diff --git a/spring-data-graph-parent/pom.xml b/spring-data-graph-parent/pom.xml
index dbedc3d67..8b3070311 100644
--- a/spring-data-graph-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-graph-parent/pom.xml
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.6</version>
 				<configuration>
-                    <forkMode>always</forkMode>
+                    <!--debugForkedProcess>true</debugForkedProcess-->
+                    <forkMode>once</forkMode>
 					<useFile>true</useFile>
 					<includes>
 						<include>**/*Tests.java</include>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/partial/RecommendationTest.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/partial/RecommendationTest.java
index e602bdc46..06d683363 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/partial/RecommendationTest.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/partial/RecommendationTest.java
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ import org.springframework.data.graph.neo4j.support.node.Neo4jHelper;
 
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.Rollback;
+import org.springframework.test.context.CleanContextCacheTestExecutionListener;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.DirtiesContextTestExecutionListener;
 import org.springframework.test.context.transaction.BeforeTransaction;
+import org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionalTestExecutionListener;
 import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
@@ -25,8 +30,7 @@ import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration(locations = {"classpath:org/springframework/data/graph/neo4j/partial/Neo4jGraphRecommendationTest-context.xml"})
-//@Ignore("seems to break things in the graph store")
-@DirtiesContext
+@TestExecutionListeners({CleanContextCacheTestExecutionListener.class, DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener.class, TransactionalTestExecutionListener.class})
 public class RecommendationTest {
 
     protected final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/CleanContextCacheTestExecutionListener.java b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/CleanContextCacheTestExecutionListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45b245453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/CleanContextCacheTestExecutionListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.springframework.test.context;
+
+import java.applet.AppletContext;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class CleanContextCacheTestExecutionListener implements TestExecutionListener {
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterTestClass(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+        Field cacheField = TestContext.class.getDeclaredField("contextCache");
+        cacheField.setAccessible(true);
+        ContextCache cache = (ContextCache) cacheField.get(testContext);
+        Field cacheMapField = ContextCache.class.getDeclaredField("contextKeyToContextMap");
+        cacheMapField.setAccessible(true);
+        Map<String, AppletContext> cacheMap = (Map<String, AppletContext>) cacheMapField.get(cache);
+        String[] keys = new String[cacheMap.size()];
+        cacheMap.keySet().toArray(keys);
+        for (String key : keys) {
+            cache.setDirty(key);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void beforeTestClass(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void prepareTestInstance(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void beforeTestMethod(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterTestMethod(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+
+    }
+}