diff --git a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/woocommerceHeading.js b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/woocommerceHeading.js
index ef3895c87d..739bd7fd00 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/woocommerceHeading.js
+++ b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/woocommerceHeading.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import _ from 'underscore';
+import MailPoet from 'mailpoet';
 import App from 'newsletter_editor/App';
 import BaseBlock from 'newsletter_editor/blocks/base';
 
@@ -30,6 +31,17 @@ const SettingsView = BaseBlock.BlockSettingsView.extend({
       'click .mailpoet_done_editing': 'close',
     };
   },
+  close: function close() {
+    MailPoet.Ajax.post({
+      api_version: window.mailpoet_api_version,
+      endpoint: 'woocommerce_settings',
+      action: 'set',
+      data: {
+        woocommerce_email_base_color: this.model.get('styles.backgroundColor'),
+      },
+    });
+    this.destroy();
+  },
 });
 
 const BlockToolsView = BaseBlock.BlockToolsView.extend({
diff --git a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/components/save.js b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/components/save.js
index 92bc0b29f8..f7e43b5614 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/components/save.js
+++ b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/components/save.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Module.save = function () {
 
   // Stringify to enable transmission of primitive non-string value types
   if (!_.isUndefined(json.body)) {
+    delete json.body.blockDefaults.woocommerceHeading;
+    delete json.body.blockDefaults.woocommerceContent;
     json.body = JSON.stringify(json.body);
   }