diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataverseFeaturedItemServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataverseFeaturedItemServiceBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb31923a360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DataverseFeaturedItemServiceBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse;
+
+import jakarta.ejb.Stateless;
+import jakarta.inject.Named;
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
+import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceContext;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+@Stateless
+@Named
+public class DataverseFeaturedItemServiceBean implements Serializable {
+
+    @PersistenceContext(unitName = "VDCNet-ejbPU")
+    private EntityManager em;
+
+    public DataverseFeaturedItem save(DataverseFeaturedItem dataverseFeaturedItem) {
+        if (dataverseFeaturedItem.getId() == null) {
+            em.persist(dataverseFeaturedItem);
+            return dataverseFeaturedItem;
+        } else {
+            return em.merge(dataverseFeaturedItem);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/EjbDataverseEngine.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/EjbDataverseEngine.java
index 0561fed8a97..f8ba218d485 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/EjbDataverseEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/EjbDataverseEngine.java
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ public class EjbDataverseEngine {
     ConfirmEmailServiceBean confirmEmailService;
     
     @EJB
-    StorageUseServiceBean storageUseService; 
+    StorageUseServiceBean storageUseService;
+
+    @EJB
+    DataverseFeaturedItemServiceBean dataverseFeaturedItemServiceBean;
     
     @EJB
     EjbDataverseEngineInner innerEngine;
@@ -522,6 +525,11 @@ public DatasetFieldServiceBean dsField() {
                     return dsField;
                 }
 
+                @Override
+                public DataverseFeaturedItemServiceBean dataverseFeaturedItems() {
+                    return dataverseFeaturedItemServiceBean;
+                }
+
                 @Override
                 public StorageUseServiceBean storageUse() {
                     return storageUseService;
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/dto/NewDataverseFeaturedItemDTO.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/dto/NewDataverseFeaturedItemDTO.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b81dd67aa97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/dto/NewDataverseFeaturedItemDTO.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.api.dto;
+
+import org.glassfish.jersey.media.multipart.FormDataContentDisposition;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+public class NewDataverseFeaturedItemDTO {
+    private String content;
+    private int displayOrder;
+    private InputStream fileInputStream;
+    private String imageFileName;
+
+    public static NewDataverseFeaturedItemDTO fromFormData(String content,
+                                                           int order,
+                                                           InputStream fileInputStream,
+                                                           FormDataContentDisposition contentDispositionHeader) {
+        NewDataverseFeaturedItemDTO newDataverseFeaturedItemDTO = new NewDataverseFeaturedItemDTO();
+        newDataverseFeaturedItemDTO.content = content;
+        newDataverseFeaturedItemDTO.displayOrder = order;
+        newDataverseFeaturedItemDTO.fileInputStream = fileInputStream;
+        newDataverseFeaturedItemDTO.imageFileName = contentDispositionHeader.getFileName();
+        return newDataverseFeaturedItemDTO;
+    }
+
+    public String getContent() {
+        return content;
+    }
+
+    public int getDisplayOrder() {
+        return displayOrder;
+    }
+
+    public InputStream getFileInputStream() {
+        return fileInputStream;
+    }
+
+    public String getImageFileName() {
+        return imageFileName;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/CommandContext.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/CommandContext.java
index 282cbb88988..b58f5f07ebc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/CommandContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/CommandContext.java
@@ -1,28 +1,9 @@
 package edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.engine.command;
 
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DataFileServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DatasetFieldServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DatasetLinkingServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DatasetServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DatasetVersionServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DataverseFacetServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DataverseFieldTypeInputLevelServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DataverseLinkingServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DataverseRoleServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DataverseServiceBean;
+import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.*;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.providers.builtin.BuiltinUserServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DvObjectServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.FeaturedDataverseServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.FileDownloadServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.GuestbookResponseServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.GuestbookServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.MetadataBlockServiceBean;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.search.IndexServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.PermissionServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.RoleAssigneeServiceBean;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.search.SearchServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.TemplateServiceBean;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.UserNotificationServiceBean;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.actionlogging.ActionLogServiceBean;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.AuthenticationServiceBean;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.authorization.groups.GroupServiceBean;
@@ -152,4 +133,6 @@ public interface CommandContext {
     public void addCommand(Command command);
 
     public DatasetFieldServiceBean dsField();
+
+    public DataverseFeaturedItemServiceBean dataverseFeaturedItems();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/CreateDataverseFeaturedItemCommand.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/CreateDataverseFeaturedItemCommand.java
index fd29a5f9eab..ee496148ab5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/CreateDataverseFeaturedItemCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/command/impl/CreateDataverseFeaturedItemCommand.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public DataverseFeaturedItem execute(CommandContext ctxt) throws CommandExceptio
         featuredItem.setContent(newDataverseFeaturedItemDTO.getContent());
         featuredItem.setDisplayOrder(newDataverseFeaturedItemDTO.getDisplayOrder());
         featuredItem.setDataverse(dataverse);
-        return featuredItem;
+        return ctxt.dataverseFeaturedItems().save(featuredItem);
     }
 
     private void setImageIfAvailable(DataverseFeaturedItem featuredItem) throws IllegalCommandException {
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/TestCommandContext.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/TestCommandContext.java
index b4b9c0d33f2..fd7e3f69bd2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/TestCommandContext.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/engine/TestCommandContext.java
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ public StorageUseServiceBean storageUse() {
         return null;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public DataverseFeaturedItemServiceBean dataverseFeaturedItems() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void beginCommandSequence() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet."); //To change body of generated methods, choose Tools | Templates.