diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 02aedec..964600b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangelog.com/). This project adheres to
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.17.13] - 2020-04-09
+## Changed
+- Added new create method to FileServiceTestClientTest that allows the file id to be passed in
+
 ## [1.17.12] - 2019-10-23
 ## Changed
 - Update utilities to version 1.20.3
diff --git a/file-service-test-utils/src/main/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/utils/test/FileServiceTestClient.java b/file-service-test-utils/src/main/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/utils/test/FileServiceTestClient.java
index 0719d08..1cec6cf 100644
--- a/file-service-test-utils/src/main/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/utils/test/FileServiceTestClient.java
+++ b/file-service-test-utils/src/main/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/utils/test/FileServiceTestClient.java
@@ -77,13 +77,34 @@ public UUID create(
             final InputStream contentStream,
             final Connection connection) throws FileServiceException {
 
+        return create(randomUUID(), fileName, mediaType, contentStream, connection);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Puts a file in the database with the specified id.
+     *
+     * NB: the {@link Connection} is not closed by the client.
+     *
+     * @param fileName the name of the file. Will appear in the metadata json
+     * @param mediaType the media type of the file. Will appear in the metadata json
+     * @param contentStream an {@link InputStream} from the file to store
+     * @param connection a live connection to the database.
+     * @return the file id
+     * @throws FileServiceException if saving the file fails
+     */
+    public UUID create(
+            final UUID fileId,
+            final String fileName,
+            final String mediaType,
+            final InputStream contentStream,
+            final Connection connection) throws FileServiceException {
+
         final JsonObject metadata = createObjectBuilder()
                 .add("fileName", fileName)
                 .add("mediaType", mediaType)
                 .add("createdAt", ZonedDateTimes.toString(utcClock.now()))
                 .build();
 
-        final UUID fileId = randomUUID();
         contentJdbcRepository.insert(fileId, contentStream, connection);
         metadataJdbcRepository.insert(fileId, metadata, connection);
 
diff --git a/file-service-test-utils/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/utils/test/FileServiceTestClientTest.java b/file-service-test-utils/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/utils/test/FileServiceTestClientTest.java
index 61490e9..e2759fb 100644
--- a/file-service-test-utils/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/utils/test/FileServiceTestClientTest.java
+++ b/file-service-test-utils/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/fileservice/utils/test/FileServiceTestClientTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import static java.io.File.createTempFile;
 import static java.nio.file.Files.copy;
 import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING;
+import static java.util.UUID.randomUUID;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
@@ -22,9 +23,9 @@
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-
 public class FileServiceTestClientTest {
 
     private static final String URL = "jdbc:h2:mem:test;MV_STORE=FALSE;MVCC=FALSE";
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ public class FileServiceTestClientTest {
 
     private static final String LIQUIBASE_FILE_STORE_DB_CHANGELOG_XML = "liquibase/file-service-liquibase-db-changelog.xml";
 
-    private final LiquibaseDatabaseBootstrapper liquibaseDatabaseBootstrapper = new LiquibaseDatabaseBootstrapper();
     private final JdbcConnectionProvider jdbcConnectionProvider = new JdbcConnectionProvider();
     private final ClasspathFileResource classpathFileResource = new ClasspathFileResource();
 
@@ -42,8 +42,21 @@ public class FileServiceTestClientTest {
 
     private Connection connection;
 
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void createInMemoryDatabase() throws Exception {
+
+        new LiquibaseDatabaseBootstrapper().bootstrap(
+                LIQUIBASE_FILE_STORE_DB_CHANGELOG_XML,
+                new JdbcConnectionProvider().getConnection(
+                        URL,
+                        USERNAME,
+                        PASSWORD,
+                        DRIVER_CLASS
+                ));
+    }
+
     @Before
-    public void createInMemoryDatabase() throws Exception {
+    public void createDatabaseConnection() throws Exception {
 
         connection = jdbcConnectionProvider.getConnection(
                 URL,
@@ -51,12 +64,9 @@ public void createInMemoryDatabase() throws Exception {
                 PASSWORD,
                 DRIVER_CLASS
         );
-
-        liquibaseDatabaseBootstrapper.bootstrap(
-                LIQUIBASE_FILE_STORE_DB_CHANGELOG_XML,
-                connection);
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("OptionalGetWithoutIsPresent")
     @Test
     public void shouldStoreAndGetAnImage() throws Exception {
 
@@ -98,6 +108,51 @@ public void shouldStoreAndGetAnImage() throws Exception {
             assertThat(outputFile.length(), is(greaterThan(0L)));
             assertThat(outputFile.length(), is(inputFile.length()));
         }
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("OptionalGetWithoutIsPresent")
+    @Test
+    public void shouldStoreAndGetAnImageWithTheSpecifiedId() throws Exception {
+
+        final String fileName = "some.jpg";
+        final String mediaType = "image/jpeg";
+        final File inputFile = classpathFileResource.getFileFromClasspath("/for-testing.jpg");
+
+        final InputStream contentStream = new FileInputStream(inputFile);
+
+        final UUID fileId = randomUUID();
+
+        assertThat(fileServiceTestClient.create(fileId, fileName, mediaType, contentStream, connection), is(fileId));
+
+        contentStream.close();
+
+        final Optional<FileReference> fileReferenceOptional = fileServiceTestClient.read(fileId, connection);
+
+        assertThat(fileReferenceOptional.isPresent(), is(true));
 
+        final FileReference fileReference = fileReferenceOptional.get();
+
+        assertThat(fileReference.getFileId(), is(fileId));
+        assertThat(fileReference.isDeleted(), is(false));
+
+
+        final String metadataJson = fileReference.getMetadata().toString();
+
+        with(metadataJson)
+                .assertThat("$.fileName", is(fileName))
+                .assertThat("$.mediaType", is(mediaType))
+        ;
+
+
+        try(final InputStream inputStream = fileReference.getContentStream()) {
+            final File outputFile = createTempFile("for-testing-please.delete", "jpg");
+            outputFile.deleteOnExit();
+
+            copy(inputStream, outputFile.toPath(), REPLACE_EXISTING);
+
+            assertThat(outputFile.exists(), is(true));
+            assertThat(outputFile.length(), is(greaterThan(0L)));
+            assertThat(outputFile.length(), is(inputFile.length()));
+        }
     }
 }