diff --git a/django/api/decorators/permission.py b/django/api/decorators/permission.py
index f94256a0..a681f4e9 100644
--- a/django/api/decorators/permission.py
+++ b/django/api/decorators/permission.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework import status
-from api.models.user import User
-from api.models.user_permission import UserPermission
-from api.models.permission import Permission
+from api.services.permissions import create_permission_list
+
 def check_upload_permission():
     def wrapper(func):
         def wrapped(request, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -20,3 +19,15 @@ def wrapped(request, *args, **kwargs):
             return func(request, *args, **kwargs)
         return wrapped
     return wrapper
+
+def check_admin_permission():
+    def wrapper(func):
+        def wrapped(request, *args, **kwargs):
+            permissions = create_permission_list(request.user)
+            if 'admin' not in permissions:
+                return Response(
+                    "You do not have permission to make changes to other users' permissions.", status=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN
+                )
+            return func(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        return wrapped
+    return wrapper
diff --git a/django/api/serializers/user.py b/django/api/serializers/user.py
index fc2b490f..f4ffc6a6 100644
--- a/django/api/serializers/user.py
+++ b/django/api/serializers/user.py
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ class UserSerializer(ModelSerializer):
     def get_user_permissions(self, obj):
         user_permission = UserPermission.objects.filter(user_id=obj.id)
         permissions = PermissionSerializer(user_permission, read_only=True, many=True)
-        return permissions.data
+        admin = False
+        uploader = False
+        for i in permissions.data:
+            if i['description'] == 'admin':
+                admin = True
+            if i['description'] == 'uploader':
+                uploader = True
+
+        return {'admin': admin, 'uploader': uploader}
 
     class Meta:
         model = User
diff --git a/django/api/services/permissions.py b/django/api/services/permissions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c0d583a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/api/services/permissions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from api.models.user import User
+from api.models.user_permission import UserPermission
+from api.models.permission import Permission
+
+def create_permission_list(user):
+    user = User.objects.filter(idir=user).first()
+    user_permission = UserPermission.objects.filter(user_id=user.id)
+    permissions = []
+    if user_permission:
+        for each in user_permission:
+            permission = Permission.objects.get(id=each.permission_id)
+            permissions.append(permission.description)
+    return permissions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/django/api/services/user.py b/django/api/services/user.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..520934be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/api/services/user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from django.db import transaction
+from api.models.user_permission import UserPermission
+from api.models.permission import Permission
+from api.models.user import User
+
+@transaction.atomic
+def update_permissions(self, request):
+    msg = []
+    permissions = Permission.objects.all()
+    UserPermission.objects.all().delete()
+    for each in request.data:
+        for k, v in each.items():
+            if k == 'idir':
+                user = User.objects.get(idir=v)
+            if k == 'user_permissions':
+                for permission_description, value in v.items():
+                    if value == True or (user.idir == request.user and permission_description == 'admin'):
+                    ## if they are updating permissions then they are already admin user, they cannot remove their own admin
+                        permission = permissions.get(description=permission_description)
+                        try:
+                            UserPermission.objects.create(user_id=user.id, permission_id=permission.id)
+                        except Exception as error:
+                            msg.append("{} permission could not be added to {}".format(permission_description, user.idir))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/django/api/viewsets/user.py b/django/api/viewsets/user.py
index 13d0629c..7ee41019 100644
--- a/django/api/viewsets/user.py
+++ b/django/api/viewsets/user.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
+from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
 from rest_framework.permissions import AllowAny
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.viewsets import GenericViewSet
 from api.models.user import User
-from api.serializers.user import UserSerializer, UserSaveSerializer
+from api.serializers.user import UserSerializer
+from api.decorators.permission import check_admin_permission
+from api.services.user import update_permissions
 
 class UserViewSet(GenericViewSet):
     """
@@ -16,8 +20,6 @@ class UserViewSet(GenericViewSet):
 
     serializer_classes = {
         'default': UserSerializer,
-        'update': UserSaveSerializer,
-        'create': UserSaveSerializer,
     }
 
 
@@ -28,6 +30,25 @@ def get_serializer_class(self):
         return self.serializer_classes['default']
 
 
+    @action(detail=False, methods=['post'])
+    @method_decorator(check_admin_permission())
+    def new(self, request):
+        user_to_insert = request.data['idir'].upper()
+        try:
+            User.objects.get_or_create(idir=user_to_insert)
+            return Response(user_to_insert, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        except Exception as e:
+            return Response({"response": str(e)}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+    @action(detail=False, methods=['put'])
+    @method_decorator(check_admin_permission())
+    def update_permissions(self, request):
+        error_msg = update_permissions(self, request)
+        if error_msg:
+            return Response(error_msg, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        else:
+            return Response('User permissions were updated!', status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+    
     @action(detail=False)
     def current(self, request):
         """
@@ -37,20 +58,8 @@ def current(self, request):
         serializer = self.get_serializer(user)
         return Response(serializer.data)
     
