diff --git a/InvenTree/part/serializers.py b/InvenTree/part/serializers.py
index c8130055b7..e5c23b730a 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/serializers.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/serializers.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class PartSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Part
+        partial = True
         fields = [
             'pk',
             'url',  # Link to the part detail page
diff --git a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/detail.html b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/detail.html
index 2a8db4421a..7b148318c9 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/templates/part/detail.html
+++ b/InvenTree/part/templates/part/detail.html
@@ -146,6 +146,33 @@
                         });
     });
 
+    $('#activate-part').click(function() {
+        inventreeUpdate(
+            "{% url 'api-part-detail' part.id %}",
+            {
+                active: true,
+            },
+            {
+                method: 'PATCH',
+                reloadOnSuccess: true,
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
+    $('#deactivate-part').click(function() {
+        inventreeUpdate(
+            "{% url 'api-part-detail' part.id %}",
+            {
+                active: false,
+            },
+            {
+                method: 'PATCH',
+                reloadOnSuccess: true,
+            }
+        );
+    });
+
+
     $('#delete-part').click(function() {
         launchDeleteForm(
                          "{% url 'part-delete' part.id %}",
diff --git a/InvenTree/static/script/inventree/api.js b/InvenTree/static/script/inventree/api.js
index fab1450a00..530e816f68 100644
--- a/InvenTree/static/script/inventree/api.js
+++ b/InvenTree/static/script/inventree/api.js
@@ -47,11 +47,7 @@ function inventreeUpdate(url, data={}, options={}) {
         data["_is_final"] = true;
     }
 
-    var method = 'put';
-
-    if ('method' in options) {
-        method = options.method;
-    }
+    var method = options.method || 'PUT';
 
     // Middleware token required for data update
     //var csrftoken = jQuery("[name=csrfmiddlewaretoken]").val();
@@ -69,12 +65,21 @@ function inventreeUpdate(url, data={}, options={}) {
         success: function(response, status) {
             response['_status_code'] = status;
             console.log('UPDATE object to ' + url + ' - result = ' + status);
+            if (options.success) {
+                options.success(response, status);
+            }
+            if (options.reloadOnSuccess) {
+                location.reload();
+            }
         },
         error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
             console.error('Error on UPDATE to ' + url);
             console.error(thrownError);
+            if (options.error) {
+                options.error(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError);
             }
-        });
+        }
+    });
 }
 
 // Return list of parts with optional filters