diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/variant/variant-id.class.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/variant/variant-id.class.ts
index 0bffb824dc..752e8bcf11 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/variant/variant-id.class.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/variant/variant-id.class.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ export class UmbVariantId {
 		return this.segment || '';
 	}
 
+	public isCultureInvariant(): boolean {
+		return this.culture === null;
+	}
+
+	public isSegmentInvariant(): boolean {
+		return this.segment === null;
+	}
+
 	public isInvariant(): boolean {
 		return this.culture === null && this.segment === null;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/repository/document.repository.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/repository/document.repository.ts
index 327a10f85f..68eb162e4d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/repository/document.repository.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/repository/document.repository.ts
@@ -219,25 +219,6 @@ export class UmbDocumentRepository
 		return { error };
 	}
 
-	async saveAndPublish(id: string, item: UpdateDocumentRequestModel, variantIds: Array<UmbVariantId>) {
-		if (!id) throw new Error('id is missing');
-		if (!variantIds) throw new Error('variant IDs are missing');
-		//await this.#init;
-
-		await this.save(id, item);
-
-		const { error } = await this.#detailDataSource.publish(id, variantIds);
-
-		if (!error) {
-			// TODO: Update other stores based on above effect.
-
-			const notification = { data: { message: `Document saved and published` } };
-			this.#notificationContext?.peek('positive', notification);
-		}
-
-		return { error };
-	}
-
 	async publish(id: string, variantIds: Array<UmbVariantId>) {
 		if (!id) throw new Error('id is missing');
 		if (!variantIds) throw new Error('variant IDs are missing');
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/repository/sources/document.server.data.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/repository/sources/document.server.data.ts
index 1f64050045..1f823b5305 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/repository/sources/document.server.data.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/repository/sources/document.server.data.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ export class UmbDocumentServerDataSource
 
 		// TODO: THIS DOES NOT TAKE SEGMENTS INTO ACCOUNT!!!!!!
 		const requestBody: PublishDocumentRequestModel = {
-			cultures: variantIds.map((variant) => variant.toCultureString()),
+			cultures: variantIds
+				.map((variant) => (variant.isCultureInvariant() ? null : variant.toCultureString()))
+				.filter((x) => x !== null) as Array<string>,
 		};
 
 		return tryExecuteAndNotify(this.#host, DocumentResource.putDocumentByIdPublish({ id, requestBody }));
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/workspace/document-workspace.context.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/workspace/document-workspace.context.ts
index 2d0977fdb4..3e4fdc864e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/workspace/document-workspace.context.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/workspace/document-workspace.context.ts
@@ -187,9 +187,8 @@ export class UmbDocumentWorkspaceContext
 		}
 	}
 
-	async save() {
-		if (!this.#currentData.value) return;
-		if (!this.#currentData.value.id) return;
+	async #createOrSave() {
+		if (!this.#currentData.value?.id) throw new Error('Id is missing');
 
 		if (this.getIsNew()) {
 			// TODO: typescript hack until we get the create type
@@ -200,6 +199,10 @@ export class UmbDocumentWorkspaceContext
 		} else {
 			await this.repository.save(this.#currentData.value.id, this.#currentData.value);
 		}
+	}
+
+	async save() {
+		await this.#createOrSave();
 
 		this.saveComplete(this.getData());
 	}
@@ -211,6 +214,19 @@ export class UmbDocumentWorkspaceContext
 		}
 	}
 
+	public async saveAndPublish() {
+		await this.#createOrSave();
+		// TODO: This might be right to publish all, but we need a method that just saves and publishes a declared range of variants.
+		const currentData = this.#currentData.value;
+		if (currentData) {
+			const variantIds = currentData.variants?.map((x) => UmbVariantId.Create(x));
+			const id = currentData.id;
+			if (variantIds && id) {
+				await this.repository.publish(id, variantIds);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	public async publish() {
 		// TODO: This might be right to publish all, but we need a method that just publishes a declared range of variants.
 		const currentData = this.#currentData.value;
@@ -223,18 +239,6 @@ export class UmbDocumentWorkspaceContext
 		}
 	}
 
-	public async saveAndPublish() {
-		// TODO: This might be right to publish all, but we need a method that just saves and publishes a declared range of variants.
-		const currentData = this.#currentData.value;
-		if (currentData) {
-			const variantIds = currentData.variants?.map((x) => UmbVariantId.Create(x));
-			const id = currentData.id;
-			if (variantIds && id) {
-				await this.repository.saveAndPublish(id, currentData, variantIds);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	public async unpublish() {
 		// TODO: This might be right to unpublish all, but we need a method that just publishes a declared range of variants.
 		const currentData = this.#currentData.value;