diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/syncManager.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/syncManager.js
index 092092a09..06affef76 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/syncManager.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/syncManager.js
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ class SyncManager {
   }
 
   syncOffline(items, callback) {
+    // Update all items updated_at to now
+    for(var item of items) {
+      item.updated_at = new Date();
+    }
     this.writeItemsToLocalStorage(items, true, function(responseItems){
       // delete anything needing to be deleted
       for(var item of items) {