diff --git a/cateditor/src/components/CatalogEditor.vue b/cateditor/src/components/CatalogEditor.vue
index 2f879dd..e24be27 100644
--- a/cateditor/src/components/CatalogEditor.vue
+++ b/cateditor/src/components/CatalogEditor.vue
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import { mapState } from 'vuex'
 import Loading from './Loading'
 import CatalogInfo from './CatalogInfo'
 import CatalogContents from './CatalogContents'
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ export default {
     savingCatalog() {
       return this.$store.getters.savingCatalog
     },
+    ...mapState([
+      'catalogSavedOK',
+    ]),
   },
   methods: {
     popExit: function(id) {
@@ -89,6 +93,14 @@ export default {
       this.$store.dispatch('saveCatalog')
     },
   },
+  watch: {
+    catalogSavedOK(value) {
+      if (value) {
+        console.log('catalog saved.  redirecting to catalog list...')
+        window.location.href = '/catalogs'
+      }
+    }
+  },
   mounted: function() {
     // catalogID is set by django
     // in a script block in our parent page.
diff --git a/cateditor/src/pages/editor/store/index.js b/cateditor/src/pages/editor/store/index.js
index 6c14e54..1c94bf1 100644
--- a/cateditor/src/pages/editor/store/index.js
+++ b/cateditor/src/pages/editor/store/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export const store = new Vuex.Store({
     selectedMaterialID: null,
     loadingCatalog: false,
     savingCatalog: false,
+    catalogSavedOK: false,
     loadingProducts: false,
   },
   getters: {
@@ -96,10 +97,6 @@ export const store = new Vuex.Store({
       return state.catalog[key]
     },
 
-    //
-    // selection info
-    //
-
     loadingCatalog(state) {
       return state.loadingCatalog
     },
@@ -195,6 +192,10 @@ export const store = new Vuex.Store({
       }
     },
 
+    setCatalogProperty(state, { key, value }) {
+      state.catalog[key] = value
+    },
+
     setLoadingCatalog(state, value) {
       state.loadingCatalog = value
     },
@@ -203,12 +204,12 @@ export const store = new Vuex.Store({
       state.savingCatalog = value
     },
 
-    setLoadingProducts(state, value) {
-      state.loadingProducts = value
+    setCatalogSavedOK(state, value) {
+      state.catalogSavedOK = value
     },
 
-    setCatalogProperty(state, { key, value }) {
-      state.catalog[key] = value
+    setLoadingProducts(state, value) {
+      state.loadingProducts = value
     },
 
   },
@@ -470,9 +471,9 @@ export const store = new Vuex.Store({
           if (response.data) {
             console.log('recieved catalog:', response.data)
             commit('setCatalog', response.data)
+            commit('setCatalogSavedOK', true)
           } else {
             console.error('no catalog returned from save!')
-            commit('newCatalog')
           }
           commit('setSavingCatalog', false)
         })