diff --git a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ExtendedPropertiesTest.java b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ExtendedPropertiesTest.java
index 5e3b68dcb58f9d6ca316da0c32f6246f6e1cb7e1..d347531d710fe55996c5d04f6921a73e7ca5d602 100644
--- a/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ExtendedPropertiesTest.java
+++ b/common/sourceTest/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/ExtendedPropertiesTest.java
@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@ public final class ExtendedPropertiesTest
     @Test
     public final void testCyclicDependency()
     {
+        // Two nodes cyclic dependencies
         ExtendedProperties props = new ExtendedProperties();
+        props.setProperty("a", "${b}");
+        props.setProperty("b", "${a}");
+        assertEquals("${b}", props.getProperty("b"));    
+        // Three nodes cyclic dependencies
+        props = new ExtendedProperties();
         props.setProperty("a", "A${b}");
         props.setProperty("b", "B${c}");
         props.setProperty("c", "C${a}");