diff --git a/components/forms/MultisigForm.js b/components/forms/MultisigForm.js
index 1b64ef6..d8dabc8 100644
--- a/components/forms/MultisigForm.js
+++ b/components/forms/MultisigForm.js
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ class MultiSigForm extends React.Component {
         compressedPubkeys,
         this.state.threshold
       );
+      this.props.router.push(`/multi/${multisigAddress}`);
     } catch (error) {
-      console.log(error);
+      console.log("Failed to creat multisig: ", error);
     }
-    this.props.router.push(`/multi/${multisigAddress}`);
   };
 
   render() {
diff --git a/components/forms/TransactionSigning.js b/components/forms/TransactionSigning.js
index 73cefb3..ef5c31c 100644
--- a/components/forms/TransactionSigning.js
+++ b/components/forms/TransactionSigning.js
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ export default class TransactionSigning extends React.Component {
         this.props.tx.memo,
         signerData
       );
+      // save body bytes to the tx
+      // save/create the signature in the db
       console.log(bodyBytes, signatures);
     } catch (error) {
       console.log(error);
diff --git a/lib/graphqlHelpers.js b/lib/graphqlHelpers.js
index 89457ce..2b34d4a 100644
--- a/lib/graphqlHelpers.js
+++ b/lib/graphqlHelpers.js
@@ -1,10 +1,37 @@
 import axios from "axios";
 
 // Graphql base request for Faunadb
-const graphqlReq = axios;
-graphqlReq.defaults.baseURL = "https://graphql.fauna.com/graphql";
-graphqlReq.defaults.headers.common = {
-  Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FAUNADB_SECRET}`,
+const graphqlReq = axios.create({
+  baseURL: "https://graphql.fauna.com/graphql",
+  headers: {
+    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FAUNADB_SECRET}`,
+  },
+});
+
+/**
+ * Creates multisig record in faunadb
+ *
+ * @param {object} multisig an object with address (string) and pubkey JSON
+ * @return Returns async function that makes a request to the faunadb graphql endpoint
+ */
+const createMultisig = async (multisig) => {
+  console.log(multisig);
+  return graphqlReq({
+    method: "POST",
+    data: {
+      query: `
+        mutation {
+          createMultisig(data: {
+            address: "${multisig.address}"
+            pubkeyJSON: ${JSON.stringify(multisig.pubkeyJSON)}
+          }) {
+            _id
+            address
+          }
+        }
+      `,
+    },
+  });
 };
 
 /**
@@ -82,13 +109,16 @@ const findTransactionByID = async (id) => {
  * @param {object} transaction The base transaction
  * @return Returns async function that makes a request to the faunadb graphql endpoint
  */
-const createSignature = async (transaction) => {
+const createSignature = async (signature, transactionId) => {
   return graphqlReq({
     method: "POST",
     data: {
       query: `
         mutation {
-          createTransaction(data: {dataJSON: ${JSON.stringify(transaction)}}) {
+          createSignature(data: {
+            transaction: {connect: ${transactionId}}, 
+            dataJSON: 
+          }) {
             _id
           }
         }
@@ -97,4 +127,4 @@ const createSignature = async (transaction) => {
   });
 };
 
-export { getMultisig, createTransaction, findTransactionByID };
+export { createMultisig, getMultisig, createTransaction, findTransactionByID };
diff --git a/lib/multisigHelpers.js b/lib/multisigHelpers.js
index 6ae983c..d709ce1 100644
--- a/lib/multisigHelpers.js
+++ b/lib/multisigHelpers.js
@@ -16,23 +16,27 @@ const createMultisigFromCompressedSecp256k1Pubkeys = async (
   compressedPubkeys,
   threshold
 ) => {
-  let pubkeys = compressedPubkeys.map((compressedPubkey) => {
-    return {
-      type: "tendermint/PubKeySecp256k1",
-      value: compressedPubkey,
+  try {
+    let pubkeys = compressedPubkeys.map((compressedPubkey) => {
+      return {
+        type: "tendermint/PubKeySecp256k1",
+        value: compressedPubkey,
+      };
+    });
+    const multisigPubkey = createMultisigThresholdPubkey(pubkeys, threshold);
+    const multisigAddress = pubkeyToAddress(multisigPubkey, "cosmos");
+
+    // save multisig to fauna
+    const multisig = {
+      address: multisigAddress,
+      pubkeyJSON: JSON.stringify(multisigPubkey),
     };
-  });
-
-  const multisigPubkey = createMultisigThresholdPubkey(pubkeys, threshold);
-  const multisigAddress = pubkeyToAddress(multisigPubkey, "cosmos");
-
-  // save multisig to fauna
-  const multisig = {
-    address: multisigAddress,
-    pubkeyJSON: JSON.stringify(multisigPubkey),
-  };
-  await axios.post("/api/multisig", multisig);
-  return multisigAddress;
+    const res = await axios.post("/api/multisig", multisig);
+    console.log(res.data);
+    return res.data.address;
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw error;
+  }
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/pages/api/multisig/index.js b/pages/api/multisig/index.js
index 3d738f8..c89bee1 100644
--- a/pages/api/multisig/index.js
+++ b/pages/api/multisig/index.js
@@ -1,24 +1,15 @@
-import faunadb from "faunadb";
+import { createMultisig } from "../../../lib/graphqlHelpers";
 
 export default async function (req, res) {
   return new Promise(async (resolve) => {
     switch (req.method) {
       case "POST":
-        const q = faunadb.query;
-        const client = new faunadb.Client({
-          secret: process.env.FAUNADB_SECRET,
-        });
         try {
           const data = req.body;
           console.log("Function `createMultisig` invoked", data);
-          const multisig = {
-            data: data,
-          };
-          const faunaRes = await client.query(
-            q.Create(q.Collection("Multisig"), multisig)
-          );
-          console.log("success", faunaRes);
-          res.status(200).send(faunaRes);
+          const saveRes = await createMultisig(data);
+          console.log("success", saveRes.data);
+          res.status(200).send(saveRes.data.data.createMultisig);
           return resolve();
         } catch (err) {
           console.log(err);