diff --git a/src/ups/profiles/dao.js b/src/ups/profiles/dao.js
index 2cee1e3..15f822b 100644
--- a/src/ups/profiles/dao.js
+++ b/src/ups/profiles/dao.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function createInitialProfiles(profileObj, tagferId) {
  */
 function updateProfile(profileObj, profileNumber, tagferId) {
     //persist profile data to firebase
-    return database.ref(`/profiles/${tagferId}/profile${profileNumber}`).update(profileObj);
+    return database.ref(`/profiles/${tagferId}/profile${profileNumber}`).set(profileObj);
 }
 
 module.exports = {