diff --git a/src/endpoints/interoperability.py b/src/endpoints/interoperability.py
index 5758dc1..752f7e8 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/interoperability.py
+++ b/src/endpoints/interoperability.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+import json
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 from auto_archiver import Metadata
-from loguru import logger
 import sqlalchemy
 
+from core.config import ALLOW_ANY_EMAIL
 from web.security import token_api_key_auth
 from db import models, schemas
-from worker.main import insert_result_into_db
+from worker.main import insert_result_into_db, get_all_urls, get_store_until
 from core.logging import log_error
 
 
@@ -15,13 +16,28 @@ interoperability_router = APIRouter(prefix="/interop", tags=["Interoperability e
 
 # ----- endpoint to submit data archived elsewhere
 @interoperability_router.post("/submit-archive", status_code=201, summary="Submit a manual archive entry, for data that was archived elsewhere.")
-def submit_manual_archive(manual: schemas.SubmitManual, auth=Depends(token_api_key_auth)):
-    result = Metadata.from_json(manual.result)
-    logger.info(f"MANUAL SUBMIT {result.get_url()} {manual.author_id}")
+def submit_manual_archive(
+    manual: schemas.SubmitManualArchive,
+    auth=Depends(token_api_key_auth)
+):
+    result: Metadata = Metadata.from_json(manual.result)
+    manual.author_id = manual.author_id or ALLOW_ANY_EMAIL
     manual.tags.add("manual")
+
     try:
-        archive_id = insert_result_into_db(result, manual.tags, manual.public, manual.group_id, manual.author_id, models.generate_uuid())
+        archive = schemas.ArchiveCreate(
+            author_id=manual.author_id,
+            url=result.get_url(),
+            public=manual.public,
+            group_id=manual.group_id,
+            tags=manual.tags,
+            id=models.generate_uuid(),
+            result=json.loads(result.to_json()),
+            urls=get_all_urls(result),
+            store_until=get_store_until(manual.group_id),
+        )
+        archive_id = insert_result_into_db(archive)
     except sqlalchemy.exc.IntegrityError as e:
         log_error(e)
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail=f"Cannot insert into DB due to integrity error")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail=f"Cannot insert into DB due to integrity error, likely duplicate urls.")
     return JSONResponse({"id": archive_id}, status_code=201)
diff --git a/src/tests/endpoints/test_interoperability.py b/src/tests/endpoints/test_interoperability.py
index 8021bfe..fa97d86 100644
--- a/src/tests/endpoints/test_interoperability.py
+++ b/src/tests/endpoints/test_interoperability.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+from datetime import datetime
 import json
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from core.config import ALLOW_ANY_EMAIL
+from db import crud
 
 
 def test_submit_manual_archive_unauthenticated(client, test_no_auth):
@@ -9,15 +14,27 @@ def test_submit_manual_archive_not_user_auth(client_with_auth, test_no_auth):
     test_no_auth(client_with_auth.post, "/interop/submit-archive")
 
 
-def test_submit_manual_archive(client_with_token):
-    aa_metadata = json.dumps({"status": "test: success", "metadata": {"url": "http://example.com"}, "media": []})
-
-    r = client_with_token.post("/interop/submit-archive", json={"result": aa_metadata, "public": False, "author_id": "jerry@gmail.com", "group_id": None, "tags": ["test"]})
+@patch("endpoints.interoperability.get_store_until", return_value=datetime.now())
+def test_submit_manual_archive(m1, client_with_token, db_session):
+    # normal workflow
+    aa_metadata = json.dumps({"status": "test: success", "metadata": {"url": "http://example.com"}, "media": [{"filename": "fn1", "urls": ["http://example.s3.com"]}]})
+    r = client_with_token.post("/interop/submit-archive", json={"result": aa_metadata, "public": True, "author_id": "jerry@gmail.com", "group_id": "spaceship", "tags": ["test"]})
     assert r.status_code == 201
     assert "id" in r.json()
 
-    # cannot have the same URL twice
+    inserted = crud.get_archive(db_session, r.json()["id"], ALLOW_ANY_EMAIL)
+    assert inserted.url == "http://example.com"
+    assert inserted.group_id == "spaceship"
+    assert inserted.author_id == "jerry@gmail.com"
+    assert sorted([t.id for t in inserted.tags]) == sorted(["test", "manual"])
+    assert inserted.public
+    assert type(inserted.result) == dict
+    assert [u.url for u in inserted.urls] == ["http://example.s3.com"]
+    assert type(inserted.store_until) == datetime
+
+
+    # cannot have the same URL twice 
     aa_metadata = json.dumps({"status": "test: success", "metadata": {"url": "http://example.com"}, "media": [{"filename": "fn1", "urls": ["http://example.com", "http://example.com"]}]})
-    r = client_with_token.post("/interop/submit-archive", json={"result": aa_metadata, "public": False, "author_id": "jerry@gmail.com", "group_id": None, "tags": ["test"]})
+    r = client_with_token.post("/interop/submit-archive", json={"result": aa_metadata, "public": False, "author_id": "jerry@gmail.com", "tags": ["test"]})
     assert r.status_code == 422
-    assert r.json() == {"detail": "Cannot insert into DB due to integrity error"}
+    assert r.json() == {"detail": "Cannot insert into DB due to integrity error, likely duplicate urls."}