diff --git a/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java b/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java
index 736b4cd..2e99dbc 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/client/utils/ServerUtils.java
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ public class ServerUtils {
     public Recipe addRecipe(Recipe newRecipe) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         //Make sure the name of the newRecipe is unique
         List<Recipe> allRecipes = getRecipes();
-
+        newRecipe.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
+        newRecipe.getIngredients().forEach(ingredient -> ingredient.setId(null));
 
         int version = 1;
         String originalName = newRecipe.getName();
@@ -144,11 +147,6 @@ public class ServerUtils {
         }
         // recipe exists so you can make a "new" recipe aka the clone
         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);
     }