diff --git a/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/general-graph.js b/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/general-graph.js
index 698cb8c912..7523927e1e 100644
--- a/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/general-graph.js
+++ b/js/common/modules/org/arangodb/general-graph.js
@@ -131,6 +131,20 @@ var _getGraphCollection = function() {
   return gCol;
 };
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief internal function to wrap arango collections for overwrite
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+var wrapCollection = function(col) {
+  var wrapper = {};
+  _.each(_.functions(col), function(func) {
+    wrapper[func] = function() {
+      return col[func].apply(col, arguments);
+    };
+  });
+  return wrapper;
+};
+
 
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -396,11 +410,10 @@ var Graph = function(graphName, edgeDefinitions, vertexCollections, edgeCollecti
   this.__edgeCollections = edgeCollections;
   this.__edgeDefinitions = edgeDefinitions;
 
-
   _.each(vertexCollections, function(obj, key) {
-    self[key] = obj;
-    var old_remove = obj.remove.bind(obj);
-    obj.remove = function(vertexId, options) {
+    var wrap = wrapCollection(obj);
+    var old_remove = wrap.remove;
+    wrap.remove = function(vertexId, options) {
       var myEdges = self._EDGES(vertexId);
       myEdges.forEach(
         function(edgeObj) {
@@ -411,15 +424,15 @@ var Graph = function(graphName, edgeDefinitions, vertexCollections, edgeCollecti
           }
         }
       );
-
       return old_remove(vertexId, options);
     };
+    self[key] = wrap;
   });
 
   _.each(edgeCollections, function(obj, key) {
-    self[key] = obj;
-    var old_save = obj.save.bind(obj);
-    obj.save = function(from, to, data) {
+    var wrap = wrapCollection(obj);
+    var old_save = wrap.save;
+    wrap.save = function(from, to, data) {
       edgeDefinitions.forEach(
         function(edgeDefinition) {
           if (edgeDefinition.collection === key) {
@@ -434,6 +447,7 @@ var Graph = function(graphName, edgeDefinitions, vertexCollections, edgeCollecti
       );
       return old_save(from, to, data);
     };
+    self[key] = wrap;
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/js/common/tests/shell-general-graph.js b/js/common/tests/shell-general-graph.js
index 3fb5e6ce46..ddc93e3ca9 100644
--- a/js/common/tests/shell-general-graph.js
+++ b/js/common/tests/shell-general-graph.js
@@ -403,6 +403,47 @@ function GeneralGraphCreationSuite() {
         msg = e;
       }
       assertEqual(msg, "graph bla4 does not exists.");
+    },
+
+    test_creationOfGraphShouldNotAffectCollections: function() {
+      var en = "UnitTestsEdges";
+      var vn1 = "UnitTestsVertices";
+      var vn2 = "UnitTestsVertices2";
+      var gn = "UnitTestsGraph";
+      var edgeDef = [graph._directedRelationDefinition(en, vn1, vn2)];
+      var g = graph._create(gn, edgeDef);
+      var v1 = g[vn1].save({_key: "1"})._id;
+      var v2 = g[vn2].save({_key: "2"})._id;
+      var v3 = g[vn1].save({_key: "3"})._id;
+
+      g[en].save(v1, v2, {});
+      assertEqual(g[vn1].count(), 2);
+      assertEqual(g[vn2].count(), 1);
+      assertEqual(g[en].count(), 1);
+      try {
+        g[en].save(v2, v3, {});
+        fail();
+      } catch (e) {
+        // This should create an error
+        assertEqual(g[en].count(), 1);
+      }
+
+      try {
+        db[en].save(v2, v3, {});
+      } catch (e) {
+        // This should not create an error
+        fail();
+      }
+      assertEqual(g[en].count(), 2);
+
+      db[vn2].remove(v2);
+      // This should not remove edges
+      assertEqual(g[en].count(), 2);
+
+      g[vn1].remove(v1);
+      // This should remove edges
+      assertEqual(g[en].count(), 1);
+      graph._drop(gn, true);
     }
 
   };
@@ -853,8 +894,8 @@ function EdgesAndVerticesSuite() {
     test_vC_remove : function () {
       var vertex = g.unitTestVertexCollection1.save({first_name: "Tim"});
       var vertexId = vertex._id;
-      var vertex = g.unitTestVertexCollection1.remove(vertexId);
-      assertTrue(vertex);
+      var result = g.unitTestVertexCollection1.remove(vertexId);
+      assertTrue(result);
     },
 
     test_vC_removeWithEdge : function () {