+    @method_decorator(check_admin_permission())
     def list(self, request):
-        request = self.request
-        ##check if user is admin before producing list of all users
-        users = User.objects.all()
-        current_user = users.filter(idir=request.user).first()
-        if current_user:
-            current_user_serializer = UserSerializer(current_user)
-            current_user_permissions = current_user_serializer.data['user_permissions']
-            is_admin = False
-            if current_user_permissions:
-                for i in current_user_permissions:
-                    for v in i.values():
-                        if v == 'admin':
-                            is_admin = True
-                if is_admin == True:
-                    serializer = UserSerializer(users, many=True)
-                    return Response(serializer.data)
\ No newline at end of file
+        users = User.objects.all().order_by('idir')
+        serializer = UserSerializer(users, many=True)
+        return Response(serializer.data)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/react/package.json b/react/package.json
index 9ec00bf3..32b09dc4 100644
--- a/react/package.json
+++ b/react/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "axios": "^0.24.0",
     "buffer": "^6.0.3",
     "crypto-browserify": "^3.12.0",
+    "immer": "^10.0.4",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
     "keycloak-js": "^15.0.2",
     "process": "^0.11.10",
diff --git a/react/src/uploads/UploadContainer.js b/react/src/uploads/UploadContainer.js
index 0f1a292a..d07f0681 100644
--- a/react/src/uploads/UploadContainer.js
+++ b/react/src/uploads/UploadContainer.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const UploadContainer = () => {
   const [replaceData, setReplaceData] = useState('false'); // if true, we will replace all
   const [alertContent, setAlertContent] = useState();
   const [alert, setAlert] = useState(false);
+  const [currentUser, setCurrentUser] = useState('');
   const [alertSeverity, setAlertSeverity] = useState('');
   // existing data with what is being uploaded
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
@@ -42,9 +43,9 @@ const UploadContainer = () => {
       setDatasetList(response.data);
       setLoading(false);
       axios.get(ROUTES_USERS.CURRENT).then((currentUserResp) => {
-        const permissions = currentUserResp.data.user_permissions.map((each) => each.description);
-        if (permissions.includes('admin')) {
+        if (currentUserResp.data.user_permissions.admin === true) {
           setAdminUser(true);
+          setCurrentUser(currentUserResp.data.idir);
         }
       });
     });
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ const UploadContainer = () => {
           {adminUser
           && (
             <Paper square variant="outlined">
-              <UsersContainer />
+              <UsersContainer currentUser={currentUser} />
             </Paper>
           )}
         </Stack>
diff --git a/react/src/users/UsersContainer.js b/react/src/users/UsersContainer.js
index d12f334e..ceada6ed 100644
--- a/react/src/users/UsersContainer.js
+++ b/react/src/users/UsersContainer.js
@@ -1,25 +1,69 @@
 import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
-import CircularProgress from '@mui/material/CircularProgress';
-import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { CircularProgress, Alert } from '@mui/material';
+import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { produce } from 'immer';
 import ROUTES_USERS from './routes';
 import UsersPage from './components/UsersPage';
 import useAxios from '../app/utilities/useAxios';
 
-const UsersContainer = () => {
+const UsersContainer = (props) => {
+  const { currentUser } = props;
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const [users, setUsers] = useState([]);
-  const [userUpdates, setUserUpdates] = useState([]);
-  const axios = useAxios()
+  const [newUser, setNewUser] = useState('');
+  const [permissionMessage, setPermissionMessage] = useState('');
+  const [messageSeverity, setMessageSeverity] = useState('');
+  const axios = useAxios();
 
-  const refreshDetails = () => {
+  const handleCheckboxChange = useCallback((event) => {
+    const idir = event.target.name;
+    const permissionType = event.target.id;
+    const { checked } = event.target;
+    setUsers(
+      produce((draft) => {
+        const user = draft.find((user) => user.idir === idir);
+        user.user_permissions[permissionType] = checked;
+      }),
+    );
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleAddNewUser = () => {
+    axios.post(ROUTES_USERS.CREATE, { idir: newUser })
+      .then((response) => {
+        const userAdded = response.data;
+        setMessageSeverity('success');
+        setPermissionMessage(`${userAdded} was added to the user list`);
+        const userObject = { idir: userAdded, user_permissions: { admin: false, uploader: false } };
+        setUsers(
+          produce((draft) => {
+            draft.push(userObject);
+          }),
+        );
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        setMessageSeverity('error');
+        setPermissionMessage('new user could not be added, sorry!');
+      });
+  };
+
+  const handleSubmitPermissionUpdates = () => {
+    axios.put(ROUTES_USERS.UPDATE, users)
+      .then((response) => {
+        setMessageSeverity('success');
+        setPermissionMessage(response.data);
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        setMessageSeverity('error');
+        setPermissionMessage(error.data);
+      });
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
     setLoading(true);
     axios.get(ROUTES_USERS.LIST).then((listResponse) => {
       setUsers(listResponse.data);
     });
-  };
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    refreshDetails();
     setLoading(false);
   }, []);
 
