diff --git a/Backend.Tests/Controllers/UserEditControllerTests.cs b/Backend.Tests/Controllers/UserEditControllerTests.cs
index 6bdbdce3b2..7fc4cc49a4 100644
--- a/Backend.Tests/Controllers/UserEditControllerTests.cs
+++ b/Backend.Tests/Controllers/UserEditControllerTests.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class UserEditControllerTests
         private string _projId;
         private IPermissionService _permissionService;
         private IUserService _userService;
+        private User _jwtAuthenticatedUser;
 
         [SetUp]
         public void Setup()
@@ -36,7 +37,11 @@ public void Setup()
             {
                 ControllerContext = new ControllerContext { HttpContext = new DefaultHttpContext() }
             };
-
+            _jwtAuthenticatedUser = new User { Username = "user", Password = "pass" };
+            _userService.Create(_jwtAuthenticatedUser);
+            _jwtAuthenticatedUser = _userService.Authenticate(
+                _jwtAuthenticatedUser.Username, _jwtAuthenticatedUser.Password).Result;
+            _userEditController.ControllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Headers["UserId"] = _jwtAuthenticatedUser.Id;
         }
 
         private UserEdit RandomUserEdit()
@@ -89,8 +94,8 @@ public void TestGetUserEdit()
         public void TestCreateUserEdit()
         {
             var userEdit = new UserEdit { ProjectId = _projId };
-            var id = (_userEditController.Post(_projId).Result as ObjectResult).Value as string;
-            userEdit.Id = id;
+            var withUser = (_userEditController.Post(_projId).Result as ObjectResult).Value as WithUser;
+            userEdit.Id = withUser.UpdatedUser.WorkedProjects[_projId];
             Assert.Contains(userEdit, _userEditRepo.GetAllUserEdits(_projId).Result);
         }
 
diff --git a/Backend/Controllers/UserEditController.cs b/Backend/Controllers/UserEditController.cs
index eccecfd830..aad741d996 100644
--- a/Backend/Controllers/UserEditController.cs
+++ b/Backend/Controllers/UserEditController.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public async Task<IActionResult> Get(string projectId, string userEditId)
 
         /// <summary> Creates a <see cref="UserEdit"/> </summary>
         /// <remarks> POST: v1/projects/{projectId}/useredits </remarks>
-        /// <returns> Id of create UserEdit </returns>
+        /// <returns> UpdatedUser </returns>
         [HttpPost]
         public async Task<IActionResult> Post(string projectId)
         {
@@ -114,9 +114,21 @@ public async Task<IActionResult> Post(string projectId)
                 return new ForbidResult();
             }
 
+            // Generate the new userEdit
             var userEdit = new UserEdit { ProjectId = projectId };
             await _repo.Create(userEdit);
-            return new OkObjectResult(userEdit.Id);
+            // Update current user
+            var currentUserId = _permissionService.GetUserId(HttpContext);
+            var currentUser = await _userService.GetUser(currentUserId);
+            currentUser.WorkedProjects.Add(projectId, userEdit.Id);
+            await _userService.Update(currentUserId, currentUser);
+            // Generate the JWT based on the new userEdit
+            currentUser = await _userService.MakeJwt(currentUser);
+            await _userService.Update(currentUserId, currentUser);
+
+            var output = new WithUser() { UpdatedUser = currentUser };
+
+            return new OkObjectResult(output);
         }
 
         /// <summary> Adds a goal to <see cref="UserEdit"/> with specified id </summary>
diff --git a/Backend/Models/User.cs b/Backend/Models/User.cs
index b9a1c3f9b2..7e10ef38e2 100644
--- a/Backend/Models/User.cs
+++ b/Backend/Models/User.cs
@@ -166,4 +166,12 @@ public class Credentials
         public string Username { get; set; }
         public string Password { get; set; }
     }
+
+    /// <summary> Contains UpdatedUser for Axios interceptor. </summary>
+    public class WithUser
+    {
+        public User UpdatedUser;
+
+        public WithUser() { }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/index.tsx b/src/backend/index.tsx
index d9745a6dcc..0ede4a7935 100644
--- a/src/backend/index.tsx
+++ b/src/backend/index.tsx
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ const backendServer = axios.create({
 
 backendServer.interceptors.response.use(
   (resp) => {
-    if (resp.data.__UpdatedUser) {
-      LocalStorage.setCurrentUser(resp.data.__UpdatedUser);
+    if (resp.data.updatedUser) {
+      LocalStorage.setCurrentUser(resp.data.updatedUser);
     }
-    delete resp.data.__UpdatedUser;
+    delete resp.data.updatedUser;
     return resp;
   },
   (err) => {
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ function goalNameToGoalTypeId(goalName: string): string {
   return goalType.toString();
 }
 
