diff --git a/src/pages/workflows/workflow/WorkflowSummary.ts b/src/pages/workflows/workflow/WorkflowSummary.ts
index d479b214bc..51e16cd462 100644
--- a/src/pages/workflows/workflow/WorkflowSummary.ts
+++ b/src/pages/workflows/workflow/WorkflowSummary.ts
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ import _ from 'lodash/fp';
 import { Fragment, useState } from 'react';
 import { div, h, h2, span } from 'react-hyperscript-helpers';
 import * as breadcrumbs from 'src/components/breadcrumbs';
-import { ButtonPrimary, Link } from 'src/components/common';
+import { ButtonPrimary, Link, spinnerOverlay } from 'src/components/common';
 import { icon } from 'src/components/icons';
 import { MarkdownViewer, newWindowLinkRenderer } from 'src/components/markdown';
 import { TooltipCell } from 'src/components/table';
+import { Ajax } from 'src/libs/ajax';
 import { getConfig } from 'src/libs/config';
 import { withErrorReporting } from 'src/libs/error';
-import { forwardRefWithName, useStore } from 'src/libs/react-utils';
+import { forwardRefWithName, useCancellation, useStore } from 'src/libs/react-utils';
 import { snapshotStore } from 'src/libs/state';
 import * as Style from 'src/libs/style';
+import * as Utils from 'src/libs/utils';
 import { WorkflowRightBoxSection } from 'src/pages/workflows/components/WorkflowRightBoxSection';
 import { PermissionsModal } from 'src/pages/workflows/workflow/common/PermissionsModal';
 import { wrapWorkflows } from 'src/pages/workflows/workflow/WorkflowWrapper';
@@ -32,10 +34,16 @@ export const BaseWorkflowSummary = () => {
   const persistenceId = `workflows/${namespace}/${name}/dashboard`;
   const [importUrlCopied, setImportUrlCopied] = useState<boolean>();
   const [permissionsModalOpen, setPermissionsModalOpen] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const signal: AbortSignal = useCancellation();
   const importUrl = `${
     getConfig().orchestrationUrlRoot
   }/ga4gh/v1/tools/${namespace}:${name}/versions/${snapshotId}/plain-WDL/descriptor`;
 
