diff --git a/config/environment.default.js b/config/environment.default.js
index 32edd1391d..42c3fc2452 100644
--- a/config/environment.default.js
+++ b/config/environment.default.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = {
     autoSync: {
       defaultTime: 0,
       maxBufferSize: 100,
-      timePerMethod: {'Patch': 30} //time in seconds
+      timePerMethod: {'PATCH': 3} //time in seconds
     }
   },
   // Form settings
diff --git a/src/app/+community-page/community-page.component.html b/src/app/+community-page/community-page.component.html
index 637e37af0c..ce86171370 100644
--- a/src/app/+community-page/community-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+community-page/community-page.component.html
@@ -24,9 +24,25 @@
         [content]="communityPayload.copyrightText"
         [hasInnerHtml]="true">
       </ds-comcol-page-content>
-      <ds-community-page-sub-collection-list [community]="communityPayload"></ds-community-page-sub-collection-list>
+      <form (submit)="patchIt()">
+        <div class="row">
+          <div class="form-group col col-sm-4">
+            <label for="newname">Change Name</label>
+            <div class="input-group mb-3">
+              <input type="email" class="form-control" id="newname" name="newname"
+                     placeholder="Enter a collection name" [(ngModel)]="newname">
+              <div class="input-group-append">
+                <button class="btn btn-danger" type="submit">Patch!</button>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+      <ds-community-page-sub-collection-list
+        [community]="communityPayload"></ds-community-page-sub-collection-list>
     </div>
   </div>
   <ds-error *ngIf="communityRD?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.community' | translate}}"></ds-error>
-  <ds-loading *ngIf="communityRD?.isLoading" message="{{'loading.community' | translate}}"></ds-loading>
+  <ds-loading *ngIf="communityRD?.isLoading"
+              message="{{'loading.community' | translate}}"></ds-loading>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/+community-page/community-page.component.ts b/src/app/+community-page/community-page.component.ts
index a6e1d5376c..5a36209c28 100644
--- a/src/app/+community-page/community-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+community-page/community-page.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {mergeMap, filter, map} from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { mergeMap, filter, map, first, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ import { hasValue } from '../shared/empty.util';
 export class CommunityPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   communityRD$: Observable<RemoteData<Community>>;
   logoRD$: Observable<RemoteData<Bitstream>>;
+  href: string;
+  newname: string;
+
   private subs: Subscription[] = [];
 
   constructor(
@@ -40,10 +43,20 @@ export class CommunityPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       map((rd: RemoteData<Community>) => rd.payload),
       filter((community: Community) => hasValue(community)),
       mergeMap((community: Community) => community.logo));
+
+    this.communityRD$.pipe(first()).subscribe((crd) => {
+      this.href = crd.payload.self;
+      this.newname = crd.payload.name;
+    });
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy(): void {
     this.subs.filter((sub) => hasValue(sub)).forEach((sub) => sub.unsubscribe());
   }
 
+  patchIt(): void {
+    console.log('patching it!', this.href, this.newname);
+    this.communityDataService.patch(this.href, [{ op: 'replace', path: '/name', value: this.newname }]);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-text-filter/search-text-filter.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-text-filter/search-text-filter.component.ts
index bb396a6692..fd14d6d3de 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-text-filter/search-text-filter.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-text-filter/search-text-filter.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { animate, state, style, transition, trigger } from '@angular/animations';
-import { Component, HostBinding, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { FilterType } from '../../../search-service/filter-type.model';
 import {
   facetLoad,
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.reducer.ts b/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.reducer.ts
index adea46bc57..f856b57892 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.reducer.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.reducer.ts
@@ -182,8 +182,10 @@ function addPatchObjectCache(state: ObjectCacheState, action: AddPatchObjectCach
   const newState = Object.assign({}, state);
   if (hasValue(newState[uuid])) {
     const patches = newState[uuid].patches;
-    newState[uuid].patches = [...patches, {operations} as Patch];
-    newState[uuid].isDirty = true;
+    newState[uuid] = Object.assign({}, newState[uuid], {
+      patches: [...patches, { operations } as Patch],
+      isDirty: true
+    });
   }
   return newState;
 }
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ function applyPatchObjectCache(state: ObjectCacheState, action: ApplyPatchObject
   const newState = Object.assign({}, state);
   if (hasValue(newState[uuid])) {
     // flatten two dimensional array
-    const flatPatch: Operation[] = [].concat(...newState[uuid].patches);
+    const flatPatch: Operation[] = [].concat(...newState[uuid].patches.map((patch) => patch.operations));
     const newData = applyPatch( newState[uuid].data,  flatPatch);
     newState[uuid].data =  newData.newDocument;
     newState[uuid].patches = [];
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts b/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts
index 5b0d818dd9..f60b2de684 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/object-cache.service.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export class ObjectCacheService {
   getBySelfLink<T extends NormalizedObject>(selfLink: string): Observable<T> {
     return this.getEntry(selfLink).pipe(
       map((entry: ObjectCacheEntry) => {
-          const flatPatch: Operation[] = [].concat(...entry.patches);
+          const flatPatch: Operation[] = [].concat(...entry.patches.map((patch) => patch.operations));
           const patchedData = applyPatch(entry.data, flatPatch).newDocument;
           return Object.assign({}, entry, { data: patchedData });
         }
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.actions.ts b/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.actions.ts
index 2399db7c4d..69eb81b02f 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.actions.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.actions.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class AddToSSBAction implements Action {
    *    the unique href of the cached object entry that should be updated
    */
   constructor(href: string, method: RestRequestMethod) {
-    this.payload = { href, method: undefined };
+    this.payload = { href, method: method };
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.effects.ts b/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.effects.ts
index 8847b1d655..1211740ffe 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.effects.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/server-sync-buffer.effects.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { delay, exhaustMap, first, map, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { delay, exhaustMap, first, map, startWith, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Actions, Effect, ofType } from '@ngrx/effects';
 import {
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ import {
 } from './server-sync-buffer.actions';
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
-import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { Action, select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { coreSelector, CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { Action, createSelector, MemoizedSelector, select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { ServerSyncBufferEntry, ServerSyncBufferState } from './server-sync-buffer.reducer';
-import { of as observableOf, combineLatest as observableCombineLatest } from 'rxjs';
+import { of as observableOf, combineLatest as observableCombineLatest, empty as observableEmpty } from 'rxjs';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
 import { PutRequest } from '../data/request.models';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from './object-cache.service';
 import { ApplyPatchObjectCacheAction } from './object-cache.actions';
 import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
-import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty, isNotUndefined } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
 import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/rest-request-method';
 
