diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/App.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/App.tsx
index b7eaca800..17afca14d 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import { AbilityContext } from './contexts/Can';
 import UserService from './services/UserService';
 import ErrorDisplay from './components/ErrorDisplay';
 import APIErrorProvider from './contexts/APIErrorContext';
+import ScrollToTop from "./components/ScrollToTop";
+import React from "react";
 
 export default function App() {
   if (!UserService.isLoggedIn()) {
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ export default function App() {
           <BrowserRouter>
             <NavigationBar />
             <Content>
+              <ScrollToTop />
               <ErrorDisplay />
               <ErrorBoundary>
                 <Routes>
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ErrorDisplay.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ErrorDisplay.tsx
index 401169733..67e6e18dc 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ErrorDisplay.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ErrorDisplay.tsx
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ export default function ErrorDisplay() {
 
   if (errorObject) {
     const title = 'Error:';
-    window.scrollTo(0, 0); // Scroll back to the top of the page
 
     errorTag = (
       <Notification title={title} onClose={() => removeError()} type="error">
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ScrollToTop.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ScrollToTop.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01d0b5806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ScrollToTop.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
+
+export default function ScrollToTop() {
+    const { pathname } = useLocation();
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        window.scrollTo(0, 0);
+    }, [pathname]);
+
+    return null;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
index a74aa829b..6f1407d5b 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/TaskShow.tsx
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
   const params = useParams();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const [disabled, setDisabled] = useState(false);
+  const [noValidate, setNoValidate] = useState<boolean>(false);
+
+  const [taskData, setTaskData] = useState<any>(null);
 
   const { addError, removeError } = useAPIError();
 
@@ -108,11 +111,11 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
   useEffect(() => {
     const processResult = (result: Task) => {
       setTask(result);
+      setTaskData(result.data);
       setDisabled(false);
       if (!result.can_complete) {
         navigateToInterstitial(result);
       }
-      window.scrollTo(0, 0); // Scroll back to the top of the page
 
       /*  Disable call to load previous tasks -- do not display menu.
       const url = `/v1.0/process-instances/for-me/${modifyProcessIdentifierForPathParam(
@@ -160,22 +163,30 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
     }
   };
 
-  const handleFormSubmit = (formObject: any, event: any) => {
+  const handleFormSubmit = (formObject: any, _event: any) => {
     if (disabled) {
       return;
     }
+
     const dataToSubmit = formObject?.formData;
     if (!dataToSubmit) {
       navigate(`/tasks`);
       return;
     }
     let queryParams = '';
-    if (event && event.submitter.id === 'close-button') {
+
+    // if validations are turned off then save as draft
+    if (noValidate) {
       queryParams = '?save_as_draft=true';
     }
     setDisabled(true);
     removeError();
     delete dataToSubmit.isManualTask;
+
+    // NOTE: rjsf sets blanks values to undefined and JSON.stringify removes keys with undefined values
+    // so there is no way to clear out a field that previously had a value.
+    // To resolve this, we could potentially go through the object that we are posting (either in here or in
+    // HttpService) and translate all undefined values to null.
     HttpService.makeCallToBackend({
       path: `/tasks/${params.process_instance_id}/${params.task_id}${queryParams}`,
       successCallback: processSubmitResult,
@@ -290,17 +301,27 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
     return errors;
   };
 
+  // This turns off validations and then dispatches the click event after
+  // waiting a second to give the state time to update.
+  // This is to allow saving the form without validations causing issues.
+  const handleSaveAndCloseButton = () => {
+    setNoValidate(true);
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      (document.getElementById('our-very-own-form') as any).dispatchEvent(
+        new Event('submit', { cancelable: true, bubbles: true })
+      );
+    }, 1000);
+  };
+
   const formElement = () => {
     if (!task) {
       return null;
     }
 
     let formUiSchema;
-    let taskData = task.data;
     let jsonSchema = task.form_schema;
     let reactFragmentToHideSubmitButton = null;
     if (task.typename === 'ManualTask') {
-      taskData = {};
       jsonSchema = {
         type: 'object',
         required: [],
@@ -341,7 +362,7 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
         closeButton = (
           <Button
             id="close-button"
-            type="submit"
+            onClick={handleSaveAndCloseButton}
             disabled={disabled}
             kind="secondary"
             title="Save changes without submitting."
@@ -381,14 +402,17 @@ export default function TaskShow() {
       <Grid fullWidth condensed>
         <Column sm={4} md={5} lg={8}>
           <Form
+            id="our-very-own-form"
             disabled={disabled}
             formData={taskData}
+            onChange={(obj: any) => setTaskData(obj.formData)}
             onSubmit={handleFormSubmit}
             schema={jsonSchema}
             uiSchema={formUiSchema}
             widgets={widgets}
             validator={validator}
             customValidate={customValidate}
+            noValidate={noValidate}
             omitExtraData
           >
             {reactFragmentToHideSubmitButton}
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/services/HttpService.ts b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/services/HttpService.ts
index 83d71af8c..4dffa1544 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/services/HttpService.ts
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/services/HttpService.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ backendCallProps) => {
     Object.assign(httpArgs, { body: postBody });
   } else if (typeof postBody === 'object') {
     if (!objectIsEmpty(postBody)) {
+      // NOTE: stringify strips out keys with value undefined
       Object.assign(httpArgs, { body: JSON.stringify(postBody) });
       Object.assign(headers, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
     }