diff --git a/src/JBrowse/View/Cloud/gdriveUpload.js b/src/JBrowse/View/Cloud/gdriveUpload.js
index e609004894..93fcf9fca7 100644
--- a/src/JBrowse/View/Cloud/gdriveUpload.js
+++ b/src/JBrowse/View/Cloud/gdriveUpload.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ define(["dojo/_base/declare"], function(declare){
          */
         insertFile: function(fileData, callback) {
             console.log ("running insertFile");
+            alert (Object.keys(fileData));
             const boundary = '-------314159265358979323846';
             const delimiter = "\r\n--" + boundary + "\r\n";
             const close_delim = "\r\n--" + boundary + "--";
diff --git a/src/JBrowse/View/Track/ExportMixin.js b/src/JBrowse/View/Track/ExportMixin.js
index c80fc654c5..308b8c0cb3 100644
--- a/src/JBrowse/View/Track/ExportMixin.js
+++ b/src/JBrowse/View/Track/ExportMixin.js
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ return {
                 window.location.href="data:application/x-"+format.toLowerCase()+","+escape(output);
             } else if(saveto === 'Google Drive') {
                 var gdriveUploader = new gdriveUpload;
-                gdriveUploader.uploadFile(["name",output, format], null);
+                gdriveUploader.uploadFile({name:"name", data:output, format:format}, alert("upload complete"));
             } 
     },