diff --git a/mealapi/resources/mealresource.py b/mealapi/resources/mealresource.py
index ac3c7ff..1918818 100644
--- a/mealapi/resources/mealresource.py
+++ b/mealapi/resources/mealresource.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class MealBaseResource(Resource):
 
         try:
             self.mealschema.load(body, session=db.session)
+            db.session.commit()
             return '', 204
         except ValidationError as error:
             abort(406, error.messages)
diff --git a/mealapi/schemas/mealschema.py b/mealapi/schemas/mealschema.py
index 0849a7b..41f56b8 100644
--- a/mealapi/schemas/mealschema.py
+++ b/mealapi/schemas/mealschema.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from .ingredientschema import IngredientSchema
 
 class MealSchema(ma.SQLAlchemyAutoSchema):
 
-    # A list of author objects
     ingredients = ma.Nested(IngredientSchema, many=True)
 
     class Meta: