diff --git a/lib/factory.js b/lib/factory.js
index 01b70d5..1021ddb 100644
--- a/lib/factory.js
+++ b/lib/factory.js
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ function patchBaseClass(cls) {
       client: {value: this.client},
       files: {value: this.files},
     });
-    m1.call(receiver, details);
+    // The following line appears to be calling _setProperties recursively, eventually eating up all the memory and killing the
+    // server. If not commented out, this._metadata = receiver creates a reference to an object that contains exactly the same
+    // data, which itself contains another reference and so on. The response we get from the api is thus in the order of MBs.
+    // We noted removing the m1.call line works as expected, however we are unsure what side effects this may have.
+    // m1.call(receiver, details);
     // Apply the calculated properties to this
     for (var p in receiver) {
       this[p] = receiver[p];