diff --git a/docs/api/examples/post_project.txt b/docs/api/examples/post_project.txt
index 0f030d15..68d9d07c 100644
--- a/docs/api/examples/post_project.txt
+++ b/docs/api/examples/post_project.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-curl -i -X POST 'http://localhost:8000/project' -d '{"location": "/private/var/folders/3s/r2wbv07n7wg4vrsn874lmxxh0000gn/T/pytest-330/test_create_project_with_dir0"}'
+curl -i -X POST 'http://localhost:8000/project' -d '{"location": "/tmp", "uuid": "00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f"}'
 
 POST /project HTTP/1.1
 {
-    "location": "/private/var/folders/3s/r2wbv07n7wg4vrsn874lmxxh0000gn/T/pytest-330/test_create_project_with_dir0"
+    "location": "/tmp",
+    "uuid": "00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f"
 }
 
 
 HTTP/1.1 200
 CONNECTION: close
-CONTENT-LENGTH: 171
+CONTENT-LENGTH: 78
 CONTENT-TYPE: application/json
 DATE: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:09:15 GMT
 SERVER: Python/3.4 aiohttp/0.13.1
 X-ROUTE: /project
 
 {
-    "location": "/private/var/folders/3s/r2wbv07n7wg4vrsn874lmxxh0000gn/T/pytest-330/test_create_project_with_dir0",
-    "uuid": "e7d2911f-e367-46d9-b426-25663d0bb601"
+    "location": "/tmp",
+    "uuid": "00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f"
 }
diff --git a/tests/api/test_project.py b/tests/api/test_project.py
index 13aeeabf..e4bea217 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_project.py
@@ -26,20 +26,28 @@ from gns3server.version import __version__
 
 
 def test_create_project_with_dir(server, tmpdir):
-    response = server.post('/project', {"location": str(tmpdir)}, example=True)
+    response = server.post("/project", {"location": str(tmpdir)})
     assert response.status == 200
-    assert response.json['location'] == str(tmpdir)
+    assert response.json["location"] == str(tmpdir)
 
 
 def test_create_project_without_dir(server):
     query = {}
-    response = server.post('/project', query)
+    response = server.post("/project", query)
     assert response.status == 200
-    assert response.json['uuid'] is not None
+    assert response.json["uuid"] is not None
 
 
 def test_create_project_with_uuid(server):
-    query = {'uuid': '00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f'}
-    response = server.post('/project', query)
+    query = {"uuid": "00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f"}
+    response = server.post("/project", query)
     assert response.status == 200
-    assert response.json['uuid'] is not None
+    assert response.json["uuid"] == "00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f"
+
+def test_create_project_with_uuid(server):
+    query = {"uuid": "00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f", "location": "/tmp"}
+    response = server.post("/project", query, example=True)
+    assert response.status == 200
+    assert response.json["uuid"] == "00010203-0405-0607-0809-0a0b0c0d0e0f"
+    assert response.json["location"] == "/tmp"
+