diff --git a/lineups/templates/lineups/lineup.html b/lineups/templates/lineups/lineup.html
index 51215f0..2181888 100644
--- a/lineups/templates/lineups/lineup.html
+++ b/lineups/templates/lineups/lineup.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <div class="row">
             <div class="col-6">
 {#                <ul class="list-group">#}
-            <form action="{%  url 'edit lineup' id=event.id%}" method="post">
+            <form action="{%  url 'edit lineup' event_id=event.id%}" method="post">
 
                 {% csrf_token %}
                     {{ positionings_formset.management_form }}
diff --git a/lineups/urls.py b/lineups/urls.py
index 051c4a7..e042e57 100644
--- a/lineups/urls.py
+++ b/lineups/urls.py
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ from django.urls import path, include
 from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('edit/<int:id>', views.edit, name="edit lineup"),
+    path('edit/<int:event_id>', views.edit, name="edit lineup"),
 ]
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diff --git a/lineups/views.py b/lineups/views.py
index 4740967..05860fc 100644
--- a/lineups/views.py
+++ b/lineups/views.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from events.models import Event
 from players.models import Player
 
 # Create your views here.
-def edit(request, id):
+def edit(request, event_id):
 
     if request.method == 'POST':
         # create a form instance and populate it with data from the request:
@@ -18,12 +18,21 @@ def edit(request, id):
                 # process the data in form.cleaned_data as required
                 # ...
                 # redirect to a new URL:
-                form.cleaned_data.pop('id') #FIXME this is a workaround, not sure why it is necessary
-                new_positioning, did_create = Positioning.objects.update_or_create(id=form['id'].data, defaults=form.cleaned_data)
+                # form.cleaned_data.pop('id')
+
+                if isinstance(form.cleaned_data['id'], Positioning):
+                    positioning_id = form.cleaned_data.pop('id').id #FIXME this is a workaround, not sure why it is necessary
+                    positioning = Positioning.objects.filter(id=positioning_id)
+                    positioning.update(**form.cleaned_data)
+                    did_create = False
+                else:
+                    positioning = Positioning.objects.create(**form.cleaned_data, event_id=event_id)
+                    did_create = True
+        return render(request, 'success.html', {'call_back':'edit lineup','id':event_id}, status=200)
             # return render(request, 'success.html', {'call_back':'schedule'})
-    event = Event.objects.get(id=id)
+    event = Event.objects.get(id=event_id)
     players = Player.objects.all()
-    qset = Positioning.objects.filter(event_id=id, order__isnull = False)
+    qset = Positioning.objects.filter(event_id=event_id, order__isnull = False)
     formset = PositioningFormSet(queryset=qset)
     for form in formset:
         for field in form.fields: