diff --git a/src/components/ApprovalWorkflows/WorkflowForm.tsx b/src/components/ApprovalWorkflows/WorkflowForm.tsx
index 8cc4686d..39b0e2c5 100644
--- a/src/components/ApprovalWorkflows/WorkflowForm.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ApprovalWorkflows/WorkflowForm.tsx
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ export default function WorkflowForm({ workflow, onWorkflowChange, entityApprove
 
             return { ...step, assignees: newAssignees };
         });
-
         onWorkflowChange({ ...workflow, steps: updatedSteps });
     };
 
diff --git a/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/[id]/edit.ts b/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/[id]/edit.ts
index 39fc607f..19902009 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/[id]/edit.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/[id]/edit.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { sessionOptions } from "@/lib/session";
 import { requestUser } from "@/utils/api";
 import { updateConfiguredWorkflow } from "@/utils/approval.workflows.be";
 import { withIronSessionApiRoute } from "iron-session/next";
+import { ObjectId } from "mongodb";
 import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
 
 export default withIronSessionApiRoute(handler, sessionOptions);
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ async function put(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
     const approvalWorkflow: ApprovalWorkflow = req.body;
 
     if (id && approvalWorkflow) {
+        approvalWorkflow._id = new ObjectId(id);
         await updateConfiguredWorkflow(approvalWorkflow);
         return res.status(204).end();
     }
diff --git a/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/[id]/index.ts b/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/[id]/index.ts
index 53ce6f21..adc25819 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/[id]/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/approval-workflows/[id]/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { sessionOptions } from "@/lib/session";
 import { requestUser } from "@/utils/api";
 import { deleteConfiguredWorkflow, updateConfiguredWorkflow } from "@/utils/approval.workflows.be";
 import { withIronSessionApiRoute } from "iron-session/next";
+import { ObjectId } from "mongodb";
 import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
 
 export default withIronSessionApiRoute(handler, sessionOptions);
@@ -35,9 +36,10 @@ async function put(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
     }
 
     const { id } = req.query as { id?: string };
-    const workflow = req.body;
+    const workflow: ApprovalWorkflow = req.body;
 
     if (id && workflow) {
+        workflow._id = new ObjectId(id);
         await updateConfiguredWorkflow(workflow);
         return res.status(204).end();
     }
diff --git a/src/pages/approval-workflows/[id]/edit.tsx b/src/pages/approval-workflows/[id]/edit.tsx
index 185cc655..6a1082d8 100644
--- a/src/pages/approval-workflows/[id]/edit.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/approval-workflows/[id]/edit.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export default function Home({ user, workflow, workflowEntityApprovers }: Props)
             completed: step.completed,
             completedBy: step.completedBy || undefined,
             completedDate: step.completedDate || undefined,
-            assignees: step.assignees.map(id => id),
+            assignees: step.assignees,
             firstStep: step.firstStep || false,
             finalStep: step.finalStep || false,
             onDelete: undefined,
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ export default function Home({ user, workflow, workflowEntityApprovers }: Props)
             ...updatedWorkflow,
             steps: updatedWorkflow.steps.map(step => ({
                 ...step,
-                completed: false,
                 assignees: step.assignees.filter((assignee): assignee is string => assignee !== null && assignee !== undefined)
             }))
         };
diff --git a/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts b/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts
index 6167385a..f3837a60 100644
--- a/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts
+++ b/src/utils/approval.workflows.be.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const createConfiguredWorkflows = async (workflows: ApprovalWorkflow[]) =
 
 export const updateConfiguredWorkflow = async (workflow: ApprovalWorkflow) => {
     const { _id, ...workflowWithoutId } = workflow as ApprovalWorkflow;
-    return await db.collection("configured-workflows").replaceOne({ _id: new ObjectId(_id) }, workflowWithoutId);
+    return await db.collection("configured-workflows").replaceOne({ _id: _id }, workflowWithoutId);
 };
 
 export const updateConfiguredWorkflows = async (workflows: ApprovalWorkflow[]) => {