diff --git a/api/lib/data-mission.ts b/api/lib/data-mission.ts
index 14161a4b4..0e38cf50c 100644
--- a/api/lib/data-mission.ts
+++ b/api/lib/data-mission.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ export default class DataMission {
                 mission_token: mission.token || undefined
             });
 
+            const conn = config.conns.get(data.connection);
+            if (conn) {
+                await api.Mission.subscribe(data.name, {
+                    uid: conn.config.uid()
+                },{
+                    token: mission.token || undefined
+                });
+            }
+
             // The groups property isn't returned by Create
             // Make this second call to get the groups - TODO Talk to Josh
             mission = await api.Mission.get(data.name, {}, {
diff --git a/api/web/src/components/DataEdit.vue b/api/web/src/components/DataEdit.vue
index 9c70fddd0..c1923b55e 100644
--- a/api/web/src/components/DataEdit.vue
+++ b/api/web/src/components/DataEdit.vue
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ export default {
                 auto_transform: true,
                 mission_sync: true,
                 mission_groups: [],
-                mission_role: 'MISSION_SUBSCRIBER',
-                mission_diff: false,
+                mission_role: 'MISSION_READONLY_SUBSCRIBER',
+                mission_diff: true,
                 description: '',
             }
         }