diff --git a/uw_adsel/__init__.py b/uw_adsel/__init__.py
index b0a6a12..46ee0d9 100644
--- a/uw_adsel/__init__.py
+++ b/uw_adsel/__init__.py
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ def assign_majors(self, major_assignment):
         return {"response": response, "request": request}
 
     def assign_cohorts_bulk(self, cohort_assignment):
-        url = "{}/assignments/cohort/bulk".format(self.API)
-        request = cohort_assignment.json_data()
-        response = self._post_resource(url, request)
-        return {"response": response, "request": request}
+        return AdSelAzure().assign_cohorts_bulk(cohort_assignment)
 
     def assign_cohorts_manual(self, cohort_assignment):
         return AdSelAzure().assign_cohorts_manual(cohort_assignment)
@@ -519,8 +516,10 @@ def _post_resource(self, url, request):
         if response.status not in [200, 201]:
             self._log_error(url, response)
             raise DataFailureException(url, response.status, response.data)
-
-        return json.loads(response.data)
+        try:
+            return json.loads(response.data)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            return {}
 
     def _put_resource(self, url, request):
         response = self.DAO.putURL(url,
@@ -558,3 +557,9 @@ def assign_cohorts_manual(self, cohort_assignment):
         request = cohort_assignment.json_data()
         response = self._post_resource(url, request)
         return {"response": response, "request": request}
+
+    def assign_cohorts_bulk(self, cohort_assignment):
+        url = "/cohort/bulk"
+        request = cohort_assignment.json_data()
+        response = self._post_resource(url, request)
+        return {"response": response, "request": request}
diff --git a/uw_adsel/resources/adsel_azure/file/cohort b/uw_adsel/resources/adsel_azure/file/cohort
deleted file mode 100644
index bc00bb9..0000000
--- a/uw_adsel/resources/adsel_azure/file/cohort
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "summaryPostStatus": "AzureSubmitSuccess",
-  "items": [
-    {
-      "status": "string",
-      "application": {
-        "admissionSelectionId": 0,
-        "applicationNbr": 0,
-        "systemKey": 0
-      },
-      "cohortNbr": 0,
-      "majorAbbr": "string",
-      "message": "string"
-    }
-  ],
-  "message": "string"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/uw_adsel/resources/adsel_azure/file/cohort/bulk b/uw_adsel/resources/adsel_azure/file/cohort/bulk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/uw_adsel/tests/test_adsel.py b/uw_adsel/tests/test_adsel.py
index 571ee6d..bf6059a 100644
--- a/uw_adsel/tests/test_adsel.py
+++ b/uw_adsel/tests/test_adsel.py
@@ -34,11 +34,10 @@ def test_get_majors(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(workspace_majors), 1)
         self.assertEqual(workspace_majors[0].assigned_count, 120)
 
-    def test_assign(self):
+    def test_assign_bulk(self):
         cohort = CohortAssignment(cohort_number=1, campus=2)
-        submit = self.adsel.assign_cohorts_manual(cohort)
-        self.assertEqual(submit['response']['summaryPostStatus'],
-                         "AzureSubmitSuccess")
+        submit = self.adsel.assign_cohorts_bulk(cohort)
+        self.assertEqual(submit['response'], {})
 
     @mock.patch('uw_adsel.AdSel.get_now', side_effect=mocked_get_now)
     def test_get_quarters(self, mock_obj):
diff --git a/uw_adsel/tests/test_adselazure.py b/uw_adsel/tests/test_adselazure.py
index 2e7ef17..7523e7c 100644
--- a/uw_adsel/tests/test_adselazure.py
+++ b/uw_adsel/tests/test_adselazure.py
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 
 class AdselTest(TestCase):
     adsel = AdSelAzure()
+    cohort = CohortAssignment(cohort_number=1, campus=2)
 
-    def test_assign_cohort(self):
-        cohort = CohortAssignment(cohort_number=1, campus=2)
-        submit = self.adsel.assign_cohorts_manual(cohort)
-        self.assertEqual(submit['response']['summaryPostStatus'],
-                         "AzureSubmitSuccess")
+    def test_bulk_assign(self):
+        submit = self.adsel.assign_cohorts_bulk(self.cohort)
+        self.assertEqual(submit["response"], {})