diff --git a/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/assets/js/unstructuredUpload.js b/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/assets/js/unstructuredUpload.js
index eee1a0da02430822ee70e9378b2916c5e88ff287..0eeb2e903b92c0397cf7a10c7ad815bc924ab179 100644
--- a/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/assets/js/unstructuredUpload.js
+++ b/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/assets/js/unstructuredUpload.js
@@ -5,12 +5,45 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
     $('#btnNext').click(function () {
         if ($('#upload-textarea-form').valid()) {
-            location.href="project-student.jsp?token="+getUserTokenFromUrl();
+
+            // fetch user and text
+            let user = getUserTokenFromUrl();
+            let text = $('#upload-textarea').val();
+
+            // build request
+            var fullSubmissionPostRequest = {
+                user: user,
+                text: text
+            };
+
+            // save request in database
+            createFullSubmission(fullSubmissionPostRequest, function (response) {
+                // clear textarea
+                $('#upload-textarea').val("");
+
+                // jump to next page
+                location.href="project-student.jsp?token=" + getUserTokenFromUrl() + "&submission=" + response.id;
+            });
         }
     });
 
     $('#btnBack').click(function () {
-        location.href="project-student.jsp?token="+getUserTokenFromUrl();
+        // if there is text inside the textarea
+        if ($('#upload-textarea').val().trim().length > 0) {
+            // show user alert message that the text will be lost
+            if (window.confirm("Möchten Sie zur vorherigen Seite zurückkehren? \nIhr bisheriger Text wird nicht gespeichert.")) {
+                // clear textarea
+                $('#upload-textarea').val("");
+
+                // jump to previous page
+                location.href="project-student.jsp?token="+getUserTokenFromUrl();
+            }
+        }
+        // nothing to check
+        else {
+            // jump to previous page
+            location.href="project-student.jsp?token="+getUserTokenFromUrl();
+        }
     });
 
     /**
diff --git a/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/assets/js/unstructuredUploadRest.js b/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/assets/js/unstructuredUploadRest.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e3fab82bcdcc3684d598805b093f01f4d4b874bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/assets/js/unstructuredUploadRest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * POST: Save an full submission in the database
+ *
+ * @param fullSubmissionPostRequest The post request
+ * @param responseHandler The response handler
+ */
+function createFullSubmission(fullSubmissionPostRequest, responseHandler) {
+    var url = "../rest/submissions/full/";
+    var json = JSON.stringify(fullSubmissionPostRequest);
+    $.ajax({
+        url: url,
+        type: "POST",
+        data: json,
+        contentType: "application/json",
+        dataType: "json",
+        success: function (response) {
+            responseHandler(response);
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+/**
+ * GET: Get a specific full submission for a given id
+ *
+ * @param id The id of the full submission
+ * @param responseHandler The response handler
+ */
+function getAnnotation(id, responseHandler) {
+    var url = "../rest/submissions/full/" + id;
+    $.ajax({
+        url: url,
+        type: "GET",
+        dataType: "json",
+        success: function (response) {
+            // handle the response
+            responseHandler(response);
+        }
+    })
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/pages/unstructured-upload.jsp b/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/pages/unstructured-upload.jsp
index 562b0340f07d1e4ab71ee674b8948e13e5d81427..b8746eab0c3c624f39a1cc11094080f1079b074f 100644
--- a/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/pages/unstructured-upload.jsp
+++ b/gemeinsamforschen/src/main/webapp/pages/unstructured-upload.jsp
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 
     <!-- css - upload-unstructured -->
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../assets/css/unstructured-upload.css">
-    <!-- js - annotationScript -->
+    <!-- js - unstructuredUpload -->
     <script src="../assets/js/unstructuredUpload.js"></script>
+    <!-- js - unstructuredUploadRest -->
+    <script src="../assets/js/unstructuredUploadRest.js"></script>
 
 </head>