diff --git a/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/ExternalId.groovy b/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/ExternalId.groovy
index 3257e5320..8ab58aed6 100644
--- a/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/ExternalId.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/domain/au/org/ala/ecodata/ExternalId.groovy
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class ExternalId implements Comparable {
     enum IdType {
         INTERNAL_ORDER_NUMBER, TECH_ONE_CODE, WORK_ORDER, GRANT_AWARD, GRANT_OPPORTUNITY, RELATED_PROJECT,
         MONITOR_PROTOCOL_INTERNAL_ID, MONITOR_PROTOCOL_GUID, TECH_ONE_CONTRACT_NUMBER, MONITOR_PLOT_GUID,
-        MONITOR_MINTED_COLLECTION_ID, UNSPECIFIED }
+        MONITOR_PLOT_SELECTION_GUID, MONITOR_MINTED_COLLECTION_ID, UNSPECIFIED }
 
     static constraints = {
     }
diff --git a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooService.groovy b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooService.groovy
index c21beacd9..48d14c548 100644
--- a/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooService.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/services/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooService.groovy
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ class ParatooService {
         // Monitor has users selecting a point as an approximate survey location then
         // laying out the plot using GPS when at the site.  We only want to return the approximate planning
         // sites from this call
-        List<Site> plotSelections = sites.findAll{it.type == Site.TYPE_SURVEY_AREA && it.extent?.geometry?.type == 'Point'}
+        List<Site> plotSelections = sites.findAll{it.externalIds?.find{externalId -> externalId.idType == ExternalId.IdType.MONITOR_PLOT_SELECTION_GUID}}
 
         Map attributes = [
                 id:project.projectId,
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ class ParatooService {
         // The project/s for the site will be specified by a subsequent call to /projects
         siteData.projects = []
 
-        Site site = Site.findByExternalId(ExternalId.IdType.MONITOR_PLOT_GUID, siteData.externalId)
+        Site site = Site.findByExternalId(ExternalId.IdType.MONITOR_PLOT_SELECTION_GUID, siteData.externalId)
         Map result
         if (site) {
             result = siteService.update(siteData, site.siteId)
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ class ParatooService {
         site.projects = []
         // get all projects for the user I suppose - not sure why this isn't in the payload as it's in the UI...
         site.type = Site.TYPE_SURVEY_AREA
-        site.externalIds = [new ExternalId(idType: ExternalId.IdType.MONITOR_PLOT_GUID, externalId: geoJson.properties.externalId)]
+        site.externalIds = [new ExternalId(idType: ExternalId.IdType.MONITOR_PLOT_SELECTION_GUID, externalId: geoJson.properties.externalId)]
         site.publicationStatus = PublicationStatus.PUBLISHED
         // Mark the plot as read only as it is managed by the Monitor app
 
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ class ParatooService {
 
         siteExternalIds.each { String siteExternalId ->
 
-            Site site = Site.findByExternalId(ExternalId.IdType.MONITOR_PLOT_GUID, siteExternalId)
+            Site site = Site.findByExternalId(ExternalId.IdType.MONITOR_PLOT_SELECTION_GUID, siteExternalId)
             if (site) {
                 site.projects = site.projects ?: []
                 if (!site.projects.contains(project.id)) {
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooServiceSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooServiceSpec.groovy
index 3272f699d..9200d6428 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooServiceSpec.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/au/org/ala/ecodata/ParatooServiceSpec.groovy
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class ParatooServiceSpec extends MongoSpec implements ServiceUnitTest<ParatooSer
                 "uuid"                : "lmpisy5p9g896lad4ut",
                 "comments"             : "Test"]
 
-        Map expected = ['name': 'CTMAUA2222', 'description': 'CTMAUA2222', publicationStatus: 'published', 'externalIds': [new ExternalId(externalId: 'lmpisy5p9g896lad4ut', idType: ExternalId.IdType.MONITOR_PLOT_GUID)], 'notes': 'Test', 'extent': ['geometry': ['type': 'Point', 'coordinates': [149.0651439, -35.2592424], 'decimalLatitude': -35.2592424, 'decimalLongitude': 149.0651439], 'source': 'point'], 'projects': [], 'type': 'surveyArea']
+        Map expected = ['name': 'CTMAUA2222', 'description': 'CTMAUA2222', publicationStatus: 'published', 'externalIds': [new ExternalId(externalId: 'lmpisy5p9g896lad4ut', idType: ExternalId.IdType.MONITOR_PLOT_SELECTION_GUID)], 'notes': 'Test', 'extent': ['geometry': ['type': 'Point', 'coordinates': [149.0651439, -35.2592424], 'decimalLatitude': -35.2592424, 'decimalLongitude': 149.0651439], 'source': 'point'], 'projects': [], 'type': 'surveyArea']
 
         String userId = 'u1'
 
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ class ParatooServiceSpec extends MongoSpec implements ServiceUnitTest<ParatooSer
 
         Site projectArea = new Site(siteId: 's1', name: 'Site 1', type: Site.TYPE_PROJECT_AREA, extent: [geometry: DUMMY_POLYGON])
         projectArea.save(failOnError: true, flush: true)
-        Site plot = new Site(siteId: 's2', name: "Site 2", type: Site.TYPE_SURVEY_AREA, extent: [geometry: DUMMY_PLOT], projects: ['p1'])
+        Site plot = new Site(siteId: 's2', name: "Site 2", type: Site.TYPE_SURVEY_AREA, extent: [geometry: DUMMY_PLOT], projects: ['p1'], externalIds:[new ExternalId(externalId: "2", idType: ExternalId.IdType.MONITOR_PLOT_SELECTION_GUID)])
         plot.save(failOnError: true, flush: true)
         siteService.sitesForProjectWithTypes('p1', [Site.TYPE_PROJECT_AREA, Site.TYPE_SURVEY_AREA]) >> [projectArea, plot]