diff --git a/src/components/FileEditor/FileEditor.react.js b/src/components/FileEditor/FileEditor.react.js
index a3c06cafe9..e0be0ca3b9 100644
--- a/src/components/FileEditor/FileEditor.react.js
+++ b/src/components/FileEditor/FileEditor.react.js
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ export default class FileEditor extends React.Component {
   }
 
   async handleChange(e) {
-    let file = e.target.files[0];
+    const file = e.target.files[0];
     if (file) {
-      let base64 = await this.getBase64(file);
-      this.props.onCommit(new Parse.File(file.name, { base64 }));
+      const base64 = await this.getBase64(file);
+      const parseFile = new Parse.File(file.name, { base64 });
+      await parseFile.save();
+      this.props.onCommit(parseFile);
     }
   }