diff --git a/cms/static/js/models/settings/advanced.js b/cms/static/js/models/settings/advanced.js
index fe76164c61..052f8c9bd6 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/models/settings/advanced.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/models/settings/advanced.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ CMS.Models.Settings.Advanced = Backbone.Model.extend({
         options = options ? _.clone(options) : {};
         // add saveSuccess to the success
         var success = options.success;
-        var model = this;
         options.success = function(model, resp, options) {
           model.afterSave(model);
           if (success) success(model, resp, options);
diff --git a/cms/templates/settings_advanced.html b/cms/templates/settings_advanced.html
index 8c0e9c4bbf..5fe1b21a9b 100644
--- a/cms/templates/settings_advanced.html
+++ b/cms/templates/settings_advanced.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from contentstore import utils
         // proactively populate advanced b/c it has the filtered list and doesn't really follow the model pattern
         var advancedModel = new CMS.Models.Settings.Advanced(${advanced_dict | n}, {parse: true});
         advancedModel.blacklistKeys = ${advanced_blacklist | n};
-        advancedModel.url = "${reverse('course_advanced_settings', kwargs=dict(org=context_course.location.org, course=context_course.location.course, name=context_course.location.name))}";
+        advancedModel.url = "${reverse('course_advanced_settings_updates', kwargs=dict(org=context_course.location.org, course=context_course.location.course, name=context_course.location.name))}";
 
         var editor = new CMS.Views.Settings.Advanced({
             el: $('.settings-advanced'),
diff --git a/cms/urls.py b/cms/urls.py
index 6a805eed8d..7b7b5e9375 100644
--- a/cms/urls.py
+++ b/cms/urls.py
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ urlpatterns = ('',
     url(r'^(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<course>[^/]+)/settings-grading/(?P<name>[^/]+)$', 'contentstore.views.course_config_graders_page', name='course_settings'),
     url(r'^(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<course>[^/]+)/settings-details/(?P<name>[^/]+)/section/(?P<section>[^/]+).*$', 'contentstore.views.course_settings_updates', name='course_settings'),
     url(r'^(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<course>[^/]+)/settings-grading/(?P<name>[^/]+)/(?P<grader_index>.*)$', 'contentstore.views.course_grader_updates', name='course_settings'),
+    # This is the URL to initially render the course advanced settings.
     url(r'^(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<course>[^/]+)/settings-advanced/(?P<name>[^/]+)$', 'contentstore.views.course_config_advanced_page', name='course_advanced_settings'),
-    url(r'^(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<course>[^/]+)/settings-advanced/(?P<name>[^/]+).*$', 'contentstore.views.course_advanced_updates', name='course_advanced_settings'),
+    # This is the URL used by BackBone for updating and re-fetching the model.
+    url(r'^(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<course>[^/]+)/settings-advanced/(?P<name>[^/]+)/update.*$', 'contentstore.views.course_advanced_updates', name='course_advanced_settings_updates'),
 
     url(r'^(?P<org>[^/]+)/(?P<course>[^/]+)/(?P<category>[^/]+)/(?P<name>[^/]+)/gradeas.*$', 'contentstore.views.assignment_type_update', name='assignment_type_update'),