diff --git a/main/src/com/google/gridworks/protograph/transpose/Transposer.java b/main/src/com/google/gridworks/protograph/transpose/Transposer.java
index 46f74c6b9..642e83621 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/gridworks/protograph/transpose/Transposer.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/gridworks/protograph/transpose/Transposer.java
@@ -105,25 +105,27 @@ public class Transposer {
         if (node instanceof CellNode) {
             CellNode node2 = (CellNode) node;
             Column column = project.columnModel.getColumnByName(node2.columnName);
-            Cell cell = row.getCell(column.getCellIndex());
-            if (cell != null && ExpressionUtils.isNonBlankData(cell.value)) {
-                if (node2 instanceof CellTopicNode &&
-                    (cell.recon == null || cell.recon.judgment == Judgment.None)) {
+            if (column != null) {
+                Cell cell = row.getCell(column.getCellIndex());
+                if (cell != null && ExpressionUtils.isNonBlankData(cell.value)) {
+                    if (node2 instanceof CellTopicNode &&
+                        (cell.recon == null || cell.recon.judgment == Judgment.None)) {
+                            return;
+                    }
+                    
+                    context.count++;
+                    if (context.limit > 0 && context.count > context.limit) {
                         return;
+                    }
+                    
+                    tnode = nodeFactory.transposeCellNode(
+                        parentNode,
+                        link,
+                        node2, 
+                        rowIndex,
+                        cell
+                    );
                 }
-                
-                context.count++;
-                if (context.limit > 0 && context.count > context.limit) {
-                    return;
-                }
-                
-                tnode = nodeFactory.transposeCellNode(
-                    parentNode,
-                    link,
-                    node2, 
-                    rowIndex,
-                    cell
-                );
             }
         } else {
             if (node instanceof AnonymousNode) {
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/gridworks/protograph/transpose/TripleLoaderTransposedNodeFactory.java b/main/src/com/google/gridworks/protograph/transpose/TripleLoaderTransposedNodeFactory.java
index c37c66bef..61722e78b 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/gridworks/protograph/transpose/TripleLoaderTransposedNodeFactory.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/gridworks/protograph/transpose/TripleLoaderTransposedNodeFactory.java
@@ -360,7 +360,15 @@ public class TripleLoaderTransposedNodeFactory implements TransposedNodeFactory
                         
                         id = "$" + node.columnName.replaceAll("\\W+", "_") + "_" + var;
                         
-                        writeLine(id, "type", node.type.id, project, rowIndex, cellIndex, cell, -1, -1, (Cell) null, !load);
+                        String typeID = node.type.id;
+                        
+                        Column column = project.columnModel.getColumnByName(node.columnName);
+                        ReconConfig reconConfig = column.getReconConfig();
+                        if (reconConfig instanceof StandardReconConfig) {
+                            typeID = ((StandardReconConfig) reconConfig).typeID;
+                        }
+                        
+                        writeLine(id, "type", typeID, project, rowIndex, cellIndex, cell, -1, -1, (Cell) null, !load);
                         writeLine(id, "name", cell.value, project, -1, -1, (Cell) null, -1, -1, (Cell) null, !load);
                         
                         if (cell.recon != null) {
diff --git a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/protograph/schema-alignment-ui-node.js b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/protograph/schema-alignment-ui-node.js
index f2c0da273..91334c5fe 100644
--- a/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/protograph/schema-alignment-ui-node.js
+++ b/main/webapp/modules/core/scripts/protograph/schema-alignment-ui-node.js
@@ -542,21 +542,17 @@ SchemaAlignmentDialog.UINode.prototype._showNodeConfigDialog = function() {
             node.columnName = $("input[name='schema-align-node-dialog-column']:checked")[0].value;
             
             if (node.nodeType == "cell-as-topic") {
-                if (elmts.radioNodeTypeCellAsTopicCreate[0].checked) {
-                    node.createForNoReconMatch = true;
-                    
-                    var t = elmts.cellAsTopicNodeTypeInput.data("data.suggest");
-                    if (!(t)) {
-                        alert("For creating a new graph node, you need to specify a type for it.");
-                        return null;
-                    }
-                    node.type = {
-                        id: t.id,
-                        name: t.name
-                    };
-                } else {
-                    node.createForNoReconMatch = false;
+                node.createForNoReconMatch = elmts.radioNodeTypeCellAsTopicCreate[0].checked;
+                
+                var t = elmts.cellAsTopicNodeTypeInput.data("data.suggest");
+                if (!(t) && node.createForNoReconMatch) {
+                    alert("For creating a new graph node, you need to specify a type for it.");
+                    return null;
                 }
+                node.type = {
+                    id: t.id,
+                    name: t.name
+                };
             } else if (node.nodeType == "cell-as-value") {
                 node.valueType = elmts.cellAsValueTypeSelect[0].value;