diff --git a/core/views/expo.py b/core/views/expo.py
index 4b7e378..9ff533b 100644
--- a/core/views/expo.py
+++ b/core/views/expo.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import re
+import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, unquote as urlunquote
 from urllib.request import urlopen
@@ -276,7 +277,6 @@ def editexpopage(request, path):
 #            if re.search(r"iso-8859-1", html):
 #                body = str(body, "iso-8859-1")
         else:
-            #return HttpResponse("Page could not be split into header and body")
             return HttpResponse(default_head +  html + '<h3>HTML Parsing failure:<br>Page could not be parsed into header and body:<br>failure detected in expowebpage in views.expo.py</h3> Please edit this <var>:expoweb:</var> page to be in the expected full  HTML format .</body' )
     except IOError:
         print("### File not found ### ", filepath)
@@ -304,9 +304,16 @@ def editexpopage(request, path):
             body = pageform.cleaned_data["html"]
             body = body.replace("\r", "")
             result = "%s<head%s>%s</head>%s<body%s>\n%s</body>%s" % (preheader, headerargs, head, postheader, bodyargs, body, postbody)
-            f = open(filepath, "w")
-            f.write(result)
-            f.close()
+            
+            cwd = filepath.parent
+            filename = filepath.name
+            git = settings.GIT
+            with open(filepath, "w") as f:
+                f.write(result)
+                print(f'WROTE {cwd}---{filename} ')
+                subprocess.call([git, "add", filename], cwd=cwd)
+                subprocess.call([git, "commit", "-m", 'Edit this page'], cwd=cwd)
+
             return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('expopage', args=[path])) # Redirect after POST
     else:
         if filefound:
diff --git a/core/views/other.py b/core/views/other.py
index 3159a33..83d6113 100644
--- a/core/views/other.py
+++ b/core/views/other.py
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ def exportlogbook(request,year=None,extension=None):
         return render(request,'controlPanel.html', {'expeditions':Expedition.objects.all(),'jobs_completed':[completed]})
 
     
-def ajax_test(request):
-    post_text = request.POST['post_data']
-    return HttpResponse("{'response_text': '"+post_text+" recieved.'}", 
-                                   content_type="application/json")
+# def ajax_test(request):
+    # post_text = request.POST['post_data']
+    # return HttpResponse("{'response_text': '"+post_text+" recieved.'}", 
+                                   # content_type="application/json")
                                    
 
 
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index 5579a07..a89f6ee 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ print("*  importing troggle/settings.py")
 # default value, then gets overwritten by real secrets
 SECRET_KEY = "not-the-real-secret-key-a#vaeozn0---^fj!355qki*vj2"
 
+GIT = 'git' # command for running git
+
 # Note that this builds upon the django system installed
 # global settings in
 # django/conf/global_settings.py which is automatically loaded first.
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ PENDING = ["2007-06", "2009-02",
             "2018-pf-01", "2018-pf-02"]
 
 APPEND_SLASH = False # never relevant because we have urls that match unknown files and produce an 'edit this page' response
-SMART_APPEND_SLASH = True
+SMART_APPEND_SLASH = True #not eorking as middleware different after Dj2.0
 
 
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'