diff --git a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/jobs/executors/LoadFileExecutor.java b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/jobs/executors/LoadFileExecutor.java
index ea40dbf8d..57e441588 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/jobs/executors/LoadFileExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/alliancegenome/curation_api/jobs/executors/LoadFileExecutor.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class LoadFileExecutor {
 	@Inject SlackNotifier slackNotifier;
 
 	protected void updateHistory(BulkLoadFileHistory history) {
-		bulkLoadFileHistoryDAO.merge(history);
+		bulkLoadFileHistoryDAO.persist(history);
 	}
 
 	protected void updateExceptions(BulkLoadFileHistory history) {