)=>{
+					console.warn(err);
+					googleError = err;
+				});
+			// If we can't find the google brew and there is a google id for the brew, throw an error.
+			if(!googleBrew) throw googleError;
+			// Combine the Homebrewery stub with the google brew, or if the stub doesn't exist just use the google brew
+			stub = stub ? _.assign({ ...excludeStubProps(stub), stubbed: true }, excludeGoogleProps(googleBrew)) : googleBrew;
+		}
+
+		// If after all of that we still don't have a brew, throw an exception
+		if(!stub) {
+			throw 'Brew not found in Homebrewery database or Google Drive';
+		}
+
+		req.brew = stub;
+
+		next();
+	};
+};
+
 const mergeBrewText = (brew)=>{
 	let text = brew.text;
 	if(brew.style !== undefined) {
@@ -33,15 +82,33 @@ const MAX_TITLE_LENGTH = 100;
 
 const getGoodBrewTitle = (text)=>{
 	const tokens = Markdown.marked.lexer(text);
- 	return (tokens.find((token)=>token.type == 'heading' ||	token.type == 'paragraph')?.text || 'No Title')
+ 	return (tokens.find((token)=>token.type === 'heading' || token.type === 'paragraph')?.text || 'No Title')
 				 .slice(0, MAX_TITLE_LENGTH);
 };
 
 const excludePropsFromUpdate = (brew)=>{
 	// Remove undesired properties
-	const propsToExclude = ['views', 'lastViewed'];
+	const modified = _.clone(brew);
+	const propsToExclude = ['_id', 'views', 'lastViewed', 'editId', 'shareId', 'googleId'];
 	for (const prop of propsToExclude) {
-		delete brew[prop];
+		delete modified[prop];
+	}
+	return modified;
+};
+
+const excludeGoogleProps = (brew)=>{
+	const modified = _.clone(brew);
+	const propsToExclude = ['tags', 'systems', 'published', 'authors', 'owner', 'views'];
+	for (const prop of propsToExclude) {
+		delete modified[prop];
+	}
+	return modified;
+};
+
+const excludeStubProps = (brew)=>{
+	const propsToExclude = ['text', 'textBin', 'renderer', 'pageCount', 'version'];
+	for (const prop of propsToExclude) {
+		brew[prop] = undefined;
 	}
 	return brew;
 };
@@ -55,33 +122,17 @@ const beforeNewSave = (account, brew)=>{
 	brew.text = mergeBrewText(brew);
 };
 
-const newLocalBrew = async (brew)=>{
-	const newHomebrew = new HomebrewModel(brew);
-	// Compress brew text to binary before saving
-	newHomebrew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(newHomebrew.text);
-	// Delete the non-binary text field since it's not needed anymore
-	newHomebrew.text = undefined;
-
-	let saved = await newHomebrew.save()
-		.catch((err)=>{
-			console.error(err, err.toString(), err.stack);
-			throw `Error while creating new brew, ${err.toString()}`;
-		});
-
-	saved = saved.toObject();
-	saved.gDrive = false;
-	return saved;
-};
-
 const newGoogleBrew = async (account, brew, res)=>{
 	const oAuth2Client = GoogleActions.authCheck(account, res);
 
-	return await GoogleActions.newGoogleBrew(oAuth2Client, brew);
+	const newBrew = excludeGoogleProps(brew);
+
+	return await GoogleActions.newGoogleBrew(oAuth2Client, newBrew);
 };
 
 const newBrew = async (req, res)=>{
 	const brew = req.body;
-	const { transferToGoogle } = req.query;
+	const { saveToGoogle } = req.query;
 
 	delete brew.editId;
 	delete brew.shareId;
@@ -89,148 +140,179 @@ const newBrew = async (req, res)=>{
 
 	beforeNewSave(req.account, brew);
 
-	let saved;
-	if(transferToGoogle) {
-		saved = await newGoogleBrew(req.account, brew, res)
+	const newHomebrew = new HomebrewModel(brew);
+	newHomebrew.editId = nanoid(12);
+	newHomebrew.shareId = nanoid(12);
+
+	let googleId, saved;
+	if(saveToGoogle) {
+		googleId = await newGoogleBrew(req.account, newHomebrew, res)
 			.catch((err)=>{
-				res.status(err.status || err.response.status).send(err.message || err);
+				console.error(err);
+				res.status(err?.status || err?.response?.status || 500).send(err?.message || err);
 			});
+		if(!googleId) return;
+		excludeStubProps(newHomebrew);
+		newHomebrew.googleId = googleId;
 	} else {
-		saved = await newLocalBrew(brew)
-			.catch((err)=>{
-				res.status(500).send(err);
-			});
+		// Compress brew text to binary before saving
+		newHomebrew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(newHomebrew.text);
+		// Delete the non-binary text field since it's not needed anymore
+		newHomebrew.text = undefined;
 	}
+
+	saved = await newHomebrew.save()
+		.catch((err)=>{
+			console.error(err, err.toString(), err.stack);
+			throw `Error while creating new brew, ${err.toString()}`;
+		});
 	if(!saved) return;
-	return res.status(200).send(saved);
+	saved = saved.toObject();
+
+	res.status(200).send(saved);
 };
 
