diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
index e81dc26741..a49d6feb66 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/js/src/selfassessment/display.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 $(document).on('click', 'section.sa-wrapper input#show', ( ->
-  post_url=$('section.sa-wrapper input#show').attr('url')
+  post_url=$('section.sa-wrapper input#ajax_url').attr('url')
   final_url="#{post_url}/sa_show"
   answer=$('section.sa-wrapper textarea#answer').val()
   $.post final_url, answer, (response) ->
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ $(document).on('click', 'section.sa-wrapper input#show', ( ->
 
 $(document).on('click', 'section.sa-wrapper input#save', ( ->
   assessment=$('section.sa-wrapper #assessment').find(':selected').text()
-  post_url=$('section.sa-wrapper input#save').attr('url')
+  post_url=$('section.sa-wrapper input#ajax_url').attr('url')
   final_url="#{post_url}/sa_save"
   $.post final_url, assessment, (response) ->
     if response.success
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
index f5bb3c3d67..6bf9820bdf 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/self_assessment_module.py
@@ -129,15 +129,18 @@ class SelfAssessmentModule(XModule):
         #Do not change ids and names, as javascript (selfassessment/display.coffee) depends on them
         problem_form = ('<section class="sa-wrapper"><textarea name="answer" '
                         'id="answer" cols="50" rows="5"/><br/>'
-                        '<input type="button" value="Check" id ="show" name="show" url="{0}"/>'
-                        '<p id="rubric"></p></section><br/><br/>').format(system.ajax_url)
+                        '<input type="button" value="Check" id ="show" name="show"/>'
+                        '<p id="rubric"></p><input type="hidden" '
+                        'id="ajax_url" name="ajax_url" url="{0}"></section><br/><br/>').format(system.ajax_url)
 
         rubric_form = ('<br/><br/>Please assess your performance given the above rubric: <br/>'
                        '<br/><section class="sa-wrapper"><select name="assessment" id="assessment">'
                        '<option value="incorrect">Incorrect</option><option value="correct">'
                        'Correct</option></select><br/>'
-                       '<input type="button" value="Save" id="save" name="save" url="{0}"/>'
-                       '<p id="save_message"></p></section><br/><br/>').format(system.ajax_url)
+                       '<input type="button" value="Save" id="save" name="save"/>'
+                       '<p id="save_message"></p><input type="hidden" '
+                       'id="ajax_url" name="ajax_url" url="{0}">'
+                       '</section><br/><br/>').format(system.ajax_url)
 
         #Combine problem, rubric, and the forms
         if self.answer is not "" :