diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsController.coffee
index eed57ec3f7..9dcce6e9c8 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsController.coffee
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module.exports =
 		path = "/" + req.params[0] # UpdateMerger expects leading slash
 		source = req.headers["x-sl-update-source"] or "unknown"
 		logger.log project_id: project_id, path: path, source: source, "received project contents delete request"
-		UpdateMerger.deleteUpdate project_id, path, source, (error) ->
+		UpdateMerger.deleteUpdate null, project_id, path, source, (error) ->
 			return next(error) if error?
 			res.sendStatus(200)
 
diff --git a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/TpdsUpdateTests.coffee b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/TpdsUpdateTests.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..201d2fc3f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/TpdsUpdateTests.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+expect = require("chai").expect
+ProjectGetter = require "../../../app/js/Features/Project/ProjectGetter.js"
+request = require "./helpers/request"
+User = require "./helpers/User"
+
+describe "TpdsUpdateTests", ->
+	before (done) ->
+		@owner = new User()
+		@owner.login (error) =>
+			throw error if error?
+			@owner.createProject "test-project", {template: "example"}, (error, project_id) =>
+				throw error if error?
+				@project_id = project_id
+				done()
+
+	describe "deleting a file", ->
+		before (done) ->
+			request {
+				method: "DELETE"
+				url: "/project/#{@project_id}/contents/main.tex"
+				auth:
+					username: "sharelatex"
+					password: "password"
+					sendImmediately: true
+			}, (error, response, body) ->
+				throw error if error?
+				expect(response.statusCode).to.equal 200
+				done()
+
+		it "should have deleted the file", (done) ->
+			ProjectGetter.getProject @project_id, (error, [project]) ->
+				throw error if error?
+				projectFolder = project.rootFolder[0]
+				for doc in projectFolder.docs
+					if doc.name == "main.tex"
+						throw new Error("expected main.tex to have been deleted")
+				done()
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diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsControllerTests.coffee
index 974b2e9329..ba5c507cfb 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/ThirdPartyDataStore/TpdsControllerTests.coffee
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ describe 'TpdsController', ->
 			
 	describe 'deleteProjectContents', ->
 		beforeEach ->
-			@UpdateMerger.deleteUpdate = sinon.stub().callsArg(3)
+			@UpdateMerger.deleteUpdate = sinon.stub().callsArg(4)
 			@req =
 				params:
 					0: @path = "chapters/main.tex"
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe 'TpdsController', ->
 			
 		it "should delete the file", ->
 			@UpdateMerger.deleteUpdate
-				.calledWith(@project_id, "/" + @path, @source)
+				.calledWith(null, @project_id, "/" + @path, @source)
 				.should.equal true
 				
 		it "should return a success", ->