diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
index ea3e6998e..3dc700612 100755
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/api.yml
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ paths:
           content:
             application/json:
               schema:
-                $ref: "#/components/schemas/OkTrue"
+                type: string
 
   /processes:
     get:
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
index cdd2ec30f..e5fde2033 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/routes/process_api_blueprint.py
@@ -377,8 +377,9 @@ def process_model_publish(
     if branch_to_update is None:
         branch_to_update = current_app.config["GIT_MERGE_BRANCH"]
     process_model_identifier = un_modify_modified_process_model_id(modified_process_model_identifier)
-    GitService().publish(process_model_identifier, branch_to_update)
-    return Response(json.dumps({"ok": True}), status=200, mimetype="application/json")
+    pr_url = GitService().publish(process_model_identifier, branch_to_update)
+    data = {"ok": True, "pr_url": pr_url}
+    return Response(json.dumps(data), status=200, mimetype="application/json")
 
 
 def process_model_list(
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py
index 0c24e965d..b5c451b45 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/git_service.py
@@ -94,4 +94,15 @@ class GitService:
         commit_message = f"Request to publish changes to {process_model_id}, from {g.user.username}"
         os.system(f"git commit -m '{commit_message}'")  # noqa: S605
         os.system("git push")
-        print("publish")
+
+        # build url for github page to open PR
+        output = os.popen("git remote -v").read()
+        remote_url = output.strip().split("\n")[0].split("\t")[1].split(" ")[0].replace(".git", "")
+        pr_url = f"{remote_url}/compare/{publish_branch}?expand=1"
+
+        # try to clean up
+        os.chdir("/tmp")
+        if os.path.exists(destination_process_root):
+            shutil.rmtree(destination_process_root)
+
+        return pr_url