diff --git a/validation/src/main.rs b/validation/src/main.rs
index 788bb82..ac53b8c 100644
--- a/validation/src/main.rs
+++ b/validation/src/main.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ async fn main()->Result<(),StartupError>{
 	// connect to nats
 	let (publish_new,publish_fix,validator)=tokio::try_join!(
 		publish_new::Publisher::new(nasty.clone(),cookie_context.clone(),api.clone(),maps_grpc),
-		publish_fix::Publisher::new(nasty.clone(),cookie_context.clone()),
+		publish_fix::Publisher::new(nasty.clone(),cookie_context.clone(),api.clone()),
 		// clone nats here because it's dropped within the function scope,
 		// meanining the last reference is dropped...
 		validator::Validator::new(nasty.clone(),cookie_context,api)
diff --git a/validation/src/publish_fix.rs b/validation/src/publish_fix.rs
index 31423fd..5377115 100644
--- a/validation/src/publish_fix.rs
+++ b/validation/src/publish_fix.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 use futures::StreamExt;
 
+use crate::nats_types::PublishFixRequest;
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum PublishError{
+	Get(rbx_asset::cookie::GetError),
+	Json(serde_json::Error),
+	Upload(rbx_asset::cookie::UploadError),
+	ApiActionSubmissionPublish(api::Error),
 }
 impl std::fmt::Display for PublishError{
 	fn fmt(&self,f:&mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>)->std::fmt::Result{
@@ -13,23 +20,59 @@ impl std::error::Error for PublishError{}
 pub struct Publisher{
 	subscriber:async_nats::Subscriber,
 	roblox_cookie:rbx_asset::cookie::CookieContext,
+	api:api::Context,
 }
 impl Publisher{
 	pub async fn new(
 		nats:async_nats::Client,
 		roblox_cookie:rbx_asset::cookie::CookieContext,
+		api:api::Context,
 	)->Result<Self,async_nats::SubscribeError>{
 		Ok(Self{
 			subscriber:nats.subscribe("publish_fix").await?,
 			roblox_cookie,
+			api,
 		})
 	}
 	pub async fn run(mut self){
 		while let Some(message)=self.subscriber.next().await{
-			self.publish(message).await
+			self.publish_supress_error(message).await
 		}
 	}
-	async fn publish(&self,message:async_nats::Message){
-		println!("publish {:?}",message);
+	async fn publish_supress_error(&self,message:async_nats::Message){
+		match self.publish(message).await{
+			Ok(())=>println!("[PublishFix] Published, hooray!"),
+			Err(e)=>println!("[PublishFix] There was an error, oopsie! {e}"),
+		}
+	}
+	async fn publish(&self,message:async_nats::Message)->Result<(),PublishError>{
+		println!("publish_fix {:?}",message);
+		// decode json
+		let publish_info:PublishFixRequest=serde_json::from_slice(&message.payload).map_err(PublishError::Json)?;
+
+		// download the map model version
+		let model_data=self.roblox_cookie.get_asset(rbx_asset::cookie::GetAssetRequest{
+			asset_id:publish_info.ModelID,
+			version:Some(publish_info.ModelVersion),
+		}).await.map_err(PublishError::Get)?;
+
+		// upload the map to the strafesnet group
+		let _upload_response=self.roblox_cookie.upload(rbx_asset::cookie::UploadRequest{
+			assetid:publish_info.TargetAssetID,
+			groupId:Some(crate::GROUP_STRAFESNET),
+			name:None,
+			description:None,
+			ispublic:None,
+			allowComments:None,
+		},model_data).await.map_err(PublishError::Upload)?;
+
+		// that's it, the database entry does not need to be changed.
+
+		// mark submission as published
+		self.api.action_submission_publish(
+			api::SubmissionID(publish_info.SubmissionID)
+		).await.map_err(PublishError::ApiActionSubmissionPublish)?;
+
+		Ok(())
 	}
 }