diff --git a/ayanova/src/views/ay-report-edit.vue b/ayanova/src/views/ay-report-edit.vue
index c6e7214c..038e838b 100644
--- a/ayanova/src/views/ay-report-edit.vue
+++ b/ayanova/src/views/ay-report-edit.vue
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ export default {
             break;
         }
         vm.formState.dirty = true;
+        //trigger normal form processing when edit happens
+        //without this you can never save after a server error in the script returns
+        //pretend the name field changed even though it didn't
+        vm.fieldValueChanged("name");
       });
 
       vm.view = "properties";