diff --git a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testsuites/aql.js b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testsuites/aql.js
index 7d0884b5b2..6c05606c6e 100644
--- a/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testsuites/aql.js
+++ b/js/client/modules/@arangodb/testsuites/aql.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const tu = require('@arangodb/test-utils');
 
 function shellClient (options) {
   let testCases = tu.scanTestPath('js/common/tests/shell');
+  testCases = testCases.concat(tu.scanTestPath('js/client/tests/http'));
   testCases = testCases.concat(tu.scanTestPath('js/client/tests/shell'));
 
   return tu.performTests(options, testCases, 'shell_client', tu.runInArangosh);
diff --git a/js/client/tests/http/api-gharial-spec.js b/js/client/tests/http/api-gharial-spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..341048b6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/client/tests/http/api-gharial-spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/* jshint globalstrict:false, strict:false, maxlen: 5000 */
+/* global describe, beforeEach, afterEach, it */
+'use strict';
+
+// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// / DISCLAIMER
+// /
+// / Copyright 2016 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+// /
+// / Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
+// / you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// / You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// /
+// /     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+// /
+// / Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// / distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// / WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// / See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// / limitations under the License.
+// /
+// / Copyright holder is ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
+// /
+// / @author Michael Hackstein
+// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+const expect = require('chai').expect;
+
+const arangodb = require('@arangodb');
+const request = require('@arangodb/request');
+
+const ERRORS = arangodb.errors;
+const db = arangodb.db;
+const wait = require('internal').wait;
+const extend = require('lodash').extend;
+
+describe('_api/gharial', () => {
+
+  const graphName = 'UnitTestGraph';
+  const vColName = 'UnitTestVertices';
+  const eColName = 'UnitTestRelations';
+  const oColName = 'UnitTestOrphans';
+  const oColName2 = 'UnitTestOrphansSecond';
+  const url = '/_api/gharial';
+
+  const cleanup = () => {
+    try {
+      db._drop(vColName);
+    } catch (e) {
+    }
+    try {
+      db._drop(eColName);
+    } catch (e) {
+    }
+    try {
+      db._drop(oColName);
+    } catch (e) {
+    }
+    try {
+      db._graphs.remove(graphName);
+    } catch (e) {
+    }
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(cleanup);
+
+  afterEach(cleanup);
+
+
+  it('should create a graph without orphans', () => {
+    const graphDef = {
+      "name": graphName,
+      "edgeDefinitions": [{
+              "collection":  eColName,
+              "from": [vColName],
+              "to": [vColName]
+          }
+      ],
+      "isSmart": false
+    };
+    expect(db._collection(eColName)).to.be.null;
+    expect(db._collection(vColName)).to.be.null;
+    let req = request.post(url, {
+      body: JSON.stringify(graphDef)
+    });
+    expect(req.statusCode).to.equal(202);
+
+    // This is all async give it some time
+    do {
+      wait(0.1);
+      req = request.get(url + "/" + graphName); 
+    } while (req.statusCode != 200);
+
+    expect(db._collection(eColName)).to.not.be.null;
+    expect(db._collection(vColName)).to.not.be.null;
+  });
+
+  it('should create a graph with orphans', () => {
+    const graphDef = {
+      "name": graphName,
+      "edgeDefinitions": [{
+            "collection":  eColName,
+            "from": [vColName],
+            "to": [vColName]
+        }
+      ],
+      "orphanCollections": [
+        oColName,
+        oColName2
+      ],
+      "isSmart": false
+    };
+    expect(db._collection(eColName)).to.be.null;
+    expect(db._collection(vColName)).to.be.null;
+    expect(db._collection(oColName)).to.be.null;
+    expect(db._collection(oColName2)).to.be.null;
+    let req = request.post(url, {
+      body: JSON.stringify(graphDef)
+    });
+    expect(req.statusCode).to.equal(202);
+
+    // This is all async give it some time
+    do {
+      wait(0.1);
+      req = request.get(url + "/" + graphName); 
+    } while (req.statusCode != 200);
+
+    expect(db._collection(eColName)).to.not.be.null;
+    expect(db._collection(vColName)).to.not.be.null;
+    expect(db._collection(oColName)).to.not.be.null;
+    expect(db._collection(oColName2)).to.not.be.null;
+  });
+
+
+});
diff --git a/js/common/modules/@arangodb/general-graph.js b/js/common/modules/@arangodb/general-graph.js
index 89e935eb18..352c0d5e9c 100644
--- a/js/common/modules/@arangodb/general-graph.js
+++ b/js/common/modules/@arangodb/general-graph.js
@@ -2049,7 +2049,7 @@ exports._create = function (graphName, edgeDefinitions, orphanCollections, optio
   db._flushCache();
   let collections = findOrCreateCollectionsByEdgeDefinitions(edgeDefinitions, false, options);
   orphanCollections.forEach(
-    (oC, options) => {
+    (oC) => {
       findOrCreateCollectionByName(oC, ArangoCollection.TYPE_DOCUMENT, false, options);
     }
   );