diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/collection/DependencyDelegate.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/collection/DependencyDelegate.groovy
index e56adac..91bf6f4 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/collection/DependencyDelegate.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/collection/DependencyDelegate.groovy
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.cristalise.kernel.process.Gateway
 
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import org.cristalise.kernel.process.resource.BuiltInResources
+import org.cristalise.kernel.property.PropertyDescriptionList
 import org.cristalise.kernel.utils.Logger
 
 
@@ -57,8 +58,16 @@ class DependencyDelegate {
     public void Member(Map attrs, Closure cl = null) {
         assert attrs && attrs.itemPath
 
+        String iPathStr
         ItemPath itemPath = new ItemPath()
-        String iPathStr = (String)attrs.itemPath
+
+        if (attrs.itemPath instanceof PropertyDescriptionList) {
+            def propDesc = (PropertyDescriptionList)attrs.itemPath
+            //FIXME module namespace is hardcoded
+            iPathStr = "/desc/Property/testns/${propDesc.name}"
+        }
+        else 
+            iPathStr = (String)attrs.itemPath
 
         assert iPathStr
 
@@ -69,8 +78,8 @@ class DependencyDelegate {
             Logger.warning "Unable to find the domain path. ${e.localizedMessage}"
         }
 
-        if (iPathStr.startsWith(BuiltInResources.COMP_ACT_DESC_RESOURCE.typeRoot))
-            itemPath.path[0] = iPathStr
+        //NOTE: this is a kind of hack so the DSL 
+        if (!ItemPath.isUUID(iPathStr)) itemPath.path[0] = iPathStr
 
         def member = dependency.addMember(itemPath)
 
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/entity/ItemDelegate.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/entity/ItemDelegate.groovy
index 473cb6a..ba97185 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/entity/ItemDelegate.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/entity/ItemDelegate.groovy
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.cristalise.kernel.entity.imports.ImportDependencyMember
 import org.cristalise.kernel.entity.imports.ImportItem
 import org.cristalise.kernel.entity.imports.ImportOutcome
 import org.cristalise.kernel.lifecycle.CompositeActivityDef
+import org.cristalise.kernel.lookup.ItemPath
 import org.cristalise.kernel.process.resource.BuiltInResources
 
 import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
@@ -105,13 +106,18 @@ class ItemDelegate extends PropertyDelegate {
             DependencyMember member = DependencyMember.cast(mem)
             String itemPath = member.itemPath.stringPath
 
-            if (itemPath.contains(BuiltInResources.COMP_ACT_DESC_RESOURCE.typeRoot) && itemPath.startsWith(ENTITY_PATTERN))
+            //
+            if (itemPath.startsWith(ENTITY_PATTERN) && !ItemPath.isUUID(itemPath))
                 itemPath = itemPath.replaceFirst(ENTITY_PATTERN, StringUtils.EMPTY)
 
             ImportDependencyMember imem = new ImportDependencyMember(itemPath)
             imem.props = member.properties
             idep.dependencyMemberList << imem
         }
+        
+        if (dependency.getProperties().size() > 0) {
+          idep.props = dependency.getProperties()
+        }
 
         newItem.dependencyList.add(idep)
     }
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/test/collection/CollectionBuilderSpecs.groovy b/src/test/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/test/collection/CollectionBuilderSpecs.groovy
index b58ca1e..9f05819 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/test/collection/CollectionBuilderSpecs.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/org/cristalise/dsl/test/collection/CollectionBuilderSpecs.groovy
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.cristalise.dsl.test.collection
 
 import org.cristalise.dsl.collection.DependencyBuilder
 import org.cristalise.kernel.test.utils.CristalTestSetup;
-
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
 
@@ -48,7 +47,9 @@ class CollectionBuilderSpecs extends Specification implements CristalTestSetup {
         then:
         builder.dependency.properties.size() == 1
         builder.dependency.members.list.size() == 1
-
+        builder.dependency.members.list[0].childUUID
+//        builder.dependency.members.list[0].childUUID == 'b9415b57-3a4a-4b31-825a-d307d1280ac0'
+        
         builder.dependency.members.list[0].properties.size() == 2
         builder.dependency.members.list[0].properties['version'] == 0
         builder.dependency.members.list[0].properties['toto'] == true