diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/viewsV2.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/viewsV2.ts
index 8cb0a14150..1b6b7a5f31 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/viewsV2.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/view/viewsV2.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import {
   Ctx,
   FetchViewResponse,
   ViewResponse,
-  ViewV2,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 
 export async function fetch(ctx: Ctx<void, FetchViewResponse>) {
@@ -34,10 +33,11 @@ export async function find(ctx: Ctx<void, ViewResponse>) {
   }
 }
 
-export async function save(ctx: Ctx<CreateViewRequest, ViewResponse>) {
+export async function create(ctx: Ctx<CreateViewRequest, ViewResponse>) {
   const view = ctx.request.body
 
-  const result = await sdk.views.save(view)
+  const result = await sdk.views.create(view)
+  ctx.status = 201
   ctx.body = {
     data: {
       ...view,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
index 52c4b3d55b..bc5c13297a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
@@ -133,9 +133,7 @@ describe("/v2/views", () => {
         .send(newView)
         .set(config.defaultHeaders())
         .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
-        .expect(200)
-      expect(res.status).toBe(200)
-      expect(res.body.data._id).toBeDefined()
+        .expect(201)
 
       expect(res.body).toEqual({
         data: {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/view.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/view.ts
index 5fa4fe17f0..155fce1aad 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/view.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/view.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ router
   .post(
     "/api/v2/views",
     authorized(permissions.BUILDER),
-    viewController.v2.save
+    viewController.v2.create
   )
   .delete(
     `/api/v2/views/:viewId`,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
index 60f886c2e2..fbac7b757a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export async function get(viewId: string): Promise<ViewV2 | undefined> {
   }
 }
 
-export async function save(view: ViewV2): Promise<ViewV2> {
+export async function create(view: ViewV2): Promise<ViewV2> {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
 
   const response = await db.put(
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
index 1927c1a8bc..5c838e50fb 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class ViewV2API extends TestAPI {
       .send(view)
       .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
       .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
-      .expect(200)
+      .expect(201)
     return result.body.data as ViewV2
   }
   get = (viewId: string): supertest.Test => {