diff --git a/app/imports/ui/components/AttributeEdit.Story.vue b/app/imports/ui/components/AttributeEdit.Story.vue
index 049667ff..5fbfb6b7 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/components/AttributeEdit.Story.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/components/AttributeEdit.Story.vue
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 <template lang="html">
 	<div>
 		<attribute-edit
-			v-for="attribute in attributes"
+			v-for="(attribute, index) in attributes"
 			:key="attribute._id"
 			:attribute="attribute"
-			@change="log"
+			@change="e => {writeChange(e, index); log(e)}"
 		/>
+		<div class="ma-4" v-for="(attribute, index) in attributes">
+			{{attribute}}
+		</div>
 	</div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 	import AttributeEdit from '/imports/ui/components/AttributeEdit.vue';
+	import debounceUpdate from '/imports/ui/utility/debounceUpdate.js';
 	export default {
 		components: {
 			AttributeEdit,
@@ -34,15 +38,23 @@
 				},
 			],
 		}},
-		methods: {
-			log: console.log,
-			change(index, e){
+		created () {
+			// Doing this here instead of in methods ensures every instance has its
+			// own debounced function
+		  this.writeChange = debounceUpdate((e, index) => {
+				// Do work storing the change, this is where we'd write to the database
 				for (let i in e){
+					if (typeof e[i] === 'string'){
+						e[i] = e[i].trim();
+					}
 					this.attributes[index][i] = e[i];
 				}
-			},
+			});
 		},
-	}
+		methods: {
+			log: console.log,
+		},
+	};
 </script>
 
 <style lang="css" scoped>
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/components/AttributeEdit.vue b/app/imports/ui/components/AttributeEdit.vue
index e7e918e8..30be28b5 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/components/AttributeEdit.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/components/AttributeEdit.vue
@@ -3,25 +3,26 @@
   	<v-text-field
 			label="Name"
 			:value="attribute.name"
+			@input="name => $emit('change', {name})"
 		/>
 		<v-text-field
 			label="Variable name"
 			:value="attribute.variableName"
-			@change="variableName => $emit('change', {variableName})"
+			@input="variableName => $emit('change', {variableName})"
 			hint="Use this name in formulae to reference this attribute"
 		/>
 		<v-text-field
 			label="Base Value"
 			type="number"
 			:value="attribute.baseValue"
-			@change="baseValue => $emit('change', {baseValue})"
+			@input="baseValue => $emit('change', {baseValue})"
 			hint="This is the value of the attribute before effects are applied"
 		/>
 		<v-text-field
 			label="Damage"
 			type="number"
 			:value="-attribute.adjustment"
-			@change="damage => $emit('change', {adjustment: -damage})"
+			@input="damage => $emit('change', {adjustment: -damage || null})"
 		/>
 		<v-select
 			label="Type"
@@ -29,12 +30,12 @@
 			:items="attributeTypes"
 			:value="attribute.type"
 			:menu-props="{auto: true, lazy: true}"
-			@change="type => $emit('change', {type})"
+			@input="type => $emit('change', {type})"
 		/>
 		<v-switch
 			label="Allow decimal values"
 			:value="attribute.decimal"
-			@change="decimal => $emit('change', {decimal})"
+			@change="e => $emit('change', {decimal: e})"
 		/>
 		<v-select
 			label="Reset"
@@ -44,65 +45,65 @@
 			:items="resetOptions"
 			:value="attribute.reset"
 			:menu-props="{auto: true, lazy: true}"
-			@change="reset => $emit('change', {reset})"
+			@input="reset => $emit('change', {reset})"
 		/>
 		<v-text-field
 			label="Reset Multiplier"
 			type="number"
 			:value="attribute.resetMultiplier"
-			@change="resetMultiplier => $emit('change', {resetMultiplier})"
+			@input="resetMultiplier => $emit('change', {resetMultiplier})"
 			hint="Some attributes, like hit dice, only reset by half their total on a long rest"
 		/>
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
-export default {
-	props: {
-		attribute: {
-			type: Object,
-			default: {},
-		},
-	},
-	data(){ return{
-		attributeTypes: [
-			{
-				text: 'Ability score',
-				value: 'ability',
-			}, {
-				text: 'Stat',
-				value: 'stat',
-			}, {
-				text: 'Modifier',
-				value: 'modifier',
-			}, {
-				text: 'Hit dice',
-				value: 'hitDice',
-			}, {
-				text: 'Health bar',
-				value: 'healthBar',
-			}, {
-				text: 'Resource',
-				value: 'resource',
-			}, {
-				text: 'Spell slot',
-				value: 'spellSlot',
-			}, {
-				text: 'Utility',
-				value: 'utility',
+	export default {
+		props: {
+			attribute: {
+				type: Object,
+				default: {},
 			},
-		],
-		resetOptions: [
-			{
-				text: 'Short rest',
-				value: 'shortRest',
-			}, {
-				text: 'Long rest',
-				value: 'longRest',
-			}
-		]
-	}},
-}
+		},
+		data(){ return{
+			attributeTypes: [
+				{
+					text: 'Ability score',
+					value: 'ability',
+				}, {
+					text: 'Stat',
+					value: 'stat',
+				}, {
+					text: 'Modifier',
+					value: 'modifier',
+				}, {
+					text: 'Hit dice',
+					value: 'hitDice',
+				}, {
+					text: 'Health bar',
+					value: 'healthBar',
+				}, {
+					text: 'Resource',
+					value: 'resource',
+				}, {
+					text: 'Spell slot',
+					value: 'spellSlot',
+				}, {
+					text: 'Utility',
+					value: 'utility',
+				},
+			],
+			resetOptions: [
+				{
+					text: 'Short rest',
+					value: 'shortRest',
+				}, {
+					text: 'Long rest',
+					value: 'longRest',
+				}
+			]
+		}},
+	};
 </script>
 
