diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
index 6e9e863c7f0e1a760bcd7d208761d3f89b6a6d10..acb6d44c5b3629f1e8880318e68b793bd29c9d23 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitCase.java
@@ -4333,8 +4333,8 @@ void addBlackBoardAttribute(BlackboardAttribute attr, int artifactTypeId, CaseDb
 	}
 	
 	void addFileAttribute(Attribute attr, CaseDbConnection connection) throws SQLException, TskCoreException {
-		PreparedStatement statement;
-		statement = connection.getPreparedStatement(PREPARED_STATEMENT.INSERT_FILE_ATTRIBUTE);
+		PreparedStatement statement; 
+		statement = connection.getPreparedStatement(PREPARED_STATEMENT.INSERT_FILE_ATTRIBUTE, Statement.RETURN_GENERATED_KEYS); 
 		statement.clearParameters();
 
 		statement.setLong(1, attr.getAttributeParentId());