diff --git a/app/ContainerDetails.react.js b/app/ContainerDetails.react.js
index 31e3fcdcee..ed0b7e56ef 100644
--- a/app/ContainerDetails.react.js
+++ b/app/ContainerDetails.react.js
@@ -136,8 +136,19 @@ var ContainerDetails = React.createClass({
       }
       envVarList.push(key + '=' + val);
     });
-    ContainerStore.updateContainer(this.props.container.Name, {
+    var self = this;
+    ContainerStore.updateContainer(self.props.container.Name, {
       Env: envVarList
+    }, function (err) {
+      if (err) {
+        console.error(err);
+      } else {
+        self.setState({
+          pendingEnv: {}
+        });
+        $('#new-env-key').val('');
+        $('#new-env-val').val('');
+      }
     });
   },
   handleAddPendingEnvVar: function () {
diff --git a/app/ContainerStore.js b/app/ContainerStore.js
index 504bd658d7..072390ea84 100644
--- a/app/ContainerStore.js
+++ b/app/ContainerStore.js
@@ -395,12 +395,13 @@ var ContainerStore = assign(EventEmitter.prototype, {
       }
     });
   },
-  updateContainer: function (name, data) {
+  updateContainer: function (name, data, callback) {
     _muted[name] = true;
     var fullData = assign(_containers[name], data);
     this._createContainer(name, fullData, function (err) {
       this.emit(this.CLIENT_CONTAINER_EVENT, name);
       _muted[name] = false;
+      callback(err);
     }.bind(this));
   },
   remove: function (name, callback) {