diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs
index e18a4874..6329e832 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/PickListController.cs
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 
         /// <summary>
         /// POST (replace) Pick List template
+        /// (note: in this case the Id is the AyaType numerical value as there is only one template per type)
         /// </summary>       
         /// <param name="template"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListBiz.cs
index 02e011cc..712beb6b 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/PickListBiz.cs
@@ -155,9 +155,11 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
         internal async Task<bool> ReplaceAsync(PickListTemplate template)
         {
             var o = await ct.PickListTemplate.FirstOrDefaultAsync(m => m.Id == (long)template.Id);
+            bool bAdd = false;
             if (o == null)
             {
                 o = new PickListTemplate();
+                bAdd = true;
             }
             o.Id = (long)template.Id;
             o.Template = template.Template;
@@ -166,6 +168,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             Validate(o);
             if (HasErrors)
                 return false;
+            if (bAdd)
+                await ct.PickListTemplate.AddAsync(o);
+                
             await ct.SaveChangesAsync();
 
             //Log modification and save context