diff --git a/assets/coffee/wyrm.coffee b/assets/coffee/wyrm.coffee
index 4bd577a..036764d 100644
--- a/assets/coffee/wyrm.coffee
+++ b/assets/coffee/wyrm.coffee
@@ -1,41 +1,31 @@
 $(document).ready(() ->
-  $('.channel-path').click((e) ->
-    newPath = prompt('New channel directory path', $(this).find('span').text())
-    if newPath
-      payload =
-        directory_path: newPath
-      channelId = $('#channel-id').val()
-      $.post('/channel/' + channelId + '/edit/directory_path', payload, (data) ->
-        if data == 'success'
-          $('.channel-path span').text(newPath)
-      )
-  )
+  $('.channel-path').click(updateAttribute)
 
-  $('.video-status').click((e) ->
-    newStatus = prompt('New video status', $(this).find('span').text())
-    if newStatus
-      newStatus = newStatus.toLowerCase()
-      payload =
-        status: newStatus
-      videoId = $('#video-id').val()
-      $.post('/video/' + videoId + '/edit/status', payload, (data) ->
-        if data == 'success'
-          $('.video-status span').text(capitalizeWord(newStatus))
-      )
-  )
+  $('.video-status').click(updateAttribute)
 
-  $('.video-serial').click((e) ->
-    newSerial = prompt('New video serial number', $(this).find('span').text())
-    if newSerial
-      payload =
-        serial: newSerial
-      videoId = $('#video-id').val()
-      $.post('/video/' + videoId + '/edit/serial', payload, (data) ->
-        if data == 'success'
-          $('.video-serial span').text(newSerial)
-      )
-  )
+  $('.video-serial').click(updateAttribute)
 )
 
+updateAttribute = (e) ->
+  elem = $(this)
+  type = elem.data('type')
+  attr = elem.data('attribute')
+  newValue = prompt('Enter new ' + type + ' ' + attr + ':', elem.find('span').text())
+  if newValue
+    if attr == 'status'
+      newValue = newValue.toLowerCase()
+    payload = 
+      value: newValue
+    objectId = $('#' + type + '-id').val()
+    url = '/' + type + '/' + objectId + '/edit/' + attr
+    $.post(url, payload, (data) ->
+      if data == 'success'
+        if attr == 'status'
+          newValue = capitalizeWord(newValue)
+        elem.find('span').text(newValue)
+    )
+  else
+    console.log('User canceled attribute "' + attr + '" update.')
+
 capitalizeWord = (str) ->
   return str.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + str.slice(1)
diff --git a/lib/routes/channel.rb b/lib/routes/channel.rb
index f5af0c8..33dbfad 100644
--- a/lib/routes/channel.rb
+++ b/lib/routes/channel.rb
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ namespace '/channel' do
     attrToEdit = params[:attr]
 
     if attrToEdit == 'directory_path'
-      File.rename(channel.directory_path, params[attrToEdit])
+      File.rename(channel.directory_path, params[:value])
       channel.videos.each do |v|
-        video_path = v.directory_path.sub(channel.directory_path, params[attrToEdit])
+        video_path = v.directory_path.sub(channel.directory_path, params[:value])
         v.update(directory_path: video_path)
       end
     end
 
-    channel[attrToEdit.to_sym] = params[attrToEdit]
+    channel[attrToEdit.to_sym] = params[:value]
     channel.save()
 
     return "success"
diff --git a/lib/routes/video.rb b/lib/routes/video.rb
index 00652f6..49ffe5e 100644
--- a/lib/routes/video.rb
+++ b/lib/routes/video.rb
@@ -111,7 +111,15 @@ namespace '/video' do
     video = Video.where(id: params[:video_id]).first()
     attrToEdit = params[:attr]
 
-    video[attrToEdit.to_sym] = params[attrToEdit]
+    # if we update the video's serial, we need to also update the directory path
+    if attrToEdit == 'serial'
+      old_path = video.directory_path
+      new_path = video.directory_path.sub("##{video.serial}", "##{params[:value]}")
+      File.rename(old_path, new_path)
+      video[:directory_path] = new_path
+    end
+
+    video[attrToEdit.to_sym] = params[:value]
     video.save()
 
     return "success"
diff --git a/views/channel/view.erb b/views/channel/view.erb
index 0d2ddaf..82b0ba4 100644
--- a/views/channel/view.erb
+++ b/views/channel/view.erb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       <span><a href="/channel/<%= channel.id %>/edit">Edit <i class="fa-solid fa-pen-to-square"></i></a></span><span>
         <a href="/channel/<%= channel.id %>/delete">Delete <i class="fa-solid fa-trash"></i></a></span>
     </div>
-    <div class="channel-path">
+    <div class="channel-path" data-attribute="directory_path" data-type="channel">
       <p><span><%= channel.directory_path %></span></p>
     </div>
     <div class="channel-open">
diff --git a/views/video/view.erb b/views/video/view.erb
index fc31694..062e66b 100644
--- a/views/video/view.erb
+++ b/views/video/view.erb
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
     <div class="video-channel">
       <p>Channel: <a href="/channel/<%= video.channel.id %>"><span><%= video.channel.name %></span></a></p>
     </div>
-    <div class="video-serial">
+    <div class="video-serial" data-attribute="serial" data-type="video">
       <p>Serial: <span><%= serialize(video.serial) %></span></p>
     </div>
-    <div class="video-status">
+    <div class="video-status" data-attribute="status" data-type="video">
       <p>Status: <span><%= video.status.capitalize() %></span></p>
     </div>
     <div class="script-controls">