3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/backend/api/api/Controllers/ExperimentController.cs b/backend/api/api/Controllers/ExperimentController.cs
index 1cac386a..6f1bbd42 100644
--- a/backend/api/api/Controllers/ExperimentController.cs
+++ b/backend/api/api/Controllers/ExperimentController.cs
@@ -108,9 +108,8 @@ namespace api.Controllers
 
             experiment.lastUpdated = DateTime.UtcNow;
 
-            _experimentService.Update(uploaderId, id, experiment);
 
-            return Ok($"Experiment with ID = {id} updated");
+            return Ok(_experimentService.Update(uploaderId, id, experiment));
         }
 
         // DELETE api/<ExperimentController>/name
diff --git a/backend/api/api/Interfaces/IExperimentService.cs b/backend/api/api/Interfaces/IExperimentService.cs
index 311560e8..7e59ace3 100644
--- a/backend/api/api/Interfaces/IExperimentService.cs
+++ b/backend/api/api/Interfaces/IExperimentService.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace api.Services
         public List<Experiment> GetMyExperiments(string id);
         public Experiment Get(string uploaderId, string name);
         Experiment GetOneExperiment(string userId, string id);
-        void Update(string userId, string id, Experiment experiment);
+        Experiment Update(string userId, string id, Experiment experiment);
         void Delete(string userId, string id);
 
     }
diff --git a/backend/api/api/Services/ExperimentService.cs b/backend/api/api/Services/ExperimentService.cs
index 2ad9d606..dde9111d 100644
--- a/backend/api/api/Services/ExperimentService.cs
+++ b/backend/api/api/Services/ExperimentService.cs
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ namespace api.Services
             return _experiment.Find(experiment => experiment.uploaderId == userId && experiment._id == id).FirstOrDefault();
         }
 
-        public void Update(string userId, string id, Experiment experiment)
+        public Experiment Update(string userId, string id, Experiment experiment)
         {
             _experiment.ReplaceOne(experiment => experiment.uploaderId == userId && experiment._id == id, experiment);
+            return _experiment.Find(experiment => experiment.uploaderId == userId && experiment._id == id).FirstOrDefault();
         }
 
         public void Delete(string userId, string id)