diff --git a/web/roles/create-roles-modal.react.js b/web/roles/create-roles-modal.react.js
index 6c9fcc7d5..70fe61dda 100644
--- a/web/roles/create-roles-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/roles/create-roles-modal.react.js
@@ -1,231 +1,258 @@
 // @flow
 
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import {
   modifyCommunityRole,
   modifyCommunityRoleActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import type {
   UserSurfacedPermission,
   UserSurfacedPermissionOption,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-permission-types.js';
 import type {
   ThreadInfo,
   RoleModificationRequest,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import {
   useServerCall,
   useDispatchActionPromise,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 import { useFilterPermissionOptionsByThreadType } from 'lib/utils/role-utils.js';
 
 import css from './create-roles-modal.css';
 import Button, { buttonThemes } from '../components/button.react.js';
 import EnumSettingsOption from '../components/enum-settings-option.react.js';
 import LoadingIndicator from '../loading-indicator.react.js';
 import Input from '../modals/input.react.js';
 import Modal from '../modals/modal.react.js';
+import UnsavedChangesModal from '../modals/unsaved-changes-modal.react.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 const createRolesLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   modifyCommunityRoleActionTypes,
 );
 
 type CreateRolesModalProps = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
   +action: 'create_role' | 'edit_role',
   +existingRoleID?: string,
   +roleName: string,
   +rolePermissions: $ReadOnlySet<UserSurfacedPermission>,
 };
 
 function CreateRolesModal(props: CreateRolesModalProps): React.Node {
-  const { popModal } = useModalContext();
+  const { pushModal, popModal } = useModalContext();
   const { threadInfo, action, existingRoleID, roleName, rolePermissions } =
     props;
 
   const callModifyCommunityRole = useServerCall(modifyCommunityRole);
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
 
   const createRolesLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus = useSelector(
     createRolesLoadingStatusSelector,
   );
 
   const [pendingRoleName, setPendingRoleName] =
     React.useState<string>(roleName);
   const [pendingRolePermissions, setPendingRolePermissions] =
     React.useState<$ReadOnlySet<UserSurfacedPermission>>(rolePermissions);
 
   const onChangeRoleName = React.useCallback(
     (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
       setPendingRoleName(event.currentTarget.value);
     },
     [],
   );
 
   const onCloseModal = React.useCallback(() => {
-    popModal();
-  }, [popModal]);
+    const pendingSet = new Set(pendingRolePermissions);
+    const roleSet = new Set(rolePermissions);
+
+    let arePermissionsEqual = true;
+    if (pendingSet.size !== roleSet.size) {
+      arePermissionsEqual = false;
+    }
+    for (const permission of pendingSet) {
+      if (!roleSet.has(permission)) {
+        arePermissionsEqual = false;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (pendingRoleName === roleName && arePermissionsEqual) {
+      popModal();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    pushModal(<UnsavedChangesModal />);
+  }, [
+    pendingRoleName,
+    roleName,
+    pendingRolePermissions,
+    rolePermissions,
+    pushModal,
+    popModal,
+  ]);
 
   const clearPermissionsClassNames = classNames({
     [css.clearPermissions]: true,
     [css.clearPermissionsDisabled]: pendingRolePermissions.size === 0,
     [css.clearPermissionsEnabled]: pendingRolePermissions.size > 0,
   });
 
   const onClearPermissions = React.useCallback(
     () => setPendingRolePermissions(new Set()),
     [],
   );
 
   const isUserSurfacedPermissionSelected = React.useCallback(
     (option: UserSurfacedPermissionOption) =>
       pendingRolePermissions.has(option.userSurfacedPermission),
     [pendingRolePermissions],
   );
 
   const onEnumValuePress = React.useCallback(
     (option: UserSurfacedPermissionOption) =>
       setPendingRolePermissions(currentPermissions => {
         if (currentPermissions.has(option.userSurfacedPermission)) {
           const newPermissions = new Set(currentPermissions);
           newPermissions.delete(option.userSurfacedPermission);
           return newPermissions;
         } else {
           return new Set([
             ...currentPermissions,
             option.userSurfacedPermission,
           ]);
         }
       }),
     [],
   );
 
   const filteredUserSurfacedPermissionOptions =
     useFilterPermissionOptionsByThreadType(threadInfo.type);
 
   const permissionsList = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       [...filteredUserSurfacedPermissionOptions].map(permission => (
         <EnumSettingsOption
           key={permission.userSurfacedPermission}
           selected={isUserSurfacedPermissionSelected(permission)}
           onSelect={() => onEnumValuePress(permission)}
           icon={null}
           title={permission.title}
           type="checkbox"
           statements={[{ statement: permission.description }]}
         />
       )),
     [
       filteredUserSurfacedPermissionOptions,
       isUserSurfacedPermissionSelected,
       onEnumValuePress,
     ],
   );
 
   const onClickCreateRole = React.useCallback(() => {
     // TODO: Error handling in a later diff
 
     let callModifyCommunityRoleParams: RoleModificationRequest;
     if (action === 'create_role') {
       callModifyCommunityRoleParams = {
         community: threadInfo.id,
         action,
         name: pendingRoleName,
         permissions: [...pendingRolePermissions],
       };
     } else {
       invariant(existingRoleID, 'existingRoleID should be defined');
       callModifyCommunityRoleParams = {
         community: threadInfo.id,
         existingRoleID,
         action,
         name: pendingRoleName,
         permissions: [...pendingRolePermissions],
       };
     }
 
     dispatchActionPromise(
       modifyCommunityRoleActionTypes,
       (async () => {
         const response = await callModifyCommunityRole(
           callModifyCommunityRoleParams,
         );
         popModal();
         return response;
       })(),
     );
   }, [
     callModifyCommunityRole,
     dispatchActionPromise,
     threadInfo,
     action,
     existingRoleID,
     pendingRoleName,
     pendingRolePermissions,
     popModal,
   ]);
 
   const saveButtonContent = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (createRolesLoadingStatus === 'loading') {
       return (
         <LoadingIndicator status={createRolesLoadingStatus} size="medium" />
       );
     }
 
     return 'Save';
   }, [createRolesLoadingStatus]);
 
   return (
     <Modal name="Create Role" onClose={onCloseModal} size="large">
       <form method="POST" className={css.formContainer}>
         <div className={css.roleNameLabel}>Role Name</div>
         <div className={css.roleNameInput}>
           <Input
             type="text"
             value={pendingRoleName}
             onChange={onChangeRoleName}
           />
         </div>
       </form>
       <hr className={css.separator} />
       <div className={css.permissionsHeaderContainer}>
         <div className={css.permissionsLabel}>Permissions</div>
         <div
           className={clearPermissionsClassNames}
           onClick={onClearPermissions}
         >
           Clear Permissions
         </div>
       </div>
       <div className={css.permissionsContainer}>{permissionsList}</div>
       <div className={css.buttonsContainer}>
         <Button
           variant="outline"
           className={css.backButton}
           buttonColor={buttonThemes.outline}
-          onClick={null}
+          onClick={onCloseModal}
         >
           Back
         </Button>
         <Button
           variant="filled"
           className={css.createRoleButton}
           buttonColor={buttonThemes.standard}
           onClick={onClickCreateRole}
         >
           {saveButtonContent}
         </Button>
       </div>
     </Modal>
   );
 }
 
 export default CreateRolesModal;