diff --git a/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/elements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/elements_controller.rb
index ebaee1de57..826eae9737 100644
--- a/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/elements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/elements_controller.rb
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ def create
           if @paste_from_clipboard = params[:paste_from_clipboard].present?
             @element = paste_element_from_clipboard
           else
-            @element = Element.create(create_element_params)
+            @element = Element.new(create_element_params)
           end
           if @page.definition["insert_elements_at"] == "top"
             @insert_at_top = true
-            @element.move_to_top
+            @element.position = 1
           end
         end
-        if @element.valid?
+        if @element.save
           render :create
         else
           @element.page_version = @page_version
@@ -91,10 +91,14 @@ def order
         end
       end
 
+      # Toggle fodls the element and persists the state in the db
+      #
+      # Ingredient validations might make the element invalid.
+      # In this case we are just toggling a UI state and do not care about the validations.
       def fold
         @page = @element.page
         @element.folded = !@element.folded
-        @element.save
+        @element.save(validate: false)
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/spec/controllers/alchemy/admin/elements_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/alchemy/admin/elements_controller_spec.rb
index 34249a7014..cfdcff05ff 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/alchemy/admin/elements_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/alchemy/admin/elements_controller_spec.rb
@@ -189,6 +189,16 @@ module Alchemy
           expect(subject).to render_template(:new)
         end
       end
+
+      context "with ingredient validations" do
+        subject do
+          post :create, params: { element: { page_version_id: page_version.id, name: "all_you_can_eat_ingredients" } }, xhr: true
+        end
+
+        it "creates element without error" do
+          expect(subject).to render_template(:create)
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     describe "#update" do
diff --git a/spec/requests/alchemy/admin/elements_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/alchemy/admin/elements_controller_spec.rb
index 8f77b787f6..67d260f6e6 100644
--- a/spec/requests/alchemy/admin/elements_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/alchemy/admin/elements_controller_spec.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@
         post fold_admin_element_path(id: element.id, format: :js)
         expect(response.body).to include("Alchemy.Tinymce.init([#{element.ingredient_by_role(:text).id}]);")
       end
+
+      context "with validations" do
+        let(:element) { create(:alchemy_element, :with_ingredients, name: :all_you_can_eat_ingredients) }
+
+        it "saves without running validations" do
+          post fold_admin_element_path(id: element.id, format: :js)
+          expect(element.reload).to be_folded
+        end
+      end
     end
   end