diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index db5bb1a1e..3a42a5319 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ class Job(db.Model):
         unique=False,
         nullable=True)
     created_by = db.relationship('User')
-    created_by_id = db.Column(UUID(as_uuid=True), db.ForeignKey('users.id'), index=True, nullable=False)
+    created_by_id = db.Column(UUID(as_uuid=True), db.ForeignKey('users.id'), index=True, nullable=True)
     scheduled_for = db.Column(
         db.DateTime,
         index=True,
diff --git a/app/v2/notifications/post_notifications.py b/app/v2/notifications/post_notifications.py
index 502f2aa4d..e36ac6c9b 100644
--- a/app/v2/notifications/post_notifications.py
+++ b/app/v2/notifications/post_notifications.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def process_sms_or_email_notification(*, form, notification_type, api_key, templ
     return notification
 
 
-def process_letter_notification(*, letter_data, api_key, template, service):
+def process_letter_notification(*, letter_data, api_key, template):
     job = create_letter_api_job(template)
     notification = create_letter_notification(letter_data, job, api_key)
     build_dvla_file.apply_async([str(job.id)], queue=QueueNames.JOBS)
diff --git a/migrations/versions/0113_job_created_by_nullable.py b/migrations/versions/0113_job_created_by_nullable.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8596dac7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/0113_job_created_by_nullable.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""empty message
+
+Revision ID: 0113_job_created_by_nullable
+Revises: 0112_add_start_end_dates
+Create Date: 2017-07-27 11:12:34.938086
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '0113_job_created_by_nullable'
+down_revision = '0112_add_start_end_dates'
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.alter_column('job', 'created_by', nullable=True)
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    # This will error if there are any jobs with no created_by - we'll have to decide how to handle those as and when
+    # we downgrade
+    op.alter_column('job', 'created_by', nullable=False)
diff --git a/tests/app/v2/notifications/test_post_letter_notifications.py b/tests/app/v2/notifications/test_post_letter_notifications.py
index d65c6c5d8..e794520f2 100644
--- a/tests/app/v2/notifications/test_post_letter_notifications.py
+++ b/tests/app/v2/notifications/test_post_letter_notifications.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 import uuid
 
 from flask import url_for, json
@@ -11,9 +10,6 @@ from tests import create_authorization_header
 from tests.app.db import create_service, create_template
 
 
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip('Leters not currently implemented')
-
-
 def letter_request(client, data, service_id, _expected_status=201):
     resp = client.post(
         url_for('v2_notifications.post_notification', notification_type='letter'),
@@ -160,7 +156,7 @@ def test_post_letter_notification_returns_403_if_not_allowed_to_send_notificatio
     }
 
     error_json = letter_request(client, data, service_id=service.id, _expected_status=400)
-    assert error_json['status_code'] == 403
+    assert error_json['status_code'] == 400
     assert error_json['errors'] == [
         {'error': 'BadRequestError', 'message': 'Cannot send letters'}
     ]