diff --git a/platform/commonUI/browse/test/creation/CreationServiceSpec.js b/platform/commonUI/browse/test/creation/CreationServiceSpec.js
index d492b51f8f..bc26c8be23 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/browse/test/creation/CreationServiceSpec.js
+++ b/platform/commonUI/browse/test/creation/CreationServiceSpec.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ define(
                     mockDomainObject.getId.andReturn(id);
                     mockCompositionCapability.invoke
                         .andReturn(mockPromise([mockDomainObject]));
-                    return mockPromise(true);
+                    return mockPromise(mockDomainObject);
                 });
 
                 // Should find it in the composition
diff --git a/platform/core/src/models/PersistedModelProvider.js b/platform/core/src/models/PersistedModelProvider.js
index 3acd5a6ae6..a10f818179 100644
--- a/platform/core/src/models/PersistedModelProvider.js
+++ b/platform/core/src/models/PersistedModelProvider.js
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ define(
         // Take the most recently modified model, for cases where
         // multiple persistence spaces return models.
         function takeMostRecent(modelA, modelB) {
-            return (!modelA || modelA.modified === undefined) ? modelB :
-                    (!modelB || modelB.modified === undefined) ? modelA :
-                            modelA.modified > modelB.modified ? modelA :
-                                    modelB;
+            return (!modelB || modelB.modified === undefined) ? modelA :
+                    (!modelA || modelA.modified === undefined) ? modelB :
+                            modelB.modified > modelA.modified ? modelB :
+                                    modelA;
         }
 
         PersistedModelProvider.prototype.getModels = function (ids) {
diff --git a/platform/core/test/models/PersistedModelProviderSpec.js b/platform/core/test/models/PersistedModelProviderSpec.js
index 20f0e89649..8dcb58a400 100644
--- a/platform/core/test/models/PersistedModelProviderSpec.js
+++ b/platform/core/test/models/PersistedModelProviderSpec.js
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ define(
         describe("The persisted model provider", function () {
             var mockQ,
                 mockPersistenceService,
-                SPACE = "some space",
+                SPACE = "space0",
+                spaces = [ "space1" ],
+                modTimes,
                 provider;
 
             function mockPromise(value) {
@@ -51,12 +53,14 @@ define(
             }
 
             beforeEach(function () {
+                modTimes = {};
                 mockQ = { when: mockPromise, all: mockAll };
                 mockPersistenceService = {
                     readObject: function (space, id) {
                         return mockPromise({
                             space: space,
-                            id: id
+                            id: id,
+                            modified: (modTimes[space] || {})[id]
                         });
                     }
                 };
@@ -64,7 +68,8 @@ define(
                 provider = new PersistedModelProvider(
                     mockPersistenceService,
                     mockQ,
-                    SPACE
+                    SPACE,
+                    spaces
                 );
             });
 
@@ -82,6 +87,24 @@ define(
                 });
             });
 
+            it("reads object models from multiple spaces", function () {
+                var models;
+
+                modTimes.space1 = {
+                    'x': 12321
+                };
+
+                provider.getModels(["a", "x", "zz"]).then(function (m) {
+                    models = m;
+                });
+
+                expect(models).toEqual({
+                    a: { space: SPACE, id: "a" },
+                    x: { space: 'space1', id: "x", modified: 12321 },
+                    zz: { space: SPACE, id: "zz" }
+                });
+            });
+
         });
     }
-);
\ No newline at end of file
+);
diff --git a/platform/entanglement/src/services/LinkService.js b/platform/entanglement/src/services/LinkService.js
index bfebddcbd9..8a0613d9b5 100644
--- a/platform/entanglement/src/services/LinkService.js
+++ b/platform/entanglement/src/services/LinkService.js
@@ -59,15 +59,6 @@ define(
             // Note that this was checked-for explicitly during validate step
             var composition = parentObject.getCapability('composition');
 
-            function findChild(children) {
-                var i;
-                for (i = 0; i < children.length; i += 1) {
-                    if (children[i].getId() === object.getId()) {
-                        return children[i];
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
             return composition.add(object).then(function (result) {
                 return parentObject.getCapability('persistence')
                     .persist()
diff --git a/platform/entanglement/test/services/LinkServiceSpec.js b/platform/entanglement/test/services/LinkServiceSpec.js
index 7f430320a2..32bb4c0a7a 100644
--- a/platform/entanglement/test/services/LinkServiceSpec.js
+++ b/platform/entanglement/test/services/LinkServiceSpec.js
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ define(
                 it("persists parent", function () {
                     linkService.perform(object, parentObject);
                     expect(addPromise.then).toHaveBeenCalled();
-                    addPromise.resolve();
+                    addPromise.resolve(linkedObject);
                     expect(parentObject.getCapability)
                         .toHaveBeenCalledWith('persistence');
                     expect(persistenceCapability.persist).toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ define(
                     whenComplete = jasmine.createSpy('whenComplete');
                     returnPromise.then(whenComplete);
 
-                    addPromise.resolve();
+                    addPromise.resolve(linkedObject);
                     persistencePromise.resolve();
                     compositionPromise.resolve([linkedObject]);
                     expect(whenComplete).toHaveBeenCalledWith(linkedObject);