diff --git a/atdb/docs/ATDB-LDV Workflow Diagram.png b/atdb/docs/ATDB-LDV Workflow Diagram.png
index 34af713c20c18676d574bd938c27970096819900..dead107079db4568e4d5d882a2c5984b3599b8b8 100644
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diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0001_initial.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0001_initial.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e10d887c97a221697dd25ef420383d2cd6c89fc7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 3.1.4 on 2021-01-28 09:36
-
-import datetime
-from django.db import migrations, models
-import django.db.models.deletion
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
-    initial = True
-
-    dependencies = [
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.CreateModel(
-            name='Workflow',
-            fields=[
-                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
-                ('workflow_uri', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=30, null=True, unique=True)),
-                ('repository', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, null=True)),
-                ('commit_id', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=15, null=True)),
-                ('path', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, null=True)),
-            ],
-        ),
-        migrations.CreateModel(
-            name='Task',
-            fields=[
-                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
-                ('taskID', models.CharField(blank=True, db_index=True, max_length=30, null=True)),
-                ('task_type', models.CharField(default='task', max_length=20)),
-                ('filter', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=30, null=True)),
-                ('new_status', models.CharField(default='defining', max_length=50, null=True)),
-                ('status', models.CharField(blank=True, db_index=True, default='unknown', max_length=50, null=True)),
-                ('new_workflow_id', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=15, null=True)),
-                ('new_workflow_uri', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, null=True)),
-                ('skip', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
-                ('creationTime', models.DateTimeField(blank=True, default=datetime.datetime.utcnow)),
-                ('priority', models.IntegerField(null=True)),
-                ('purge_policy', models.CharField(blank=True, default='no', max_length=5, null=True)),
-                ('stage_request_id', models.IntegerField(default=0, null=True)),
-                ('project', models.CharField(blank=True, default='unknown', max_length=100, null=True)),
-                ('sas_id', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=15, null=True)),
-                ('inputs', models.JSONField(blank=True, null=True)),
-                ('outputs', models.JSONField(blank=True, null=True)),
-                ('predecessor', models.ForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, related_name='successors', to='taskdatabase.task')),
-                ('workflow', models.ForeignKey(blank=True, null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, related_name='tasks', to='taskdatabase.workflow')),
-            ],
-        ),
-        migrations.CreateModel(
-            name='Status',
-            fields=[
-                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
-                ('name', models.CharField(default='unknown', max_length=50)),
-                ('timestamp', models.DateTimeField(blank=True, default=datetime.datetime.utcnow)),
-                ('task', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='status_history', to='taskdatabase.task')),
-            ],
-        ),
-        migrations.CreateModel(
-            name='LogEntry',
-            fields=[
-                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
-                ('cpu_cycles', models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)),
-                ('wall_clock_time', models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)),
-                ('url_to_log_file', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, null=True)),
-                ('step_name', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=30, null=True)),
-                ('start_time', models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)),
-                ('end_time', models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)),
-                ('status', models.CharField(blank=True, default='defined', max_length=50, null=True)),
-                ('description', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, null=True)),
-                ('task', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='log_entries', to='taskdatabase.task')),
-            ],
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0002_auto_20210128_1120.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0002_auto_20210128_1120.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 498ff177e828aab17c9be38a184853cf747731e3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/migrations/0002_auto_20210128_1120.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 3.1.4 on 2021-01-28 10:20
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
-    dependencies = [
-        ('taskdatabase', '0001_initial'),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.RemoveField(
-            model_name='task',
-            name='skip',
-        ),
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name='task',
-            name='metrics',
-            field=models.JSONField(blank=True, null=True),
-        ),
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name='task',
-            name='resume',
-            field=models.BooleanField(default=True),
-        ),
-        migrations.AlterField(
-            model_name='task',
-            name='stage_request_id',
-            field=models.IntegerField(null=True),
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
index 397793823153999cfab885a43927ebdbd584745d..b7b4b27537ef37b5a2dcacee71d48eb945474f3b 100644
--- a/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
+++ b/atdb/taskdatabase/views.py
@@ -178,6 +178,13 @@ class LogEntryListViewAPI(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
     filter_class = LogEntryFilter
 
+    # overriding the POST, because the status that comes in with the LogEntry
+    # also needs to propagate to the task.new_status
+    def perform_create(self, serializer):
+        log_entry = serializer.save()
+        task = log_entry.task
+        task.new_status = log_entry.status
+        task.save()
 
 # example: /atdb/workflows/5/
 # calling this view serializes a task in the REST API
@@ -189,9 +196,9 @@ class LogEntryDetailsViewAPI(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     queryset = LogEntry.objects.all()
     serializer_class = LogEntrySerializer
 
-    # overriding the update, because the status that comes in with the LogEntry
+    # overriding the POST, because the status that comes in with the LogEntry
     # also needs to propagate to the task.new_status
-    def perform_update(self, serializer):
+    def perform_create(self, serializer):
         log_entry = serializer.save()
         task = log_entry.task
         task.new_status = log_entry.status