diff --git a/com.avaloq.tools.ddk.xtext/src/com/avaloq/tools/ddk/xtext/resource/persistence/DirectLinkingResourceStorageLoadable.java b/com.avaloq.tools.ddk.xtext/src/com/avaloq/tools/ddk/xtext/resource/persistence/DirectLinkingResourceStorageLoadable.java
index 04efeaf6e..5c9573731 100644
--- a/com.avaloq.tools.ddk.xtext/src/com/avaloq/tools/ddk/xtext/resource/persistence/DirectLinkingResourceStorageLoadable.java
+++ b/com.avaloq.tools.ddk.xtext/src/com/avaloq/tools/ddk/xtext/resource/persistence/DirectLinkingResourceStorageLoadable.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.xtext.nodemodel.impl.SerializableNodeModel;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.nodemodel.serialization.DeserializationConversionContext;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.parser.ParseResult;
+import org.eclipse.xtext.resource.XtextResource;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.resource.persistence.ResourceStorageLoadable;
 import org.eclipse.xtext.resource.persistence.StorageAwareResource;
 
@@ -322,7 +323,8 @@ private void addFakeModel(final StorageAwareResource resource) {
   protected void readNodeModel(final StorageAwareResource resource, final InputStream inputStream, final String content) throws IOException {
     DeserializationConversionContext deserializationContext = new ProxyAwareDeserializationConversionContext(resource, content);
     DataInputStream dataIn = new DataInputStream(inputStream);
-    SerializableNodeModel serializableNodeModel = new SerializableNodeModel(resource);
+    // use empty resource here so that we can leave the proxy node in place right up until the loaded model is set below.
+    SerializableNodeModel serializableNodeModel = new SerializableNodeModel(new XtextResource());
     serializableNodeModel.readObjectData(dataIn, deserializationContext);
     resource.setParseResult(new ParseResult(resource.getContents().get(0), serializableNodeModel.root, deserializationContext.hasErrors()));
   }
diff --git a/com.avaloq.tools.ddk.xtext/src/com/avaloq/tools/ddk/xtext/resource/persistence/ProxyCompositeNode.java b/com.avaloq.tools.ddk.xtext/src/com/avaloq/tools/ddk/xtext/resource/persistence/ProxyCompositeNode.java
index 92428e94d..d1d0b5699 100644
--- a/com.avaloq.tools.ddk.xtext/src/com/avaloq/tools/ddk/xtext/resource/persistence/ProxyCompositeNode.java
+++ b/com.avaloq.tools.ddk.xtext/src/com/avaloq/tools/ddk/xtext/resource/persistence/ProxyCompositeNode.java
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@ static List<EObject> uninstallProxyNodeModel(final Resource resource) {
         result = proxyNode.idToEObjectMap;
       }
     }
-
-    if (resource instanceof XtextResource) {
-      ((XtextResource) resource).setParseResult(null);
-    }
     return result;
   }