diff --git a/config/pipelines/reception.yml b/config/pipelines/reception.yml
index 8f50d9724..0bb545dde 100644
--- a/config/pipelines/reception.yml
+++ b/config/pipelines/reception.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ default: &default
           last_updated: *timestamp
           id_sample_lims:
             type: :model
-            value: id
+            value: name
           uuid_sample_lims:
             type: :model
             value: external_id
diff --git a/spec/requests/v1/reception_spec.rb b/spec/requests/v1/reception_spec.rb
index b6010758f..1b544ea97 100644
--- a/spec/requests/v1/reception_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/v1/reception_spec.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def publish(message)
                             'lims' => 'Traction', 'sample' => {
                               'common_name' => 'human',
                               'last_updated' => /.*/,
-                              'id_sample_lims' => /\d/,
+                              'id_sample_lims' => /.*/,
                               'uuid_sample_lims' => /.*/,
                               'name' => /.*/,
                               'public_name' => 'PublicName',