diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
index 3875b3d04..75043aa44 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import './editPage.less';
 
 // Common imports
-import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useEffectEvent } from 'react';
 import request                                from '../../utils/request-middleware.js';
 import { hbfm } from 'hbmarkedwrapper';
 import _                                      from 'lodash';
@@ -78,37 +78,9 @@ const EditPage = (props)=>{
 	const lastSavedBrew      = useRef(_.cloneDeep(props.brew));
 	const saveTimeout        = useRef(null);
 	const warnUnsavedTimeout = useRef(null);
-	const trySaveRef         = useRef(null); // CTRL+S listener lives outside React and needs ref to use trySave with latest copy of brew
 	const unsavedChangesRef  = useRef(unsavedChanges); // Similarly, onBeforeUnload lives outside React and needs ref to unsavedChanges
 
-	const {
-		handleBrewChange
-	} = useCommonEditPageFunctions({
-		saveGoogle,
-		setError,
-		setThemeBundle,
-		HTMLErrors,
-		setHTMLErrors,
-		currentBrew,
-		setCurrentBrew,
-		useLocalStorage,
-		BREWKEY,
-		STYLEKEY,
-		SNIPKEY,
-		METAKEY,
-		hbfm,
-		autoSaveEnabled,
-		setAutoSaveEnabled,
-		setWarnUnsavedChanges,
-		trySaveRef,
-		unsavedChangesRef,
-		setUnsavedChanges,
-		sandbox,
-		lastSavedBrew
-	});
-
 	useEffect(()=>{
-		trySaveRef.current = trySave;
 		unsavedChangesRef.current = unsavedChanges;
 	});
 
@@ -159,7 +131,7 @@ const EditPage = (props)=>{
 		trySave(true, true, newSaveGoogle);
 	};
 
-	const trySave = (immediate = false, hasChanges = true, saveToGoogle = false)=>{
+	const trySave = useEffectEvent((immediate = false, hasChanges = true, saveToGoogle = false)=>{
 		clearTimeout(saveTimeout.current);
 		if(isSaving) return;
 		if(!hasChanges && !immediate) return;
@@ -176,7 +148,7 @@ const EditPage = (props)=>{
 			setLastSavedTime(new Date());
 			if(!autoSaveEnabled) resetWarnUnsavedTimer();
 		}, newTimeout);
-	};
+	});
 
 	const save = async (brew, saveToGoogle)=>{
 		setHTMLErrors(hbfm.validate(brew.text));
@@ -353,6 +325,32 @@ const EditPage = (props)=>{
 		</Navbar>;
 	};
 
+	const {
+		handleBrewChange
+	} = useCommonEditPageFunctions({
+		saveGoogle,
+		setError,
+		setThemeBundle,
+		HTMLErrors,
+		setHTMLErrors,
+		currentBrew,
+		setCurrentBrew,
+		useLocalStorage,
+		BREWKEY,
+		STYLEKEY,
+		SNIPKEY,
+		METAKEY,
+		hbfm,
+		autoSaveEnabled,
+		setAutoSaveEnabled,
+		setWarnUnsavedChanges,
+		unsavedChangesRef,
+		setUnsavedChanges,
+		trySave,
+		sandbox,
+		lastSavedBrew
+	});
+
 	return (
 		<div className='editPage sitePage'>
 			<Meta name='robots' content='noindex, nofollow' />
diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/homePage/homePage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/homePage/homePage.jsx
index 278ec6eb3..2c0de0e0a 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/homePage/homePage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/homePage/homePage.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import './homePage.less';
 
 // Common imports
-import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useEffectEvent } from 'react';
 import request                                from '../../utils/request-middleware.js';
 import { hbfm } from 'hbmarkedwrapper';
 import _                                      from 'lodash';
@@ -65,34 +65,8 @@ const HomePage =(props)=>{
 	const editorRef         = useRef(null);
 	const lastSavedBrew     = useRef(_.cloneDeep(props.brew));
 	const warnUnsavedTimeout = useRef(null);
-	const trySaveRef         = useRef(null); // CTRL+S listener lives outside React and needs ref to use trySave with latest copy of brew
 	const unsavedChangesRef = useRef(unsavedChanges);
 
-	const {
-		handleBrewChange
-	} = useCommonEditPageFunctions({
-		setError,
-		setThemeBundle,
-		HTMLErrors,
-		setHTMLErrors,
-		currentBrew,
-		setCurrentBrew,
-		useLocalStorage,
-		BREWKEY,
-		STYLEKEY,
-		SNIPKEY,
-		METAKEY,
-		hbfm,
-		autoSaveEnabled,
-		setAutoSaveEnabled,
-		setWarnUnsavedChanges,
-		trySaveRef,
-		unsavedChangesRef,
-		setUnsavedChanges,
-		sandbox,
-		lastSavedBrew
-	});
-
 	useEffect(()=>{
 		unsavedChangesRef.current = unsavedChanges;
 	}, [unsavedChanges]);
@@ -176,6 +150,30 @@ const HomePage =(props)=>{
 		</Navbar>;
 	};
 
