diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f7c1f89eeb..1512382625 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,28 +1,10 @@
 v1.5.0 (XXXX-XX-XX)
 -------------------
 
-* allow vertex and edge filtering with user-defined functions in TRAVERSAL,
-  TRAVERSAL_TREE and SHORTEST_PATH AQL functions:
-
-      // using user-defined AQL functions for edge and vertex filtering
-      RETURN TRAVERSAL(friends, friendrelations, "friends/john", "outbound", {
-        followEdges: "myfunctions::checkedge",
-        filterVertices: "myfunctions::checkvertex"
-      })
-
-      // using the following custom filter functions
-      var aqlfunctions = require("org/arangodb/aql/functions");
-      aqlfunctions.register("myfunctions::checkedge", function (config, vertex, edge, path) { 
-        return (edge.type !== 'dislikes'); // don't follow these edges
-      }, false);
-
-      aqlfunctions.register("myfunctions::checkvertex", function (config, vertex, path) { 
-        if (vertex.isDeleted || ! vertex.isActive) {
-          return [ "prune", "exclude" ]; // exclude these and don't follow them
-        }
-        return [ ]; // include everything else
-      }, false);
-
+* fail if invalid `strategy`, `order` or `itemOrder` attribute values
+  are passed to the AQL TRAVERSAL function. Omitting these attributes 
+  is not considered an error, but specifying an invalid value for any
+  of these attributes will make an AQL query fail.
 
 * added SHORTEST_PATH AQL function 
 
@@ -54,8 +36,6 @@ v1.5.0 (XXXX-XX-XX)
   can also be enforced by setting the `X-Arango-Version` HTTP header in a 
   client request to this API on a per-request basis.
 
-* issue #748: add vertex filtering to AQL's TRAVERSAL[_TREE]() function
-
 * allow direct access from the `db` object to collections whose names start 
   with an underscore (e.g. db._users).
 
@@ -167,9 +147,45 @@ v1.5.0 (XXXX-XX-XX)
   result of <collection>.getIndexes() for each index. This is
   currently only implemented for hash indices and skiplist indices.
 
-v1.4.8 (xxxx-xx-xx)
+
+v1.4.9 (XXXX-XX-XX)
 -------------------
 
+* issue #755: TRAVERSAL does not use strategy, order and itemOrder options
+
+  these options were not honored when configuring a traversal via the AQL
+  TRAVERSAL function. Now, these options are used if specified.
+
+* allow vertex and edge filtering with user-defined functions in TRAVERSAL,
+  TRAVERSAL_TREE and SHORTEST_PATH AQL functions:
+
+      // using user-defined AQL functions for edge and vertex filtering
+      RETURN TRAVERSAL(friends, friendrelations, "friends/john", "outbound", {
+        followEdges: "myfunctions::checkedge",
+        filterVertices: "myfunctions::checkvertex"
+      })
+
+      // using the following custom filter functions
+      var aqlfunctions = require("org/arangodb/aql/functions");
+      aqlfunctions.register("myfunctions::checkedge", function (config, vertex, edge, path) { 
+        return (edge.type !== 'dislikes'); // don't follow these edges
+      }, false);
+
+      aqlfunctions.register("myfunctions::checkvertex", function (config, vertex, path) { 
+        if (vertex.isDeleted || ! vertex.isActive) {
+          return [ "prune", "exclude" ]; // exclude these and don't follow them
+        }
+        return [ ]; // include everything else
+      }, false);
+
+* issue #748: add vertex filtering to AQL's TRAVERSAL[_TREE]() function
+
+
+v1.4.8 (2014-01-31)
+-------------------
+
+* install foxx apps in the web interface
+
 * fixed a segfault in the import API
 
 
diff --git a/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/modules/org/arangodb/graph/traversal.js b/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/modules/org/arangodb/graph/traversal.js
index 054b94ee50..6864b69e1c 100644
--- a/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/modules/org/arangodb/graph/traversal.js
+++ b/js/apps/system/aardvark/frontend/js/modules/org/arangodb/graph/traversal.js
@@ -633,14 +633,14 @@ function checkReverse (config) {
       result = true;
     }
   }
-  else if (config.order  === ArangoTraverser.PRE_ORDER) {
+  else if (config.order === ArangoTraverser.PRE_ORDER) {
     // pre order
     if (config.itemOrder === ArangoTraverser.BACKWARD && 
-        config.strategy  === ArangoTraverser.BREADTH_FIRST) {
+        config.strategy === ArangoTraverser.BREADTH_FIRST) {
       result = true;
     }
     else if (config.itemOrder === ArangoTraverser.FORWARD && 
-             config.strategy  === ArangoTraverser.DEPTH_FIRST) {
+             config.strategy === ArangoTraverser.DEPTH_FIRST) {
       result = true; 
     }
   }
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ ArangoTraverser = function (config) {
     }
     if (typeof value === 'string') {
       value = value.toLowerCase().replace(/-/, "");
-      if (map[value] !== null) {
+      if (map[value] !== null && map[value] !== undefined) {
         return map[value];
       }
     }
diff --git a/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/graph/traversal.js b/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/graph/traversal.js
index ecc3855398..eba84cf2b2 100644
--- a/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/graph/traversal.js
+++ b/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/graph/traversal.js
@@ -632,14 +632,14 @@ function checkReverse (config) {
       result = true;
     }
   }
-  else if (config.order  === ArangoTraverser.PRE_ORDER) {
+  else if (config.order === ArangoTraverser.PRE_ORDER) {
     // pre order
     if (config.itemOrder === ArangoTraverser.BACKWARD && 
-        config.strategy  === ArangoTraverser.BREADTH_FIRST) {
+        config.strategy === ArangoTraverser.BREADTH_FIRST) {
       result = true;
     }
     else if (config.itemOrder === ArangoTraverser.FORWARD && 
-             config.strategy  === ArangoTraverser.DEPTH_FIRST) {
+             config.strategy === ArangoTraverser.DEPTH_FIRST) {
       result = true; 
     }
   }
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ ArangoTraverser = function (config) {
     }
     if (typeof value === 'string') {
       value = value.toLowerCase().replace(/-/, "");
-      if (map[value] !== null) {
+      if (map[value] !== null && map[value] !== undefined) {
         return map[value];
       }
     }
diff --git a/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/ahuacatl.js b/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/ahuacatl.js
index f3f99b9d18..ffb9535338 100644
--- a/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/ahuacatl.js
+++ b/js/server/modules/org/arangodb/ahuacatl.js
@@ -3851,7 +3851,9 @@ function TRAVERSAL_FUNC (func,
     maxIterations: params.maxIterations,
     uniqueness: params.uniqueness,
     expander: direction,
-    strategy: params.strategy
+    strategy: params.strategy,
+    order: params.order,
+    itemOrder: params.itemOrder
   };
 
   if (params.followEdges) {
@@ -3923,10 +3925,13 @@ function GRAPH_SHORTEST_PATH (vertexCollection,
                               direction, 
                               params) {
   "use strict";
+  
+  if (params === undefined) {
+    params = { };
+  }
 
   params.strategy = "dijkstra";
   params.itemorder = "forward";
-  params.order = "forward";
   params.visitor = TRAVERSAL_VISITOR;
 
   if (typeof params.distance === "string") {
@@ -3959,6 +3964,10 @@ function GRAPH_TRAVERSAL (vertexCollection,
                           direction, 
                           params) {
   "use strict";
+  
+  if (params === undefined) {
+    params = { };
+  }
 
   params.visitor  = TRAVERSAL_VISITOR;