diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/model/NodeTarget.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/model/NodeTarget.java
index a00dc4df94..33ca27e5a7 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/model/NodeTarget.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/model/NodeTarget.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ package org.alfresco.rest.api.model;
  * 
  * @author Gethin James
  */
-public class NodeTarget extends Target
+public class NodeTarget
 {
     String targetParentId;
     String name;
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/tests/core/SerializeTests.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/tests/core/SerializeTests.java
index a974e9b1cd..3154e44124 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/tests/core/SerializeTests.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/rest/framework/tests/core/SerializeTests.java
@@ -35,18 +35,6 @@ import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyBoolean;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import org.alfresco.repo.content.MimetypeMap;
 import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper;
 import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.RetryingTransactionCallback;
@@ -66,9 +54,9 @@ import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.EntityResource;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.RelationshipResource;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.actions.ActionExecutor.ExecutionCallback;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.actions.interfaces.EntityResourceAction;
-import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.actions.interfaces.MultiPartResourceAction;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.actions.interfaces.EntityResourceAction.Read;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.actions.interfaces.EntityResourceAction.ReadById;
+import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.actions.interfaces.MultiPartResourceAction;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.actions.interfaces.RelationshipResourceAction;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.content.BinaryProperty;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.resource.content.BinaryResource;
@@ -84,7 +72,9 @@ import org.alfresco.rest.framework.tests.api.mocks3.Flock;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.tests.api.mocks3.SlimGoat;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.webscripts.AbstractResourceWebScript;
 import org.alfresco.rest.framework.webscripts.ResourceWebScriptHelper;
+import org.alfresco.service.cmr.repository.NodeRef;
 import org.alfresco.service.transaction.TransactionService;
+import org.alfresco.util.GUID;
 import org.alfresco.util.TempFileProvider;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerationException;
@@ -109,6 +99,19 @@ import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration(locations = { "classpath:test-rest-context.xml" })
 public class SerializeTests
@@ -387,6 +390,17 @@ public class SerializeTests
        
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSerializeCustom() throws IOException
+    {
+        assertNotNull(helper);
+        String uuid = GUID.generate();
+        String out = writeResponse(uuid);
+        NodeRef n = jsonHelper.construct(new StringReader(out),NodeRef.class);
+        assertNotNull(n);
+        assertEquals(uuid, n.getId());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSerializeUniqueId() throws IOException
     {