diff --git a/Creek.FileRepository/Models/RepoFile.cs b/Creek.FileRepository/Models/RepoFile.cs
index e885469..e14a7d5 100644
--- a/Creek.FileRepository/Models/RepoFile.cs
+++ b/Creek.FileRepository/Models/RepoFile.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ namespace Creek.FileRepository.Models
     /// </summary>
     public class RepoFile
     {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initialises a new instance of the <see cref="RepoFile"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="filename">The filename of the file.</param>
+        /// <param name="created">The DateTime the file was created.</param>
+        /// <param name="content">The content of the file.</param>
+        public RepoFile(string filename, DateTime created, Stream content = null)
+        {
+            this.Filename = filename;
+            this.Content = content ?? new MemoryStream();
+            this.Created = created;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the actual file name of the file, this serves as the key field/unique identifier.
         /// </summary>
@@ -22,23 +35,5 @@ namespace Creek.FileRepository.Models
         /// Gets or sets the datetime object representing when this file object was created.
         /// </summary>
         public DateTime Created { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initialise a File model based on passed parameters.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="filename">The filename of the file.</param>
-        /// <param name="content">The content of the file.</param>
-        /// <returns>Returns an initialised File object.</returns>
-        public RepoFile GenerateFile(string filename, Stream content)
-        {
-            RepoFile newFile = new RepoFile()
-            {
-                Filename = filename,
-                Content = content,
-                Created = DateTime.Now,
-            };
-
-            return newFile;
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Creek.FileRepository/Repositories/SftpRepository.cs b/Creek.FileRepository/Repositories/SftpRepository.cs
index 0f4aeba..e457730 100644
--- a/Creek.FileRepository/Repositories/SftpRepository.cs
+++ b/Creek.FileRepository/Repositories/SftpRepository.cs
@@ -106,20 +106,19 @@ namespace Creek.FileRepository.Repositories
                 throw new ArgumentException($"'{nameof(filename)}' contains invalid characters for a filename.", nameof(filename));
             }
 
-            RepoFile repoFile = new RepoFile();
-            repoFile.Content = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
-
             using (SftpClient client = new SftpClient(this.host, this.port == 0 ? 22 : this.port, this.username, this.password))
             {
                 try
                 {
                     client.Connect();
 
+                    RepoFile repoFile = new RepoFile(filename, DateTime.Now);
+
                     client.DownloadFile($"{this.remoteDirectoryPath}/{filename}", output: repoFile.Content);
 
-                    repoFile = repoFile.GenerateFile(filename, repoFile.Content);
-
                     //_logger.LogInformation($"Finished downloading file [{localFilePath}] from [{remoteFilePath}]");
+
+                    return repoFile;
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
@@ -131,8 +130,6 @@ namespace Creek.FileRepository.Repositories
                     client.Disconnect();
                 }
             }
-
-            return repoFile;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/UnitTests/SftpRepositoryShould.cs b/UnitTests/SftpRepositoryShould.cs
index cf0b52f..27495af 100644
--- a/UnitTests/SftpRepositoryShould.cs
+++ b/UnitTests/SftpRepositoryShould.cs
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ namespace UnitTests
         private async Task CreateTestFile(String filename)
         {
             IFileRepository fileRepository = Factory.GetFileRepository(repositoryType, config);
-            RepoFile repoFile = new RepoFile();
+
             Stream contentStream = StreamHelper.GenerateStreamFromString("a,b \n c,d");
 
-            repoFile = repoFile.GenerateFile(filename, contentStream);
+            RepoFile repoFile = new RepoFile(filename, DateTime.Now, contentStream);
 
             await fileRepository.CreateFileAsync(repoFile);
         }