diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/radbchangeshandler.py b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/radbchangeshandler.py
index c16481807e60c7ca925a44e60f38dcf3f24daf4b..0df9611f2f8ce275f8ad1e98085c294f5f888d91 100644
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/radbchangeshandler.py
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/radbchangeshandler.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ CHANGE_INSERT_TYPE = 'insert'
 CHANGE_DELETE_TYPE = 'delete'
 
 class RADBChangesHandler(RADBBusListener):
-    def __init__(self, busname=DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_BUSNAME, subjects=DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_SUBJECTS, broker=None, momqueryrpc=None, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, busname=DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_BUSNAME, subjects=DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_SUBJECTS, broker=None, momqueryrpc=None, radbrpc=None, **kwargs):
         """
         RADBChangesHandler listens on the lofar notification message bus and keeps track of all the change notifications.
         :param broker: valid Qpid broker host (default: None, which means localhost)
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class RADBChangesHandler(RADBBusListener):
         self._changedCondition = Condition()
         self._changeNumber = 0L
         self._momqueryrpc = momqueryrpc
+        self._radbrpc = radbrpc
 
     def _handleChange(self, change):
         '''_handleChange appends a change in the changes list and calls the onChangedCallback.
@@ -77,18 +78,19 @@ class RADBChangesHandler(RADBBusListener):
             self._changedCondition.notifyAll()
 
     def onTaskUpdated(self, old_task, new_task):
-        '''onTaskUpdated is called upon receiving a TaskUpdated message.
-        :param task: dictionary with the updated task'''
-        new_task['starttime'] = new_task['starttime'].datetime()
-        new_task['endtime'] = new_task['endtime'].datetime()
-        task_change = {'changeType':CHANGE_UPDATE_TYPE, 'objectType':'task', 'value':new_task}
+        '''onTaskUpdated is called upon receiving a TaskUpdated message.'''
+        #ignore old_task and new_task, which miss some properties via this update mechanism
+        #get task with all expected properties via radbrpc
+        task = self._radbrpc.getTask(new_task['id'])
+        task_change = {'changeType':CHANGE_UPDATE_TYPE, 'objectType':'task', 'value':task}
         self._handleChange(task_change)
 
     def onTaskInserted(self, task):
         '''onTaskInserted is called upon receiving a TaskInserted message.
         :param task: dictionary with the inserted task'''
-        task['starttime'] = task['starttime'].datetime()
-        task['endtime'] = task['endtime'].datetime()
+        #ignore old_task and new_task, which miss some properties via this update mechanism
+        #get task with all expected properties via radbrpc
+        task = self._radbrpc.getTask(task['id'])
         updateTaskMomDetails(task, self._momqueryrpc)
         task_change = {'changeType':CHANGE_INSERT_TYPE, 'objectType':'task', 'value':task}
         self._handleChange(task_change)
diff --git a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/webservice.py b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/webservice.py
index 7a040d9c6bffd4c1e03b183259844eb6e56b9d37..8b80f2d00accf07d921e10125e3088515909a6ae 100755
--- a/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/webservice.py
+++ b/SAS/ResourceAssignment/ResourceAssignmentEditor/lib/webservice.py
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ def main():
     global momqueryrpc
     momqueryrpc = MoMQueryRPC(busname=options.mom_query_busname, servicename=options.mom_query_servicename, timeout=2.5, broker=options.broker)
     global radbchangeshandler
-    radbchangeshandler = RADBChangesHandler(options.radb_notification_busname, subjects=options.radb_notification_subjects, broker=options.broker, momqueryrpc=momqueryrpc)
+    radbchangeshandler = RADBChangesHandler(options.radb_notification_busname, subjects=options.radb_notification_subjects, broker=options.broker, momqueryrpc=momqueryrpc, radbrpc=rarpc)
 
     with radbchangeshandler, rarpc, curpc, sqrpc, momrpc, momqueryrpc:
         '''Start the webserver'''