diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ChadoTransactionManager.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ChadoTransactionManager.java
index b03c06209aa0e6590fd66bdf17177e64575dab57..a43830e7b4df500c3aec8e971c1b1a28d9e71121 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ChadoTransactionManager.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ChadoTransactionManager.java
@@ -447,8 +447,9 @@ public class ChadoTransactionManager
   public void entryChanged(EntryChangeEvent event)
   {
 	logMDC();
+
     if(event.getType() == EntryChangeEvent.FEATURE_ADDED)
-    { 
+    {
       // if this is a duplicate feature then ignore
       if(event.isDuplicate())
       {
@@ -475,6 +476,9 @@ public class ChadoTransactionManager
       
       final Feature feature = event.getFeature();
       
+      if(! (((GFFStreamFeature)feature.getEmblFeature()).getDocumentEntry().getDocument() instanceof DatabaseDocument))
+        return;
+      
       final FeatureSegmentVector segments = feature.getSegments();
       
       if(segments != null && segments.size() > 1)