diff --git a/ietf/secr/areas/forms.py b/ietf/secr/areas/forms.py
index 0e13287213..edd3993799 100644
--- a/ietf/secr/areas/forms.py
+++ b/ietf/secr/areas/forms.py
@@ -134,31 +134,12 @@ def clean_name(self):
         
     def save(self, force_insert=False, force_update=False, commit=True):
         area = super(AddAreaModelForm, self).save(commit=False)
-        area_type = GroupTypeName.objects.get(name='area')
-        area.type = area_type
+        area.type = GroupTypeName.objects.get(slug='area')
+        area.parent = Group.objects.get(acronym='iesg')
         if commit:
             area.save()
         return area
         
-# class AddAreaForm(forms.Form):
-#     acronym = forms.CharField(max_length=16,required=True)
-#     name = forms.CharField(max_length=80,required=True)
-#     status = forms.IntegerField(widget=forms.Select(choices=STATE_CHOICES),required=True)
-#     start_date = forms.DateField()
-#     comments = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'rows':'1'}),required=False, strip=False)
-# 
-#     def clean_acronym(self):
-#         # get name, strip leading and trailing spaces
-#         name = self.cleaned_data.get('acronym', '').strip()
-#         # check for invalid characters
-#         r1 = re.compile(r'[a-zA-Z\-\. ]+$')
-#         if name and not r1.match(name):
-#             raise forms.ValidationError("Enter a valid acronym (only letters,period,hyphen allowed)") 
-#         # ensure doesn't already exist
-#         if Group.objects.filter(acronym=name).exists():
-#             raise forms.ValidationError("This acronym already exists.  Enter a unique one.") 
-#         return name
-        
 class AreaDirectorForm(forms.Form):
     ad_name = forms.CharField(max_length=100,label='Name',help_text="To see a list of people type the first name, or last name, or both.")
     #login = forms.EmailField(max_length=75,help_text="This should be the person's primary email address.")
diff --git a/ietf/secr/areas/tests.py b/ietf/secr/areas/tests.py
index dcc9091328..cee6554437 100644
--- a/ietf/secr/areas/tests.py
+++ b/ietf/secr/areas/tests.py
@@ -33,3 +33,21 @@ def test_view(self):
         self.client.login(username="secretary", password="secretary+password")
         response = self.client.get(url)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_add(self):
+        "Add Test"
+        make_test_data()
+        url = reverse('ietf.secr.areas.views.add')
+        self.client.login(username="secretary", password="secretary+password")
+        data = {'acronym':'ta',
+             'name':'Test Area',
+             'state':'active',
+             'start_date':'2017-01-01',
+             'awp-TOTAL_FORMS':'2',
+             'awp-INITIAL_FORMS':'0',
+             'submit':'Save'}
+        response = self.client.post(url,data)
+        self.assertRedirects(response, reverse('ietf.secr.areas.views.list_areas'))
+        area = Group.objects.get(acronym='ta')
+        iesg = Group.objects.get(acronym='iesg')
+        self.assertTrue(area.parent == iesg)
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diff --git a/ietf/secr/areas/views.py b/ietf/secr/areas/views.py
index 7bbc8eaee4..1099303ce6 100644
--- a/ietf/secr/areas/views.py
+++ b/ietf/secr/areas/views.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def add(request):
                     group_url.save()
 
             messages.success(request, 'The Area was created successfully!')
-            return redirect('areas')
+            return redirect('ietf.secr.areas.views.list_areas')
     else:
         # display initial forms
         area_form = AddAreaModelForm()