diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/ReasonerPlugin.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/ReasonerPlugin.java
index 075b50d14..aa3ce9689 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/ReasonerPlugin.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/ReasonerPlugin.java
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ public interface ReasonerPlugin {
 			                       Model aboxInferencesModel, 
 			                       OntModel TBoxInferencesModel);
 	
+	public void setSimpleReasoner(SimpleReasoner simpleReasoner);
+	
+	public SimpleReasoner getSimpleReasoner();
 }
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 d31a46178..21979b68b 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/reasoner/SimpleReasoner.java
@@ -1049,6 +1049,11 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener {
 	 * Adds the inference to the inference model if it is not already in
 	 * the inference model and not in the abox model.
 	 */
+	
+	public void addInference(Statement infStmt, Model inferenceModel) {	
+        addInference(infStmt,inferenceModel,true);
+	}
+	
 	protected void addInference(Statement infStmt, Model inferenceModel, boolean handleSameAs) {
 		
 		aboxModel.enterCriticalSection(Lock.READ);
@@ -1092,7 +1097,7 @@ public class SimpleReasoner extends StatementListener {
 	 * Removes the corresponding inference for each same individual
 	 * if that inference is not entailed by the abox model. 
 	 */
-	protected void removeInference(Statement infStmt, Model inferenceModel) {
+	public void removeInference(Statement infStmt, Model inferenceModel) {
        removeInference(infStmt,inferenceModel,true,true);
 	}
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/SimpleReasonerSetup.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/SimpleReasonerSetup.java
index 8d2631d60..19266ab7d 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/SimpleReasonerSetup.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/servlet/setup/SimpleReasonerSetup.java
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ public class SimpleReasonerSetup implements ServletContextListener {
                 try {
                     ReasonerPlugin plugin = (ReasonerPlugin) Class.forName(
                             classname).getConstructors()[0].newInstance();
+                    plugin.setSimpleReasoner(simpleReasoner);
                     pluginList.add(plugin);
                 } catch(Throwable t) {              
                     ss.info(this, "Could not instantiate reasoner plugin " + classname);