+  const refresh = Utils.withBusyState(setLoading, async () => {
+    snapshotStore.set(await Ajax(signal).Methods.method(namespace, name, snapshotId).get());
+  });
+
   return div({ style: { flex: 1, display: 'flex' }, role: 'tabpanel' }, [
     div({ style: Style.dashboard.leftBox }, [
       synopsis &&
@@ -119,7 +127,10 @@ export const BaseWorkflowSummary = () => {
         name,
         selectedSnapshot: snapshotId,
         setPermissionsModalOpen,
+        refresh,
+        setLoading,
       }),
+    loading && spinnerOverlay,
   ]);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/pages/workflows/workflow/common/PermissionsModal.test.tsx b/src/pages/workflows/workflow/common/PermissionsModal.test.tsx
index 35513ee4d6..487088887e 100644
--- a/src/pages/workflows/workflow/common/PermissionsModal.test.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/workflows/workflow/common/PermissionsModal.test.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ describe('PermissionsModal', () => {
           snapshotOrNamespace='Snapshot'
           selectedSnapshot={3}
           setPermissionsModalOpen={jest.fn()}
+          refresh={jest.fn()}
+          setLoading={jest.fn()}
         />
       );
     });
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ describe('PermissionsModal', () => {
           snapshotOrNamespace='Snapshot'
           selectedSnapshot={3}
           setPermissionsModalOpen={jest.fn()}
+          refresh={jest.fn()}
+          setLoading={jest.fn()}
         />
       );
     });
@@ -97,6 +101,8 @@ describe('PermissionsModal', () => {
           snapshotOrNamespace='Snapshot'
           selectedSnapshot={3}
           setPermissionsModalOpen={jest.fn()}
+          refresh={jest.fn()}
+          setLoading={jest.fn()}
         />
       );
     });
@@ -135,6 +141,8 @@ describe('PermissionsModal', () => {
           snapshotOrNamespace='Snapshot'
           selectedSnapshot={3}
           setPermissionsModalOpen={jest.fn()}
+          refresh={jest.fn()}
+          setLoading={jest.fn()}
         />
       );
     });
@@ -169,6 +177,8 @@ describe('PermissionsModal', () => {
           snapshotOrNamespace='Snapshot'
           selectedSnapshot={3}
           setPermissionsModalOpen={jest.fn()}
+          refresh={jest.fn()}
+          setLoading={jest.fn()}
         />
       );
     });
@@ -188,6 +198,8 @@ describe('PermissionsModal', () => {
           snapshotOrNamespace='Snapshot'
           selectedSnapshot={3}
           setPermissionsModalOpen={jest.fn()}
+          refresh={jest.fn()}
+          setLoading={jest.fn()}
         />
       );
     });
@@ -226,6 +238,8 @@ describe('PermissionsModal', () => {
           snapshotOrNamespace='Snapshot'
           selectedSnapshot={3}
           setPermissionsModalOpen={jest.fn()}
+          refresh={jest.fn()}
+          setLoading={jest.fn()}
         />
       );
     });
@@ -259,6 +273,8 @@ describe('PermissionsModal', () => {
           snapshotOrNamespace='Snapshot'
           selectedSnapshot={3}
           setPermissionsModalOpen={jest.fn()}
+          refresh={jest.fn()}
+          setLoading={jest.fn()}
         />
       );
     });
diff --git a/src/pages/workflows/workflow/common/PermissionsModal.tsx b/src/pages/workflows/workflow/common/PermissionsModal.tsx
index 1b22c0c411..3e30196123 100644
--- a/src/pages/workflows/workflow/common/PermissionsModal.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/workflows/workflow/common/PermissionsModal.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ type WorkflowPermissionsModalProps = {
   name: string;
   selectedSnapshot: number;
   setPermissionsModalOpen: (b: boolean) => void;
+  refresh: () => void;
+  setLoading: (b: boolean) => void;
 };
 
 type UserProps = {
@@ -166,7 +168,8 @@ const CurrentUsers = (props: CurrentUserProps) => {
 };
 
 export const PermissionsModal = (props: WorkflowPermissionsModalProps) => {
-  const { snapshotOrNamespace, namespace, name, selectedSnapshot, setPermissionsModalOpen } = props;
+  const { snapshotOrNamespace, namespace, name, selectedSnapshot, setPermissionsModalOpen, refresh, setLoading } =
+    props;
   const signal: AbortSignal = useCancellation();
   const [searchValue, setSearchValue] = useState<string>('');
   const [permissions, setPermissions] = useState<WorkflowsPermissions>([]);
@@ -207,14 +210,14 @@ export const PermissionsModal = (props: WorkflowPermissionsModalProps) => {
 
   const updatePublicUser = (v) => {
     if (publicUser) {
-      permissions.map((pub) => {
+      permissions.map((user) => {
         if (v === false) {
-          if (pub.user === 'public') {
-            Object.assign(pub, { user: 'public', role: 'NO ACCESS' });
+          if (user.user === 'public') {
+            Object.assign(user, { user: 'public', role: 'NO ACCESS' });
           }
         } else if (v === true) {
-          if (pub.user === 'public') {
-            Object.assign(pub, { user: 'public', role: 'READER' });
+          if (user.user === 'public') {
+            Object.assign(user, { user: 'public', role: 'READER' });
           }
         }
 
@@ -232,10 +235,12 @@ export const PermissionsModal = (props: WorkflowPermissionsModalProps) => {
 
     try {
       await Ajax(signal).Methods.method(namespace, name, selectedSnapshot).setPermissions(permissionUpdates);
-      window.location.reload();
+      setLoading(true);
+      refresh();
       setPermissionsModalOpen(false);
     } catch (error) {
       await reportError('Error saving permissions.', error);
+      setLoading(false);
       setPermissionsModalOpen(false);
     }
   });