diff --git a/app/models/CocoModel.coffee b/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
index 669899e6c..de1695490 100644
--- a/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
+++ b/app/models/CocoModel.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 storage = require 'lib/storage'
 deltasLib = require 'lib/deltas'
+auth = require 'lib/auth'
 
 class CocoSchema extends Backbone.Model
   constructor: (path, args...) ->
@@ -200,6 +201,8 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
   hasReadAccess: (actor) ->
     # actor is a User object
 
+    actor ?= auth.me
+    return true if actor.isAdmin()
     if @get('permissions')?
       for permission in @get('permissions')
         if permission.target is 'public' or actor.get('_id') is permission.target
@@ -210,6 +213,8 @@ class CocoModel extends Backbone.Model
   hasWriteAccess: (actor) ->
     # actor is a User object
 
+    actor ?= auth.me
+    return true if actor.isAdmin()
     if @get('permissions')?
       for permission in @get('permissions')
         if permission.target is 'public' or actor.get('_id') is permission.target
diff --git a/app/models/Patch.coffee b/app/models/Patch.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a88c30941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/Patch.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CocoModel = require('./CocoModel')
+
+module.exports = class PatchModel extends CocoModel
+  @className: "Patch"
+  urlRoot: "/db/patch" 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/styles/modal/save_version.sass b/app/styles/modal/save_version.sass
index 256a59a5e..e7ab79751 100644
--- a/app/styles/modal/save_version.sass
+++ b/app/styles/modal/save_version.sass
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #save-version-modal
   .modal-body
     padding: 10px 50px 30px 20px
+   
+  .modal-footer
+    text-align: left
+    .buttons
+      text-align: right
   
   #cla-link
     cursor: pointer
diff --git a/app/templates/modal/save_version.jade b/app/templates/modal/save_version.jade
index ebeb7d352..7fcfd871d 100644
--- a/app/templates/modal/save_version.jade
+++ b/app/templates/modal/save_version.jade
@@ -1,30 +1,46 @@
 extends /templates/modal/modal_base
 
 block modal-header-content
-  h3(data-i18n="versions.save_version_title") Save New Version
+  if isPatch
+    h3(data-i18n="versions.submit_patch_title") Submit Patch
+  else
+    h3(data-i18n="versions.save_version_title") Save New Version
 
 block modal-body-content
-  .changes-stub
-  form.form-inline
-    .form-group.commit-message
-      input.form-control#commit-message(name="commitMessage", type="text", placeholder="Commit Message")
-    .checkbox
-      label
-        input#major-version(name="version-is-major", type="checkbox")
-        | Major Changes
+  if hasChanges
+    .changes-stub
+    form.form-inline
+      .form-group.commit-message
+        input.form-control#commit-message(name="commitMessage", type="text", placeholder="Commit Message")
+      if !isPatch
+        .checkbox
+          label
+            input#major-version(name="version-is-major", type="checkbox")
+            | Major Changes
+  else
+    .alert.alert-danger No changes
 
 block modal-body-wait-content
-  h3(data-i18n="common.saving") Saving...
+  if hasChanges
+    if isPatch
+      h3(data-i18n="versions.submitting_patch") Submitting Patch...
+    else
+      h3(data-i18n="common.saving") Saving...
 
 block modal-footer-content
-  if !noSaveButton
+  if hasChanges
     #accept-cla-wrapper.alert.alert-info
       span(data-i18n="versions.cla_prefix") To save changes, first you must agree to our
       |  
       strong#cla-link(data-i18n="versions.cla_url") CLA
       span(data-i18n="versions.cla_suffix") .
-      button.btn#agreement-button(data-i18n="versions.cla_agree") I AGREE
+      button.btn.btn-sm#agreement-button(data-i18n="versions.cla_agree") I AGREE
+    if isPatch
+      .alert.alert-info An owner will need to approve it before your changes will become visible.
     
-  button.btn(data-dismiss="modal", data-i18n="common.cancel") Cancel
-  if !noSaveButton
-    button.btn.btn-primary#save-version-button(data-i18n="common.save") Save
+  .buttons
+    button.btn(data-dismiss="modal", data-i18n="common.cancel") Cancel
+    if hasChanges && !isPatch
+      button.btn.btn-primary#save-version-button(data-i18n="common.save") Save
+    if hasChanges && isPatch
+      button.btn.btn-primary#submit-patch-button(data-i18n="versions.submit_patch") Submit Patch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/admin/users_view.coffee b/app/views/admin/users_view.coffee
index c19c7bd37..acc9a8152 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/users_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/admin/users_view.coffee
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ module.exports = class UsersView extends View
     @users.fetch()
     @listenTo(@users, 'all', @render)
 
