diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountsDynamoDbTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountsDynamoDbTest.java
index e01d17fea..35d4f7247 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountsDynamoDbTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/storage/AccountsDynamoDbTest.java
@@ -109,9 +109,15 @@ class AccountsDynamoDbTest {
     Device  device  = generateDevice (1                                            );
     Account account = generateAccount("+14151112222", UUID.randomUUID(), Collections.singleton(device));
 
-    accountsDynamoDb.create(account);
+    boolean freshUser = accountsDynamoDb.create(account);
 
+    assertThat(freshUser).isTrue();
     verifyStoredState("+14151112222", account.getUuid(), account);
+
+    freshUser = accountsDynamoDb.create(account);
+    assertThat(freshUser).isTrue();
+    verifyStoredState("+14151112222", account.getUuid(), account);
+
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -180,7 +186,8 @@ class AccountsDynamoDbTest {
     device = generateDevice(1);
     account = generateAccount("+14151112222", secondUuid, Collections.singleton(device));
 
-    accountsDynamoDb.create(account);
+    final boolean freshUser = accountsDynamoDb.create(account);
+    assertThat(freshUser).isFalse();
     verifyStoredState("+14151112222", firstUuid, account);
 
     device = generateDevice(1);
@@ -245,8 +252,9 @@ class AccountsDynamoDbTest {
       final Account recreatedAccount = generateAccount(deletedAccount.getNumber(), UUID.randomUUID(),
           Collections.singleton(generateDevice(1)));
 
-      accountsDynamoDb.create(recreatedAccount);
+      final boolean freshUser = accountsDynamoDb.create(recreatedAccount);
 
+      assertThat(freshUser).isTrue();
       assertThat(accountsDynamoDb.get(recreatedAccount.getUuid())).isPresent();
       verifyStoredState(recreatedAccount.getNumber(), recreatedAccount.getUuid(),
           accountsDynamoDb.get(recreatedAccount.getUuid()).get(), recreatedAccount);
diff --git a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/tests/storage/AccountsTest.java b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/tests/storage/AccountsTest.java
index 5ef0182a4..9c70c3b69 100644
--- a/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/tests/storage/AccountsTest.java
+++ b/service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/tests/storage/AccountsTest.java
@@ -64,10 +64,17 @@ public class AccountsTest {
     Device  device  = generateDevice (1                                            );
     Account account = generateAccount("+14151112222", UUID.randomUUID(), Collections.singleton(device));
 
-    accounts.create(account);
+    boolean freshUser = accounts.create(account);
+    assertThat(freshUser).isTrue();
 
     PreparedStatement statement = db.getTestDatabase().getConnection().prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM accounts WHERE number = ?");
     verifyStoredState(statement, "+14151112222", account.getUuid(), account);
+
+    freshUser = accounts.create(account);
+    assertThat(freshUser).isTrue();
+
+    statement = db.getTestDatabase().getConnection().prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM accounts WHERE number = ?");
+    verifyStoredState(statement, "+14151112222", account.getUuid(), account);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -138,7 +145,8 @@ public class AccountsTest {
     device = generateDevice(1);
     account = generateAccount("+14151112222", secondUuid, Collections.singleton(device));
 
-    accounts.create(account);
+    final boolean freshUser = accounts.create(account);
+    assertThat(freshUser).isFalse();
     verifyStoredState(statement, "+14151112222", firstUuid, account);
 
     device = generateDevice(1);
@@ -221,7 +229,9 @@ public class AccountsTest {
       final Account recreatedAccount = generateAccount(deletedAccount.getNumber(), UUID.randomUUID(),
           Collections.singleton(generateDevice(1)));
 
-      accounts.create(recreatedAccount);
+      final boolean freshUser = accounts.create(recreatedAccount);
+
+      assertThat(freshUser).isTrue();
 
       assertThat(accounts.get(recreatedAccount.getUuid())).isPresent();
       verifyStoredState(recreatedAccount.getNumber(), recreatedAccount.getUuid(),
@@ -303,7 +313,6 @@ public class AccountsTest {
 
   }
 
-
   private Device generateDevice(long id) {
     Random       random       = new Random(System.currentTimeMillis());
     SignedPreKey signedPreKey = new SignedPreKey(random.nextInt(), "testPublicKey-" + random.nextInt(), "testSignature-" + random.nextInt());
@@ -366,7 +375,4 @@ public class AccountsTest {
     }
   }
 
-
-
-
 }