diff --git a/packages/core/src/memdb.ts b/packages/core/src/memdb.ts
index 832607616d..7842044a3f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/memdb.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/memdb.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export class ModelDb extends MemDb implements Storage {
     }
     doc.modifiedBy = tx.modifiedBy
     doc.modifiedOn = tx.modifiedOn
-    return { update: 'here' }
+    return tx.retrieve === true ? { object: doc } : {}
   }
 
   protected async txRemoveDoc (tx: TxRemoveDoc<Doc>): Promise<TxResult> {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tx.ts b/packages/core/src/tx.ts
index 4a86b71cfd..b2a9cd4f28 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tx.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tx.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ export type DocumentUpdate<T extends Doc> = Partial<Data<T>> & PushOptions<T> &
  */
 export interface TxUpdateDoc<T extends Doc> extends TxCUD<T> {
   operations: DocumentUpdate<T>
+  retrieve?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -273,9 +274,10 @@ export class TxOperations implements Storage {
     _class: Ref<Class<T>>,
     space: Ref<Space>,
     objectId: Ref<T>,
-    operations: DocumentUpdate<T>
+    operations: DocumentUpdate<T>,
+    retrieve?: boolean
   ): Promise<TxResult> {
-    const tx = this.txFactory.createTxUpdateDoc(_class, space, objectId, operations)
+    const tx = this.txFactory.createTxUpdateDoc(_class, space, objectId, operations, retrieve)
     return this.storage.tx(tx)
   }
 
@@ -346,7 +348,8 @@ export class TxFactory {
     _class: Ref<Class<T>>,
     space: Ref<Space>,
     objectId: Ref<T>,
-    operations: DocumentUpdate<T>
+    operations: DocumentUpdate<T>,
+    retrieve?: boolean
   ): TxUpdateDoc<T> {
     return {
       _id: generateId(),
@@ -357,7 +360,8 @@ export class TxFactory {
       objectId,
       objectClass: _class,
       objectSpace: space,
-      operations
+      operations,
+      retrieve
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/presentation/src/components/AttributeBarEditor.svelte b/packages/presentation/src/components/AttributeBarEditor.svelte
index b150a137dc..9f234b422c 100644
--- a/packages/presentation/src/components/AttributeBarEditor.svelte
+++ b/packages/presentation/src/components/AttributeBarEditor.svelte
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   }
 
   function onChange(value: any) {
-    client.updateDoc(_class, object.space, object._id, { [key]: value }).then(result => console.log('UPDATE RESULT', result))
+    client.updateDoc(_class, object.space, object._id, { [key]: value }, true).then(result => console.log('UPDATE RESULT', result))
   }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/server/mongo/src/storage.ts b/server/mongo/src/storage.ts
index 2e05cb96e6..fdc96647e8 100644
--- a/server/mongo/src/storage.ts
+++ b/server/mongo/src/storage.ts
@@ -179,10 +179,20 @@ class MongoAdapter extends MongoAdapterBase {
         console.log('ops', ops)
         return await this.db.collection(domain).bulkWrite(ops as any)
       } else {
-        return await this.db.collection(domain).updateOne({ _id: tx.objectId }, tx.operations)
+        if (tx.retrieve === true) {
+          const result = await this.db.collection(domain).findOneAndUpdate({ _id: tx.objectId }, tx.operations, { returnDocument: 'after' })
+          return { object: result.value }
+        } else {
+          return await this.db.collection(domain).updateOne({ _id: tx.objectId }, tx.operations)
+        }
       }
     } else {
-      return await this.db.collection(domain).updateOne({ _id: tx.objectId }, { $set: tx.operations })
+      if (tx.retrieve === true) {
+        const result = await this.db.collection(domain).findOneAndUpdate({ _id: tx.objectId }, { $set: tx.operations }, { returnDocument: 'after' })
+        return { object: result.value }
+      } else {
+        return await this.db.collection(domain).updateOne({ _id: tx.objectId }, { $set: tx.operations })
+      }
     }
   }