diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/discussion_router.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/discussion_router.coffee
index 0cb6f9715e..4dc599898a 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/discussion_router.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/discussion_router.coffee
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ class @DiscussionRouter extends Backbone.Router
       @nav.on "threads:rendered", @setActiveThread
       @nav.render()
 
-      @newPostView = new NewPostView(el: $(".new-post-article"))
+      @newPostView = new NewPostView(el: $(".new-post-article"), collection: @discussion)
+      @newPostView.on "thread:created", @navigateToThread
 
   allThreads: ->
     # TODO: Do something reasonable here
diff --git a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/new_post_view.coffee b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/new_post_view.coffee
index 67b28695a7..fd0806af80 100644
--- a/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/new_post_view.coffee
+++ b/lms/static/coffee/src/discussion/views/new_post_view.coffee
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ class @NewPostView extends Backbone.View
 
 
     createPost: (event) ->
+        event.preventDefault()
         title   = @$(".new-post-title").val()
         body    = @$(".new-post-body").val()
         tags    = @$(".new-post-tags").val()
@@ -136,16 +137,21 @@ class @NewPostView extends Backbone.View
                 auto_subscribe: follow
             error: DiscussionUtil.formErrorHandler(@$(".new-post-form-errors"))
             success: (response, textStatus) =>
-                console.log "SUCCESS"
-                #DiscussionUtil.clearFormErrors(@$(".new-post-form-errors"))
-                #$thread = $(response.html)
-                #@$(".new-post-title").val("").attr("prev-text", "")
-                #@$(".new-post-body").val("").attr("prev-text", "")
-                #@$(".new-post-tags").val("")
-                #@$(".new-post-tags").importTags("")
-                #@$el.children(".threads").prepend($thread)
-                #@$el.children(".blank").remove()
+                console.log response
+                thread = new Thread response['content']
+                DiscussionUtil.clearFormErrors(@$(".new-post-form-errors"))
+                @$el.hide()
+                @$(".new-post-title").val("").attr("prev-text", "")
+                @$(".new-post-body").val("").attr("prev-text", "")
+                @$(".new-post-tags").val("")
+                @$(".new-post-tags").importTags("")
+                @collection.add thread
+                @collection.trigger "reset"
+                @trigger "thread:created", thread.id
 
+                #@$el.children(".threads").prepend($thread)
+                # no idea what this is
+                #@$el.children(".blank").remove()
                 #@$(".new-post-similar-posts").empty()
                 #@$(".new-post-similar-posts-wrapper").hide()
                 #DiscussionUtil.setWmdContent @$el, $.proxy(@$, @), "new-post-body", ""
diff --git a/lms/templates/discussion/_new_post.html b/lms/templates/discussion/_new_post.html
index 6023773a29..b008c2d162 100644
--- a/lms/templates/discussion/_new_post.html
+++ b/lms/templates/discussion/_new_post.html
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
                     </div>
                 </div>
                 <div class="options">
-                    <input type="checkbox" name="follow" class="discussion-anonymous" class="discussion-follow" id="new-post-follow" checked><label for="new-post-follow">follow this post</label>
+                    <input type="checkbox" name="follow" class="discussion-follow" class="discussion-follow" id="new-post-follow" checked><label for="new-post-follow">follow this post</label>
                     <br>
-                    <input type="checkbox" name="follow" class="discussion-follow" id="new-post-anonymous" checked><label for="new-post-anonymous">post anonymously</label>
+                    <input type="checkbox" name="anonymous" class="discussion-anonymous" id="new-post-anonymous" checked><label for="new-post-anonymous">post anonymously</label>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="right-column">