diff --git a/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java b/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java
index 9894c80..736b4cd 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ public class ServerUtils {
         Recipe recipe = objectMapper.readValue(response.body(), Recipe.class);
 
         recipe.setId(null); // otherwise the id is the same as the original, and that's wrong
-
+        // now that each recipeIngredient has its own ID in the database,
+        // we set that to null too to force a new persist value on the server
+        recipe.getIngredients().forEach(ingredient -> ingredient.setId(null));
         return addRecipe(recipe);
     }