diff --git a/app/utils.py b/app/utils.py
index 72232cc6b..78dec801f 100644
--- a/app/utils.py
+++ b/app/utils.py
@@ -173,18 +173,15 @@ class Spreadsheet():
 
     @classmethod
     def from_rows(cls, rows, filename=''):
-
         with StringIO() as converted:
             output = csv.writer(converted)
 
             for row in rows:
                 output.writerow(row)
-
             return cls(converted.getvalue(), filename)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_file(cls, file_content, filename=''):
-
         extension = cls.get_extension(filename)
 
         if extension == 'csv':
@@ -195,7 +192,7 @@ class Spreadsheet():
 
         return cls.from_rows(pyexcel.get_sheet(
             file_type=extension,
-            file_content=file_content.getvalue()
+            file_content=file_content.read()
         ).to_array(), filename)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py
index cecaac6dc..fbcd64280 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_send.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from functools import partial
 from flask import url_for
 from tests import validate_route_permission
-from datetime import datetime
 
 template_types = ['email', 'sms']
 
diff --git a/tests/app/test_utils.py b/tests/app/test_utils.py
index 14495ab2d..be62799e4 100644
--- a/tests/app/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/app/test_utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-import pytest
+from pathlib import Path
 from io import StringIO
-from app.utils import email_safe, generate_notifications_csv, generate_previous_dict, generate_next_dict
 from csv import DictReader
+
+import pytest
 from freezegun import freeze_time
 
+from app.utils import email_safe, generate_notifications_csv, generate_previous_dict, generate_next_dict, Spreadsheet
+
 
 def test_email_safe_return_dot_separated_email_domain():
     test_name = 'SOME service  with+stuff+ b123'
@@ -67,3 +70,9 @@ def test_generate_next_dict(client):
 def test_generate_previous_next_dict_adds_other_url_args(client):
     ret = generate_next_dict('main.view_notifications', 'foo', 2, {'message_type': 'blah'})
     assert 'notifications/blah' in ret['url']
+
+
+def test_can_create_spreadsheet_from_large_excel_file():
+    with open(str(Path.cwd() / 'tests' / 'spreadsheet_files' / 'excel 2007.xlsx'), 'rb') as xl:
+        ret = Spreadsheet.from_file(xl, filename='xl.xlsx')
+    assert ret.as_csv_data