diff --git a/common/app/routes/challenges/components/project/Forms.jsx b/common/app/routes/challenges/components/project/Forms.jsx
index 3ab5b62df9..13b59c3a2a 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/challenges/components/project/Forms.jsx
+++ b/common/app/routes/challenges/components/project/Forms.jsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const backEndFieldValidators = {
   githubLink: makeRequired(isValidURL)
 };
 
-export function SolutionInput({ solution }) {
+export function SolutionInput({ solution, placeholder }) {
   return (
     <FormGroup
       controlId='solution'
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function SolutionInput({ solution }) {
       >
       <FormControl
         name='solution'
-        placeholder='https://codepen.io/your-pen-here'
+        placeholder={ placeholder }
         type='url'
         { ...solution}
       />
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ export function SolutionInput({ solution }) {
   );
 }
 
-SolutionInput.propTypes = { solution: PropTypes.object };
+SolutionInput.propTypes = {
+  solution: PropTypes.object,
+  placeholder: PropTypes.string
+};
 
 export function _FrontEndForm({
   fields,
@@ -72,7 +75,14 @@ export function _FrontEndForm({
       name='NewFrontEndProject'
       onSubmit={ handleSubmit(submitChallenge)}
       >
-      { isSubmitting ? <SolutionInput { ...fields }/> : null }
+      {
+        isSubmitting ?
+          <SolutionInput
+            placeholder='https://codepen/your-project'
+            { ...fields }
+          /> :
+          null
+      }
       <Button
         block={ true }
         bsStyle='primary'
@@ -113,7 +123,14 @@ export function _BackEndForm({
       name='NewBackEndProject'
       onSubmit={ handleSubmit(submitChallenge)}
       >
-      { isSubmitting ? <SolutionInput solution={ solution }/> : null }
+      {
+        isSubmitting ?
+          <SolutionInput
+            placeholder='https://your-app.com'
+            solution={ solution }
+          /> :
+          null
+      }
       { isSubmitting ?
         <FormGroup
           controlId='githubLink'
diff --git a/common/app/routes/challenges/redux/completion-saga.js b/common/app/routes/challenges/redux/completion-saga.js
index ad9dce4aee..bceb398290 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/challenges/redux/completion-saga.js
+++ b/common/app/routes/challenges/redux/completion-saga.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import {
 import { getNextChallenge } from '../utils';
 import { challengeSelector } from './selectors';
 
+import { backEndProject } from '../../../utils/challengeTypes';
+import { randomCompliment } from '../../../utils/get-words';
 import { postJSON$ } from '../../../../utils/ajax-stream';
 
 function completedChallenge(state) {
@@ -84,13 +86,53 @@ function submitModern(type, state) {
   }));
 }
 
-function submitFrontEnd() {
-  return Observable.just(null);
+function submitProject(type, state, { solution, githubLink }) {
+  const {
+    challenge: { id, challengeType }
+  } = challengeSelector(state);
+  const {
+    app: { isSignedIn, csrfToken }
+  } = state;
+  const body = {
+    id,
+    challengeType,
+    solution,
+    _csrf: csrfToken
+  };
+  if (challengeType === backEndProject) {
+    body.githubLink = githubLink;
+  }
+  const saveChallenge$ = postJSON$('/project-completed', body)
+    .retry(3)
+    .flatMap(({ alreadyCompleted, points }) => {
+      return Observable.of(
+        makeToast({
+          message:
+            'Challenge saved.' +
+            (alreadyCompleted ? '' : ' First time Completed!'),
+          title: 'Saved',
+          type: 'info'
+        }),
+        updatePoints(points)
+      );
+    })
+    .catch(createErrorObservable);
+
+  const challengeCompleted$ = Observable.of(
+    makeToast({
+      title: randomCompliment(),
+      message: isSignedIn ? ' Saving...' : 'Moving on to next challenge.',
+      type: 'success'
+    })
+    // moveToNextChallenge()
+  );
+  return Observable.merge(saveChallenge$, challengeCompleted$);
 }
 
 const submitTypes = {
   tests: submitModern,
-  'project.frontEnd': submitFrontEnd
+  'project.frontEnd': submitProject,
+  'project.backEnd': submitProject
 };
 