 <style lang="css" scoped>
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/components/EffectEdit.vue b/app/imports/ui/components/EffectEdit.vue
index d14aabea..8071fb0d 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/components/EffectEdit.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/components/EffectEdit.vue
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 				:menu-props="{transition: 'slide-y-transition', lazy: true}"
 				:items="operations"
 				:value="this.effect.operation"
-				@change="operation => $emit('change', {operation})"
+				@input="operation => $emit('change', {operation})"
 			>
 				<v-icon
 					class="black--text icon"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 				:value="needsValue ? (effect.calculation) : ' '"
 				:disabled="!needsValue"
 				:hint="!isFinite(effect.calculation) && effect.result ? effect.result + '' : '' "
-				@change="calculation => $emit('change', {calculation})"
+				@input="calculation => $emit('change', {calculation})"
 			/>
 		</v-flex>
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 				:menu-props="{transition: 'slide-y-transition', lazy: true}"
 				:value="effect.stat"
 				:items="stats"
-				@change="stat => $emit('change', {stat})"
+				@input="stat => $emit('change', {stat})"
 			/>
 		</v-flex>
 
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/utility/debounceUpdate.js b/app/imports/ui/utility/debounceUpdate.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76915732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/ui/utility/debounceUpdate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Creates a function that takes an object which represents the updates to be
+ * made as key: value pairs. The function collects these updates, (overwriting
+ * duplicates), and runs the given callback with the collated updates after the
+ * `time` has passed without the function being called.
+ */
+export default function debounceUpdate(callback, time = 300){
+  let collatedUpdate = {};
+  let interval;
+
+  return (update, ...rest) => {
+    // Every time we're called, collect the update
+    for (key in update){
+      collatedUpdate[key] = update[key];
+    }
+    // Reset the clock and set it again to run the callback
+    clearTimeout(interval);
+    interval = setTimeout(() => {
+      // Clock timed out, apply all the collated updates
+      callback(collatedUpdate, ...rest);
+      // Reset the collation
+      collatedUpdate = {};
+    }, time);
+  };
+};
+
+// Example use
+//
+// let f = update => {
+//  console.log({wroteUpdate: update});
+// };
+// let df = debounceUpdate(f, 300);
+// df({name: 'john'});
+// df({name: 'jack'});
+// df({age: 24, country: 'Ethiopia'});
+// df({transport: 'bus'});
+//
+// --> { wroteUpdate: {
+//       name: 'jack',
+//       age: 24,
+//       country: 'Ethiopia',
+//       transport: 'bus'
+//     }}