diff --git a/backend/mr-api/mr-api.yaml b/backend/mr-api/mr-api.yaml
index 15bf23657..d43e77a0b 100644
--- a/backend/mr-api/mr-api.yaml
+++ b/backend/mr-api/mr-api.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ openapi: 3.0.1
 info:
   title: ManagementResourceApi
   description: This describes the API clients use for accessing features. This reflects the API from 1.6.1 onwards.
-  version: "1.2.2"
+  version: "1.2.3"
 #  CRUD for portfolios, environments, features, service account, people, and groups (edited)
 #  roles are fixed
 #  then people<->group association
diff --git a/backend/mr-db-sql/src/main/kotlin/io/featurehub/db/services/ApplicationRolloutStrategySqlApi.kt b/backend/mr-db-sql/src/main/kotlin/io/featurehub/db/services/ApplicationRolloutStrategySqlApi.kt
index 0b928fae0..e84300359 100644
--- a/backend/mr-db-sql/src/main/kotlin/io/featurehub/db/services/ApplicationRolloutStrategySqlApi.kt
+++ b/backend/mr-db-sql/src/main/kotlin/io/featurehub/db/services/ApplicationRolloutStrategySqlApi.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import java.time.LocalDateTime
 import java.util.*
 
 class ApplicationRolloutStrategySqlApi @Inject constructor(
-  private val database: Database, private val conversions: Conversions, private val cacheSource: CacheSource
+  private val conversions: Conversions, private val cacheSource: CacheSource
 ) : ApplicationRolloutStrategyApi {
 
   override fun createStrategy(
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class ApplicationRolloutStrategySqlApi @Inject constructor(
 
   @Transactional
   private fun save(rs: DbApplicationRolloutStrategy) {
-    database.save(rs)
+    rs.save()
   }
 
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class ApplicationRolloutStrategySqlApi @Inject constructor(
     if (strategy.application.id == app.id) {
       // check if we are renaming it and if so, are we using a duplicate name
       update.name?.let { newName ->
-        if (!strategy.name.equals(update.name, ignoreCase = true)) {
+        if (!strategy.name.equals(newName, ignoreCase = true)) {
           // is there something using the existing name?
           val existing = QDbApplicationRolloutStrategy().application
             .eq(app).name
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ class ApplicationRolloutStrategySqlApi @Inject constructor(
             throw ApplicationRolloutStrategyApi.DuplicateNameException()
           }
         }
+
+        strategy.name = newName
+        strategy.strategy.name = newName
       }
 
       update.percentage?.let { percent ->
diff --git a/backend/mr-db-sql/src/test/groovy/io/featurehub/db/services/ApplicationStrategySpec.groovy b/backend/mr-db-sql/src/test/groovy/io/featurehub/db/services/ApplicationStrategySpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20a3bdf90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/mr-db-sql/src/test/groovy/io/featurehub/db/services/ApplicationStrategySpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package io.featurehub.db.services
+
+import io.featurehub.db.api.Opts
+import io.featurehub.mr.model.CreateApplicationRolloutStrategy
+import io.featurehub.mr.model.RolloutStrategyAttribute
+import io.featurehub.mr.model.RolloutStrategyAttributeConditional
+import io.featurehub.mr.model.RolloutStrategyFieldType
+import io.featurehub.mr.model.UpdateApplicationRolloutStrategy
+
+class ApplicationStrategySpec extends Base3Spec {
+  ApplicationRolloutStrategySqlApi appStrategyApi
+
+  def setup() {
+    appStrategyApi = new ApplicationRolloutStrategySqlApi(convertUtils, cacheSource)
+  }
+
+  def "i can create, update and delete an application strategy"() {
+    given: "i have an app strategy"
+      def create = new CreateApplicationRolloutStrategy()
+          .name("phred").disabled(false)
+          .percentage(20000)
+          .attributes([new RolloutStrategyAttribute().id("abcde")
+                         .type(RolloutStrategyFieldType.BOOLEAN)
+                         .values([true])
+                        .fieldName("jxtq")
+                         .conditional(RolloutStrategyAttributeConditional.ENDS_WITH)])
+    when: "i save it"
+      def strat = appStrategyApi.createStrategy(app1.id, create, superuser, Opts.empty())
+    then:
+      strat.name == "phred"
+      strat.percentage == 20000
+    when: "i update it with the same name, its ok"
+      def updated = appStrategyApi.updateStrategy(app1.id, strat.id,
+        new UpdateApplicationRolloutStrategy().name("phred22")
+          .attributes([new RolloutStrategyAttribute().id("abcde")
+                         .type(RolloutStrategyFieldType.BOOLEAN)
+                         .values([false])
+                         .fieldName("jxtq")
+                         .conditional(RolloutStrategyAttributeConditional.ENDS_WITH)])
+          .percentage(10000), superuser, Opts.empty())
+    then:
+      updated.name == "phred22"
+      updated.percentage == 10000
+  }
+}
diff --git a/infra/api-bucket/files/releases.json b/infra/api-bucket/files/releases.json
index 4077f618f..80c6baf76 100644
--- a/infra/api-bucket/files/releases.json
+++ b/infra/api-bucket/files/releases.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "latest": "1.8.0",
+  "latest": "1.8.1",
 
   "versions": [
     {
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     { "version":  "1.6.0" },
     { "version":  "1.7.0" },
     { "version":  "1.7.1" },
-    { "version":  "1.8.0" }
+    { "version":  "1.8.0" },
+    { "version":  "1.8.1" }
   ]
 }