diff --git a/media/js/src/modules/snipt.js b/media/js/src/modules/snipt.js
index e0b2bb2..c937ec2 100644
--- a/media/js/src/modules/snipt.js
+++ b/media/js/src/modules/snipt.js
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@
                 success: function(model, response) {
                     $('button.save, button.save-and-close, button.delete, button.cancel',
                             window.site.$main_edit).removeAttr('disabled');
+                    that.model.set('new_from_js', false);
                 },
                 error: function(model, response) {
                   if (response.responseJSON) {
diff --git a/snipts/utils.py b/snipts/utils.py
index a0774b3..769ea7a 100644
--- a/snipts/utils.py
+++ b/snipts/utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ def slugify_uniquely(value, model, slugfield="slug"):
 
     while True:
         if suffix:
-            potential = "-".join([base, str(suffix)])
+            if value:
+                potential = "-".join([base, str(suffix)])
+            else:
+                potential = str(suffix)
         if not model.objects.filter(**{slugfield: potential}).count():
             return potential
         suffix = str(uuid.uuid4()).split('-')[0]