-export async function createUserEdit(): Promise<string> {
+export async function createUserEdit(): Promise<Object> {
   let resp = await backendServer.post(
     `projects/${LocalStorage.getProjectId()}/useredits`,
     "",
diff --git a/src/components/GoalTimeline/GoalsActions.tsx b/src/components/GoalTimeline/GoalsActions.tsx
index baa130a62e..608dec2fc7 100644
--- a/src/components/GoalTimeline/GoalsActions.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GoalTimeline/GoalsActions.tsx
@@ -66,30 +66,17 @@ export function asyncLoadExistingUserEdits(
   };
 }
 
-function asyncCreateNewUserEditsObject(projectId: string) {
-  return async () => {
-    await Backend.createUserEdit()
-      .then(async (userEditId: string) => {
-        let updatedUser: User = updateUserIfExists(projectId, userEditId);
-        await Backend.updateUser(updatedUser);
-      })
-      .catch((err) => {
-        console.log(err);
-      });
-  };
-}
-
 export function asyncGetUserEdits() {
   return async (dispatch: ThunkDispatch<StoreState, any, GoalAction>) => {
-    const user: User | null = LocalStorage.getCurrentUser();
-    if (user) {
-      const projectId: string = LocalStorage.getProjectId();
-      const userEditId: string | undefined = getUserEditId(user);
+    const user = LocalStorage.getCurrentUser();
+    const projectId = LocalStorage.getProjectId();
+    if (user && projectId) {
+      const userEditId = getUserEditId(user);
 
       if (userEditId !== undefined) {
         dispatch(asyncLoadExistingUserEdits(projectId, userEditId));
       } else {
-        dispatch(asyncCreateNewUserEditsObject(projectId));
+        dispatch(Backend.createUserEdit);
       }
     }
   };
@@ -99,7 +86,7 @@ export function asyncAddGoalToHistory(goal: Goal) {
   return async (dispatch: ThunkDispatch<StoreState, any, GoalAction>) => {
     const user = LocalStorage.getCurrentUser();
     if (user) {
-      let userEditId: string | undefined = getUserEditId(user);
+      const userEditId = getUserEditId(user);
       if (userEditId !== undefined) {
         dispatch(loadGoalData(goal)).then(
           (returnedGoal) => (goal = returnedGoal)
@@ -200,25 +187,6 @@ export function getUserEditId(user: User): string | undefined {
   }
 }
 
-function updateUserIfExists(projectId: string, userEditId: string): User {
-  let currentUser: User | null = LocalStorage.getCurrentUser();
-  let updatedUser: User = new User("", "", "");
-  if (currentUser) {
-    updatedUser = updateUserWithUserEditId(currentUser, projectId, userEditId);
-    LocalStorage.setCurrentUser(updatedUser);
-  }
-  return updatedUser;
-}
-
-function updateUserWithUserEditId(
-  user: User,
-  projectId: string,
-  userEditId: string
-): User {
-  user.workedProjects[projectId] = userEditId;
-  return user;
-}
-
 export function getIndexInHistory(history: Goal[], currentGoal: Goal): number {
   for (let i = 0; i < history.length; i++) {
     if (history[i].hash === currentGoal.hash) {
diff --git a/src/components/GoalTimeline/tests/GoalTimelineActions.test.tsx b/src/components/GoalTimeline/tests/GoalTimelineActions.test.tsx
index 308dd354b6..c5ba7b5375 100644
--- a/src/components/GoalTimeline/tests/GoalTimelineActions.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GoalTimeline/tests/GoalTimelineActions.test.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jest.mock("../../../backend", () => {
       return Promise.resolve(mockUserEdit);
     }),
     createUserEdit: jest.fn(() => {
-      return Promise.resolve(mockUserEditId);
+      return Promise.resolve({});
     }),
     updateUser: jest.fn((_user: User) => {
       return Promise.resolve(mockUser);