diff --git a/nextjs/.gitignore b/nextjs/.gitignore
index 253ad55..d34522c 100644
--- a/nextjs/.gitignore
+++ b/nextjs/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
 
 .pnpm-store/
+tmp.json
 
 
 # dependencies
diff --git a/nextjs/src/app/course/[courseName]/settings/AssignmentGroupManagement.tsx b/nextjs/src/app/course/[courseName]/settings/AssignmentGroupManagement.tsx
index 45609f0..0a92261 100644
--- a/nextjs/src/app/course/[courseName]/settings/AssignmentGroupManagement.tsx
+++ b/nextjs/src/app/course/[courseName]/settings/AssignmentGroupManagement.tsx
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import { settingsBox } from "./sharedSettings";
 import { Spinner } from "@/components/Spinner";
 
 export default function AssignmentGroupManagement() {
-  const [settings] = useLocalCourseSettingsQuery();
+  const [settings, { isPending }] = useLocalCourseSettingsQuery();
   const updateSettings = useUpdateLocalCourseSettingsMutation();
-  const applyInCanvas = useSetAssignmentGroupsMutation(settings.canvasId); // untested
+  const applyInCanvas = useSetAssignmentGroupsMutation(settings.canvasId);
 
   const [assignmentGroups, setAssignmentGroups] = useState<
     LocalAssignmentGroup[]
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ export default function AssignmentGroupManagement() {
       if (
         !areAssignmentGroupsEqual(assignmentGroups, settings.assignmentGroups)
       ) {
+        console.log(
+          "updating",
+          assignmentGroups,
+          updateSettings.isPending,
+          isPending
+        );
         updateSettings.mutate({
           settings: {
             ...settings,
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ export default function AssignmentGroupManagement() {
     return () => {
       clearTimeout(handler);
     };
-  }, [assignmentGroups, settings, updateSettings]);
+  }, [assignmentGroups, isPending, settings, updateSettings]);
 
   return (
     <div className={settingsBox}>
@@ -97,8 +103,11 @@ export default function AssignmentGroupManagement() {
       <br />
       <div className="flex justify-end">
         <button
-          onClick={() => {
-            applyInCanvas.mutate(settings);
+          onClick={async () => {
+            const newSettings = await applyInCanvas.mutateAsync(settings);
+
+            // prevent debounce from resetting
+            if (newSettings) setAssignmentGroups(newSettings.assignmentGroups);
           }}
           disabled={applyInCanvas.isPending}
         >
diff --git a/nextjs/src/hooks/canvas/canvasCourseHooks.ts b/nextjs/src/hooks/canvas/canvasCourseHooks.ts
index a3ec5cf..8f7baa9 100644
--- a/nextjs/src/hooks/canvas/canvasCourseHooks.ts
+++ b/nextjs/src/hooks/canvas/canvasCourseHooks.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import { CanvasAssignmentGroup } from "@/models/canvas/assignments/canvasAssignmentGroup";
 import { CanvasCourseModel } from "@/models/canvas/courses/canvasCourseModel";
 import { LocalAssignmentGroup } from "@/models/local/assignment/localAssignmentGroup";
-import { LocalCourseSettings } from "@/models/local/localCourseSettings";
+import {
+  LocalCourseSettings,
+  zodLocalCourseSettings,
+} from "@/models/local/localCourseSettings";
 import { canvasAssignmentGroupService } from "@/services/canvas/canvasAssignmentGroupService";
 import { canvasService } from "@/services/canvas/canvasService";
 import { trpc } from "@/services/trpc/utils";
 import { useMutation, useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useUpdateLocalCourseSettingsMutation } from "../localCourse/localCoursesHooks";
+import { useCourseContext } from "@/app/course/[courseName]/context/courseContext";
 
