diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts
index 6a3015d916..a00e65687f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   generateJunctionTableName,
   foreignKeyStructure,
   hasTypeChanged,
+  setStaticSchemas,
 } from "./utils"
 import { FieldTypes } from "../../../constants"
 import { makeExternalQuery } from "../../../integrations/base/query"
@@ -195,19 +196,19 @@ function isRelationshipSetup(column: FieldSchema) {
 }
 
 export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
-  const table: TableRequest = ctx.request.body
-  const renamed = table?._rename
+  const inputs: TableRequest = ctx.request.body
+  const renamed = inputs?._rename
   // can't do this right now
-  delete table.rows
+  delete inputs.rows
   const datasourceId = getDatasourceId(ctx.request.body)!
   // table doesn't exist already, note that it is created
-  if (!table._id) {
-    table.created = true
+  if (!inputs._id) {
+    inputs.created = true
   }
   let tableToSave: TableRequest = {
     type: "table",
-    _id: buildExternalTableId(datasourceId, table.name),
-    ...table,
+    _id: buildExternalTableId(datasourceId, inputs.name),
+    ...inputs,
   }
 
   let oldTable
@@ -224,6 +225,10 @@ export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
   if (!datasource.entities) {
     datasource.entities = {}
   }
+
+  // GSheets is a specific case - only ever has a static primary key
+  tableToSave = setStaticSchemas(datasource, tableToSave)
+
   const oldTables = cloneDeep(datasource.entities)
   const tables: Record<string, Table> = datasource.entities
 
@@ -246,7 +251,7 @@ export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
       const junctionTable = generateManyLinkSchema(
         datasource,
         schema,
-        table,
+        tableToSave,
         relatedTable
       )
       if (tables[junctionTable.name]) {
@@ -256,10 +261,12 @@ export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
       extraTablesToUpdate.push(junctionTable)
     } else {
       const fkTable =
-        relationType === RelationshipTypes.ONE_TO_MANY ? table : relatedTable
+        relationType === RelationshipTypes.ONE_TO_MANY
+          ? tableToSave
+          : relatedTable
       const foreignKey = generateLinkSchema(
         schema,
-        table,
+        tableToSave,
         relatedTable,
         relationType
       )
@@ -271,11 +278,11 @@ export async function save(ctx: UserCtx) {
         fkTable.constrained.push(foreignKey)
       }
       // foreign key is in other table, need to save it to external
-      if (fkTable._id !== table._id) {
+      if (fkTable._id !== tableToSave._id) {
         extraTablesToUpdate.push(fkTable)
       }
     }
-    generateRelatedSchema(schema, relatedTable, table, relatedColumnName)
+    generateRelatedSchema(schema, relatedTable, tableToSave, relatedColumnName)
     schema.main = true
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
index bbccde467b..7c5c81939a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import { parse, isSchema, isRows } from "../../../utilities/schema"
 import { getRowParams, generateRowID, InternalTables } from "../../../db/utils"
 import { isEqual } from "lodash"
-import { AutoFieldSubTypes, FieldTypes } from "../../../constants"
+import {
+  AutoFieldSubTypes,
+  FieldTypes,
+  GOOGLE_SHEETS_PRIMARY_KEY,
+} from "../../../constants"
 import {
   inputProcessing,
   cleanupAttachments,
@@ -16,7 +20,7 @@ import viewTemplate from "../view/viewBuilder"
 import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
 import { quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
 import { events, context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
-import { Database } from "@budibase/types"
+import { Database, Datasource, SourceName, Table } from "@budibase/types"
 
 export async function clearColumns(table: any, columnNames: any) {
   const db: Database = context.getAppDB()
@@ -392,5 +396,17 @@ export function hasTypeChanged(table: any, oldTable: any) {
   return false
 }
 
+// used for external tables, some of them will have static schemas that need
+// to be hard set
+export function setStaticSchemas(datasource: Datasource, table: Table) {
+  // GSheets is a specific case - only ever has a static primary key
+  if (table && datasource.source === SourceName.GOOGLE_SHEETS) {
+    table.primary = [GOOGLE_SHEETS_PRIMARY_KEY]
+    // if there is an id column, remove it, should never exist in GSheets
+    delete table.schema?.id
+  }
+  return table
+}
+
 const _TableSaveFunctions = TableSaveFunctions
 export { _TableSaveFunctions as TableSaveFunctions }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/constants/index.ts b/packages/server/src/constants/index.ts
index e55ad09add..9d6a1c247a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/constants/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/constants/index.ts
@@ -180,3 +180,4 @@ export enum AutomationErrors {
 // pass through the list from the auth/core lib
 export const ObjectStoreBuckets = objectStore.ObjectStoreBuckets
 export const MAX_AUTOMATION_RECURRING_ERRORS = 5
+export const GOOGLE_SHEETS_PRIMARY_KEY = "rowNumber"
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/googlesheets.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/googlesheets.ts
index e9fde99a2b..f8bc84adea 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/googlesheets.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/googlesheets.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { GoogleSpreadsheet } from "google-spreadsheet"
 import fetch from "node-fetch"
 import { configs, HTTPError } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { dataFilters } from "@budibase/shared-core"
+import { GOOGLE_SHEETS_PRIMARY_KEY } from "../constants"
 
 interface GoogleSheetsConfig {
   spreadsheetId: string
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ class GoogleSheetsIntegration implements DatasourcePlus {
     // base table
     const table: Table = {
       name: title,
-      primary: ["rowNumber"],
+      primary: [GOOGLE_SHEETS_PRIMARY_KEY],
       schema: {},
     }
     if (id) {