diff --git a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/domain/operations.ts b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/domain/operations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..072d6cac1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/domain/operations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import {
+  BlobStorageItem,
+  BlobStorageItemInput
+} from '@/modules/blobstorage/domain/types'
+import { MaybeNullOrUndefined } from '@speckle/shared'
+
+export type GetBlobs = (params: {
+  streamId?: MaybeNullOrUndefined<string>
+  blobIds: string[]
+}) => Promise<BlobStorageItem[]>
+
+export type UpsertBlob = (item: BlobStorageItemInput) => Promise<BlobStorageItem>
+
+export type UpdateBlob = (params: {
+  id: string
+  item: Partial<BlobStorageItem>
+}) => Promise<BlobStorageItem>
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/domain/operationts.ts b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/domain/operationts.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dae5bb062..0000000000
--- a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/domain/operationts.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import { BlobStorageItem } from '@/modules/blobstorage/domain/types'
-import { MaybeNullOrUndefined } from '@speckle/shared'
-
-export type GetBlobs = (params: {
-  streamId?: MaybeNullOrUndefined<string>
-  blobIds: string[]
-}) => Promise<BlobStorageItem[]>
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/domain/types.ts b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/domain/types.ts
index c8ec6247a2..e2422ffffa 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/domain/types.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/domain/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Nullable } from '@speckle/shared'
+import { SetOptional } from 'type-fest'
 
 export type BlobStorageItem = {
   id: string
@@ -13,3 +14,8 @@ export type BlobStorageItem = {
   createdAt: Date
   fileHash: Nullable<string>
 }
+
+export type BlobStorageItemInput = SetOptional<
+  BlobStorageItem,
+  'fileSize' | 'uploadStatus' | 'uploadError' | 'createdAt' | 'fileHash'
+>
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/index.js b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/index.js
index 6e710f52d4..090ea23ff7 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ const crs = require('crypto-random-string')
 const { authMiddlewareCreator } = require('@/modules/shared/middleware')
 
 const {
-  uploadFileStream,
   getFileStream,
   markUploadError,
   markUploadSuccess,
@@ -36,10 +35,19 @@ const {
   BadRequestError
 } = require('@/modules/shared/errors')
 const { moduleLogger, logger } = require('@/logging/logging')
-const { getAllStreamBlobIdsFactory } = require('@/modules/blobstorage/repositories')
+const {
+  getAllStreamBlobIdsFactory,
+  upsertBlobFactory,
+  updateBlobFactory
+} = require('@/modules/blobstorage/repositories')
 const { db } = require('@/db/knex')
+const { uploadFileStreamFactory } = require('@/modules/blobstorage/services/upload')
 
 const getAllStreamBlobIds = getAllStreamBlobIdsFactory({ db })
+const uploadFileStream = uploadFileStreamFactory({
+  upsertBlob: upsertBlobFactory({ db }),
+  updateBlob: updateBlobFactory({ db })
+})
 
 const ensureConditions = async () => {
   if (process.env.DISABLE_FILE_UPLOADS) {
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/repositories/index.ts b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/repositories/index.ts
index 3eaf5c8c41..ecf300c085 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/repositories/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/repositories/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-import { GetBlobs } from '@/modules/blobstorage/domain/operationts'
-import { BlobStorageItem } from '@/modules/blobstorage/domain/types'
+import {
+  GetBlobs,
+  UpdateBlob,
+  UpsertBlob
+} from '@/modules/blobstorage/domain/operations'
+import {
+  BlobStorageItem,
+  BlobStorageItemInput
+} from '@/modules/blobstorage/domain/types'
 import { buildTableHelper } from '@/modules/core/dbSchema'
 import { Knex } from 'knex'
 
@@ -43,3 +50,26 @@ export const getAllStreamBlobIdsFactory =
     const res = await tables.blobStorage(deps.db).where({ streamId }).select('id')
     return res
   }
+
+export const upsertBlobFactory =
+  (deps: { db: Knex }): UpsertBlob =>
+  async (item: BlobStorageItemInput) => {
+    const [res] = await tables
+      .blobStorage(deps.db)
+      .insert(item)
+      .onConflict(['id', 'streamId'])
+      .ignore()
+      .returning('*')
+    return res
+  }
+
+export const updateBlobFactory =
+  (deps: { db: Knex }): UpdateBlob =>
+  async (params: { id: string; item: Partial<BlobStorageItem> }) => {
+    const { id, item } = params
+    const [res] = await tables
+      .blobStorage(deps.db)
+      .where(BlobStorage.col.id, id)
+      .update(item, '*')
+    return res
+  }
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/services.js b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/services.js
index b6303d33ed..0e10baf23f 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/services.js
+++ b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/services.js
@@ -10,34 +10,6 @@ const BlobStorage = () => knex('blob_storage')
 const blobLookup = ({ blobId, streamId }) =>
   BlobStorage().where({ id: blobId, streamId })
 
