diff --git a/lib/adapters/neo4j.js b/lib/adapters/neo4j.js
index b75c718a..f8202964 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/neo4j.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/neo4j.js
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ Neo4j.prototype.updateIndexes = function updateIndexes(model, node, cb) {
 
 Neo4j.prototype.save = function save(model, data, callback) {
     var self = this;
+    //delete id property since that's redundant and we use the node.id
+    delete data.id;
     this.node(data.id, function (err, node) {
         if (err) return callback(err);
         node.data = cleanup(data);
@@ -207,6 +209,8 @@ Neo4j.prototype.save = function save(model, data, callback) {
             if (err) return callback(err);
             self.updateIndexes(model, node, function (err) {
                 if (err) return console.log(err);
+                //map node id to the id property being sent back
+                node.data.id = node.id;
                 callback(null, node.data);
             });
         });