diff --git a/js/components/register_piece.js b/js/components/register_piece.js
index 6003d70c..c2fd5c8f 100644
--- a/js/components/register_piece.js
+++ b/js/components/register_piece.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import Router from 'react-router';
 import LicenseActions from '../actions/license_actions';
 import LicenseStore from '../stores/license_store';
 
+import PieceListStore from '../stores/piece_list_store';
+import PieceListActions from '../actions/piece_list_actions';
+
 import GlobalNotificationModel from '../models/global_notification_model';
 import GlobalNotificationActions from '../actions/global_notification_actions';
 
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ let RegisterPiece = React.createClass( {
     getInitialState(){
         return mergeOptions(
             LicenseStore.getState(),
+            PieceListStore.getState(),
             {
                 digitalWorkKey: null,
                 uploadStatus: false,
@@ -39,10 +43,12 @@ let RegisterPiece = React.createClass( {
     componentDidMount() {
         LicenseActions.fetchLicense();
         LicenseStore.listen(this.onChange);
+        PieceListStore.listen(this.onChange);
     },
 
     componentWillUnmount() {
         LicenseStore.unlisten(this.onChange);
+        PieceListStore.unlisten(this.onChange);
     },
 
     onChange(state) {
@@ -52,6 +58,12 @@ let RegisterPiece = React.createClass( {
     handleSuccess(){
         let notification = new GlobalNotificationModel('Login successsful', 'success', 10000);
         GlobalNotificationActions.appendGlobalNotification(notification);
+
+        // once the user was able to register a piece successfully, we need to make sure to keep
+        // the piece list up to date
+        //console.log(this.state);
+        PieceListActions.fetchPieceList(this.state.page, this.state.pageSize, this.state.searchTerm, this.state.orderBy, this.state.orderAsc);
+
         this.transitionTo('pieces');
     },
 
diff --git a/js/utils/general_utils.js b/js/utils/general_utils.js
index ade2350b..b75cb32c 100644
--- a/js/utils/general_utils.js
+++ b/js/utils/general_utils.js
@@ -64,6 +64,26 @@ export function formatText() {
     });
 }
 
+/*
+    Checks a list of objects for key duplicates and returns a boolean
+ */
+function _doesObjectListHaveDuplicates(l) {
+    let mergedList = [];
+
+    l = l.map((obj) => Object.keys(obj));
+
+    // Taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10865042
+    // How to flatten an array of arrays in javascript.
+    // If two objects contain the same key, then these two keys 
+    // will actually be represented in the merged array
+    mergedList = mergedList.concat.apply(mergedList, l);
+
+    // Taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/7376645/1263876
+    // By casting the array to a set, and then checking if the size of the array
+    // shrunk in the process of casting, we can check if there were any duplicates
+    return (new Set(mergedList)).size !== mergedList.length;
+}
+
 /**
  * Takes a list of object and merges their keys to one object.
  * Uses mergeOptions for two objects.
@@ -71,6 +91,12 @@ export function formatText() {
  * @return {[type]}   [description]
  */
 export function mergeOptions(...l) {
+    // If the objects submitted in the list have duplicates,in their key names,
+    // abort the merge and tell the function's user to check his objects.
+    if(_doesObjectListHaveDuplicates(l)) {
+        throw new Error('The objects you submitted for merging have duplicates. Merge aborted.');
+    }
+
     let newObj = {};
 
     for(let i = 1; i < l.length; i++) {
@@ -86,18 +112,14 @@ export function mergeOptions(...l) {
  * @returns obj3 a new object based on obj1 and obj2
  * Taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/171256/1263876
  */
-function _mergeOptions(obj1, obj2){
+function _mergeOptions(obj1, obj2) {
     let obj3 = {};
     
     for (let attrname in obj1) {
         obj3[attrname] = obj1[attrname];
     }
     for (let attrname in obj2) {
-        if(attrname in obj3) {
-            throw Error('Overwrite Conflict: You\'re merging two objects with the same keys: ' + attrname);
-        } else {
-            obj3[attrname] = obj2[attrname];
-        }
+        obj3[attrname] = obj2[attrname];
     }
     return obj3;
 }
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