diff --git a/app/controllers/dmptool/plans_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dmptool/plans_controller.rb
index 68198e4aaf..fd42e13514 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dmptool/plans_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dmptool/plans_controller.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,21 @@ def follow_up_update
       authorize @plan
 
       attrs = plan_params
+
+      # Save the related_identifiers first. For some reason Rails is auto deleting them and then re-adding
+      # if you just pass in the params as is :/
+      #
+      # So delete removed ones, add new ones, and leave the others alone
+      ids = attrs[:related_identifiers_attributes].to_h.values.map { |item| item['id'] }.compact
+      @plan.related_identifiers.reject { |identifier| ids.include?(identifier.id.to_s) }.each(&:destroy)
+
+      attrs[:related_identifiers_attributes].each do |idx, related_identifier|
+        next if related_identifier[:id].present? || related_identifier[:value].blank?
+
+        RelatedIdentifier.create(related_identifier.merge({ identifiable: @plan }))
+      end
+      attrs.delete(:related_identifiers_attributes)
+
       @plan.grant = plan_params[:grant]
       attrs.delete(:grant)
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb b/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb
index 40790f7de0..cc8ef5407f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/plans_controller.rb
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ def plan_params
                   grant: %i[name value],
                   org: %i[id org_id org_name org_sources org_crosswalk],
                   funder: %i[id org_id org_name org_sources org_crosswalk],
-                  related_identifiers_attributes: %i[id work_type value])
+                  related_identifiers_attributes: %i[id work_type value citation identifier_type relation_type])
   end
 
   # different versions of the same template have the same family_id
diff --git a/app/models/plan.rb b/app/models/plan.rb
index d20a9ff230..c6a1cb34d9 100644
--- a/app/models/plan.rb
+++ b/app/models/plan.rb
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ class Plan < ApplicationRecord
 
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :research_outputs
 
-  accepts_nested_attributes_for :related_identifiers
-
   # ===============
   # = Validations =
   # ===============
diff --git a/app/models/related_identifier.rb b/app/models/related_identifier.rb
index 9d3fe8650b..fbbcd9f957 100644
--- a/app/models/related_identifier.rb
+++ b/app/models/related_identifier.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ def load_citation
        citation.nil?
       wrk_type = work_type == 'supplemental_information' ? '' : work_type
       # Use the UC3Citation service to fetch the citation for the DOI
-      self.citation = fetch_citation(doi: value, work_type: wrk_type) # , debug: true)
+      self.citation = fetch_citation(doi: value, work_type: wrk_type) #, debug: true)
+      self.save
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/branded/related_identifiers/_edit.html.erb b/app/views/branded/related_identifiers/_edit.html.erb
index a6bce7c538..ebd5c8e8a0 100644
--- a/app/views/branded/related_identifiers/_edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/branded/related_identifiers/_edit.html.erb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ tooltip = _('Add another research output to this plan.')
         <div class="col-md-12 citation">
           <span class="col-md-10">
             <%# We need to add each identifiers fields here so that they are submitted and retained! %>
-            <% %w[citation identifier_type relation_type value work_type].each do |attr| %>
+            <% %w[id citation identifier_type relation_type value work_type].each do |attr| %>
               <%= hidden_field_tag "plan[related_identifiers_attributes[#{idx + 1}][#{attr}]]",
                                  related_identifier.send(attr.to_sym) %>
             <% end %>