diff --git a/web/src/context/Users/useFavoriteProvider.tsx b/web/src/context/Users/useFavoriteProvider.tsx
index 1a7f429be..82d62cfcf 100644
--- a/web/src/context/Users/useFavoriteProvider.tsx
+++ b/web/src/context/Users/useFavoriteProvider.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useBusterWebSocket } from '../BusterWebSocket';
 import { useMemoizedFn } from 'ahooks';
 import { BusterUserFavorite, ShareAssetType } from '@/api/asset_interfaces';
-import { createQueryKey, useSocketQueryEmitOn } from '@/hooks';
+import { createQueryKey, useSocketQueryEmitOn, useSocketQueryMutation } from '@/hooks';
 import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { useHotkeys } from 'react-hotkeys-hook';
 
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ export const useFavoriteProvider = () => {
     { route: '/users/favorites/list:listFavorites' }
   );
 
+  const { mutate: addItemToFavorite } = useSocketQueryMutation(
+    { route: '/users/favorites/post' },
+    {
+      route: '/users/favorites/post:createFavorite'
+    }
+  );
+
   const setUserFavorites = useMemoizedFn(
     (updater: (v: BusterUserFavorite[]) => BusterUserFavorite[]) => {
       queryClient.setQueryData(favoritesQueryKey, (v: BusterUserFavorite[] | undefined) => {
@@ -27,7 +34,7 @@ export const useFavoriteProvider = () => {
     }
   );
 
-  const addItemToFavorite = useMemoizedFn(
+  const aXddItemToFavorite = useMemoizedFn(
     async ({
       id,
       asset_type,
diff --git a/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/index.ts b/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/index.ts
index d1b575736..6c90e103b 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/index.ts
+++ b/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/index.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ import { BusterSocketResponseConfig } from './types';
 export * from './useSocketQueryEmitAndOnce';
 export * from './useSocketQueryEmitOn';
 export * from './useSocketQueryOn';
+export * from './useSocketQueryMutation';
 
 export { createQueryKey, type BusterSocketResponseConfig };
diff --git a/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/types.ts b/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/types.ts
index 706b04a4d..a8f9eca71 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/types.ts
+++ b/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-import type { BusterSocketResponse, BusterSocketResponseRoute } from '@/api/buster_socket';
+import type {
+  BusterSocketRequest,
+  BusterSocketResponse,
+  BusterSocketResponseRoute
+} from '@/api/buster_socket';
 import { UseQueryResult } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 
 /**
@@ -20,3 +24,17 @@ export type BusterSocketResponseConfig<TRoute extends BusterSocketResponseRoute>
 };
 
 export type UseBusterSocketQueryResult<TData, TError = unknown> = UseQueryResult<TData, TError>;
+
+/**
+ * Extract the route type from BusterSocketRequest
+ */
+export type BusterSocketRequestRoute = BusterSocketRequest['route'];
+
+export type BusterSocketRequestConfig<TRoute extends BusterSocketRequestRoute> = {
+  route: TRoute;
+};
+
+export type InferBusterSocketRequestPayload<TRoute extends BusterSocketRequestRoute> = Extract<
+  BusterSocketRequest,
+  { route: TRoute }
+>['payload'];
diff --git a/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/useSocketQueryEmitOn.tsx b/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/useSocketQueryEmitOn.tsx
index a253a5b26..bc4ec3ca4 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/useSocketQueryEmitOn.tsx
+++ b/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/useSocketQueryEmitOn.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ export const useSocketQueryEmitOn = <TRoute extends BusterSocketResponseRoute, T
   >
 ): UseBusterSocketQueryResult<InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>, TError> => {
   const busterSocket = useBusterWebSocket();
-  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 
   const queryKey = createQueryKey(socketResponse, socketRequest);
 
diff --git a/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/useSocketQueryMutation.tsx b/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/useSocketQueryMutation.tsx
index f890227c7..cff314ddc 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/useSocketQueryMutation.tsx
+++ b/web/src/hooks/useSocketQuery/useSocketQueryMutation.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ import {
 import { useMutation, UseMutationOptions, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { useBusterWebSocket } from '@/context/BusterWebSocket';
 import { useMemoizedFn } from 'ahooks';
-import { BusterSocketResponseConfig, InferBusterSocketResponseData } from './types';
+import {
+  BusterSocketResponseConfig,
+  InferBusterSocketResponseData,
+  InferBusterSocketRequestPayload,
+  BusterSocketRequestConfig,
+  BusterSocketRequestRoute
+} from './types';
 import { ShareAssetType } from '@/api/asset_interfaces';
 import { createQueryKey } from './helpers';
 