 export const canvasCourseKeys = {
   courseDetails: (canavasId: number) =>
@@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ export const useSetAssignmentGroupsMutation = (canvasId: number) => {
       const groupsToDelete = canvasAssignmentGroups.filter(
         (c: CanvasAssignmentGroup) => !localNames.includes(c.name)
       );
-      console.log("updating canvas groups", groupsToDelete);
+
       await Promise.all(
         groupsToDelete.map(
           async (g: CanvasAssignmentGroup) =>
@@ -63,13 +67,17 @@ export const useSetAssignmentGroupsMutation = (canvasId: number) => {
                 canvasId: newGroup.canvasId,
               };
             } else {
-              if (canvasGroup.group_weight !== group.weight) {
-                await canvasAssignmentGroupService.update(canvasId, group);
-              }
-              return {
+              const groupWithCanvasId = {
                 ...group,
                 canvasId: canvasGroup.id,
               };
+              if (canvasGroup.group_weight !== group.weight) {
+                await canvasAssignmentGroupService.update(
+                  canvasId,
+                  groupWithCanvasId
+                );
+              }
+              return groupWithCanvasId;
             }
           }
         )
@@ -79,11 +87,9 @@ export const useSetAssignmentGroupsMutation = (canvasId: number) => {
         ...settings,
         assignmentGroups: updatedGroups,
       };
-      console.log(
-        "finished updating canvas assignment groups, updating settings of file system",
-        updatedSettings
-      );
+
       await updateSettingsMutation.mutateAsync({ settings: updatedSettings });
+      return updatedSettings;
     },
   });
 };
diff --git a/nextjs/src/models/local/assignment/localAssignmentGroup.ts b/nextjs/src/models/local/assignment/localAssignmentGroup.ts
index 9bd0aab..a1e35fa 100644
--- a/nextjs/src/models/local/assignment/localAssignmentGroup.ts
+++ b/nextjs/src/models/local/assignment/localAssignmentGroup.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ export interface LocalAssignmentGroup {
   weight: number;
 }
 export const zodLocalAssignmentGroup = z.object({
-  canvasId: z.number().optional(), // canvasId is optional
-  id: z.string(), // id is a required string
-  name: z.string(), // name is a required string
-  weight: z.number(), // weight is a required number
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+  canvasId: z.optional(z.number()),
+  id: z.string(),
+  name: z.string(),
+  weight: z.number(),
+});
diff --git a/nextjs/src/services/canvas/canvasAssignmentGroupService.ts b/nextjs/src/services/canvas/canvasAssignmentGroupService.ts
index 562315e..fddf41f 100644
--- a/nextjs/src/services/canvas/canvasAssignmentGroupService.ts
+++ b/nextjs/src/services/canvas/canvasAssignmentGroupService.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const canvasAssignmentGroupService = {
     canvasCourseId: number,
     localAssignmentGroup: LocalAssignmentGroup
   ): Promise<void> {
-    console.log(`Updating assignment group: ${localAssignmentGroup.name}`);
+    console.log(`Updating assignment group: ${localAssignmentGroup.name}, ${localAssignmentGroup.canvasId}`);
     if (!localAssignmentGroup.canvasId) {
       throw new Error("Cannot update assignment group if canvas ID is null");
     }
diff --git a/nextjs/src/services/fileStorage/settingsFileStorageService.ts b/nextjs/src/services/fileStorage/settingsFileStorageService.ts
index 8a13f85..d0ed69a 100644
--- a/nextjs/src/services/fileStorage/settingsFileStorageService.ts
+++ b/nextjs/src/services/fileStorage/settingsFileStorageService.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ export const settingsFileStorageService = {
     const settingsPath = path.join(courseDirectory, "settings.yml");
 
     const { name, ...settingsWithoutName } = settings;
+
     const settingsMarkdown =
       localCourseYamlUtils.settingsToYaml(settingsWithoutName);
 
diff --git a/nextjs/src/services/trpc/router/settingsRouter.ts b/nextjs/src/services/trpc/router/settingsRouter.ts
index 5f6d9ab..0b3de5a 100644
--- a/nextjs/src/services/trpc/router/settingsRouter.ts
+++ b/nextjs/src/services/trpc/router/settingsRouter.ts
@@ -54,19 +54,6 @@ export const settingsRouter = router({
         const oldModules = await fileStorageService.modules.getModuleNames(
           oldCourseName
         );
-        console.log(
-          "old course name",
-          oldCourseName,
-          "new course name",
-          newCourseName
-        );
-
-        console.log(
-          "old start date",
-          settingsFromCourseToImport.startDate,
-          "new start date",
-          settings.startDate
-        );
         await Promise.all(
           oldModules.map(async (moduleName) => {
             await fileStorageService.modules.createModule(
@@ -96,7 +83,7 @@ export const settingsRouter = router({
                 const newAssignment = prepAssignmentForNewSemester(
                   oldAssignment,
                   settingsFromCourseToImport.startDate,
-                  settings.startDate,
+                  settings.startDate
                 );
                 await fileStorageService.assignments.updateOrCreateAssignment({
                   courseName: newCourseName,
@@ -109,7 +96,7 @@ export const settingsRouter = router({
                 const newQuiz = prepQuizForNewSemester(
                   oldQuiz,
                   settingsFromCourseToImport.startDate,
-                  settings.startDate,
+                  settings.startDate
                 );
                 await fileStorageService.quizzes.updateQuiz({
                   courseName: newCourseName,
@@ -122,7 +109,7 @@ export const settingsRouter = router({
                 const newPage = prepPageForNewSemester(
                   oldPage,
                   settingsFromCourseToImport.startDate,
-                  settings.startDate,
+                  settings.startDate
                 );
                 await fileStorageService.pages.updatePage({
                   courseName: newCourseName,
@@ -136,7 +123,7 @@ export const settingsRouter = router({
                   const newLecture = prepLectureForNewSemester(
                     oldLecture,
                     settingsFromCourseToImport.startDate,
-                    settings.startDate,
+                    settings.startDate
                   );
                   await updateLecture(newCourseName, settings, newLecture);
                 })
diff --git a/requests/assignment.http b/requests/assignment.http
index ee14c9e..7973d1f 100644
--- a/requests/assignment.http
+++ b/requests/assignment.http
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ GET https://snow.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/872095/assignments/12676639?incl
 Authorization: Bearer {{$dotenv CANVAS_TOKEN}}
 
 ###
-GET https://snow.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/871954/assignment_groups/
+GET https://snow.instructure.com/api/v1/courses/1013058/assignment_groups/
 Authorization: Bearer {{$dotenv CANVAS_TOKEN}}
 
 ###