diff --git a/sde_collections/management/commands/push_config_to_github b/sde_collections/management/commands/push_config_to_github
deleted file mode 100644
index baa98ec8..00000000
--- a/sde_collections/management/commands/push_config_to_github
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-
-
-class Command(BaseCommand):
-    help = (
-        "Push config to github. Takes comma-separated config_folder list as argument."
-    )
-
-    def add_arguments(self, parser):
-        parser.add_argument("config_folders", nargs="*", type=str, default=[])
-
-    def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        config_folders = options["config_folders"]
-        for config_folder in config_folders:
-            print("jere")
-            # collection = Collection.objects.get(config_folder=config_folder)
-            # collection.push_configs_to_github()
-
-        self.stdout.write(
-            self.style.SUCCESS(
-                'Successfully pushed the following collection to github from "%s"'
-                % config_folders
-            )
-        )
diff --git a/sde_collections/management/commands/push_to_github.py b/sde_collections/management/commands/push_to_github.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37aed37f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sde_collections/management/commands/push_to_github.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from sde_collections.models.collection import Collection
+from sde_collections.utils.github_helper import GitHubHandler
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = (
+        "Push config to github. Takes comma-separated config_folder list as argument."
+    )
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument("config_folders", nargs="*", type=str, default=[])
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        config_folders = options["config_folders"]
+
+        # curation status 5 is Curated
+        collections = Collection.objects.filter(
+            config_folder__in=config_folders
+        ).filter(curation_status=5)
+
+        cant_push = Collection.objects.filter(config_folder__in=config_folders).exclude(
+            curation_status=5
+        )
+        cant_push = list(cant_push.values_list("name", flat=True))
+
+        gh = GitHubHandler(collections)
+        gh.push_to_github()
+
+        self.stdout.write(
+            self.style.SUCCESS(
+                "Successfully pushed: %s"
+                % list(collections.values_list("name", flat=True))
+            )
+        )
+
+        if cant_push:
+            self.stdout.write(
+                self.style.ERROR(
+                    "Can't push since status is not Curated (choice_id:5) %s"
+                    % cant_push
+                )
+            )
diff --git a/sde_collections/utils/github_helper.py b/sde_collections/utils/github_helper.py
index 2ff709c8..724366b4 100644
--- a/sde_collections/utils/github_helper.py
+++ b/sde_collections/utils/github_helper.py
@@ -40,13 +40,14 @@ def _update_file_contents(self, collection):
         """
         contents = self._get_file_contents(collection)
         FILE_CONTENTS = contents.decoded_content.decode("utf-8")
+        updated_xml = collection.update_config_xml(FILE_CONTENTS)
 
         COMMIT_MESSAGE = f"Webapp: Update {collection.name}"
 
         self.repo.update_file(
             contents.path,
             COMMIT_MESSAGE,
-            FILE_CONTENTS,
+            updated_xml,
             contents.sha,
             branch=self.github_branch,
         )
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ def create_pull_request(self):
 
     def push_to_github(self):
         for collection in self.collections:
+            print(f"Pushing {collection.name} to GitHub.")
             self._update_file_contents(collection)
             collection.curation_status = CurationStatusChoices.GITHUB_PR_CREATED
             collection.save()
diff --git a/sde_collections/views.py b/sde_collections/views.py
index 148591c3..c38b81cb 100644
--- a/sde_collections/views.py
+++ b/sde_collections/views.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def post(self, request):
                 "collection_ids can't be empty.", status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST
             )
 
-        push_to_github_task(collection_ids)
+        push_to_github_task.delay(collection_ids)
 
         return Response(
             {"Success": "Started pushing collections to github"},