diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-aspects/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/aspects/support/typerepresentation/SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategyTest.java b/spring-data-neo4j-aspects/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/aspects/support/typerepresentation/SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategyTest.java
index e22c99113..6e1308454 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-aspects/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/aspects/support/typerepresentation/SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategyTest.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-aspects/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/aspects/support/typerepresentation/SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategyTest.java
@@ -217,6 +217,16 @@ public class SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategyTest extends EntityTestBa
         assertEquals(subThing, newThing);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSaveTwice() throws Exception {
+        Thing thing = new Thing();
+        thing.setName("Foo");
+        thing = neo4jTemplate.save(thing);
+        thing.setName("Bar");
+        thing = neo4jTemplate.save(thing);
+        neo4jTemplate.findOne(thing.getNodeId(),Thing.class);
+    }
+
     @Test
     @Transactional
 	public void testProjectEntity() throws Exception {
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean.java
index 6cfb62ef2..aaa5f3c05 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public class MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Infrastruct
 
 
     private MappingInfrastructure mappingInfrastructure;
+    private TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory.Strategy typeRepresentationStrategy;
 
     public MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean(GraphDatabase graphDatabase, PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager) {
         this.graphDatabase = graphDatabase;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ public class MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Infrastruct
             relationshipEntityInstantiator = new RelationshipEntityInstantiator(entityStateHandler);
         }
         if (this.typeRepresentationStrategyFactory == null) {
-            this.typeRepresentationStrategyFactory = new TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory(graphDatabase);
+            this.typeRepresentationStrategyFactory = typeRepresentationStrategy!=null ? new TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory(graphDatabase,typeRepresentationStrategy) : new TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory(graphDatabase);
         }
         if (this.nodeTypeRepresentationStrategy == null) {
             this.nodeTypeRepresentationStrategy = typeRepresentationStrategyFactory.getNodeTypeRepresentationStrategy();
@@ -271,6 +272,9 @@ public class MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Infrastruct
     public void setTypeRepresentationStrategyFactory(TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory typeRepresentationStrategyFactory) {
         this.typeRepresentationStrategyFactory = typeRepresentationStrategyFactory;
     }
+    public void setTypeRepresentationStrategy(TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory.Strategy strategy) {
+        this.typeRepresentationStrategy = strategy;
+    }
 
     public void setIndexProvider(IndexProvider indexProvider) {
         this.indexProvider = indexProvider;
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/AbstractIndexingTypeRepresentationStrategy.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/AbstractIndexingTypeRepresentationStrategy.java
index 1e25c82e7..5791c1020 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/AbstractIndexingTypeRepresentationStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/AbstractIndexingTypeRepresentationStrategy.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractIndexingTypeRepresentationStrategy<S extends Prope
 
     @Override
     public void writeTypeTo(S state, StoredEntityType type) {
+        if (type.getAlias().equals(state.getProperty(TYPE_PROPERTY_NAME, null))) return; // already there
         addToTypesIndex(state, type);
         state.setProperty(TYPE_PROPERTY_NAME, type.getAlias());
     }
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategy.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategy.java
index c4529ad3e..b5164527a 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategy.java
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ public class SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategy implements NodeTypeRepre
     @Override
     public void writeTypeTo(Node state, StoredEntityType type) {
 	    final Node subReference = obtainSubreferenceNode(type);
+        for ( Relationship relationship : state.getRelationships( INSTANCE_OF_RELATIONSHIP_TYPE, Direction.OUTGOING ) )
+        {
+            if (relationship.getEndNode().equals( subReference )) return;  // already there
+        }
         state.createRelationshipTo(subReference, INSTANCE_OF_RELATIONSHIP_TYPE);
 	    subReference.setProperty(SUBREF_CLASS_KEY, type.getAlias());
 	    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) log.debug("Created link to subref node: " + subReference + " with type: " + type.getType().getSimpleName()+" alias "+type.getAlias());
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory.java
index 78e249d4f..1c0c06085 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/support/typerepresentation/TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.data.neo4j.support.typerepresentation;
 
+import org.neo4j.graphdb.GraphDatabaseService;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.Node;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.NotFoundException;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.PropertyContainer;
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory {
         this.graphDatabaseService = graphDatabaseService;
         this.strategy = strategy;
     }
-    
+
     public TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory(GraphDatabase graphDatabaseService,Strategy strategy, IndexProvider indexProvider) {
         this.indexProvider = indexProvider;
         this.graphDatabaseService = graphDatabaseService;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ public class TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory {
         this.indexProvider = indexProvider;
     }
 
-    private enum Strategy {
+    public enum Strategy {
         SubRef {
             @Override
             public NodeTypeRepresentationStrategy getNodeTypeRepresentationStrategy(GraphDatabase graphDatabaseService, IndexProvider indexProvider) {
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/typerepresentation/TypeRepresentationTest.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/typerepresentation/TypeRepresentationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17302d6ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/typerepresentation/TypeRepresentationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.neo4j.typerepresentation;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.neo4j.graphdb.Transaction;
+import org.neo4j.test.ImpermanentGraphDatabase;
+import org.springframework.data.neo4j.model.Person;
+import org.springframework.data.neo4j.support.MappingInfrastructure;
+import org.springframework.data.neo4j.support.MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.data.neo4j.support.Neo4jTemplate;
+import org.springframework.data.neo4j.support.typerepresentation.SubReferenceNodeTypeRepresentationStrategy;
+import org.springframework.data.neo4j.support.typerepresentation.TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory;
+
+public class TypeRepresentationTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testSavingTwiceResultsOnlyInOneTRSCall() throws Exception {
+        ImpermanentGraphDatabase db = new ImpermanentGraphDatabase();
+        MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean factoryBean = new MappingInfrastructureFactoryBean(db, null);
+        factoryBean.setTypeRepresentationStrategy(TypeRepresentationStrategyFactory.Strategy.SubRef);
+        factoryBean.afterPropertiesSet();
+        Neo4jTemplate template = new Neo4jTemplate(factoryBean.getObject());
+        Transaction tx = db.beginTx();
+        Person person = template.save(new Person());
+        person.setName("Bar");
+        template.save(person);
+        tx.failure();
+        tx.finish();
+    }
+}