diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactoryJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactoryJena.java
index 28b8ef186..489a96f28 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactoryJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactoryJena.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class WebappDaoFactoryJena implements WebappDaoFactory {
 	
 	private Map<String,String> properties = new HashMap<String,String>();
 	
-	private DatasetWrapperFactory dwf;
+	protected DatasetWrapperFactory dwf;
 
     // for temporary use to construct URIs for the things that still use integer IDs.
     // As these objects get changed to support getURI(), this should become unnecessary.
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactorySDB.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactorySDB.java
index 79f34c354..ee77d69aa 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactorySDB.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/WebappDaoFactorySDB.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class WebappDaoFactorySDB extends WebappDaoFactoryJena {
 	public WebappDaoFactorySDB(OntModelSelector ontModelSelector, Dataset dataset) {
 		super(ontModelSelector);
 		this.dwf = new StaticDatasetFactory(dataset);
+		super.dwf = new StaticDatasetFactory(dataset);
 	}
 	
     /**
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public class WebappDaoFactorySDB extends WebappDaoFactoryJena {
 	                            String[] preferredLanguages) {
 		super(ontModelSelector, defaultNamespace, nonuserNamespaces, preferredLanguages);
         this.dwf = new StaticDatasetFactory(dataset);
+        super.dwf = new StaticDatasetFactory(dataset);
 	}
 	
     /**
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ public class WebappDaoFactorySDB extends WebappDaoFactoryJena {
                                 String[] preferredLanguages) {
         super(ontModelSelector, defaultNamespace, nonuserNamespaces, preferredLanguages);
         this.dwf = new ReconnectingDatasetFactory(bds, storeDesc);
+        super.dwf = new ReconnectingDatasetFactory(bds, storeDesc);
     }
 	
 	@Override