diff --git a/eduhelx_jupyterlab_student/handlers.py b/eduhelx_jupyterlab_student/handlers.py
index ecb6312..b223ec7 100644
--- a/eduhelx_jupyterlab_student/handlers.py
+++ b/eduhelx_jupyterlab_student/handlers.py
@@ -247,30 +247,26 @@ async def post(self):
             }))
             return
 
-        current_assignment_path = student_repo.get_assignment_path(student_repo.current_assignment)
-        student_notebook_path = current_assignment_path / student_repo.current_assignment["student_notebook_path"]
-
+        student_notebook_path = student_repo.current_assignment_path / student_repo.current_assignment["student_notebook_path"]
         if not student_notebook_path.exists():
             self.set_status(400)
             self.finish(json.dumps({
-                "message": "Student notebook file does not exist"
+                "message": "Student notebook does not exist"
             }))
-            return
-        student_notebook_content = student_notebook_path.read_text()
-        
+        student_notebook_content = student_notebook_path.read()
         
         rollback_id = get_head_commit_id(path=student_repo.repo_root)
-        stage_files(".", path=current_assignment_path)
+        stage_files(".", path=student_repo.current_assignment_path)
         
         try:
             commit_id = commit(
                 submission_summary,
                 submission_description if submission_description else None,
-                path=current_assignment_path
+                path=student_repo.current_assignment_path
             )
         except Exception as e:
             # If the commit fails then unstage the assignment files.
-            git_reset(".", path=current_assignment_path)
+            git_reset(".", path=student_repo.current_assignment_path)
             self.set_status(500)
             self.finish(str(e))
             return
@@ -278,8 +274,8 @@ async def post(self):
         try:
             await self.api.create_submission(
                 student_repo.current_assignment["id"],
-                commit_id=commit_id,
-                student_notebook_content=student_notebook_content
+                commit_id,
+                student_notebook_content
             )
         except Exception as e:
             # If the submission fails create in the API, rollback the local commit to the previous head.
@@ -292,7 +288,7 @@ async def post(self):
         # so that we don't push the stages changes without actually creating a submission for the user
         # (which would be very misleading)
         try:
-            push(StudentClassRepo.ORIGIN_REMOTE_NAME, StudentClassRepo.MAIN_BRANCH_NAME, path=current_assignment_path)
+            push(StudentClassRepo.ORIGIN_REMOTE_NAME, StudentClassRepo.MAIN_BRANCH_NAME, path=student_repo.current_assignment_path)
             self.finish()
         except Exception as e:
             # Need to rollback the commit if push failed too.
diff --git a/eduhelx_jupyterlab_student/student_repo.py b/eduhelx_jupyterlab_student/student_repo.py
index 0f46dcf..c0140c0 100644
--- a/eduhelx_jupyterlab_student/student_repo.py
+++ b/eduhelx_jupyterlab_student/student_repo.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 class NotStudentClassRepositoryException(Exception):
     pass
 
+class NotInAnAssignmentException(Exception):
+    pass
+
 
 """ Note: this class is naive to the fixed repo path. It is designed for
 relative interaction with class repository filepaths WHILE inside the repository. """
@@ -28,9 +31,14 @@ def __init__(self, course, assignments, current_path):
         
         self.repo_root = self._compute_repo_root(self.course["name"], self.current_path)
         self.current_assignment = self._compute_current_assignment(self.assignments, self.repo_root, self.current_path)
+
+    @property
+    def current_assignment_path(self) -> Path | None:
+        if self.current_assignment is None: return None
+        return self.get_assignment_path(self.current_assignment)
     
     def get_assignment_path(self, assignment):
-        return os.path.join(self.repo_root, assignment["directory_path"])
+        return self.repo_root / assignment["directory_path"]
 
     def get_protected_file_paths(self, assignment) -> list[Path]:
         files = []
@@ -38,8 +46,6 @@ def get_protected_file_paths(self, assignment) -> list[Path]:
             files += self.get_assignment_path(assignment).glob(glob_pattern)
         return files
     
-
-
     @classmethod
     def _compute_repo_root(cls, course_name, current_path: str | None = None):
         """ Validates that user is in the repository root if current_path is provided """
@@ -65,3 +71,19 @@ def _compute_current_assignment(assignments, repo_root, current_path):
                 break
 
         return current_assignment
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_assignment_no_path(cls, course, assignments, assignment_id: int):
+        try:
+            assignment = [a for a in assignments if a["id"] == assignment_id][0]
+        except IndexError:
+            raise NotInAnAssignmentException
+        
+        repo_root = cls._compute_repo_root(course["name"]).resolve()
+        assignment_path = repo_root / assignment["directory_path"]
+
+        return cls(
+            course=course,
+            assignments=assignments,
+            current_path=assignment_path
+        )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/assignment-panel/assignments-list/assignments-list.tsx b/src/components/assignment-panel/assignments-list/assignments-list.tsx
index b61de66..778b10e 100644
--- a/src/components/assignment-panel/assignments-list/assignments-list.tsx
+++ b/src/components/assignment-panel/assignments-list/assignments-list.tsx
@@ -127,9 +127,14 @@ const AssignmentsBucket = ({
 }: AssignmentsBucketProps) => {
     const [expanded, setExpanded] = useState<boolean>(defaultExpanded)
 
-    const assignmentsSource = useMemo(() => (
-        assignments?.sort((a, b) => (a.adjustedDueDate?.getTime() ?? 0) - (b.adjustedDueDate?.getTime() ?? 0))
-    ), [assignments])
+    const assignmentsSource = useMemo(() => assignments?.sort((a, b) => {
+        const aDue = a.adjustedDueDate?.getTime() ?? Infinity
+        const bDue = b.adjustedDueDate?.getTime() ?? Infinity
+        // Sort by date, or name if same date.
+        if (aDue > bDue) return 1
+        if (aDue < bDue) return -1
+        return a.name.localeCompare(b.name, undefined, { numeric: true })
+    }), [assignments])
 
     const isEmpty = useMemo(() => !assignmentsSource || assignmentsSource.length === 0, [assignmentsSource])