diff --git a/oada/Dockerfile b/oada/Dockerfile
index 38c396f6..9fac1ce9 100644
--- a/oada/Dockerfile
+++ b/oada/Dockerfile
@@ -122,5 +122,6 @@ USER root
 
 COPY --from=dev /oada/ /oada/
 
+
 # Default to a production target
 FROM production
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diff --git a/oada/libs/lib-arangodb/src/libs/putBodies.ts b/oada/libs/lib-arangodb/src/libs/putBodies.ts
index 650c18d9..057e2265 100644
--- a/oada/libs/lib-arangodb/src/libs/putBodies.ts
+++ b/oada/libs/lib-arangodb/src/libs/putBodies.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import { config } from '../config.js';
 import { db as database } from '../db.js';
 
-const collection = database.collection(
+const collection = database.collection<{body: unknown}>(
   config.get('arangodb.collections.putBodies.name'),
 );
 
@@ -26,15 +26,23 @@ const collection = database.collection(
  * Give string of JSON rather than object
  */
 export async function savePutBody(body: string): Promise<{ _id: string }> {
-  // The _id comes back in the response to save
-  return collection.save({body});
+  // HACK: send body without parsing it
+  const cursor = await database.query<string>({
+    query: `
+      INSERT ${body}
+      INTO ${collection.name}
+      RETURN NEW._id
+    `,
+    bindVars: {},
+  });
+  return { _id: (await cursor.next())! };
 }
 
 export async function getPutBody(id: string): Promise<unknown> {
-  const { body } = (await collection.document(id)) as { body: unknown };
+  const { body } = await collection.document(id);
   return body;
 }
 
 export async function removePutBody(id: string): Promise<void> {
   await collection.remove(id);
-}
+}
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diff --git a/oada/services/http-handler/src/resources.ts b/oada/services/http-handler/src/resources.ts
index a9fb6503..97aa1430 100644
--- a/oada/services/http-handler/src/resources.ts
+++ b/oada/services/http-handler/src/resources.ts
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ const plugin: FastifyPluginAsync<Options> = async (fastify, options) => {
       const { _id: bodyid } = await putBodies.savePutBody(
         request.body as string,
       );
-      request.log.trace({ oadaGraph: request.oadaGraph }, 'PUT body saved');
+      request.log.debug({ oadaGraph: request.oadaGraph, bodyid }, 'PUT body saved');
 
       request.log.trace('Resource exists: %s', request.resourceExists);
       const ignoreLinks =
@@ -740,4 +740,4 @@ const plugin: FastifyPluginAsync<Options> = async (fastify, options) => {
   });
 };
 
-export default plugin;
+export default plugin;
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