-

diff --git a/webapps/msgme3.0/scripts/msgme/ko/mapping.js b/webapps/msgme3.0/scripts/msgme/ko/mapping.js
index 9ac150e..5439cb7 100644
--- a/webapps/msgme3.0/scripts/msgme/ko/mapping.js
+++ b/webapps/msgme3.0/scripts/msgme/ko/mapping.js
@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ function ($, _, ko, komapping, deep) {
         }
     }
 
+    function isObservableArray(oa) {
+        return oa &&
+            oa.hasOwnProperty('length') &&
+            oa.hasOwnProperty('indexOf') &&
+            oa.hasOwnProperty('slice') &&
+            _.isFunction(oa);
+    }
+
     komapping.fromJS =
         function msgme_ko_fromJS (source, mapping, target, rootModel) {
             mapping = deep.clone(mapping || {});
@@ -150,7 +158,18 @@ function ($, _, ko, komapping, deep) {
 
             if (!target._mapping) {
                 fixupNestedMappings(source, mapping, rootModel || target);
+                var arraysToRestore = _.reduce(args[0],
+                    function (arraysToRestore, val, prop) {
+                        if (isObservableArray(val) && !target.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
+                            arraysToRestore.push(prop);
+                        }
+                        return arraysToRestore;
+                    }, []);
                 fromJS.apply(komapping, args);
+                _.each(arraysToRestore, function (prop) {
+                    console.log('doing it',prop);
+                    target[prop] = args[0][prop];
+                });
                 target._mapping = mapping;
             } else {
                 args[1] = mapping = target._mapping;