diff --git a/platform/core/src/capabilities/PersistenceCapability.js b/platform/core/src/capabilities/PersistenceCapability.js
index 76c9c636f7..f67b8145e6 100644
--- a/platform/core/src/capabilities/PersistenceCapability.js
+++ b/platform/core/src/capabilities/PersistenceCapability.js
@@ -153,10 +153,11 @@ define(["objectUtils"],
                 return this.$q.when(true);
             }
 
-            return this.persistenceService.readObject(
-                this.getSpace(),
-                this.getKey()
-            ).then(updateModel);
+            return this.openmct.objects.get(domainObject.getId()).then((newStyleObject) => {
+                let oldStyleObject = this.openmct.legacyObject(newStyleObject);
+
+                return updateModel(oldStyleObject.getModel());
+            });
         };
 
         /**
diff --git a/platform/core/test/capabilities/PersistenceCapabilitySpec.js b/platform/core/test/capabilities/PersistenceCapabilitySpec.js
index 84ab297f56..07733be3d2 100644
--- a/platform/core/test/capabilities/PersistenceCapabilitySpec.js
+++ b/platform/core/test/capabilities/PersistenceCapabilitySpec.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ define(
                 key = "persistence key",
                 id = "object identifier",
                 model,
+                refreshModel,
                 SPACE = "some space",
                 persistence,
                 mockOpenMCT,
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ define(
                     someKey: "some value",
                     name: "domain object"
                 };
+                refreshModel = {someOtherKey: "some other value"};
 
                 mockPersistenceService = jasmine.createSpyObj(
                     "persistenceService",
@@ -110,8 +112,16 @@ define(
                     }
                 });
 
-                mockOpenMCT = {};
-                mockOpenMCT.objects = jasmine.createSpyObj('Object API', ['save']);
+                mockOpenMCT = {
+                    legacyObject: function (object) {
+                        return {
+                            getModel: function () {
+                                return object;
+                            }
+                        };
+                    }
+                };
+                mockOpenMCT.objects = jasmine.createSpyObj('Object API', ['save', 'get']);
 
                 mockIdentifierService.parse.and.returnValue(mockIdentifier);
                 mockIdentifier.getSpace.and.returnValue(SPACE);
@@ -131,6 +141,7 @@ define(
             describe("successful persistence", function () {
                 beforeEach(function () {
                     mockOpenMCT.objects.save.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(true));
+                    mockOpenMCT.objects.get.and.returnValue(Promise.resolve(refreshModel));
                 });
                 it("creates unpersisted objects with the persistence service", function () {
                     // Verify precondition; no call made during constructor
@@ -146,11 +157,10 @@ define(
                 });
 
                 it("refreshes the domain object model from persistence", function () {
-                    var refreshModel = {someOtherKey: "some other value"};
                     model.persisted = 1;
-                    mockPersistenceService.readObject.and.returnValue(asPromise(refreshModel));
-                    persistence.refresh();
-                    expect(model).toEqual(refreshModel);
+                    persistence.refresh().then(() => {
+                        expect(model).toEqual(refreshModel);
+                    });
                 });
 
                 it("does not trigger error notification on successful"
diff --git a/src/adapter/services/LegacyObjectAPIInterceptor.js b/src/adapter/services/LegacyObjectAPIInterceptor.js
index 12209806b2..79b1315ffb 100644
--- a/src/adapter/services/LegacyObjectAPIInterceptor.js
+++ b/src/adapter/services/LegacyObjectAPIInterceptor.js
@@ -128,7 +128,14 @@ define([
     };
 
     ObjectServiceProvider.prototype.get = function (key) {
-        const keyString = utils.makeKeyString(key);
+        let keyString = utils.makeKeyString(key);
+        const space = this.getSpace(keyString);
+
+        let identifier = utils.parseKeyString(keyString);
+        // We assign to the space for legacy persistence providers since they register themselves using a defaultSpace.
+        // This is the way to make everyone happy.
+        identifier.namespace = space;
+        keyString = utils.makeKeyString(identifier);
 
         return this.objectService.getObjects([keyString])
             .then(function (results) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/plugin.js b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/plugin.js
index 0851972e15..4b3d160739 100644
--- a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/plugin.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import CouchObjectProvider from './CouchObjectProvider';
 const NAMESPACE = '';
-const PERSISTENCE_SPACE = 'mct';
+const PERSISTENCE_SPACE = '';
 
 export default function CouchPlugin(url) {
     return function install(openmct) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/pluginSpec.js b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/pluginSpec.js
index 7cc60aab0a..e2fd2b6437 100644
--- a/src/plugins/persistence/couch/pluginSpec.js
+++ b/src/plugins/persistence/couch/pluginSpec.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('the plugin', () => {
     beforeEach((done) => {
         mockDomainObject = {
             identifier: {
-                namespace: 'mct',
+                namespace: '',
                 key: 'some-value'
             }
         };