diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
index 351ad8e71..71dfdbdf2 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
@@ -103,23 +103,13 @@ const EditPage = (props)=>{
 		if(!res) return;
 
 		const updatedFields = {
-			googleId : res.body.googleId ?? null,
-			editId   : res.body.editId,
+			googleId : res.body.googleId ?? null, //TODO: investigate if we can set googleId:null in server/update instead of undefined
+			editId   : res.body.editId,           //then, editPage can just apply res.body instead of breaking out these fields.
 			shareId  : res.body.shareId,
 			version  : res.body.version
 		};
 
-		lastSavedBrew.current = {
-			...brew,
-			...updatedFields
-		};
-
-		setCurrentBrew((prevBrew)=>({
-			...prevBrew,
-			...updatedFields
-		}));
-
-		return res.body;
+		return updatedFields;
 	};
 
 	const onSaveSuccess = (savedBrew)=>{
diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/homePage/homePage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/homePage/homePage.jsx
index b430a7ed5..20b75b486 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/homePage/homePage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/homePage/homePage.jsx
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ const HomePage =(props)=>{
 		...props
 	};
 
-	const [currentBrew, setCurrentBrew]                = useState(props.brew);
-	const [saveGoogle, setSaveGoogle] = useState(global.account?.googleId ? true : false);
-	const [error, setError]                      = useState(undefined);
+	const [currentBrew, setCurrentBrew] = useState(props.brew);
+	const [saveGoogle, setSaveGoogle]   = useState(global.account?.googleId ? true : false);
+	const [error, setError]             = useState(undefined);
 
 	const lastSavedBrew      = useRef(_.cloneDeep(props.brew));
 
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ const HomePage =(props)=>{
 			});
 		if(!res) return;
 
-		setCurrentBrew((prevBrew)=>({
-			...prevBrew,
-			...res.body
-		}));
-
 		return res.body;
 	};
 
diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx
index ea389faa4..8606cc752 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ const NewPage = (props)=>{
 	};
 
 	const [currentBrew, setCurrentBrew] = useState(props.brew);
-	const [saveGoogle, setSaveGoogle] = useState(global.account?.googleId ? true : false);
-	const [error, setError] = useState(null);
+	const [saveGoogle, setSaveGoogle]   = useState(global.account?.googleId ? true : false);
+	const [error, setError]             = useState(null);
 
 	const lastSavedBrew      = useRef(_.cloneDeep(props.brew));
 
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ const NewPage = (props)=>{
 			});
 		if(!res) return;
 
-		setCurrentBrew((prevBrew)=>({
-			...prevBrew,
-			...res.body
-		}));
-
 		return res.body;
 	};
 
diff --git a/client/homebrew/utils/commonEditPageFunctions.jsx b/client/homebrew/utils/commonEditPageFunctions.jsx
index aa55e5394..701680ecf 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/utils/commonEditPageFunctions.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/utils/commonEditPageFunctions.jsx
@@ -202,9 +202,20 @@ export default function useCommonEditPageFunctions(dependencies) {
 			setIsSaving(true);
 			setError(null);
 			setHTMLErrors(hbfm.validate(currentBrew.text));
-			let savedBrew = await save(currentBrew, saveToGoogle)
+			const brewToSave = currentBrew;
+			let savedBrew = await save(brewToSave, saveToGoogle)
 				.catch((err)=>{setError(err);});
 			if(savedBrew) {
+				lastSavedBrew.current = {
+					...brewToSave,
+					...savedBrew
+				};
+
+				setCurrentBrew((prevBrew)=>({
+					...prevBrew,
+					...savedBrew
+				}));
+
 				if(useLocalStorage) clearLocalStorage();
 				onSaveSuccess(savedBrew);
 			}