diff --git a/lib/profile/profileeditor.js b/lib/profile/profileeditor.js
index 23c74e9bece..90babf6681f 100644
--- a/lib/profile/profileeditor.js
+++ b/lib/profile/profileeditor.js
@@ -312,11 +312,10 @@ var init = function init () {
       profileSubmit();
     }
     GUIToObject();
-    mongorecords.push(_.cloneDeep(mongorecords[currentrecord]));
+    mongorecords.push(_.omit(mongorecords[currentrecord], ['_id', 'srvModified', 'srvCreated', 'identifier', 'mills']));
     currentrecord = mongorecords.length - 1;
     mongorecords[currentrecord].startDate = new Date().toISOString();
     currentprofile = mongorecords[currentrecord].defaultProfile;
-    delete mongorecords[currentrecord]._id;
     initRecord();
     dirty = true;
 
@@ -389,6 +388,7 @@ var init = function init () {
       newname += '1';
     }
     record.store[newname] = _.cloneDeep(record.store[currentprofile]);
+
     currentprofile = newname;
     dirty = true;
 
@@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ var init = function init () {
     profileChange(event);
     var record = mongorecords[currentrecord];
     record.startDate = new Date(client.utils.mergeInputTime(timeInput.val(), dateInput.val())).toISOString( );
+    record.created_at = new Date().toISOString( );
+    record.srvModified = new Date().getTime(); // remove when switching to v3 API
 
     var adjustedRecord = _.cloneDeep(record);