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ export class ServerSyncBufferEffects {
     .pipe(
       ofType(ServerSyncBufferActionTypes.ADD),
       exhaustMap((action: AddToSSBAction) => {
-        // const autoSyncConfig = this.EnvConfig.cache.autoSync;
-        // const timeoutInSeconds = autoSyncConfig.timePerMethod[action.type] || autoSyncConfig.defaultTime;
-        const timeoutInSeconds = 0;
+        const autoSyncConfig = this.EnvConfig.cache.autoSync;
+        const timeoutInSeconds = autoSyncConfig.timePerMethod[action.payload.method] || autoSyncConfig.defaultTime;
         return observableOf(new CommitSSBAction(action.payload.method)).pipe(delay(timeoutInSeconds * 1000))
       })
     );
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export class ServerSyncBufferEffects {
       ofType(ServerSyncBufferActionTypes.COMMIT),
       switchMap((action: CommitSSBAction) => {
         return this.store.pipe(
-          select(serverSyncBufferSelector),
+          select(serverSyncBufferSelector()),
           map((bufferState: ServerSyncBufferState) => {
             const actions: Array<Observable<Action>> = bufferState.buffer
               .filter((entry: ServerSyncBufferEntry) => {
@@ -54,29 +53,41 @@ export class ServerSyncBufferEffects {
               })
               .map((entry: ServerSyncBufferEntry) => {
                 if (entry.method === RestRequestMethod.PATCH) {
+                  console.log(this.applyPatch(entry.href));
                   return this.applyPatch(entry.href);
                 } else {
                   /* TODO other request stuff */
                 }
               });
+            console.log(actions);
             /* Add extra action to array, to make sure the ServerSyncBuffer is emptied afterwards */
-            return observableCombineLatest(actions).pipe(
-              map((array) => array.push(new EmptySSBAction(action.payload)))
-            );
+            if (isNotEmpty(actions) && isNotUndefined(actions[0])) {
+              return observableCombineLatest(...actions).pipe(
+                map((array) => {
+                  console.log(array);
+                  return array.push(new EmptySSBAction(action.payload));
+                })
+              );
+            } else {
+              return { type:'NO_ACTION' };
+            }
           })
         )
       })
     );
 
+
   private applyPatch(href: string): Observable<Action> {
     const patchObject = this.objectCache.getBySelfLink(href);
-    return patchObject.pipe(
+    const test = patchObject.pipe(
       map((object) => {
         const serializedObject = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(object.constructor as GenericConstructor<{}>).serialize(object);
         this.requestService.configure(new PutRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, serializedObject));
+        console.log(new ApplyPatchObjectCacheAction(href));
         return new ApplyPatchObjectCacheAction(href)
       })
     )
+    return test;
   }
 
   constructor(private actions$: Actions,
@@ -88,4 +99,6 @@ export class ServerSyncBufferEffects {
   }
 }
 
-export const serverSyncBufferSelector = (state: CoreState) => state['cache/syncbuffer'];
+export function serverSyncBufferSelector(): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, ServerSyncBufferState> {
+  return createSelector(coreSelector, (state: CoreState) => state['cache/syncbuffer']);
+}
diff --git a/src/config/cache-config.interface.ts b/src/config/cache-config.interface.ts
index b8651ed107..3e9334e300 100644
--- a/src/config/cache-config.interface.ts
+++ b/src/config/cache-config.interface.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ import { AutoSyncConfig } from './auto-sync-config.interface';
 export interface CacheConfig extends Config {
   msToLive: number,
   control: string,
-  // autoSync: AutoSyncConfig
+  autoSync: AutoSyncConfig
 }