-const uploadFileStream = async (
-  storeFileStream,
-  { streamId, userId },
-  { blobId, fileName, fileType, fileStream }
-) => {
-  if (streamId.length !== 10)
-    throw new BadRequestError('The stream id has to be of length 10')
-  if (userId.length !== 10)
-    throw new BadRequestError('The user id has to be of length 10')
-  const objectKey = `assets/${streamId}/${blobId}`
-  const dbFile = {
-    id: blobId,
-    streamId,
-    userId,
-    objectKey,
-    fileName,
-    fileType
-  }
-  // need to insert the upload data before starting otherwise the upload finished
-  // even might fire faster, than the db insert, causing missing asset data in the db
-  await BlobStorage().insert(dbFile).onConflict(['id', 'streamId']).ignore()
-
-  const { fileHash } = await storeFileStream({ objectKey, fileStream })
-  // here we should also update the blob db record with the fileHash
-  await BlobStorage().where({ id: blobId }).update({ fileHash })
-  return { blobId, fileName, fileHash }
-}
-
 /**
  * @returns {import('@/modules/blobstorage/helpers/types').BlobStorageRecord | null}
  */
@@ -152,7 +124,6 @@ module.exports = {
   cursorFromRows,
   decodeCursor,
   getBlobMetadata,
-  uploadFileStream,
   markUploadSuccess,
   markUploadOverFileSizeLimit,
   markUploadError,
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/services/upload.ts b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/services/upload.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36d0a103be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/services/upload.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { UpdateBlob, UpsertBlob } from '@/modules/blobstorage/domain/operations'
+import { BadRequestError } from '@/modules/shared/errors'
+
+export const uploadFileStreamFactory =
+  (deps: { upsertBlob: UpsertBlob; updateBlob: UpdateBlob }) =>
+  async (
+    storeFileStream: (params: {
+      objectKey: string
+      fileStream: Buffer
+    }) => Promise<{ fileHash: string }>,
+    params1: { streamId: string; userId: string },
+    params2: { blobId: string; fileName: string; fileType: string; fileStream: Buffer }
+  ) => {
+    const { streamId, userId } = params1
+    const { blobId, fileName, fileType, fileStream } = params2
+
+    if (streamId.length !== 10)
+      throw new BadRequestError('The stream id has to be of length 10')
+    if (userId.length !== 10)
+      throw new BadRequestError('The user id has to be of length 10')
+
+    const objectKey = `assets/${streamId}/${blobId}`
+    const dbFile = {
+      id: blobId,
+      streamId,
+      userId,
+      objectKey,
+      fileName,
+      fileType
+    }
+    // need to insert the upload data before starting otherwise the upload finished
+    // even might fire faster, than the db insert, causing missing asset data in the db
+    await deps.upsertBlob(dbFile)
+
+    const { fileHash } = await storeFileStream({ objectKey, fileStream })
+
+    // here we should also update the blob db record with the fileHash
+    await deps.updateBlob({ id: blobId, item: { fileHash } })
+
+    return { blobId, fileName, fileHash }
+  }
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/tests/blobstorage.spec.js b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/tests/blobstorage.spec.js
index 26c11bbd9c..ef2fba7e2c 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/tests/blobstorage.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/modules/blobstorage/tests/blobstorage.spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const expect = require('chai').expect
 const { beforeEachContext } = require('@/test/hooks')
 const {
-  uploadFileStream,
   getBlobMetadata,
   getBlobMetadataCollection,
   cursorFromRows,
@@ -19,8 +18,18 @@ const {
 } = require('@/modules/shared/errors')
 const { range } = require('lodash')
 const { fakeIdGenerator, createBlobs } = require('@/modules/blobstorage/tests/helpers')
+const { uploadFileStreamFactory } = require('@/modules/blobstorage/services/upload')
+const {
+  upsertBlobFactory,
+  updateBlobFactory
+} = require('@/modules/blobstorage/repositories')
+const { db } = require('@/db/knex')
 
 const fakeFileStreamStore = (fakeHash) => async () => ({ fileHash: fakeHash })
+const uploadFileStream = uploadFileStreamFactory({
+  upsertBlob: upsertBlobFactory({ db }),
+  updateBlob: updateBlobFactory({ db })
+})
 
 describe('Blob storage @blobstorage', () => {
   before(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/server/modules/gendo/services/index.ts b/packages/server/modules/gendo/services/index.ts
index 347f23b97f..cea85e6bda 100644
--- a/packages/server/modules/gendo/services/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/modules/gendo/services/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@ import { GendoAIRenderRecord } from '@/modules/gendo/helpers/types'
 import { ProjectSubscriptions, publish } from '@/modules/shared/utils/subscriptions'
 import { Merge } from 'type-fest'
 import { storeFileStream } from '@/modules/blobstorage/objectStorage'
-import { uploadFileStream } from '@/modules/blobstorage/services'
+import { uploadFileStreamFactory } from '@/modules/blobstorage/services/upload'
+import {
+  updateBlobFactory,
+  upsertBlobFactory
+} from '@/modules/blobstorage/repositories'
+import { db } from '@/db/knex'
+
+const uploadFileStream = uploadFileStreamFactory({
+  upsertBlob: upsertBlobFactory({ db }),
+  updateBlob: updateBlobFactory({ db })
+})
 
 export async function createGendoAIRenderRequest(
   input: GendoAiRenderInput & {