diff --git a/htdocs/js/PGProblemEditor/pgproblemeditor.js b/htdocs/js/PGProblemEditor/pgproblemeditor.js
index d36bb38143..855054c941 100644
--- a/htdocs/js/PGProblemEditor/pgproblemeditor.js
+++ b/htdocs/js/PGProblemEditor/pgproblemeditor.js
@@ -98,15 +98,15 @@
 			?.addEventListener('change', () => deleteBackupCheck.checked = true);
 	}
 
-	// Send a request to the server to either perltidy or convert_to_PGML the current PG code in the CodeMirror editor.
-	const formatPGCode = () => {
+	// Send a request to the server to perltidy the current PG code in the CodeMirror editor.
+	const tidyPGCode = () => {
 		const request_object = {
 			user: document.getElementById('hidden_user')?.value,
 			courseID: document.getElementsByName('courseID')[0]?.value,
 			key: document.getElementById('hidden_key')?.value
 		};
 
-		request_object.rpc_command = document.querySelector('input[name="action.format_code"]:checked').value;
+		request_object.rpc_command = 'tidyPGCode';
 		request_object.pgCode = webworkConfig?.pgCodeMirror?.getValue()
 			?? document.getElementById('problemContents')?.value ?? '';
 
@@ -132,8 +132,34 @@
 					if (webworkConfig?.pgCodeMirror) webworkConfig.pgCodeMirror.setValue(data.result_data.tidiedPGCode);
 					else document.getElementById('problemContents').value = data.result_data.tidiedPGCode;
 					saveTempFile();
-					showMessage('Successfully '
-						+ (request_object.rpc_command == 'tidyPGCode' ? 'perltidied code.' : 'converted code to PGML'), true);
+					showMessage('Successfuly perltidied code.', true);
+				}
+			})
+			.catch((err) => showMessage(`Error: ${err?.message ?? err}`));
+	};
+
+	// Send a request to the server to convert_to_PGML the current PG code in the CodeMirror editor.
+	const convertCodeToPGML = () => {
+		const request_object = {
+			user: document.getElementById('hidden_user')?.value,
+			courseID: document.getElementsByName('courseID')[0]?.value,
+			key: document.getElementById('hidden_key')?.value
+		};
+
+		request_object.rpc_command = 'convertCodeToPGML';
+		request_object.pgCode = webworkConfig?.pgCodeMirror?.getValue()
+			?? document.getElementById('problemContents')?.value ?? '';
+
+		fetch(webserviceURL, { method: 'post', mode: 'same-origin', body: new URLSearchParams(request_object) })
+			.then((response) => response.json())
+			.then((data) => {
+				if (request_object.pgCode === data.result_data.pgmlCode) {
+					showMessage('There were no changes to the code.', true);
+				} else {
+					if (webworkConfig?.pgCodeMirror) webworkConfig.pgCodeMirror.setValue(data.result_data.pgmlCode);
+					else document.getElementById('problemContents').value = data.result_data.pgmlCode;
+					saveTempFile();
+					showMessage('Successfully converted code to PGML', true);
 				}
 			})
 			.catch((err) => showMessage(`Error: ${err?.message ?? err}`));
@@ -142,7 +168,11 @@
 	document.getElementById('take_action')?.addEventListener('click', async (e) => {
 		if (document.getElementById('current_action')?.value === 'format_code') {
 			e.preventDefault();
-			formatPGCode();
+			if (document.querySelector('input[name="action.format_code"]:checked').value == "tidyPGCode") {
+				tidyPGCode();
+			} else if (document.querySelector('input[name="action.format_code"]:checked').value == "convertCodeToPGML") {
+				convertCodeToPGML();
+			}
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/WebworkWebservice/ProblemActions.pm b/lib/WebworkWebservice/ProblemActions.pm
index 653bbc5d86..8241ee58b5 100644
--- a/lib/WebworkWebservice/ProblemActions.pm
+++ b/lib/WebworkWebservice/ProblemActions.pm
@@ -151,10 +151,8 @@ sub convertCodeToPGML {
 	my ($invocant, $self, $params) = @_;
 	my $code = $params->{pgCode};
 
-	my $converted_code = convertToPGML($code);
-
 	return {
-		ra_out => { tidiedPGCode => $converted_code },
+		ra_out => { pgmlCode => convertToPGML($code) },
 		text   => 'Converted to PGML'
 	};
 
diff --git a/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor/format_code_form.html.ep b/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor/format_code_form.html.ep
index cb65dfda10..a66fb176db 100644
--- a/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor/format_code_form.html.ep
+++ b/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor/format_code_form.html.ep
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+% last unless $c->{is_pg};
 <div>
 	<div class="form-check">
 		<%= radio_button 'action.format_code' => 'tidyPGCode',
diff --git a/templates/HelpFiles/InstructorPGProblemEditor.html.ep b/templates/HelpFiles/InstructorPGProblemEditor.html.ep
index 050cc8cdaf..45692105c8 100644
--- a/templates/HelpFiles/InstructorPGProblemEditor.html.ep
+++ b/templates/HelpFiles/InstructorPGProblemEditor.html.ep
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 
 	<dt><%= maketext('Format Code') %></dt>
 	<dd>
-		<%= maketext('Reformat the code using perltidy or a conversion to PGML>. Using perltidy will change the code '
+		<%= maketext('Reformat the code using perltidy or a conversion to PGML. Using perltidy will change the code '
 			. 'in the editor window, and save changes to the temporary file. In some cases (if the code contains '
 			. 'backslashes or double tildes) this can result in odd spacing in the code. The convert to PGML '
 			. 'feature changes the code in text blocks in the code to use PGML features. Generally the conversion of '