diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index 34c620096..c572b2cec 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ const api = {
 		const originalGoogleId = brew.googleId;
 		const { saveToGoogle, removeFromGoogle } = req.query;
 
-		if(brew.googleId && removeFromGoogle) {     // If removing from google, remove the brew's googleId
+		if(brew.googleId && removeFromGoogle) {   // If removing from google, remove the brew's googleId
 			brew.googleId = undefined;
 		}
 		else if(!brew.googleId && saveToGoogle) { // If adding to google, create new google document and record the googleId
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ const api = {
 		else		 // if not, create a new Mongo document
 			brew = new HomebrewModel(brew);
 
-		let saved = await brew.save()
+		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');
diff --git a/server/homebrew.model.js b/server/homebrew.model.js
index b78ece631..eceb08440 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.model.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.model.js
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ const HomebrewSchema = mongoose.Schema({
 	lock : { type: Object, index: true }
 }, { versionKey: false });
 
-HomebrewSchema.pre('save', ()=>{
-	if(!this.googleId) {
+HomebrewSchema.pre('save', function() {
+	if(this.text !== undefined) {
 		this.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(this.text);
 		this.text = undefined;
 	}
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ HomebrewSchema.statics.increaseView = async function(query) {
 	brew.lastViewed = new Date();
 	brew.views = brew.views + 1;
 	await brew.save()
-	.catch((err)=>{
-		return err;
-	});
+		.catch((err)=>{
+			return err;
+		});
 	return brew;
 };