diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js
index be51f6639..4ee8a1c13 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/Configure/Configure.js
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@ import Wordlist from './Wordlist';
 class Configure extends React.Component {
   constructor (props) {
     super(props);
-    console.log(props);
     this.state = {
       activeSection: 'comments',
-      wordlist: props.settings.wordlist && props.settings.wordlist.join(' '),
+      wordlist: [],
       changed: false
     };
     this.saveSettings = this.saveSettings.bind(this);
@@ -33,8 +32,18 @@ class Configure extends React.Component {
     this.props.dispatch(fetchSettings());
   }
 
+  componentWillUpdate (newProps) {
+    if ((!this.props.settings
+      || !this.props.settings.wordlist)
+      && newProps.settings.wordlist
+      && newProps.settings.wordlist.length !== 0 ) {
+      this.setState({wordlist: newProps.settings.wordlist.join(', ')});
+    }
+  }
+
   saveSettings () {
     this.props.dispatch(saveSettingsToServer());
+    this.setState({changed: false});
   }
 
   changeSection (activeSection) {
diff --git a/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js b/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js
index 17569c545..93388c1ab 100644
--- a/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js
+++ b/client/coral-framework/reducers/items.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import * as actions from '../actions/items';
 const initialState = fromJS({
   comments: {},
   users: {},
-  actions: {} 
+  actions: {}
 });
 
 export default (state = initialState, action) => {
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export default (state = initialState, action) => {
     return state.setIn([action.item_type, action.id, action.property], fromJS(action.value));
   case actions.APPEND_ITEM_ARRAY:
     return state.updateIn([action.item_type, action.id, action.property], (prop) => {
-      console.log(prop);
       if (action.add_to_front) {
         return prop ? prop.unshift(fromJS(action.value)) : fromJS([action.value]);
       } else {