diff --git a/record-api-mongo/src/main/java/dev/morphia/query/ProjectionNew.java b/record-api-mongo/src/main/java/dev/morphia/query/ProjectionNew.java
index b5bb976..b7d58a6 100644
--- a/record-api-mongo/src/main/java/dev/morphia/query/ProjectionNew.java
+++ b/record-api-mongo/src/main/java/dev/morphia/query/ProjectionNew.java
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 import com.mongodb.lang.Nullable;
 
 import dev.morphia.mapping.Mapper;
-import dev.morphia.query.FindOptions;
-import dev.morphia.query.Projection;
 
 /**
  * @author Hugo
@@ -34,6 +32,7 @@ public ProjectionNew(FindOptions options) {
      * @return this
      * @see <a href="https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/project-fields-from-query-results/">Project Fields to Return from Query</a>
      */
+    @Override
     public FindOptions include(String... fields) {
         if (projection == null) { projection = new Document(); }
         for ( String field : fields ) {
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ public FindOptions include(String... fields) {
         }
         return super.include(fields);
     }
-
+    @Override
     @Nullable
     public Document map(Mapper mapper, Class<?> type) {
         return projection;
diff --git a/record-api-mongo/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/record/db/repository/RecordRepository.java b/record-api-mongo/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/record/db/repository/RecordRepository.java
index 114c6cd..c6d459c 100644
--- a/record-api-mongo/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/record/db/repository/RecordRepository.java
+++ b/record-api-mongo/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/record/db/repository/RecordRepository.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package eu.europeana.api.record.db.repository;
 
 import dev.morphia.Datastore;
-import dev.morphia.internal.DatastoreHolder;
 import dev.morphia.query.FindOptions;
 import dev.morphia.query.MorphiaCursor;
 import dev.morphia.query.filters.Filter;
@@ -28,11 +27,11 @@ public class RecordRepository {
     /**
      * Saves the given record to the database.
      *
-     * @param record record to save
+     * @param recordItem record to save
      * @return saved record
      */
-    public ProvidedCHO save(ProvidedCHO record) {
-        return datastore.save(record);
+    public ProvidedCHO save(ProvidedCHO recordItem) {
+        return datastore.save(recordItem);
     }
 
 
@@ -74,11 +73,12 @@ public ProvidedCHO findById(String recordId) {
      */
     public ProvidedCHO findById(String recordId, FindOptions opts) {
         List<Filter> filters = new ArrayList<>();
-        filters.add(Filters.eq("id", recordId));
+        filters.add(Filters.eq("id", recordId).isValidating(false));
 
         return datastore
                 .find(ProvidedCHO.class)
                 .filter(filters.toArray(Filter[]::new))
+                .disableValidation()
                 .iterator(opts)
                 .tryNext();
     } 
@@ -112,15 +112,5 @@ public Datastore getDatastore() {
         return datastore;
     }
 
-    //    public void save(EDMClass o)
-//    {
-//        if ( o != null ) {
-//            long count = datastore.find(o.getClass()).filter(Filters.eq("id", o.getID())).count();
-//            if ( count  > 0 ) { return; }
-//
-//            datastore.save(o);
-//        }
-//    }
-
 
 }
diff --git a/record-api-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/record/profile/ViewProfileRegistry.java b/record-api-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/record/profile/ViewProfileRegistry.java
index 8d2b849..e3d1066 100644
--- a/record-api-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/record/profile/ViewProfileRegistry.java
+++ b/record-api-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/api/record/profile/ViewProfileRegistry.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 package eu.europeana.api.record.profile;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ public class ViewProfileRegistry
     static {
 
         //Metadata profiles
-        newProfile("external");
 
         Profile metaBasic = newProfile("meta.basic").expand("id").expandBase("proxies"
          , "id", "type", "title", "description", "creator", "edmType" 
@@ -165,13 +163,8 @@ public static Profile buildProfile(String... profileNames) {
 
     public static FindOptions getProjection(String... profileNames) {
         FindOptions opts = new FindOptions();
-        Profile profile = buildProfile(profileNames);
-        if ( !profile.isEmpty() ) {
-            newProjection(opts).include(profile.toArray(String[]::new));
-        }
-        else if ( Arrays.asList(profileNames).contains("external") ) {
-            opts.projection().exclude("proxies");
-        }
+        Projection  proj = newProjection(opts);
+        proj.include(buildProfile(profileNames).toArray(new String[] {}));
         return opts;
     }
 
@@ -244,12 +237,4 @@ protected Profile clean() {
             return this;
         }
     }
-
-    public static final void main(String[] args) {
-        Profile profile = ViewProfileRegistry.buildProfile("meta.full", "prov.full", "media.full");
-        profile.clean();
-        for ( String field : profile ) {
-            System.out.println(field);
-        }
-    }
 }