diff --git a/scopes/storage/concept.py b/scopes/storage/concept.py
index 774bf60..f8f37c4 100644
--- a/scopes/storage/concept.py
+++ b/scopes/storage/concept.py
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ class Concepts(Container):
     indexes = None
 
     def queryRels(self, **crit):
-        pred = crit.get(predicate)
-        if pred is not None and isinstance(pred, ('string', 'bytes')):
-            crit['predicate'] = self.storage.getContainer(Predicate).queryLast(name=pred)
-        for k, v in crit.items:
+        #pred = crit.get(predicate)
+        #if pred is not None and isinstance(pred, ('string', 'bytes')):
+        #    crit['predicate'] = self.storage.getContainer(Predicate).queryLast(name=pred)
+        for k, v in crit.items():
             if isinstance(v, Track):
                 crit[k] = v.uid
         rels = self.storage.getContainer(Triple)
diff --git a/tests/tlib_storage.py b/tests/tlib_storage.py
index 4d3ae3e..9ce54e5 100644
--- a/tests/tlib_storage.py
+++ b/tests/tlib_storage.py
@@ -114,5 +114,8 @@ def test_topic(self, config):
     topics.save(tp_proglang)
     tp_itc.addChild(tp_proglang)
 
+    c = list(tp_itc.children())
+    self.assertEqual(c[0].getSecond().name, 'prog_lang')
+
     storage.commit()