diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_file.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_file.ts
index 64233aab6..3664d71ad 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_file.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_file.ts
@@ -34,12 +34,9 @@ export const saveFile = async (
     }
   }
 
-  const uploadFileDetails = await getStorageFileDetails(
-    input.uploadFileId,
-    uploadFile.fileName
-  )
+  await getStorageFileDetails(input.uploadFileId, uploadFile.fileName)
 
-  const uploadFileData = await ctx.authTrx(async (tx) => {
+  await ctx.authTrx(async (tx) => {
     return ctx.models.uploadFile.setFileUploadComplete(input.uploadFileId, tx)
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
index cc8513678..de052d10d 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/save_page.ts
@@ -101,20 +101,23 @@ export const savePage = async (
     originalHtml: parseResult.domContent,
     canonicalUrl: parseResult.canonicalUrl,
   })
-
+  // check if the page already exists
   const existingPage = await getPageByParam({
     userId: saver.userId,
     url: articleToSave.url,
-    state: ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Succeeded,
   })
-
   if (existingPage) {
+    pageId = existingPage.id
+    slug = existingPage.slug
     if (
       !(await updatePage(
         existingPage.id,
         {
-          savedAt: new Date(),
-          archivedAt: null,
+          // update the page with the new content
+          ...articleToSave,
+          archivedAt: null, // unarchive if it was archived
+          id: pageId, // we don't want to update the id
+          slug, // we don't want to update the slug
         },
         ctx
       ))
@@ -124,8 +127,6 @@ export const savePage = async (
         message: 'Failed to update existing page',
       }
     }
-    pageId = existingPage.id
-    slug = existingPage.slug
   } else if (shouldParseInBackend(input)) {
     try {
       await createPageSaveRequest(
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
index 814acc143..4c73c8780 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/uploads.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access */
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
-import { env } from '../env'
 import { File, GetSignedUrlConfig, Storage } from '@google-cloud/storage'
+import { env } from '../env'
 
 /* On GAE/Prod, we shall rely on default app engine service account credentials.
  * Two changes needed: 1) add default service account to our uploads GCS Bucket
@@ -83,13 +83,6 @@ export const getStorageFileDetails = async (
   id: string,
   fileName: string
 ): Promise<{ md5Hash: string; fileUrl: string }> => {
-  // if (env.dev.isLocal) {
-  //   return {
-  //     md5Hash: 'some_md5_hash',
-  //     fileUrl: 'http://localhost:3000/public/' + id + '/' + fileName,
-  //   }
-  // }
-
   const filePathName = generateUploadFilePathName(id, fileName)
   const file = storage.bucket(bucketName).file(filePathName)
   const [metadata] = await file.getMetadata()