diff --git a/contentcuration/search/tests/test_savesearch.py b/contentcuration/search/tests/test_savesearch.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dc07df230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contentcuration/search/tests/test_savesearch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import uuid
+
+from django.urls import reverse
+from search.models import SavedSearch
+
+from contentcuration.tests import testdata
+from contentcuration.tests.base import StudioAPITestCase
+from contentcuration.tests.viewsets.base import generate_create_event
+from contentcuration.tests.viewsets.base import generate_delete_event
+from contentcuration.tests.viewsets.base import SyncTestMixin
+from contentcuration.viewsets.sync.constants import SAVEDSEARCH
+
+
+class SavedSearchViewsetTestCase(SyncTestMixin, StudioAPITestCase):
+
+    @property
+    def savedsearch_metadata(self):
+        return {
+            "id": uuid.uuid4().hex,
+            "name": "test",
+            "params": {"lang": "en", "keyword": "test"},
+        }
+
+    @property
+    def savedsearch_db_metadata(self):
+        return {
+            "id": uuid.uuid4().hex,
+            "name": "test",
+            "params": {"lang": "en", "keyword": "test"},
+            "saved_by": self.user,
+        }
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(SavedSearchViewsetTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.user = testdata.user()
+        self.client.force_authenticate(user=self.user)
+
+    def test_create_savedsearch(self):
+        savedsearch = self.savedsearch_metadata
+        response = self.sync_changes(
+            [generate_create_event(savedsearch["id"], SAVEDSEARCH, savedsearch, user_id=self.user.id)],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200, response.content)
+        try:
+            SavedSearch.objects.get(id=uuid.UUID(savedsearch["id"]))
+        except SavedSearch.DoesNotExist:
+            self.fail("SavedSearch was not created")
+
+    def test_create_savedsearchs(self):
+        savedsearch1 = self.savedsearch_metadata
+        savedsearch2 = self.savedsearch_metadata
+        response = self.sync_changes(
+            [
+                generate_create_event(savedsearch1["id"], SAVEDSEARCH, savedsearch1, user_id=self.user.id),
+                generate_create_event(savedsearch2["id"], SAVEDSEARCH, savedsearch2, user_id=self.user.id),
+            ],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200, response.content)
+        try:
+            SavedSearch.objects.get(id=uuid.UUID(savedsearch1["id"]))
+        except SavedSearch.DoesNotExist:
+            self.fail("SavedSearch 1 was not created")
+
+        try:
+            SavedSearch.objects.get(id=uuid.UUID(savedsearch2["id"]))
+        except SavedSearch.DoesNotExist:
+            self.fail("SavedSearch 2 was not created")
+
+    def test_delete_savedsearch(self):
+
+        savedsearch = SavedSearch.objects.create(**self.savedsearch_db_metadata)
+
+        response = self.sync_changes(
+            [generate_delete_event(savedsearch.id, SAVEDSEARCH, user_id=self.user.id)],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200, response.content)
+        try:
+            SavedSearch.objects.get(id=uuid.UUID(savedsearch.id))
+            self.fail("SavedSearch was not deleted")
+        except SavedSearch.DoesNotExist:
+            pass
+
+    def test_delete_savedsearchs(self):
+        savedsearch1 = SavedSearch.objects.create(**self.savedsearch_db_metadata)
+
+        savedsearch2 = SavedSearch.objects.create(**self.savedsearch_db_metadata)
+
+        response = self.sync_changes(
+            [
+                generate_delete_event(savedsearch1.id, SAVEDSEARCH, user_id=self.user.id),
+                generate_delete_event(savedsearch2.id, SAVEDSEARCH, user_id=self.user.id),
+            ],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200, response.content)
+        try:
+            SavedSearch.objects.get(id=uuid.UUID(savedsearch1.id))
+            self.fail("SavedSearch 1 was not deleted")
+        except SavedSearch.DoesNotExist:
+            pass
+
+        try:
+            SavedSearch.objects.get(id=uuid.UUID(savedsearch2.id))
+            self.fail("SavedSearch 2 was not deleted")
+        except SavedSearch.DoesNotExist:
+            pass
+
+    def test_retrieve_savedsearch(self):
+        savedsearch = SavedSearch.objects.create(**self.savedsearch_db_metadata)
+
+        response = self.client.get(reverse("savedsearch-detail", kwargs={"pk": savedsearch.id}))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200, response.content)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data["id"], savedsearch.id)
+
+    def test_list_savedsearch(self):
+        savedsearch1 = SavedSearch.objects.create(**self.savedsearch_db_metadata)
+        savedsearch2 = SavedSearch.objects.create(**self.savedsearch_db_metadata)
+
+        response = self.client.get(reverse("savedsearch-list"))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200, response.content)
+        self.assertEqual(len(response.data), 2)
+        sorted_response_data = sorted(response.data, key=lambda x: x["id"])
+        sorted_expected_data = sorted([savedsearch1, savedsearch2], key=lambda x: x.id)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted_response_data[0]["id"], sorted_expected_data[0].id)
+        self.assertEqual(sorted_response_data[1]["id"], sorted_expected_data[1].id)
diff --git a/contentcuration/search/viewsets/savedsearch.py b/contentcuration/search/viewsets/savedsearch.py
index 0cdbc0b793..0f2c3e6958 100644
--- a/contentcuration/search/viewsets/savedsearch.py
+++ b/contentcuration/search/viewsets/savedsearch.py
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
-from rest_framework.serializers import PrimaryKeyRelatedField
+from rest_framework.serializers import UUIDField
 from search.models import SavedSearch
 
-from contentcuration.models import User
-from contentcuration.viewsets.base import BulkListSerializer
 from contentcuration.viewsets.base import BulkModelSerializer
 from contentcuration.viewsets.base import ValuesViewset
 
 
 class SavedSearchSerializer(BulkModelSerializer):
-    saved_by = PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=User.objects.all())
+    id = UUIDField(format="hex")
 
     def create(self, validated_data):
         if "request" in self.context:
@@ -23,12 +21,8 @@ class Meta:
         fields = (
             "id",
             "name",
-            "created",
-            "modified",
             "params",
-            "saved_by",
         )
-        list_serializer_class = BulkListSerializer
 
 
 class SavedSearchViewSet(ValuesViewset):
@@ -45,7 +39,7 @@ class SavedSearchViewSet(ValuesViewset):
     )
 
     field_map = {
-        "id": lambda x: x["id"].replace("-", ""),
+        "id": lambda x: x["id"].hex,
     }
 
     def get_queryset(self):