diff --git a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/transport/devnull/DevNullTransport.java b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/transport/devnull/DevNullTransport.java
index 5f5a1845..eea9f2e3 100644
--- a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/transport/devnull/DevNullTransport.java
+++ b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/transport/devnull/DevNullTransport.java
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ public void onSuccess(Submission submission, Deposit deposit, RepositoryCopy rep
                                             (rc) -> true,
                                             (rc) -> true,
                                             (rc) -> {
-                                                rc.getExternalIds().add("devnull-fake-extid-" + repositoryCopy.getId());
+                                                String accessUrl = "https://devnull-fake-url/handle/" +
+                                                    repositoryCopy.getId();
+                                                rc.getExternalIds().add(accessUrl);
                                                 rc.setCopyStatus(CopyStatus.COMPLETE);
-                                                rc.setAccessUrl(
-                                                    URI.create("https://devnull-fake-url/handle/" + repositoryCopy.getId())
-                                                );
+                                                rc.setAccessUrl(URI.create(accessUrl));
                                                 return rc;
                                             }, true);
 
diff --git a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/service/SubmissionProcessorIT.java b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/service/SubmissionProcessorIT.java
index dacd8d6e..8918fc10 100644
--- a/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/service/SubmissionProcessorIT.java
+++ b/pass-deposit-services/deposit-core/src/test/java/org/eclipse/pass/deposit/service/SubmissionProcessorIT.java
@@ -219,9 +219,14 @@ private void verifyAccessUrl(Deposit deposit, boolean usingDevNull) throws IOExc
         RepositoryCopy j10pRepoCopy = passClient.getObject(deposit.getRepositoryCopy());
         String accessUrl = j10pRepoCopy.getAccessUrl().toString();
         if (usingDevNull) {
-            assertEquals("https://devnull-fake-url/handle/" + j10pRepoCopy.getId(), accessUrl);
+            String expectedUrl = "https://devnull-fake-url/handle/" + j10pRepoCopy.getId();
+            assertEquals(expectedUrl, accessUrl);
+            assertEquals(1, j10pRepoCopy.getExternalIds().size());
+            assertEquals(expectedUrl, j10pRepoCopy.getExternalIds().get(0));
         } else {
             assertTrue(accessUrl.startsWith("file:"));
+            assertEquals(1, j10pRepoCopy.getExternalIds().size());
+            assertTrue(j10pRepoCopy.getExternalIds().get(0).startsWith("file:"));
         }
     }