diff --git a/server/lib/blueprints/applyBlueprint.ts b/server/lib/blueprints/applyBlueprint.ts
index 62a136c1..a3f977ab 100644
--- a/server/lib/blueprints/applyBlueprint.ts
+++ b/server/lib/blueprints/applyBlueprint.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export async function applyBlueprint({
                     const [insertedSiteResource] = await trx
                         .insert(siteResources)
                         .values({
-                            ...result.oldSiteResource,
+                            ...result.newSiteResource,
                         })
                         .returning();
 
diff --git a/server/lib/blueprints/clientResources.ts b/server/lib/blueprints/clientResources.ts
index ecbd8b27..64de9867 100644
--- a/server/lib/blueprints/clientResources.ts
+++ b/server/lib/blueprints/clientResources.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { sites } from "@server/db";
 import { eq, and, ne, inArray } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { Config } from "./types";
 import logger from "@server/logger";
+import { getNextAvailableAliasAddress } from "../ip";
 
 export type ClientResourcesResults = {
     newSiteResource: SiteResource;
@@ -75,17 +76,12 @@ export async function updateClientResources(
         }
 
         if (existingResource) {
-            if (existingResource.siteId !== site.siteId) {
-                throw new Error(
-                    `You can not change the site of an existing client resource (${resourceNiceId}). Please delete and recreate it instead.`
-                );
-            }
-
             // Update existing resource
             const [updatedResource] = await trx
                 .update(siteResources)
                 .set({
                     name: resourceData.name || resourceNiceId,
+                    siteId: site.siteId,
                     mode: resourceData.mode,
                     destination: resourceData.destination,
                     enabled: true, // hardcoded for now
@@ -208,6 +204,12 @@ export async function updateClientResources(
                 oldSiteResource: existingResource
             });
         } else {
+            let aliasAddress: string | null = null;
+            if (resourceData.mode == "host") {
+                // we can only have an alias on a host
+                aliasAddress = await getNextAvailableAliasAddress(orgId);
+            }
+
             // Create new resource
             const [newResource] = await trx
                 .insert(siteResources)
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ export async function updateClientResources(
                     enabled: true, // hardcoded for now
                     // enabled: resourceData.enabled ?? true,
                     alias: resourceData.alias || null,
+                    aliasAddress: aliasAddress,
                     disableIcmp: resourceData["disable-icmp"],
                     tcpPortRangeString: resourceData["tcp-ports"],
                     udpPortRangeString: resourceData["udp-ports"]
diff --git a/server/routers/siteResource/updateSiteResource.ts b/server/routers/siteResource/updateSiteResource.ts
index dc3298a8..10708443 100644
--- a/server/routers/siteResource/updateSiteResource.ts
+++ b/server/routers/siteResource/updateSiteResource.ts
@@ -483,6 +483,10 @@ export async function handleMessagingForUpdatedSiteResource(
     site: { siteId: number; orgId: string },
     trx: Transaction
 ) {
+
+    logger.debug("handleMessagingForUpdatedSiteResource: existingSiteResource is: ", existingSiteResource);
+    logger.debug("handleMessagingForUpdatedSiteResource: updatedSiteResource is: ", updatedSiteResource);
+
     const { mergedAllClients } =
         await rebuildClientAssociationsFromSiteResource(
             existingSiteResource || updatedSiteResource, // we want to rebuild based on the existing resource then we will apply the change to the destination below