diff --git a/src/exchange/FixedRateExchange.ts b/src/exchange/FixedRateExchange.ts
index f179c523..d77f471b 100644
--- a/src/exchange/FixedRateExchange.ts
+++ b/src/exchange/FixedRateExchange.ts
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ export class OceanFixedRateExchange {
    * @param {Number} rate exchange rate
    * @param {String} address User address
    * @param {String} amount Optional, amount of datatokens to be approved for the exchange
-   * @return {Promise<string>} exchangeId
+   * @return {Promise<TransactionReceipt>} TransactionReceipt
    */
   public create(
     dataToken: string,
     rate: string,
     address: string,
     amount?: string
-  ): SubscribablePromise<FixedRateCreateProgressStep, string> {
+  ): SubscribablePromise<FixedRateCreateProgressStep, TransactionReceipt> {
     return new SubscribablePromise(async (observer) => {
       observer.next(FixedRateCreateProgressStep.CreatingExchange)
       let estGas
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class OceanFixedRateExchange {
         observer.next(FixedRateCreateProgressStep.ApprovingDatatoken)
         this.datatokens.approve(dataToken, this.fixedRateExchangeAddress, amount, address)
       }
-      return exchangeId
+      return trxReceipt
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/exchanges/FixedPriceExchange.test.ts b/test/unit/exchanges/FixedPriceExchange.test.ts
index 7e150b15..d945c7dc 100644
--- a/test/unit/exchanges/FixedPriceExchange.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/exchanges/FixedPriceExchange.test.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ describe('FixedRateExchange flow', () => {
     if (consoleDebug) console.log('Bob ocean allowance:' + balance)
   })
   it('Alice creates a new FixedRate Exchange with a rate of 0.5', async () => {
-    aliceExchangeId = await FixedRateClass.create(tokenAddress, fixedPriceRate, alice)
+    const trxReceipt = await FixedRateClass.create(tokenAddress, fixedPriceRate, alice)
+    aliceExchangeId = trxReceipt.events.ExchangeCreated.returnValues[0]
     if (consoleDebug) console.log('aliceExchangeId:' + aliceExchangeId)
   })
   it('Bob should find the exchange', async () => {