 const updateBrew = async (req, res)=>{
-	let brew = excludePropsFromUpdate(req.body);
-	const { transferToGoogle, transferFromGoogle } = req.query;
+	// Initialize brew from request and body, destructure query params, set a constant for the google id, and set the initial value for the after-save method
+	let brew = _.assign(req.brew, excludePropsFromUpdate(req.body));
+	const { saveToGoogle, removeFromGoogle } = req.query;
+	const googleId = brew.googleId;
+	let afterSave = async ()=>true;
 
-	let saved;
-	if(brew.googleId && transferFromGoogle) {
-		beforeNewSave(req.account, brew);
+	brew.text = mergeBrewText(brew);
 
-		saved = await newLocalBrew(brew)
-			.catch((err)=>{
-				console.error(err);
-				res.status(500).send(err);
-			});
-		if(!saved) return;
+	if(brew.googleId && removeFromGoogle) {
+		// If the google id exists and we're removing it from google, set afterSave to delete the google brew and mark the brew's google id as undefined
+		afterSave = async ()=>{
+			return await deleteGoogleBrew(req.account, googleId, brew.editId, res)
+				.catch((err)=>{
+					console.error(err);
+					res.status(err?.status || err?.response?.status || 500).send(err.message || err);
+				});
+		};
 
-		await deleteGoogleBrew(req.account, `${brew.googleId}${brew.editId}`, res)
+		brew.googleId = undefined;
+	} else if(!brew.googleId && saveToGoogle) {
+		// If we don't have a google id and the user wants to save to google, create the google brew and set the google id on the brew
+		brew.googleId = await newGoogleBrew(req.account, excludeGoogleProps(brew), res)
 			.catch((err)=>{
 				console.error(err);
 				res.status(err.status || err.response.status).send(err.message || err);
 			});
-	} else if(!brew.googleId && transferToGoogle) {
-		saved = await newGoogleBrew(req.account, brew, res)
-			.catch((err)=>{
-				console.error(err);
-				res.status(err.status || err.response.status).send(err.message || err);
-			});
-		if(!saved) return;
-
-		await deleteLocalBrew(req.account, brew.editId)
-			.catch((err)=>{
-				console.error(err);
-				res.status(err.status).send(err.message);
-			});
+		if(!brew.googleId) return;
 	} else if(brew.googleId) {
-		brew.text = mergeBrewText(brew);
-
-		saved = await GoogleActions.updateGoogleBrew(brew)
+		// If the google id exists and no other actions are being performed, update the google brew
+		const updated = await GoogleActions.updateGoogleBrew(excludeGoogleProps(brew))
 			.catch((err)=>{
 				console.error(err);
-				res.status(err.response?.status || 500).send(err);
+				res.status(err?.response?.status || 500).send(err);
 			});
+		if(!updated) return;
+	}
+
+	if(brew.googleId) {
+		// If the google id exists after all those actions, exclude the props that are stored in google and aren't needed for rendering the brew items
+		excludeStubProps(brew);
 	} else {
-		const dbBrew = await HomebrewModel.get({ editId: req.params.id })
-			.catch((err)=>{
-				console.error(err);
-				return res.status(500).send('Error while saving');
-			});
-
-		brew = _.merge(dbBrew, brew);
-		brew.text = mergeBrewText(brew);
-
 		// Compress brew text to binary before saving
 		brew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(brew.text);
 		// Delete the non-binary text field since it's not needed anymore
 		brew.text = undefined;
-		brew.updatedAt = new Date();
-
-		if(req.account) {
-			brew.authors = _.uniq(_.concat(brew.authors, req.account.username));
-		}
-
-		brew.markModified('authors');
-		brew.markModified('systems');
-
-		saved = await brew.save();
 	}
+	brew.updatedAt = new Date();
+
+	if(req.account) {
+		brew.authors = _.uniq(_.concat(brew.authors, req.account.username));
+	}
+
+	// Fetch the brew from the database again (if it existed there to begin with), and assign the existing brew to it
+	brew = _.assign(await HomebrewModel.findOne({ _id: brew._id }), brew);
+
+	if(!brew.markModified) {
+		// If it wasn't in the database, create a new db brew
+		brew = new HomebrewModel(brew);
+	}
+
+	brew.markModified('authors');
+	brew.markModified('systems');
+
+	// Save the database brew
+	const saved = await brew.save()
+		.catch((err)=>{
+			console.error(err);
+			res.status(err.status || 500).send(err.message || 'Unable to save brew to Homebrewery database');
+		});
 	if(!saved) return;
+	// Call and wait for afterSave to complete
+	const after = await afterSave();
+	if(!after) return;
 
