diff --git a/client/src/components/NewContentBlockWizard.vue b/client/src/components/NewContentBlockWizard.vue
index 476f3eef..48e0b081 100644
--- a/client/src/components/NewContentBlockWizard.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/NewContentBlockWizard.vue
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       saveContentBlock() {
         this.$store.dispatch('saveContentBlock', {
           title: this.title,
-          elements: this.elements
+          contents: this.elements
         });
       }
     },
diff --git a/client/src/store/index.js b/client/src/store/index.js
index fd1f197c..9d0e66a3 100644
--- a/client/src/store/index.js
+++ b/client/src/store/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import Vue from 'vue'
 import Vuex from 'vuex'
+import apolloClient from '@/graphql/client'
+
+import NEW_CONTENT_BLOCK_MUTATION from '@/graphql/gql/mutations/addContentBlock.gql';
 
 Vue.use(Vuex)
 
@@ -36,6 +39,23 @@ export default new Vuex.Store({
     },
     saveContentBlock({commit, dispatch}, payload) {
       commit('setNewContentBlock', payload);
+      apolloClient.mutate({
+        mutation: NEW_CONTENT_BLOCK_MUTATION,
+        variables: {
+          input: {
+            contentBlock: {
+              title: payload.title,
+              contents: [
+                {
+                  type: 'text_block',
+                  text: 'Oh hai'
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            after: 'Q29udGVudEJsb2NrTm9kZToxOQ=='
+          }
+        }
+      });
       dispatch('hideModal');
     }
   },
diff --git a/server/book/schema/mutations.py b/server/book/schema/mutations.py
index 7d20ff46..8aa8052e 100644
--- a/server/book/schema/mutations.py
+++ b/server/book/schema/mutations.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class AddContentBlock(relay.ClientIDMutation):
 
         new_contents = handle_content_blocks(contents)  # can only do this after the content block has been saved
         new_content_block.contents = json.dumps(new_contents)
+        new_content_block.save()
 
         return new_content_block
 
diff --git a/server/book/tests/test_module_mutations.py b/server/book/tests/test_module_mutations.py
index 369e4692..44eebadd 100644
--- a/server/book/tests/test_module_mutations.py
+++ b/server/book/tests/test_module_mutations.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class NewContentBlockMutationTest(TestCase):
 
         new_content_block = result.get('data').get('addContentBlock').get('newContentBlock')
         self.assertEqual(new_content_block.get('title'), title)
+        self.assertEqual(len(new_content_block['contents']), 1)
 
         id = new_content_block.get('id')
         content_block_page = get_object(ContentBlock, id)