@@ -25,11 +31,12 @@ import { createQueryKey } from './helpers';
  * @returns A React Query mutation result for handling socket requests
  */
 export const useSocketQueryMutation = <
+  TRequestRoute extends BusterSocketRequestRoute,
   TRoute extends BusterSocketResponseRoute,
-  TVariables = void,
-  TError = unknown
+  TError = unknown,
+  TVariables = InferBusterSocketRequestPayload<TRequestRoute>
 >(
-  socketRequest: BusterSocketRequest,
+  socketRequest: BusterSocketRequestConfig<TRequestRoute>,
   socketResponse: BusterSocketResponseConfig<TRoute> & {
     callback?: (d: unknown) => InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>;
   },
@@ -49,7 +56,11 @@ export const useSocketQueryMutation = <
   const { preSetQueryData, queryDataStrategy = 'ignore', ...options } = optionsProps || {};
 
   const mutationFn = useMemoizedFn(async (variables: TVariables) => {
-    const queryKey = createQueryKey(socketResponse, socketRequest);
+    const compiledSocketRequest = {
+      ...socketRequest,
+      payload: variables
+    } as unknown as BusterSocketRequest;
+    const queryKey = createQueryKey(socketResponse, compiledSocketRequest);
 
     if (preSetQueryData) {
       await queryClient.setQueryData<InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>>(queryKey, (d) => {
@@ -58,7 +69,7 @@ export const useSocketQueryMutation = <
     }
 
     const res = await busterSocket.emitAndOnce({
-      emitEvent: socketRequest,
+      emitEvent: compiledSocketRequest,
       responseEvent: {
         ...socketResponse,
         callback: (d: unknown) => {
@@ -70,61 +81,62 @@ export const useSocketQueryMutation = <
       } as BusterSocketResponse
     });
 
-    if (queryDataStrategy === 'replace') {
-      await queryClient.setQueryData<InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>>(queryKey, () => {
-        return res as InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>;
-      });
-    } else if (queryDataStrategy === 'append') {
-      await queryClient.setQueryData<InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>[]>(queryKey, (d) => {
-        return [...(Array.isArray(d) ? d : []), res as InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>];
-      });
-    } else if (queryDataStrategy === 'prepend') {
-      await queryClient.setQueryData<InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>[]>(queryKey, (d) => {
-        return [res as InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>, ...(Array.isArray(d) ? d : [])];
-      });
-    } else if (queryDataStrategy === 'merge') {
-      await queryClient.setQueryData<Record<string, InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>>>(
-        queryKey,
-        (d) => {
-          if (typeof res === 'object' && res !== null && 'id' in res) {
-            const typedRes = res as InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute> & { id: string };
-            return {
-              ...(d || {}),
-              [typedRes.id]: typedRes
-            };
-          } else {
-            console.warn('response is not an object with an id', res);
+    if (res !== undefined) {
+      if (queryDataStrategy === 'replace') {
+        await queryClient.setQueryData<InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>>(queryKey, () => {
+          return res as InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>;
+        });
+      } else if (queryDataStrategy === 'append') {
+        await queryClient.setQueryData<InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>[]>(queryKey, (d) => {
+          return [...(Array.isArray(d) ? d : []), res as InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>];
+        });
+      } else if (queryDataStrategy === 'prepend') {
+        await queryClient.setQueryData<InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>[]>(queryKey, (d) => {
+          return [res as InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>, ...(Array.isArray(d) ? d : [])];
+        });
+      } else if (queryDataStrategy === 'merge') {
+        await queryClient.setQueryData<Record<string, InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>>>(
+          queryKey,
+          (d) => {
+            if (typeof res === 'object' && res !== null && 'id' in res) {
+              const typedRes = res as InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute> & { id: string };
+              return {
+                ...(d || {}),
+                [typedRes.id]: typedRes
+              };
+            } else {
+              console.warn('response is not an object with an id', res);
+            }
+            return d;
           }
-          return d;
-        }
-      );
+        );
+      }
     }
 
     return res as InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>;
   });
 
-  return useMutation<InferBusterSocketResponseData<TRoute>, TError, TVariables>({
+  return useMutation({
     ...options,
-    mutationFn
+    mutationFn: mutationFn
   });
 };
 
 const Example = () => {
-  const { mutate, data, ...rest } = useSocketQueryMutation(
+  // Example 1: Favorites mutation
+  const { mutate, data } = useSocketQueryMutation(
     {
-      route: '/users/favorites/post',
-      payload: {
-        id: '1',
-        asset_type: ShareAssetType.DASHBOARD
-      }
+      route: '/users/favorites/post'
     },
     {
       route: '/users/favorites/post:createFavorite'
-    },
-    {
-      preSetQueryData: (d) => {
-        return d || [];
-      }
     }
   );
+
+  mutate({
+    id: 'some-asset-id',
+    asset_type: ShareAssetType.DASHBOARD
+  });
+
+  return null;
 };