diff --git a/frontend/src/api/api-utils.js b/frontend/src/api/api-utils.js
index 49f5e1fb1..8c4b0e71d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/api-utils.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/api-utils.js
@@ -63,5 +63,7 @@ const apiReq = {
   },
 };
 
+
+
 export { apiReq };
 export { baseURL };
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/backup.js b/frontend/src/api/backup.js
index 057a0faeb..3ec9a1285 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/backup.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/backup.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { baseURL } from "./api-utils";
 import { apiReq } from "./api-utils";
-import { store } from "../store";
+import { store } from "@/store";
 
 const backupBase = baseURL + "backups/";
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/category.js b/frontend/src/api/category.js
index 25377aad4..2f619fe87 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/category.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/category.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { baseURL } from "./api-utils";
 import { apiReq } from "./api-utils";
+import { store } from "@/store";
 
 const prefix = baseURL + "categories";
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ export const categoryAPI = {
   },
   async delete(category) {
     let response = await apiReq.delete(categoryURLs.delete_category(category));
+    store.dispatch("requestCategories");
     return response.data;
   },
 };
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ export const tagAPI = {
   },
   async delete(tag) {
     let response = await apiReq.delete(tagURLs.deleteTag(tag));
+    store.dispatch("requestTags");
     return response.data;
   },
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/recipe.js b/frontend/src/api/recipe.js
index ba7c76676..97a4b08c4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/recipe.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api/recipe.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export const recipeAPI = {
 
   async create(recipeData) {
     let response = await apiReq.post(recipeURLs.create, recipeData);
+    store.dispatch("requestRecentRecipes");
     return response.data;
   },
 
@@ -62,15 +63,13 @@ export const recipeAPI = {
   },
 
   async update(data) {
-    const recipeSlug = data.slug;
-
-    let response = await apiReq.put(recipeURLs.update(recipeSlug), data);
+    let response = await apiReq.put(recipeURLs.update(data.slug), data);
     store.dispatch("requestRecentRecipes");
     return response.data;
   },
 
   async delete(recipeSlug) {
-    apiReq.delete(recipeURLs.delete(recipeSlug));
+    await apiReq.delete(recipeURLs.delete(recipeSlug));
     store.dispatch("requestRecentRecipes");
     router.push(`/`);
   },