diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelper.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelper.java
index 842aa7456e..06d9daa0ca 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelper.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelper.java
@@ -1093,18 +1093,18 @@ public class WebDAVHelper
             @Override
             public Event prepareEvent(String user, String networkId, String transactionId)
             {
-                SiteService siteService = getServiceRegistry().getSiteService();
-                final String siteId = siteService.getSiteShortName(realNodeInfo.getNodeRef());
+//                SiteService siteService = getServiceRegistry().getSiteService();
+//                final String siteId = siteService.getSiteShortName(realNodeInfo.getNodeRef());
                 
                 if (StringUtils.hasText(range))
                 { 
                     return new ContentReadRangeEvent(user, networkId, transactionId, realNodeInfo.getNodeRef().getId(),
-                                siteId, realNodeInfo.getType().toString(), Client.webdav, mimetype, size, contentEncoding, range); 
+                                null, realNodeInfo.getType().toString(), Client.webdav, mimetype, size, contentEncoding, range); 
                 } 
                 else 
                 {
                     return new ContentReadEvent(ContentReadEvent.DOWNLOAD, user, networkId, transactionId, realNodeInfo.getNodeRef().getId(),
-                                siteId, realNodeInfo.getType().toString(), Client.webdav, mimetype, size, contentEncoding);            
+                                null, realNodeInfo.getType().toString(), Client.webdav, mimetype, size, contentEncoding);            
                 }
             }
         });
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelperIntegrationTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelperIntegrationTest.java
index 4df0e41148..b0f13c23e3 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelperIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/webdav/WebDAVHelperIntegrationTest.java
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ package org.alfresco.repo.webdav;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import org.alfresco.events.types.ContentReadEvent;
 import org.alfresco.model.ContentModel;
+import org.alfresco.repo.events.EventPublisherForTestingOnly;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.model.FileFolderService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.model.FileInfo;
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ import org.alfresco.service.cmr.model.FileNotFoundException;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeService;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.StoreRef;
-import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;
 import org.alfresco.util.ApplicationContextHelper;
+import org.alfresco.util.FileFilterMode.Client;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public class WebDAVHelperIntegrationTest
    private NodeRef rootNodeRef;
    private NodeRef rootFolder;
    private NodeService nodeService;
+   private EventPublisherForTestingOnly eventPublisher;
    
    @BeforeClass
    public static void setUpSpring()
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ public class WebDAVHelperIntegrationTest
        
        rootFolder = nodeService.createNode(rootNodeRef, ContentModel.ASSOC_CHILDREN,
                    ContentModel.ASSOC_CHILDREN, ContentModel.TYPE_FOLDER).getChildRef();
+       
+       eventPublisher = (EventPublisherForTestingOnly) ctx.getBean("eventPublisher");
    }
    
    @Test
@@ -132,4 +136,26 @@ public class WebDAVHelperIntegrationTest
        FileInfo found = webDAVHelper.getNodeForPath(rootFolder, "/");
        assertEquals(rootFolder, found.getNodeRef());
    }
+   
+   @Test
+   public void testPublishEvent() 
+   {
+      FileInfo folderInfo = fileFolderService.create(rootFolder, "my_folder", ContentModel.TYPE_FOLDER);
+      FileInfo fileInfo = fileFolderService.create(folderInfo.getNodeRef(), "my_file.txt", ContentModel.TYPE_CONTENT);
+      webDAVHelper.publishReadEvent(fileInfo, "text", 2l, "UTF-8", null);
+      
+      List<ContentReadEvent> readEvents = eventPublisher.getQueueByType(ContentReadEvent.class);
+      boolean found = false;
+      for (ContentReadEvent event : readEvents)
+      {
+         if (fileInfo.getNodeRef().getId().equals(event.getNodeId()))
+         {
+             assertEquals(event.getMimeType(),("text"));
+             assertEquals(event.getClient(),Client.webdav);
+             found = true;
+             break;
+         }
+      }
+      assertTrue(found);
+   }
 }