+		const {
+		handleBrewChange
+	} = useCommonEditPageFunctions({
+		setError,
+		setThemeBundle,
+		HTMLErrors,
+		setHTMLErrors,
+		currentBrew,
+		setCurrentBrew,
+		useLocalStorage,
+		BREWKEY,
+		STYLEKEY,
+		SNIPKEY,
+		METAKEY,
+		hbfm,
+		autoSaveEnabled,
+		setAutoSaveEnabled,
+		setWarnUnsavedChanges,
+		unsavedChangesRef,
+		setUnsavedChanges,
+		sandbox,
+		lastSavedBrew
+	});
+
 	return (
 		<div className='homePage sitePage'>
 			<Meta name='google-site-verification' content='NwnAQSSJZzAT7N-p5MY6ydQ7Njm67dtbu73ZSyE5Fy4' />
diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx
index fed59493e..c4f21c982 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/newPage/newPage.jsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import './newPage.less';
 
 // Common imports
-import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useEffectEvent } from 'react';
 import request                                from '../../utils/request-middleware.js';
 import { hbfm } from 'hbmarkedwrapper';
 import _                                      from 'lodash';
@@ -66,38 +66,12 @@ const NewPage = (props)=>{
 	const lastSavedBrew = useRef(_.cloneDeep(props.brew));
 	// const saveTimeout        = useRef(null);
 	const warnUnsavedTimeout = useRef(null);
-	const trySaveRef         = useRef(null); // CTRL+S listener lives outside React and needs ref to use trySave with latest copy of brew
 	const unsavedChangesRef  = useRef(unsavedChanges); // Similarly, onBeforeUnload lives outside React and needs ref to unsavedChanges
 
 	useEffect(()=>{
 		loadBrew();
 	}, []);
 
-	const {
-		handleBrewChange
-	} = useCommonEditPageFunctions({
-		setError,
-		setThemeBundle,
-		HTMLErrors,
-		setHTMLErrors,
-		currentBrew,
-		setCurrentBrew,
-		useLocalStorage,
-		BREWKEY,
-		STYLEKEY,
-		SNIPKEY,
-		METAKEY,
-		hbfm,
-		autoSaveEnabled,
-		setAutoSaveEnabled,
-		setWarnUnsavedChanges,
-		trySaveRef,
-		unsavedChangesRef,
-		setUnsavedChanges,
-		sandbox,
-		lastSavedBrew
-	});
-
 	const loadBrew = ()=>{
 		const brew = { ...currentBrew };
 		if(!brew.shareId && typeof window !== 'undefined') { //Load from localStorage if in client browser
@@ -128,7 +102,6 @@ const NewPage = (props)=>{
 	};
 
 	useEffect(()=>{
-		trySaveRef.current = trySave;
 		unsavedChangesRef.current = unsavedChanges;
 	});
 
@@ -142,7 +115,7 @@ const NewPage = (props)=>{
 		warnUnsavedTimeout.current = setTimeout(()=>setWarnUnsavedChanges(true), UNSAVED_WARNING_TIMEOUT); // 15 minutes between unsaved work warnings
 	};
 
-	const trySave = async ()=>{
+	const trySave = useEffectEvent(async ()=>{
   	setIsSaving(true);
 
 		const updatedBrew = { ...currentBrew };
@@ -169,7 +142,7 @@ const NewPage = (props)=>{
 		localStorage.removeItem(METAKEY);
 		window.onbeforeunload = null;
 		window.location = `/edit/${savedBrew.editId}`;
-	};
+	});
 
 	const renderSaveButton = ()=>{
 		// #1 - Currently saving, show SAVING
@@ -231,6 +204,31 @@ const NewPage = (props)=>{
 		</Navbar>
 	);
 
+		const {
+		handleBrewChange
+	} = useCommonEditPageFunctions({
+		setError,
+		setThemeBundle,
+		HTMLErrors,
+		setHTMLErrors,
+		currentBrew,
+		setCurrentBrew,
+		useLocalStorage,
+		BREWKEY,
+		STYLEKEY,
+		SNIPKEY,
+		METAKEY,
+		hbfm,
+		autoSaveEnabled,
+		setAutoSaveEnabled,
+		setWarnUnsavedChanges,
+		unsavedChangesRef,
+		setUnsavedChanges,
+		trySave,
+		sandbox,
+		lastSavedBrew
+	});
+
 	return (
 		<div className='newPage sitePage'>
 			{renderNavbar()}
diff --git a/client/homebrew/utils/commonEditPageFunctions.js b/client/homebrew/utils/commonEditPageFunctions.js
index df6185506..96368d15b 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/utils/commonEditPageFunctions.js
+++ b/client/homebrew/utils/commonEditPageFunctions.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default function useCommonEditPageFunctions(dependencies) {
 		autoSaveEnabled,
 		setAutoSaveEnabled,
 		setWarnUnsavedChanges,
-		trySaveRef,
+		trySave = ()=>{},
 		sandbox,
 		saveGoogle = false,
 		unsavedChangesRef,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default function useCommonEditPageFunctions(dependencies) {
 
 		const handleControlKeys = (e)=>{
 			if(!(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey)) return;
-			if(e.keyCode === 83) trySaveRef.current(true, true, saveGoogle);
+			if(e.keyCode === 83) trySave(true, true, saveGoogle);
 			if(e.keyCode === 80) printCurrentBrew();
 			if([83, 80].includes(e.keyCode)) {
 				e.stopPropagation();
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default function useCommonEditPageFunctions(dependencies) {
 		const hasChange = !_.isEqual(currentBrew, lastSavedBrew.current);
 		setUnsavedChanges(hasChange);
 
-		if(autoSaveEnabled) trySaveRef.current(false, hasChange, saveGoogle);
+		if(autoSaveEnabled) trySave(false, hasChange, saveGoogle);
 	}, [currentBrew]);