diff --git a/js/actions/contract_list_actions.js b/js/actions/contract_list_actions.js
index 307706ef..60144ef6 100644
--- a/js/actions/contract_list_actions.js
+++ b/js/actions/contract_list_actions.js
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ class ContractListActions {
             });
     }
 
-    makeContractPublic(contract){
-        contract.public = true;
+    changeContract(contract){
         return Q.Promise((resolve, reject) => {
             OwnershipFetcher.makeContractPublic(contract)
                 .then((res) => {
@@ -41,11 +40,9 @@ class ContractListActions {
         return Q.Promise((resolve, reject) => {
             OwnershipFetcher.deleteContract(contractId)
                 .then((res) => {
-                    console.log('Contract deleted');
                     resolve(res);
                 })
                 .catch( (err) => {
-                    console.log('Error while deleting');
                     console.logGlobal(err);
                     reject(err);
                 });
diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_settings/contract_settings.js b/js/components/ascribe_settings/contract_settings.js
index e34772f2..c48ca0d7 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_settings/contract_settings.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_settings/contract_settings.js
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ let ContractSettings = React.createClass({
 
     makeContractPublic(contract) {
         return () => {
-            ContractListActions.makeContractPublic(contract)
+            contract.public = true;
+            ContractListActions.changeContract(contract)
                 .then(() => ContractListActions.fetchContractList())
-                .catch((error) => {
-                    let notification = new GlobalNotificationModel(error, 'success', 10000);
+                .catch((err) => {
+                    let notification = new GlobalNotificationModel(err, 'danger', 10000);
                     GlobalNotificationActions.appendGlobalNotification(notification);
             });
         };
@@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ let ContractSettings = React.createClass({
         return () => {
             ContractListActions.removeContract(contract.id)
                 .then(( ) => ContractListActions.fetchContractList())
-                .catch((error) => {
-                    let notification = new GlobalNotificationModel(error, 'danger', 10000);
+                .catch((err) => {
+                    let notification = new GlobalNotificationModel(err, 'danger', 10000);
                     GlobalNotificationActions.appendGlobalNotification(notification);
             });
         };
@@ -95,8 +96,9 @@ let ContractSettings = React.createClass({
                                            <button className="btn btn-default btn-sm margin-left-2px">
                                                 UPDATE
                                            </button>
-                                           <button className="btn btn-default btn-sm margin-left-2px"
-                                            onClick={this.removeContract(contract)}>
+                                           <button
+                                                className="btn btn-default btn-sm margin-left-2px"
+                                                onClick={this.removeContract(contract)}>
                                                 REMOVE
                                             </button>
                                        </div>
@@ -121,12 +123,14 @@ let ContractSettings = React.createClass({
                                            <button className="btn btn-default btn-sm margin-left-2px">
                                                 UPDATE
                                             </button>
-                                            <button className="btn btn-default btn-sm margin-left-2px"
-                                            onClick={this.removeContract(contract)}>
+                                            <button
+                                                className="btn btn-default btn-sm margin-left-2px"
+                                                onClick={this.removeContract(contract)}>
                                                 REMOVE
                                             </button>
-                                            <button className="btn btn-default btn-sm margin-left-2px"
-                                            onClick={this.makeContractPublic(contract)}>
+                                            <button
+                                                className="btn btn-default btn-sm margin-left-2px"
+                                                onClick={this.makeContractPublic(contract)}>
                                                 MAKE PUBLIC
                                             </button>
                                        </div>
diff --git a/js/utils/general_utils.js b/js/utils/general_utils.js
index 673a5509..7717a96a 100644
--- a/js/utils/general_utils.js
+++ b/js/utils/general_utils.js
@@ -52,19 +52,6 @@ export function sumNumList(l) {
     return sum;
 }
 
-export function excludePropFromObject(obj, propList){
-    let clonedObj = mergeOptions({},obj);
-    for (let item in propList){
-        console.log(item);
-        if (clonedObj[propList[item]]){
-            console.log('deleting... ');
-            delete clonedObj[propList[item]];
-        }
-    }
-    console.log(clonedObj);
-    return clonedObj;
-}
-
 /*
     Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/a/4795914/1263876
     Behaves like C's format string function
@@ -207,4 +194,14 @@ function _mergeOptions(obj1, obj2) {
  */
 export function escapeHTML(s) {
     return document.createElement('div').appendChild(document.createTextNode(s)).parentNode.innerHTML;
+}
+
+export function excludePropFromObject(obj, propList){
+    let clonedObj = mergeOptions({}, obj);
+    for (let item in propList){
+        if (clonedObj[propList[item]]){
+            delete clonedObj[propList[item]];
+        }
+    }
+    return clonedObj;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/utils/requests.js b/js/utils/requests.js
index 8e846d7c..c785abf6 100644
--- a/js/utils/requests.js
+++ b/js/utils/requests.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Requests {
                     // If this is the case, we can not try to parse it as JSON.
                     if(responseText !== 'None') {
                         let body = JSON.parse(responseText);
-                        
+
                         if(body && body.errors) {
                             let error = new Error('Form Error');
                             error.json = body;
@@ -134,12 +134,13 @@ class Requests {
     delete(url, params) {
         let paramsCopy = this._merge(params);
         let newUrl = this.prepareUrl(url, paramsCopy, true);
+
         return this.request('delete', newUrl);
     }
 
     _putOrPost(url, paramsAndBody, method){
         let paramsCopy = this._merge(paramsAndBody);
-        let params = excludePropFromObject(paramsAndBody,['body']);
+        let params = excludePropFromObject(paramsAndBody, ['body']);
 
         let newUrl = this.prepareUrl(url, params);
         let body = null;