diff --git a/api.php b/api.php
index cdc1a989..0854b004 100644
--- a/api.php
+++ b/api.php
@@ -919,7 +919,8 @@ switch($request[0]) {
 */
 		switch($request[1]){
 			/*	APIDOC: project/add
-				description(add a project)
+				post(project array optional)
+				description(add a project.  Will create a blank project if there's no input, otherwise, creates a project based on the project array passed in)
 				return(project array)
 			*/
 			case 'add':
@@ -940,18 +941,40 @@ switch($request[0]) {
 				}
 
 				// now we add a project to that registration
-				$project = addProject($regdat['registrations_id']);
-				if(!is_array($project)){
+				$newproject = addProject($regdat['registrations_id']);
+				if(!is_array($newproject)){
 					$ret['status'] = 'error';
-					$ret['error'] = $project;
+					$ret['error'] = $newproject;
 					break;
 				}
 
 				// if we got this far, then all's good and we can return the project data
 				$_SESSION['registration_id'] = $regdat['registrations_id'];
 				$_SESSION['registration_number'] = $regdat['registration_number']; 
-				$ret['status'] = 'ok';
-				$ret['project'] = getProject($_SESSION['users_id']);
+
+				if($_POST['project']) {
+					$project=json_decode($_POST['project'],true);
+					if(!is_array($project))  {
+						$ret['status']="error";
+						$ret['error']="project needs to be a project array";
+						break;
+					}
+					$project['id']=$newproject['id'];
+
+					$message = saveProjectData($project);
+					if($message == 'success'){
+						$ret['status'] = 'ok';
+						$ret['project'] = getProject($_SESSION['users_id']);
+					}else{
+						$ret['status'] = 'error';
+						$ret['error'] = $message;
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					$ret['status'] = 'ok';
+					$ret['project'] = getProject($_SESSION['users_id']);
+				}
+
 			break;
 
 			/*	APIDOC: project/view
@@ -1045,7 +1068,8 @@ switch($request[0]) {
 				switch($request[2]){
 					/*	APIDOC: project/mentor/add
 						description(add a project mentor to the current project)
-						return(mentor array)
+						post(mentor array optional)
+						return(mentor array (if none passed in, otherwise nothing))
 					*/
 					case 'add':
 						if(!array_key_exists('registration_id', $_SESSION)){
@@ -1055,23 +1079,35 @@ switch($request[0]) {
 						}
 
 						$result = addMentor($_SESSION['registration_id']);
-						if(is_array($result)){
-							$ret['status'] = 'ok';
-							$ret['mentor'] = $result;
-						}else{
-							$ret['status'] = 'error';
-							$ret['error'] = $result;
+						if($_POST['mentor']) {
+							$md=json_decode($_POST['mentor']);
+							$md['id']=$result['id'];
+							$result = saveMentorData($md);
+							if($result == 'ok'){
+								$ret['status'] = 'ok';
+							}else{
+								$ret['status'] = 'error';
+								$ret['error'] = $result;
+							}
+						} else {
+							if(is_array($result)){
+								$ret['status'] = 'ok';
+								$ret['mentor'] = $result;
+							}else{
+								$ret['status'] = 'error';
+								$ret['error'] = $result;
+							}
 						}
 					break;
 
 					/*	APIDOC: project/mentor/edit
-						post(mentor object)
+						post(mentor array)
 						description(edit a project mentor)
 					*/
 					case 'edit':
 						if(!array_key_exists('mentor', $_POST)){
 							$ret['status'] = "error";
-							$ret['error'] = "mentor object parameter required";
+							$ret['error'] = "mentor array parameter required";
 							break;
 						}
 						$result = saveMentorData(json_decode($_POST['mentor']));
diff --git a/register_participants.inc.php b/register_participants.inc.php
index 2898f9c1..8626ed06 100644
--- a/register_participants.inc.php
+++ b/register_participants.inc.php
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ This section is for project/registration related functions **/
 
 function saveProjectData($data){
 	global $conference, $config;
+
+	//inconsistency here, we give the objecet to them with an "id" but we expect a "project_id" back
+	if($data['id'] && !$data['project_id']) $data['project_id']=$data['id'];
+
 	$requiredFields = array('project_id', 'title', 'projectdivisions_id', 'language');
 	if($config['participant_short_title_enable'] == 'yes')
 		$requiredFields[] = 'shorttitle';
@@ -423,7 +427,8 @@ function getProject($userId){
 	// relationship in projects to registrations (so remove that LIMIT 1)
 	$fields = implode(',', array(
 		'projects.id',
-		'registrations.num',
+		'projects.id AS project_id',
+		'registrations.num AS registration_number',
 		'projects.projectdivisions_id',
 		'projects.title',
 		'projects.language',