diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
index dbb0a8ed5..306657c19 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_email.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import normalizeUrl from 'normalize-url'
 import { kx } from '../datalayer/knex_config'
 import { UserArticleData } from '../datalayer/links/model'
+import { setClaims } from '../datalayer/helpers'
 
 export type SaveContext = {
   pubsub: PubsubClient
@@ -82,16 +83,21 @@ export const saveEmail = async (
   if (matchedUserArticleRecord) {
     await ctx.pubsub.pageCreated(saverId, url, input.originalContent)
 
-    result = await ctx.models.userArticle.update(matchedUserArticleRecord.id, {
-      savedAt: new Date(),
-      archivedAt: null,
+    await kx.transaction(async (tx) => {
+      await setClaims(tx, saverId)
+      result = await ctx.models.userArticle.update(
+        matchedUserArticleRecord.id,
+        {
+          savedAt: new Date(),
+          archivedAt: null,
+        }
+      )
     })
   } else {
     await ctx.pubsub.pageCreated(saverId, url, input.originalContent)
 
     await kx.transaction(async (tx) => {
       const articleRecord = await ctx.models.article.create(articleToSave, tx)
-
       result = await ctx.models.userArticle.create(
         {
           userId: saverId,
diff --git a/packages/api/test/services/save_email.test.ts b/packages/api/test/services/save_email.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..586a60dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/test/services/save_email.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import 'mocha'
+import { expect } from 'chai'
+import 'chai/register-should'
+import {
+  createTestUser,
+  deleteTestUser,
+} from '../db'
+import { SaveContext, saveEmail } from '../../src/services/save_email'
+import { getRepository } from 'typeorm'
+import { Link } from '../../src/entity/link'
+import { initModels } from '../../src/server'
+import { kx } from '../../src/datalayer/knex_config'
+import { createPubSubClient } from '../../src/datalayer/pubsub'
+
+describe('saveEmail', () => {
+  const username = 'fakeUser'
+  after(async () => {
+    await deleteTestUser(username)
+  })
+
+  it('doesnt fail if saved twice', async () => {
+    const user = await createTestUser(username)
+    const ctx: SaveContext = {
+      models: initModels(kx, false),
+      pubsub: createPubSubClient(),
+    }
+
+    await saveEmail(ctx, user.id, {
+      originalContent: 'fake content',
+      url: 'https://example.com',
+      title: 'fake title',
+      author: 'fake author',
+    })
+
+    // This ensures row level security doesnt prevent
+    // resaving the same URL
+    const secondResult = await saveEmail(ctx, user.id, {
+      originalContent: 'fake content',
+      url: 'https://example.com',
+      title: 'fake title',
+      author: 'fake author',
+    })
+    expect(secondResult).to.not.be.undefined
+
+    const links = await getRepository(Link).find({
+      where: {
+        user: user,
+      },
+      relations: ['page'],
+    })
+    
+    expect(links.length).to.equal(1)
+    expect(links[0].page.url).to.equal('https://example.com')
+    expect(links[0].page.title).to.equal('fake title')
+    expect(links[0].page.author).to.equal('fake author')
+    expect(links[0].page.content).to.contain('fake content')
+  }).timeout(10000)
+})