diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/bitstore/BitstreamStorageServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/bitstore/BitstreamStorageServiceImpl.java
index 290e480a93f2..9c4d626a098a 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/bitstore/BitstreamStorageServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/bitstore/BitstreamStorageServiceImpl.java
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ protected BitstreamStorageServiceImpl() {
 
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setIncomingExternal(int incoming) {
+        this.incoming = incoming;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
         for (Map.Entry<Integer, BitStoreService> storeEntry : stores.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/bitstore/service/BitstreamStorageService.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/bitstore/service/BitstreamStorageService.java
index 8c3a67ee9a08..854d6b61fb9b 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/bitstore/service/BitstreamStorageService.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/storage/bitstore/service/BitstreamStorageService.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public InputStream retrieve(Context context, Bitstream bitstream)
     /**
      * Clone the given bitstream to a new bitstream with a new ID.
      * Metadata of the given bitstream are also copied to the new bitstream.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param context
      *            DSpace context object
      * @param bitstream
@@ -191,4 +191,11 @@ public void migrate(Context context, Integer assetstoreSource, Integer assetstor
     @Nullable
     Long getLastModified(Bitstream bitstream) throws IOException;
 
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the number for the incoming store
+     * @param incoming
+     */
+    public void setIncomingExternal(int incoming);
+
 }
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/BitstreamJCloudBitstoreTest.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/BitstreamJCloudBitstoreTest.java
index ec8688b3bea2..4416ef95cb7d 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/BitstreamJCloudBitstoreTest.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/BitstreamJCloudBitstoreTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import org.dspace.content.service.BitstreamFormatService;
 import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
 import org.dspace.services.factory.DSpaceServicesFactory;
+import org.dspace.storage.bitstore.factory.StorageServiceFactory;
+import org.dspace.storage.bitstore.service.BitstreamStorageService;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -25,11 +27,14 @@
 public class BitstreamJCloudBitstoreTest extends BitstreamTest {
 
     protected BitstreamFormatService bitstreamFormatService = ContentServiceFactory.getInstance()
-                                                                                   .getBitstreamFormatService();
+            .getBitstreamFormatService();
 
     private final ConfigurationService configurationService
             = DSpaceServicesFactory.getInstance().getConfigurationService();
 
+    protected BitstreamStorageService bitstreamService = StorageServiceFactory.getInstance()
+            .getBitstreamStorageService();
+
 
     /**
      * This method will be run before every test as per @Before. It will
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ public class BitstreamJCloudBitstoreTest extends BitstreamTest {
     @Before
     @Override
     public void init() {
-        configurationService.setProperty("assetstore.index.primary", "2");
+        bitstreamService.setIncomingExternal(2);
         super.init();
     }
 
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ public void testGetStoreNumber() {
     @After
     @Override
     public void destroy() {
-        configurationService.setProperty("assetstore.index.primary", "0");
+        bitstreamService.setIncomingExternal(0);
         super.destroy();
     }