diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
index 7e6c03473..8eb011cab 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ const EditPage = createClass({
 		brew.pageCount      = ((brew.renderer=='legacy' ? brew.text.match(/\\page/g) : brew.text.match(/^\\page$/gm)) || []).length + 1;
 		brew.patches        = stringifyPatches(makePatches(this.savedBrew.text, brew.text));
 		brew.hash           = await md5(this.savedBrew.text);
-		brew.text           = undefined;
+		//brew.text           = undefined; - Temporary parallel path
 		brew.textBin        = undefined;
 
 		const transfer = this.state.saveGoogle == _.isNil(this.state.brew.googleId);
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index 84f639a4d..e34195ffa 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ const api = {
 		const brewFromClient = api.excludePropsFromUpdate(req.body);
 		const brewFromServer = req.brew;
 		splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brewFromServer);
-		
+
 		brewFromServer.text  = brewFromServer.text.normalize();
 		brewFromServer.hash  = await md5(brewFromServer.text);
 
@@ -357,15 +357,20 @@ const api = {
 		let brew         = _.assign(brewFromServer, brewFromClient);
 		brew.title       = brew.title.trim();
 		brew.description = brew.description.trim() || '';
+
 		try {
 			const patches = parsePatch(brewFromClient.patches);
-			brew.text = applyPatches(patches, brewFromServer.text)[0];
+			// Patch to a throwaway variable while parallelizing - we're more concerned with error/no error.
+			const patchedResult = applyPatches(patches, brewFromServer.text)[0];
+			// brew.text = applyPatches(patches, brewFromServer.text)[0];
 		} catch (err) {
 			console.error('Failed to apply patches:', {
-				patches: brewFromClient.patches,
-				brewId: brew.editId || 'unknown'
+				patches : brewFromClient.patches,
+				brewId  : brew.editId || 'unknown',
+				error   : err
 			});
-			throw err; // rethrow to preserve the 500 behavior
+			// While running in parallel, don't throw the error upstream.
+			// throw err; // rethrow to preserve the 500 behavior
 		}
 
 		brew.text        = api.mergeBrewText(brew);