diff --git a/services/workflow/src/workflow/server.py b/services/workflow/src/workflow/server.py
index 61202d3edf56ba7f07b8307bcb2374d89d7c6e09..0815c729f67cea5a5308700849aca827105dd494 100644
--- a/services/workflow/src/workflow/server.py
+++ b/services/workflow/src/workflow/server.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class WorkflowRestService:
         # all we should have to do here is take the WorkflowRequest from the context and
         # hand it to WorkflowInfo to save it, but we're still conflating
         # workflows and workflow requests right now
-        request = self.request.workflows.create_workflow_request(
+        request = self.request.info.create_workflow_request(
             workflow_name=self.request.GET.get('name'), argument=self.request.GET.getall('args'))
         return request
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def main(global_config, **settings):
 
         config.add_route('workflows', '/workflows')
         config.add_route('workflow', '/workflows/{name}', factory=lookup_workflow)
-        config.add_route('create_workflow', '/workflows/create', factory=lookup_workflow)
+        config.add_route('create_workflow', '/workflows/{name}/create', factory=lookup_workflow)
         config.add_route('submit_workflow', '/workflows/{name}/submit', factory=lookup_workflow)
         config.add_route('workflow_files', '/workflows/{name}/files', factory=lookup_workflow)
         config.add_route('workflow_file', '/workflows/{name}/files/{filename}', factory=lookup_file)
diff --git a/shared/workspaces/src/workspaces/schema.py b/shared/workspaces/src/workspaces/schema.py
index 2d1f8e3516ac6743b1d61011d766bc563e6856dd..587bac84d6c2a01348467c3b51d68b8ee2840ff6 100644
--- a/shared/workspaces/src/workspaces/schema.py
+++ b/shared/workspaces/src/workspaces/schema.py
@@ -443,6 +443,12 @@ class WorkflowRequest(Base):
     def set_end_time(self, time: str):
         self.end_time = time
 
+    def __json__(self, request) -> dict:
+        return dict(
+            workflow_request_id=self.workflow_request_id,
+            workflow_name=self.workflow_name,
+            argument=self.argument,)
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"<WorkflowRequest workflow_request_id= {self.workflow_request_id}>"