diff --git a/src/components/projects/CreateProject.jsx b/src/components/projects/CreateProject.jsx
index e981994..a1e734e 100644
--- a/src/components/projects/CreateProject.jsx
+++ b/src/components/projects/CreateProject.jsx
@@ -197,15 +197,14 @@ const SubmissionSection = ({ classes, history }) => {
         const { title, commitTime } = values
         const manifest = createJSON(values)
         const contentHash = await uploadFilesToIpfs(uploads, manifest)
+        uploadFilesToIpfs(uploads, manifest, true)
         const args = [title, contentHash, account, 0, hoursToSeconds(commitTime), ZERO_ADDRESS]
         addProject(...args)
           .estimateGas({ from: account })
           .then(async gas => {
             addProject(...args)
               .send({ from: account, gas: gas + 100 })
-              .then(res => {
-                // upload to gateway
-                uploadFilesToIpfs(uploads, manifest, true)
+              .then(async res => {
                 pinToGateway(contentHash)
                 console.log({res})
                 openSnackBar('success', addProjectSucessMsg(res))
diff --git a/src/utils/ipfs.js b/src/utils/ipfs.js
index e1d77a3..9c85c41 100644
--- a/src/utils/ipfs.js
+++ b/src/utils/ipfs.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { getImageType } from './images'
 
 const ipfsMatcher = new Matcher().begin().find('ipfs/')
 export const ipfs = new IPFS()
-const ipfsHttp = ipfsClient('test-ipfs.status.im', '2053', { protocol: 'https' })
+//const ipfsHttp = ipfsClient('test-ipfs.status.im', '2053', { protocol: 'https' })
+const ipfsHttp = ipfsClient({ host: 'api.thegraph.com', 'api-path': '/ipfs/api/v0/', protocol: 'https', port: '443' })
 
 window.ipfsHttp = ipfsHttp
 window.jsIPFS = ipfs