diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 7d8357e55..dc6befa2d 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -540,8 +540,6 @@ ipcMain.on("open-gql", (event, args) => {
     });
   });
 
-  // IT SEEMS THAT HEADERS ARE NOT READING |HERE
-  console.log(headers);
   // creates http connection to host
   const httpLink = createHttpLink({
     uri: reqResObj.url,
@@ -585,11 +583,12 @@ ipcMain.on("open-gql", (event, args) => {
     const variables = reqResObj.request.bodyVariables
       ? JSON.parse(reqResObj.request.bodyVariables)
       : {};
+    
     if (reqResObj.request.method === "QUERY") {
       client
-        .query({ query: body, variables })
+        .query({ query: body, variables, context: headers })
         .then((data) => {
-          event.sender.send("reply-gql", { reqResObj, data });
+          event.sender.send("reply-gql", { reqResObj, data })
         })
         .catch((err) => {
           // error is actually sent to graphQLController via "errorLink"
@@ -597,10 +596,9 @@ ipcMain.on("open-gql", (event, args) => {
         });
     } else if (reqResObj.request.method === "MUTATION") {
       client
-        .mutate({ mutation: body, variables })
+        .mutate({ mutation: body, variables, context: headers })
         .then((data) => {
-          // return response from GRAPHQL MUTATION
-          return event.sender.send("reply-gql", { reqResObj, data })
+          event.sender.send("reply-gql", { reqResObj, data })
         })
         .catch((err) => {
           // error is actually sent to graphQLController via "errorLink"
diff --git a/src/client/components/containers/SingleReqResContainer.jsx b/src/client/components/containers/SingleReqResContainer.jsx
index 27f443dac..063b8f127 100644
--- a/src/client/components/containers/SingleReqResContainer.jsx
+++ b/src/client/components/containers/SingleReqResContainer.jsx
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ const SingleReqResContainer = (props) => {
               <button
                 className="is-flex-basis-0 is-flex-grow-1 button is-neutral-100 is-size-7"
                 onClick={() => {
-                  ReqResCtrl.openReqRes(content.id);
                   dispatch(actions.saveCurrentResponseData(content));
                 }}
                 >
diff --git a/src/client/controllers/graphQLController.js b/src/client/controllers/graphQLController.js
index b40b713e8..5b3c09c43 100644
--- a/src/client/controllers/graphQLController.js
+++ b/src/client/controllers/graphQLController.js
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ const graphQLController = {
       api.send("open-gql", args);
       api.receive("reply-gql", (result) => {
         // needs formatting because component reads them in a particular order
-          result.reqResObj.response.cookies = this.cookieFormatter(
+        result.reqResObj.response.cookies = this.cookieFormatter(
           result.reqResObj.response.cookies
-        );
+          );
         resolve(result);
       });
     });
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ const graphQLController = {
     reqResObj.timeReceived = Date.now();
     reqResObj.response.events.push(JSON.stringify(response.data));
     store.default.dispatch(actions.reqResUpdate(reqResObj));
+    store.default.dispatch(actions.saveCurrentResponseData(reqResObj));
     store.default.dispatch(actions.updateGraph(reqResObj));
   },
 
diff --git a/src/client/controllers/reqResController.js b/src/client/controllers/reqResController.js
index a47dc9738..5927e4f86 100644
--- a/src/client/controllers/reqResController.js
+++ b/src/client/controllers/reqResController.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const connectionController = {
 
   openReqRes(id) {
     // listens for reqResUpdate event from main process telling it to update reqResobj
+    // REST EVENTS
     api.receive("reqResUpdate", (reqResObj) => {
       if (
         reqResObj.connection === "closed" &&
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const connectionController = {
         store.default.dispatch(actions.updateGraph(reqResObj));
       }
       store.default.dispatch(actions.reqResUpdate(reqResObj));
+      store.default.dispatch(actions.saveCurrentResponseData(reqResObj));
     });
     //Since only obj ID is passed in, next two lines get the current array of reqest objects and finds the one with matching ID
     const reqResArr = store.default.getState().business.reqResArray;