diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeBasedOnType.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeBasedOnType.java
index b2b6094bb..97c9c5aa6 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeBasedOnType.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeBasedOnType.java
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ public class ExcludeBasedOnType implements SearchIndexExcluder {
     	if( typeURIinExcludeList( ind.getVClass() ))
     		return SKIP_MSG;        	
     	
-        List<VClass> vclasses = ind.getVClasses();
-        if( vclasses == null)
-        	return null;        
+        List<VClass> vclasses = new ArrayList<VClass>();        
+        vclasses.addAll( ind.getVClasses()!=null?ind.getVClasses():Collections.EMPTY_LIST );
+        vclasses.addAll( ind.getVClasses(true)!=null?ind.getVClasses(true):Collections.EMPTY_LIST );
         
         for( VClass vclz : vclasses){
         	if( typeURIinExcludeList( vclz ))
diff --git a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeBasedOnTypeTest.java b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeBasedOnTypeTest.java
index 710cc01b7..908b62354 100644
--- a/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeBasedOnTypeTest.java
+++ b/webapp/test/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/search/solr/documentBuilding/ExcludeBasedOnTypeTest.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class ExcludeBasedOnTypeTest {
 	public void testCheckForExclusion2() {
 		
 		ExcludeBasedOnType ebot = new ExcludeBasedOnType();
-		ebot.addTypeToExclude("http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/KillerRobot");
+		ebot.addTypeToExclude("http://example.com/KillerRobot");
 		
 		IndividualImpl ind = new IndividualImpl();
 		ind.setURI("http://example.com/n2343");