diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RefactorOperationController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RefactorOperationController.java
index 092a12cf6..d356e928f 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RefactorOperationController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/edit/RefactorOperationController.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.servlet.setup.JenaDataSourceSetupBase;
 public class RefactorOperationController extends BaseEditController {
 	
 	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(RefactorOperationController.class.getName());
+	private static final boolean NOTIFY = true;
 	
 	private String doFixDataTypes(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
 	{
@@ -252,6 +253,10 @@ public class RefactorOperationController extends BaseEditController {
     		dataset.getLock().leaveCriticalSection();
     	}
 		
+		renameResourceInModel(ModelContext.getOntModelSelector(
+				getServletContext()).getUserAccountsModel(), 
+				        userURI, oldURIStr, newURIStr, !NOTIFY);
+    	
 		// there are no statements to delete, but we want indexes updated appropriately
 		request.getFullWebappDaoFactory().getIndividualDao().deleteIndividual(oldURIStr);
 		
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/JenaDataSourceSetup.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/JenaDataSourceSetup.java
index fbd9eafc7..52a40a165 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/JenaDataSourceSetup.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/JenaDataSourceSetup.java
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ public class JenaDataSourceSetup extends JenaDataSourceSetupBase implements java
         WebappDaoFactory wadf = new WebappDaoFactorySDB(unionOms, bds, storeDesc, getDefaultNamespace(ctx), null, null);
         ctx.setAttribute("webappDaoFactory",wadf);
 
+        ModelContext.setOntModelSelector(unionOms, ctx);
         ModelContext.setUnionOntModelSelector(unionOms, ctx);          // assertions and inferences
         ModelContext.setBaseOntModelSelector(baseOms, ctx);            // assertions
         ModelContext.setInferenceOntModelSelector(inferenceOms, ctx);  // inferences