diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
index 8cbe88543..6561e9a94 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener {
 		log.info("ABox inference model updated with mostSpecificType annotations");
 	}
 
-	public  boolean isABoxReasoningAsynchronous() {
+	public boolean isABoxReasoningAsynchronous() {
          if (batchMode1 || batchMode2) {
         	 return true;
          } else {
@@ -1381,6 +1381,27 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener {
          }
 	}
 	
+	protected  void startBatchMode() {
+		if (batchMode1 || batchMode2) {
+			return;  
+		} else {
+			batchMode1 = true;
+			batchMode2 = false;
+			aBoxDeltaModeler1.getRetractions().removeAll();
+			log.info("started processing retractions in batch mode");
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected void endBatchMode() {
+		
+		if (!batchMode1 && !batchMode2) {
+			log.warn("SimpleReasoner received an end batch mode request when not currently in batch mode. No action was taken");
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		new Thread(new DeltaComputer(),"DeltaComputer").start();
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public synchronized void notifyEvent(Model model, Object event) {
 		
@@ -1388,19 +1409,10 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener {
 	    	if (((BulkUpdateEvent) event).getBegin()) {
 	    		
 	    		log.info("received BulkUpdateEvent(begin)");
-	    		
-	    		if (batchMode1 || batchMode2) {
-	    			log.info("received a BulkUpdateEvent(begin) while already in batch update mode; this event will be ignored (and processing in batch mode will continue until there are no pending updates)");
-	    			return;  
-	    		} else {
-	    			batchMode1 = true;
-	    			batchMode2 = false;
-	    			aBoxDeltaModeler1.getRetractions().removeAll();
-	    			log.info("started processing retractions in batch mode");
-	    		}
+	            startBatchMode();
 	    	} else {
 	    		log.info("received BulkUpdateEvent(end)");
-	    		new Thread(new DeltaComputer(),"DeltaComputer").start();
+	    		endBatchMode();
 	    	}
 	    }
 	}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/support/SimpleReasonerTBoxListener.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasonerTBoxListener.java
similarity index 74%
rename from webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/support/SimpleReasonerTBoxListener.java
rename to webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasonerTBoxListener.java
index 338268646..c4ac1a28b 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/support/SimpleReasonerTBoxListener.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasonerTBoxListener.java
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 /* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
 
-package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.reasoner.support;
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.reasoner;
 
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.listeners.StatementListener;
 import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Statement;
 
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.reasoner.SimpleReasoner;
 
 /**
  * Route notification of changes to TBox to the incremental ABox reasoner.
- * The incremental ABox reasoner needs to handle only subclass, superclass
+ * The incremental ABox reasoner handles only subclass, superclass
  * and equivalent class axioms.
  *  
  */
@@ -18,22 +17,21 @@ public class SimpleReasonerTBoxListener extends StatementListener {
 
 	private SimpleReasoner simpleReasoner = null;
 
-
 	public SimpleReasonerTBoxListener(SimpleReasoner simpleReasoner) {
 		this.simpleReasoner = simpleReasoner;
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public void addedStatement(Statement stmt) {
-		
+		//simpleReasoner.startBatchMode();
 		simpleReasoner.addedTBoxStatement(stmt);
-
+		//simpleReasoner.endBatchMode();
 	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public void removedStatement(Statement stmt) {
-	
+		//simpleReasoner.startBatchMode();
 		simpleReasoner.removedTBoxStatement(stmt);
+		//simpleReasoner.endBatchMode();
 	}
-	
-}
+}
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