@@ -32,8 +76,19 @@ const UsersContainer = () => {
   }
   return (
     <div className="row">
-      <UsersPage users={users} userUpdates={userUpdates} setUserUpdates={setUserUpdates} />
+      {permissionMessage && <Alert severity={messageSeverity}>{permissionMessage}</Alert>}
+      <UsersPage
+        currentUser={currentUser}
+        users={users}
+        setNewUser={setNewUser}
+        handleAddNewUser={handleAddNewUser}
+        handleCheckboxChange={handleCheckboxChange}
+        handleSubmitPermissionUpdates={handleSubmitPermissionUpdates}
+      />
     </div>
   );
 };
+UsersContainer.propTypes = {
+  currentUser: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+};
 export default withRouter(UsersContainer);
diff --git a/react/src/users/components/UsersPage.js b/react/src/users/components/UsersPage.js
index 68a00ace..e6076840 100644
--- a/react/src/users/components/UsersPage.js
+++ b/react/src/users/components/UsersPage.js
@@ -1,33 +1,32 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import {
-  Box, Button, Grid, TextField, Checkbox,
+  Box, Button, Grid, TextField, Checkbox, Tooltip,
 } from '@mui/material';
 import ClearIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Clear';
 import SaveIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Save';
 
 const UsersPage = (props) => {
-  const { users, userUpdates, setUserUpdates } = props;
-
+  const {
+    currentUser,
+    users,
+    handleAddNewUser,
+    setNewUser,
+    handleCheckboxChange,
+    handleSubmitPermissionUpdates,
+  } = props;
   const userRow = (user) => {
-    const userPerms = { admin: false, uploader: false };
-    user.user_permissions.forEach((permission) => {
-      userPerms[permission.description] = true;
-    });
-
-    const handleRadioChange = (event) => {
-      const { checked } = event.target;
-      const permissionType = event.target.id;
-      console.log(permissionType);
-      console.log(userPerms);
-      userPerms[permissionType] = checked;
-      console.log(userPerms[permissionType]);
-    };
+    const disableAdmin = currentUser === user.idir;
     return (
+
       <Grid container key={user.idir} alignItems="center">
         <Grid item className="permissions">
-          <Checkbox className="checkbox" name="uploader" id="uploader" color="default" checked={userPerms.uploader} onChange={(event) => { handleRadioChange(event); }} />
-          <Checkbox className="checkbox" name="admin" id="admin" color="default" checked={userPerms.admin} onChange={(event) => { handleRadioChange(event); }} />
+          <Checkbox className="checkbox" name={user.idir} id="uploader" color="default" checked={user.user_permissions.uploader} onChange={(event) => { handleCheckboxChange(event); }} />
+          <Tooltip disableHoverListener={!disableAdmin} title="You cannot remove your own admin permission">
+            <span>
+              <Checkbox className="checkbox" name={user.idir} id="admin" color="default" disabled={disableAdmin} checked={user.user_permissions.admin} onChange={(event) => { handleCheckboxChange(event); }} />
+            </span>
+          </Tooltip>
         </Grid>
         <Grid item md={2} paddingLeft={2}>
           <span>{user.idir}</span>
@@ -53,10 +52,10 @@ const UsersPage = (props) => {
                 </h3>
               </Grid>
               <Grid item>
-                <TextField className="user-input" type="text" />
+                <TextField className="user-input" type="text" onChange={(event) => { setNewUser(event.target.value); }} />
               </Grid>
               <Grid item>
-                <Button variant="contained" className="button-dark-blue">
+                <Button variant="contained" className="button-dark-blue" onClick={handleAddNewUser}>
                   Add User
                 </Button>
               </Grid>
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ const UsersPage = (props) => {
             userRow(user)
           ))}
           <Box className="permissions" justifyContent="space-around" display="flex" paddingTop={3} paddingBottom={3}>
-            <Button variant="contained" className="button-dark-blue" startIcon={<SaveIcon />}>
+            <Button variant="contained" className="button-dark-blue" startIcon={<SaveIcon />} onClick={handleSubmitPermissionUpdates}>
               Save
             </Button>
           </Box>
@@ -87,5 +86,10 @@ const UsersPage = (props) => {
 };
 UsersPage.propTypes = {
   users: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.shape()).isRequired,
+  handleAddNewUser: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  setNewUser: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  handleCheckboxChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  handleSubmitPermissionUpdates: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  currentUser: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
 };
 export default UsersPage;
diff --git a/react/src/users/routes.js b/react/src/users/routes.js
index 945af831..ef19fa16 100644
--- a/react/src/users/routes.js
+++ b/react/src/users/routes.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ const API_BASE_PATH = '/api/users';
 const USERS = {
   LIST: API_BASE_PATH,
   CURRENT: `${API_BASE_PATH}/current`,
-
+  CREATE: `${API_BASE_PATH}/new`,
+  UPDATE: `${API_BASE_PATH}/update_permissions`,
 };
 
 export default USERS;