 export default function completionSaga(actions$, getState) {
diff --git a/common/app/utils/challengeTypes.js b/common/app/utils/challengeTypes.js
index b353282eca..821a5fc721 100644
--- a/common/app/utils/challengeTypes.js
+++ b/common/app/utils/challengeTypes.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-export const html = '0';
-export const js = '1';
-export const oldVideo = '2';
-export const simpleProject = '2';
-export const zipline = '3';
-export const frontEndProject = '3';
-export const basejump = '4';
-export const backEndProject = '4';
-export const bonfire = '5';
-export const video = '6';
-export const step = '7';
+export const html = 0;
+export const js = 1;
+export const oldVideo = 2;
+export const simpleProject = 2;
+export const zipline = 3;
+export const frontEndProject = 3;
+export const basejump = 4;
+export const backEndProject = 4;
+export const bonfire = 5;
+export const video = 6;
+export const step = 7;
diff --git a/common/models/challenge.json b/common/models/challenge.json
index 59a73ce7d7..f123911b36 100644
--- a/common/models/challenge.json
+++ b/common/models/challenge.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       "type": "array"
     },
     "challengeType": {
-      "type": "string"
+      "type": "number"
     },
     "MDNlinks": {
       "type": "array"
diff --git a/server/boot/challenge.js b/server/boot/challenge.js
index 65271d5d77..5154655048 100644
--- a/server/boot/challenge.js
+++ b/server/boot/challenge.js
@@ -69,15 +69,23 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
   );
 
   router.post(
-    '/completed-challenge/',
+    '/completed-challenge',
     send200toNonUser,
     completedChallenge
   );
 
+  // deprecate endpoint
+  // remove once new endpoint is live
   router.post(
     '/completed-zipline-or-basejump',
     send200toNonUser,
-    completedZiplineOrBasejump
+    projectCompleted
+  );
+
+  router.post(
+    '/project-completed',
+    send200toNonUser,
+    projectCompleted
   );
 
   app.use(router);
@@ -136,9 +144,6 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
 
   function completedChallenge(req, res, next) {
     req.checkBody('id', 'id must be an ObjectId').isMongoId();
-    req.checkBody('name', 'name must be at least 3 characters')
-      .isString()
-      .isLength({ min: 3 });
     req.checkBody('challengeType', 'challengeType must be an integer')
       .isNumber();
 
@@ -158,24 +163,12 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
     return req.user.getChallengeMap$()
       .flatMap(() => {
         const completedDate = Date.now();
-        const {
-          id,
-          name,
-          challengeType,
-          solution,
-          timezone
-        } = req.body;
+        const { id, solution, timezone } = req.body;
 
         const { alreadyCompleted, updateData } = buildUserUpdate(
           req.user,
           id,
-          {
-            id,
-            challengeType,
-            solution,
-            name,
-            completedDate
-          },
+          { id, solution, completedDate },
           timezone
         );
 
@@ -197,15 +190,11 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
       .subscribe(() => {}, next);
   }
 
-  function completedZiplineOrBasejump(req, res, next) {
+  function projectCompleted(req, res, next) {
     const type = accepts(req).type('html', 'json', 'text');
     req.checkBody('id', 'id must be an ObjectId').isMongoId();
-    req.checkBody('name', 'Name must be at least 3 characters')
-      .isString()
-      .isLength({ min: 3 });
-    req.checkBody('challengeType', 'must be a number')
-      .isNumber();
-    req.checkBody('solution', 'solution must be a url').isURL();
+    req.checkBody('challengeType', 'must be a number').isNumber();
+    req.checkBody('solution', 'solution must be a URL').isURL();
 
     const errors = req.validationErrors(true);
 
@@ -221,9 +210,8 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
 
     const completedChallenge = _.pick(
       body,
-      [ 'id', 'name', 'solution', 'githubLink', 'challengeType' ]
+      [ 'id', 'solution', 'githubLink', 'challengeType' ]
     );
-    completedChallenge.challengeType = +completedChallenge.challengeType;
     completedChallenge.completedDate = Date.now();
 
     if (