diff --git a/app/models/bulk_update_request.rb b/app/models/bulk_update_request.rb
index a42a951f6..fea7992bf 100644
--- a/app/models/bulk_update_request.rb
+++ b/app/models/bulk_update_request.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class BulkUpdateRequest < ApplicationRecord
   validate :validate_script, :on => :create
   before_validation :initialize_attributes, :on => :create
   before_validation :normalize_text
-  before_create :create_forum_topic
+  after_create :create_forum_topic
   after_save :update_notice
 
   scope :pending_first, -> { order(Arel.sql("(case status when 'pending' then 0 when 'approved' then 1 else 2 end)")) }
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class BulkUpdateRequest < ApplicationRecord
       CurrentUser.as(user) do
         self.forum_topic = ForumTopic.create(title: title, category_id: 1, creator: user) unless forum_topic.present?
         self.forum_post = forum_topic.posts.create(body: reason_with_link, creator: user) unless forum_post.present?
+        save
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/bulk_update_request_test.rb b/test/unit/bulk_update_request_test.rb
index 9be6cd2da..ddde19c8a 100644
--- a/test/unit/bulk_update_request_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/bulk_update_request_test.rb
@@ -104,9 +104,11 @@ class BulkUpdateRequestTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
 
     should "create a forum topic" do
-      assert_difference("ForumTopic.count", 1) do
-        BulkUpdateRequest.create(:title => "abc", :reason => "zzz", :script => "create alias aaa -> bbb", :skip_secondary_validations => true)
-      end
+      bur = create(:bulk_update_request, reason: "zzz", script: "create alias aaa -> bbb")
+
+      assert_equal(true, bur.forum_post.present?)
+      assert_match(/\[bur:#{bur.id}\]/, bur.forum_post.body)
+      assert_match(/zzz/, bur.forum_post.body)
     end
 
     context "that has an invalid alias" do