diff --git a/mediagoblin/app.py b/mediagoblin/app.py
index 7231b786..ef4feae3 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/app.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/app.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class MediagoblinApp(object):
 
 def paste_app_factory(global_config, **kw):
     connection = pymongo.Connection()
-    db = kw.get('db_name', 'mediagoblin')
+    db = connection[kw.get('db_name', 'mediagoblin')]
 
     return MediagoblinApp(
         db,
diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/test_submit.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/test_submit.html
index 0d2fd258..bf91d26b 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/test_submit.html
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/test_submit.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <html>
   <body>
-    <form action="{{ request.urlgen('test_submit') }}" method="POST">
+    <form action="{{ request.urlgen('test_submit') }}" method="POST"
+          enctype="multipart/form-data">
       <table>
         {% for field in image_form %}
           <tr>
diff --git a/mediagoblin/views.py b/mediagoblin/views.py
index ef0fddad..116237b7 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/views.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import datetime
+
 from webob import Response, exc
 import wtforms
 
@@ -17,7 +19,11 @@ def submit_test(request):
     image_form = ImageSubmitForm(request.POST)
     if request.method == 'POST' and image_form.validate():
         # create entry and save in database
-        
+        work_id = request.app.db.works.insert(
+            {'title': image_form.title.data,
+             'created': datetime.datetime.now(),
+             'description': image_form.description.data})
+
         # save file to disk
         ## TODO
 