-  getRenderData: =>
+  getRenderData: ->
     c = super()
     c.users = (user.attributes for user in @users.models)
-    console.log('our render data', c)
     c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/save_view.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/save_view.coffee
index b2a6874db..33d94370b 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/save_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/save_view.coffee
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelSaveView extends SaveVersionModal
     context.levelNeedsSave = @level.hasLocalChanges()
     context.modifiedComponents = _.filter @supermodel.getModels(LevelComponent), @shouldSaveEntity
     context.modifiedSystems = _.filter @supermodel.getModels(LevelSystem), @shouldSaveEntity
-    context.noSaveButton = not (context.levelNeedsSave or context.modifiedComponents.length or context.modifiedSystems.length)
+    context.hasChanges = (context.levelNeedsSave or context.modifiedComponents.length or context.modifiedSystems.length)
     @lastContext = context
     context
     
diff --git a/app/views/modal/save_version_modal.coffee b/app/views/modal/save_version_modal.coffee
index 826ac06ed..db4c45de3 100644
--- a/app/views/modal/save_version_modal.coffee
+++ b/app/views/modal/save_version_modal.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ModalView = require 'views/kinds/ModalView'
 template = require 'templates/modal/save_version'
 DeltaView = require 'views/editor/delta'
+Patch = require 'models/Patch'
+forms = require 'lib/forms'
 
 module.exports = class SaveVersionModal extends ModalView
   id: 'save-version-modal'
@@ -11,15 +13,23 @@ module.exports = class SaveVersionModal extends ModalView
     'click #save-version-button': 'onClickSaveButton'
     'click #cla-link': 'onClickCLALink'
     'click #agreement-button': 'onAgreedToCLA'
+    'click #submit-patch-button': 'onClickPatchButton'
 
   constructor: (options) ->
     super options
     @model = options.model
+    new Patch()
+    @isPatch = not @model.hasWriteAccess()
+
+  getRenderData: ->
+    c = super()
+    c.isPatch = @isPatch
+    c.hasChanges = @model.hasLocalChanges()
+    c
 
   afterRender: ->
     super()
     @$el.find(if me.get('signedCLA') then '#accept-cla-wrapper' else '#save-version-button').hide()
-    return unless @model
     changeEl = @$el.find('.changes-stub')
     deltaView = new DeltaView({model:@model})
     @insertSubView(deltaView, changeEl)
@@ -30,6 +40,27 @@ module.exports = class SaveVersionModal extends ModalView
       commitMessage: @$el.find('#commit-message').val()
     }
 
+  onClickPatchButton: ->
+    forms.clearFormAlerts @$el
+    patch = new Patch()
+    patch.set 'delta', @model.getDelta()
+    patch.set 'commitMessage', @$el.find('#commit-message').val()
+    patch.set 'target', {
+      'collection': _.string.underscored @model.constructor.className
+      'id': @model.id
+    }
+    errors = patch.validate()
+    forms.applyErrorsToForm(@$el, errors) if errors
+    res = patch.save()
+    return unless res
+    @enableModalInProgress(@$el)
+
+    res.error =>
+      @disableModalInProgress(@$el)
+
+    res.success =>
+      @hide()
+    
   onClickCLALink: ->
     window.open('/cla', 'cla', 'height=800,width=900')
 
diff --git a/server/patches/patch_handler.coffee b/server/patches/patch_handler.coffee
index a9a26e05b..c38068ae5 100644
--- a/server/patches/patch_handler.coffee
+++ b/server/patches/patch_handler.coffee
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mongoose = require('mongoose')
 PatchHandler = class PatchHandler extends Handler
   modelClass: Patch
   editableProperties: []
-  postEditableProperties: ['delta', 'target']
+  postEditableProperties: ['delta', 'target', 'commitMessage']
   jsonSchema: require './patch_schema'
 
   makeNewInstance: (req) ->
diff --git a/server/patches/patch_schema.coffee b/server/patches/patch_schema.coffee
index 7e02f4b8a..eae980d4e 100644
--- a/server/patches/patch_schema.coffee
+++ b/server/patches/patch_schema.coffee
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ c = require '../commons/schemas'
 
 patchables = ['level', 'thang_type', 'level_system', 'level_component', 'article']
   
-PatchSchema = c.object({title:'Patch', required:['target', 'delta']}, {
+PatchSchema = c.object({title:'Patch', required:['target', 'delta', 'commitMessage']}, {
   delta: { title: 'Delta', type:['array', 'object'] }
-  title: c.shortString()
-  description: c.shortString({maxLength: 500})
+  commitMessage: c.shortString({maxLength: 500, minLength: 1})
   creator: c.objectId(links: [{rel: 'extra', href: "/db/user/{($)}"}])
   created: c.date( { title: 'Created', readOnly: true })
   status: { enum: ['pending', 'accepted', 'rejected', 'withdrawn']}
diff --git a/test/server/functional/patch.spec.coffee b/test/server/functional/patch.spec.coffee
index b9875a814..d8694baf0 100644
--- a/test/server/functional/patch.spec.coffee
+++ b/test/server/functional/patch.spec.coffee
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe '/db/patch', ->
   patchURL = getURL('/db/patch')
   patches = {}
   patch =
+    commitMessage: 'Accept this patch!'
     delta: {name:['test']}
     target:
       id:null