-	if(!res.headersSent) return res.status(200).send(saved);
+	res.status(200).send(saved);
 };
 
-const deleteBrew = async (req, res)=>{
-	if(req.params.id.length > 12) {
-		const deleted = await deleteGoogleBrew(req.account, req.params.id, res)
-			.catch((err)=>{
-				res.status(500).send(err);
-			});
-		if(deleted) return res.status(200).send();
-	} else {
-		const deleted = await deleteLocalBrew(req.account, req.params.id)
-			.catch((err)=>{
-				res.status(err.status).send(err.message);
-			});
-		if(deleted) return res.status(200).send(deleted);
-		return res.status(200).send();
-	}
-};
-
-const deleteLocalBrew = async (account, id)=>{
-	const brew = await HomebrewModel.findOne({ editId: id });
-	if(!brew) {
-		throw { status: 404, message: 'Can not find homebrew with that id' };
-	}
-
-	if(account) {
-		// Remove current user as author
-		brew.authors = _.pull(brew.authors, account.username);
-		brew.markModified('authors');
-	}
-
-	if(brew.authors.length === 0) {
-		// Delete brew if there are no authors left
-		await brew.remove()
-			.catch((err)=>{
-				console.error(err);
-				throw { status: 500, message: 'Error while removing' };
-			});
-	} else {
-		// Otherwise, save the brew with updated author list
-		return await brew.save()
-			.catch((err)=>{
-				throw { status: 500, message: err };
-			});
-	}
-};
-
-const deleteGoogleBrew = async (account, id, res)=>{
+const deleteGoogleBrew = async (account, id, editId, res)=>{
 	const auth = await GoogleActions.authCheck(account, res);
-	await GoogleActions.deleteGoogleBrew(auth, id);
+	await GoogleActions.deleteGoogleBrew(auth, id, editId);
 	return true;
 };
 
-router.post('/api', asyncHandler(newBrew));
-router.put('/api/:id', asyncHandler(updateBrew));
-router.put('/api/update/:id', asyncHandler(updateBrew));
-router.delete('/api/:id', asyncHandler(deleteBrew));
-router.get('/api/remove/:id', asyncHandler(deleteBrew));
+const deleteBrew = async (req, res)=>{
+	let brew = req.brew;
+	const { googleId, editId } = brew;
+	const account = req.account;
+	const isOwner = account && (brew.authors.length === 0 || brew.authors[0] === account.username);
+	// If the user is the owner and the file is saved to google, mark the google brew for deletion
+	const shouldDeleteGoogleBrew = googleId && isOwner;
 
-module.exports = router;
+	if(brew._id) {
+		brew = _.assign(await HomebrewModel.findOne({ _id: brew._id }), brew);
+		if(account) {
+			// Remove current user as author
+			brew.authors = _.pull(brew.authors, account.username);
+			brew.markModified('authors');
+		}
+
+		if(brew.authors.length === 0) {
+			// Delete brew if there are no authors left
+			await brew.remove()
+				.catch((err)=>{
+					console.error(err);
+					throw { status: 500, message: 'Error while removing' };
+				});
+		} else {
+			if(shouldDeleteGoogleBrew) {
+				// When there are still authors remaining, we delete the google brew but store the full brew in the Homebrewery database
+				brew.googleId = undefined;
+				brew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(brew.text);
+				brew.text = undefined;
+			}
+
+			// Otherwise, save the brew with updated author list
+			await brew.save()
+				.catch((err)=>{
+					throw { status: 500, message: err };
+				});
+		}
+	}
+	if(shouldDeleteGoogleBrew) {
+		const deleted = await deleteGoogleBrew(account, googleId, editId, res)
+			.catch((err)=>{
+				console.error(err);
+				res.status(500).send(err);
+			});
+		if(!deleted) return;
+	}
+
+	res.status(204).send();
+};
+
+router.post('/api', asyncHandler(newBrew));
+router.put('/api/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('edit')), asyncHandler(updateBrew));
+router.put('/api/update/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('edit')), asyncHandler(updateBrew));
+router.delete('/api/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('edit')), asyncHandler(deleteBrew));
+router.get('/api/remove/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('edit')), asyncHandler(deleteBrew));
+
+module.exports = {
+	homebrewApi : router,
+	getBrew
+};
diff --git a/server/homebrew.model.js b/server/homebrew.model.js
index d0692f0a9..db0669e42 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.model.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.model.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const zlib = require('zlib');
 const HomebrewSchema = mongoose.Schema({
 	shareId   : { type: String, default: ()=>{return nanoid(12);}, index: { unique: true } },
 	editId    : { type: String, default: ()=>{return nanoid(12);}, index: { unique: true } },
+	googleId  : { type: String },
 	title     : { type: String, default: '' },
 	text      : { type: String, default: '' },
 	textBin   : { type: Buffer },