diff --git a/ynr/apps/moderation_queue/helpers.py b/ynr/apps/moderation_queue/helpers.py
index 1aa25efb5..9ccd6a909 100644
--- a/ynr/apps/moderation_queue/helpers.py
+++ b/ynr/apps/moderation_queue/helpers.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import requests
 from candidates.models.db import ActionType, LoggedAction
-from candidates.views.version_data import get_client_ip
+from candidates.views.version_data import get_change_metadata, get_client_ip
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.urls import reverse
@@ -32,14 +32,33 @@ def image_form_valid_response(request, person, image_form):
     queued_image = image_form.save(commit=False)
     queued_image.user = request.user
     queued_image.save()
-    # Record that action:
+    # TODO: Record this action and update the person versions.
+    # this needs a separate path than the usual record_version
+    # for person identifiers. We don't need to check previous versions
+    # of the person, we just need to record the action in the version log.
+    # we need to create a version and insert it into the version log. it should
+    # include the user, the action type, the person, and the source.
+    # the challenge is that the change_metadata step below will not
+    # work because it does not have the same structure as the version log.
+    # we need to create a new version which includes all the person attributes
+    # with blank values and the user and the action type
+    change_metadata = get_change_metadata(
+        request, image_form.cleaned_data["justification_for_use"]
+    )
+    # change_metadata.update({
+    #     "data": {},
+    #     "photo-upload": True
+    # })
+    person.record_version(change_metadata)
+    person.save()
+
     LoggedAction.objects.create(
         user=request.user,
         action_type=ActionType.PHOTO_UPLOAD,
         ip_address=get_client_ip(request),
         popit_person_new_version="",
         person=person,
-        source=image_form.cleaned_data["justification_for_use"],
+        source=image_form.cleaned_data["why_allowed"],
     )
     return HttpResponseRedirect(
         reverse("photo-upload-success", kwargs={"person_id": person.id})