diff --git a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Models/ArchetypeModel.cs b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Models/ArchetypeModel.cs
index 1789c59..99eb474 100644
--- a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Models/ArchetypeModel.cs
+++ b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Models/ArchetypeModel.cs
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ namespace Archetype.Models
             return this.GetEnumerator();
         }
 
-        internal string SerializeForPersistence()
+        public string SerializeForPersistence()
         {
-            var json = JObject.Parse(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this));
+            var json = JObject.Parse(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this, new JsonSerializerSettings() { ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore }));
             var propertiesToRemove = new String[] { "propertyEditorAlias", "dataTypeId", "dataTypeGuid", "hostContentType" };
 
             json.Descendants().OfType<JProperty>()
               .Where(p => propertiesToRemove.Contains(p.Name))
               .ToList()
-              .ForEach(x => x.Remove());
-
-            return json.ToString(Formatting.None);//.DelintArchetypeJson();
+              .ForEach(x => x.Remove());
+
+            return json.ToString(Formatting.None);
         }
     }
 }