diff --git a/src/Concept.js b/src/Concept.js
index 3160dda..f769113 100644
--- a/src/Concept.js
+++ b/src/Concept.js
@@ -166,9 +166,6 @@ export default class Concept extends BaseEntity {
         concept.hiNormal = conceptResource.highNormal;
         concept.unit = conceptResource.unit;
         concept.voided = conceptResource.voided || false; //This change should be independently deployable irrespective of server
-        //remove orphan keyValues (because KeyValue doesn't have primary key
-        entityService &&
-        entityService.deleteObjects(conceptResource["uuid"], Concept.schema.name, "keyValues");
         concept.keyValues = _.map(conceptResource.keyValues, KeyValue.fromResource);
         return concept;
     }
@@ -200,20 +197,17 @@ export default class Concept extends BaseEntity {
         concept.name = name;
         concept.datatype = dataType;
         concept.uuid = uuid;
-        concept.keyValues = keyValues;
+        concept.keyValues = _.map(keyValues, KeyValue.fromResource);
         return concept;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This should never be cloned and used for reference as this is metadata which is not to be modified during transactional data operations
+     *
+     * @returns {Concept}
+     */
     cloneForReference() {
-        const concept = Concept.create(this.name, this.datatype, this.keyValues);
-        concept.uuid = this.uuid;
-        concept.unit = this.unit;
-        concept.lowAbsolute = this.lowAbsolute;
-        concept.lowNormal = this.lowNormal;
-        concept.hiNormal = this.hiNormal;
-        concept.hiAbsolute = this.hiAbsolute;
-        concept.answers = this.answers || [];
-        return concept;
+        return this;
     }
 
     _valuePresent(value) {
diff --git a/src/EntityMetaData.js b/src/EntityMetaData.js
index 53e5151..099496e 100644
--- a/src/EntityMetaData.js
+++ b/src/EntityMetaData.js
@@ -502,7 +502,11 @@ class EntityMetaData {
   }
 
   static entitiesLoadedFromServer() {
-    return _.differenceBy(EntityMappingConfig.getInstance().getEntities(), [Settings, LocaleMapping], "schema.name");
+    return _.differenceBy(EntityMappingConfig.getInstance().getEntities(), [Settings, LocaleMapping].concat(EntityMetaData.embeddedEntities()), "schema.name");
+  }
+
+  static embeddedEntities() {
+    return _.filter(EntityMappingConfig.getInstance().getEntities(), entity => entity.schema.embedded);
   }
 
   static findByName(entityName) {
diff --git a/src/Observation.js b/src/Observation.js
index 201acb9..48208b0 100644
--- a/src/Observation.js
+++ b/src/Observation.js
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class Observation extends PersistedObject {
     }
 
     cloneForEdit() {
-        return clone(this.concept.cloneForReference(), this.getValueWrapper().cloneForEdit());
+        return clone(this.concept, this.getValueWrapper().cloneForEdit());
     }
 
     shallowClone() {
diff --git a/src/application/FormElement.js b/src/application/FormElement.js
index 47789d1..a11dbaa 100644
--- a/src/application/FormElement.js
+++ b/src/application/FormElement.js
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ class FormElement extends BaseEntity {
     );
     formElement.concept = concept;
 
-    //remove orphan keyValues (because KeyValue doesn't have primary key
-    entityService.deleteObjects(resource["uuid"], FormElement.schema.name, "keyValues");
     formElement.keyValues = _.map(resource.keyValues, KeyValue.fromResource);
     formElement.validFormat = Format.fromResource(resource["validFormat"]);
     return formElement;
@@ -432,7 +430,7 @@ class FormElement extends BaseEntity {
     formElement.name = this.name;
     formElement.displayOrder = this.displayOrder;
     formElement.mandatory = this.mandatory;
-    formElement.keyValues = this.keyValues;
+    formElement.keyValues = _.map(this.keyValues, KeyValue.fromResource);
     formElement.concept = this.concept;
     formElement.type = this.type;
     formElement.formElementGroup = this.formElementGroup;
diff --git a/src/application/KeyValue.js b/src/application/KeyValue.js
index 1c87728..5c3ddea 100644
--- a/src/application/KeyValue.js
+++ b/src/application/KeyValue.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class KeyValue extends PersistedObject {
   static fromResource(resource) {
     const keyValue = new KeyValue();
     keyValue.key = resource.key;
-    keyValue.value = JSON.stringify(resource.value);
+    keyValue.value = typeof (resource.value) !== "string" ? JSON.stringify(resource.value): resource.value;
     return keyValue;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/framework/RealmProxy.js b/src/framework/RealmProxy.js
index 6268ba3..1b1be71 100644
--- a/src/framework/RealmProxy.js
+++ b/src/framework/RealmProxy.js
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ class RealmProxy {
     return this.realmDb.close();
   }
 
+  /**
+   *
+   * @param schemaName
+   * @param properties
+   * @param updateMode , all === true, modified , never === false
+   * @returns {*}
+   */
   create(schemaName, properties, updateMode = "never") {
     const underlyingObject = _.isNil(properties.that) ? properties : properties.that;
     const entityClass = this.entityMappingConfig.getEntityClass(schemaName);
diff --git a/test/EntitiesMetaDataTest.js b/test/EntitiesMetaDataTest.js
index 0959d7e..90c540e 100644
--- a/test/EntitiesMetaDataTest.js
+++ b/test/EntitiesMetaDataTest.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ describe('EntitiesMetaDataTest', () => {
     it('entitiesLoadedFromServer', () => {
         var entitiesLoadedFromServer = EntityMetaData.entitiesLoadedFromServer();
         assert.notIncludeMembers(entitiesLoadedFromServer, [Settings, Individual]);
+        assert.notIncludeMembers(entitiesLoadedFromServer, EntityMetaData.embeddedEntities());
     });
 
   describe('model', function () {