diff --git a/atst/domain/environments.py b/atst/domain/environments.py
index 3f15fb17..66910c6e 100644
--- a/atst/domain/environments.py
+++ b/atst/domain/environments.py
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
+
 from atst.database import db
 from atst.models.environment import Environment
 from atst.models.environment_role import EnvironmentRole, CSPRole
 from atst.models.project import Project
+from atst.domain.users import Users
+
+from .exceptions import NotFoundError
 
 
 class Environments(object):
@@ -39,3 +44,28 @@ class Environments(object):
             .filter(Project.id == Environment.project_id)
             .all()
         )
+
+    def get(cls, environment_id):
+        try:
+            env = db.session.query(Environment).filter_by(id=environment_id).one()
+        except NoResultFound:
+            raise NotFoundError("environment")
+
+        return env
+
+    @classmethod
+    def update_environment_role(cls, environment_data, workspace_user):
+        # TODO need to check permissions?
+        new_role = environment_data["user_role_name"]
+        environment = Environments.get(cls=cls, environment_id=environment_data["id"])
+        if workspace_user.has_environment_roles:
+            env_role = EnvironmentRole.get(workspace_user.user_id, environment.id)
+            env_role.role = new_role
+        else:
+            env_role = EnvironmentRole(
+                user=workspace_user.user,
+                environment=environment,
+                role=new_role
+            )
+        db.session.add(env_role)
+        db.session.commit()
diff --git a/atst/models/environment_role.py b/atst/models/environment_role.py
index 594b46f3..f396d9cd 100644
--- a/atst/models/environment_role.py
+++ b/atst/models/environment_role.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import UUID
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 
 from atst.models import Base, types, mixins
+from atst.database import db
+from .types import Id
 
 
 class CSPRole(Enum):
@@ -24,6 +26,18 @@ class EnvironmentRole(Base, mixins.TimestampsMixin):
     user_id = Column(UUID(as_uuid=True), ForeignKey("users.id"), nullable=False)
     user = relationship("User", backref="environment_roles")
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get(cls, user_id, environment_id):
+        existing_env_role = (
+            db.session.query(EnvironmentRole)
+            .filter(
+                EnvironmentRole.user_id == user_id,
+                EnvironmentRole.environment_id == environment_id,
+            )
+            .one_or_none()
+        )
+        return existing_env_role
+
 
 Index(
     "environments_role_user_environment",
diff --git a/atst/routes/workspaces.py b/atst/routes/workspaces.py
index 5319474c..ef156dc8 100644
--- a/atst/routes/workspaces.py
+++ b/atst/routes/workspaces.py
@@ -242,7 +242,13 @@ def update_member(workspace_id, member_id):
             )
             new_role_name = member.role_displayname
         if form.data["environment_role"]:
-            print (form.data)
+            new_env_role = form.data["environment_role"]
+            environment_data = {
+                "id": "9432c6a5-2f9d-4c9c-b553-4c175852fb65",
+                "name": "this environment",
+                "user_role_name": new_env_role,
+            }
+            Environments.update_environment_role(environment_data, member)
 
         return redirect(
             url_for(
diff --git a/js/components/forms/edit_workspace_member.js b/js/components/forms/edit_workspace_member.js
index f483656d..1c31fb69 100644
--- a/js/components/forms/edit_workspace_member.js
+++ b/js/components/forms/edit_workspace_member.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default {
 
   props: {
     choices: Array,
-    initialData: String
+    initialData: Object
   },
 
   data: function () {
diff --git a/templates/workspaces/members/edit.html b/templates/workspaces/members/edit.html
index e4c89a98..ffdd99c2 100644
--- a/templates/workspaces/members/edit.html
+++ b/templates/workspaces/members/edit.html
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
             <a class='action-group__action icon-link icon-link--danger' v-on:click="closeModal('rolesModal')">Cancel</a>
           </div>
         </div>
-      </div>
     {% endcall %}
 
     <div is='toggler' default-visible class='block-list project-list-item'>