diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
index c8c86801a..73bff8518 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
@@ -307,25 +307,16 @@ sub _build_className {
 }
 has       keywords       => (
             is              => 'rw',
-            init_arg        => undef,
             builder         => '_build_assetKeywords',
             lazy            => 1,
+            traits          => [ 'WebGUI::Definition::Meta::Settable' ],
 );
 sub _build_assetKeywords {
-    my $session = shift->session;
-    return WebGUI::Keyword->new($session);
-}
-
-around keywords => sub {
-    my $orig = shift;
     my $self = shift;
-    if (@_) {
-        return $self->$orig->setKeywordsForAsset({asset => $self, keywords => $_[0], });
-    }
-    else {
-        return $self->$orig->getKeywordsForAsset({asset => $self});
-    }
-};
+    my $session = $self->session;
+    my $keywords = WebGUI::Keyword->new($session);
+    return $keywords->getKeywordsForAsset({asset => $self, asArrayRef => 1 });
+}
 
 around BUILDARGS => sub {
     my $orig       = shift;
@@ -374,7 +365,7 @@ around BUILDARGS => sub {
     if (defined $properties) {
         $properties->{session} = $session;
         return $className->$orig($properties);
-    }	
+    }
     $session->errorHandler->error("Something went wrong trying to instanciate a '$className' with assetId '$assetId', but I don't know what!");
     return undef;
 };
@@ -2481,6 +2472,7 @@ sub write {
 
     # update the asset's size, which also purges the cache.
     $self->setSize();
+    WebGUI::Keyword->new($self->session)->setKeywordsForAsset({ asset => $self, keywords => $self->keywords });
 
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Meta/Class.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Meta/Class.pm
index 112b7be2c..b3944fa0d 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Meta/Class.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Meta/Class.pm
@@ -148,6 +148,21 @@ sub get_all_property_list {
     return @names;
 }
 
+sub get_all_settable_list {
+    my $self       = shift;
+    my @names = ();
+    my %seen  = ();
+    foreach my $meta ($self->get_all_class_metas) {
+        push @names,
+            grep { !$seen{$_}++ }
+            map  { $_->name }
+            sort { $a->insertion_order <=> $b->insertion_order }
+            grep { $_->does('WebGUI::Definition::Meta::Settable') }
+            $meta->get_attributes;
+    }
+    return @names;
+}
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 =head2 get_attributes ( )
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Meta/Property.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Meta/Property.pm
index 7641827ed..efdaccde6 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Meta/Property.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Meta/Property.pm
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ no warnings qw(uninitialized);
 
 our $VERSION = '0.0.1';
 
+with 'WebGUI::Definition::Meta::Settable';
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 Package WebGUI::Definition::Meta::Property
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Role/Object.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Role/Object.pm
index 9d1133e15..97aeb3551 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Role/Object.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Definition/Role/Object.pm
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ sub get {
     my $self = shift;
     if (@_) {
         my $property = shift;
-        if ($self->meta->find_attribute_by_name($property)) {
+        if ($self->can($property)) {
             return $self->$property;
         }
         return undef;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ is not an attribute of the object, then it is silently ignored.
 sub set {
     my $self = shift;
     my $properties = @_ % 2 ? shift : { @_ };
-    my @orderedProperties = $self->getProperties;
+    my @orderedProperties = $self->meta->get_all_settable_list;
     KEY: for my $property ( @orderedProperties ) {
         next KEY unless exists $properties->{$property};
         $self->$property($properties->{$property});
diff --git a/t/Asset.t b/t/Asset.t
index 3c04ab6d0..9487b8feb 100644
--- a/t/Asset.t
+++ b/t/Asset.t
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ use Test::More;
 use Test::Deep;
 use Test::Exception;
 use WebGUI::Exception;
+use WebGUI::Asset;
+use WebGUI::Keyword;
 
 
 my $session = WebGUI::Test->session;
@@ -359,11 +361,26 @@ my $session = WebGUI::Test->session;
     my $asset = $default->addChild({
         className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Snippet',
     });
-    addToCleanup($asset);
+    WebGUI::Test->addToCleanup($asset);
     can_ok($asset, 'keywords');
     $asset->keywords('chess set');
     is ($asset->keywords, 'chess set', 'set and get of keywords via direct accessor');
     is ($asset->get('keywords'), 'chess set', 'via get method');
+    my $keygate = WebGUI::Keyword->new($session);
+    is $keygate->getKeywordsForAsset({assetId => $asset->getId}), '', 'not persisted to the db';
+    $asset->write;
+    is $keygate->getKeywordsForAsset({assetId => $asset->assetId}), 'chess set', 'written to the db';
+
+    my $asset_copy = $asset->cloneFromDb;
+    is $asset->keywords, 'chess set', 'refreshed from db';
+
+    my $asset2 = $default->addChild({
+        className => 'WebGUI::Asset::Snippet',
+        keywords  => 'checkmate',
+    });
+    WebGUI::Test->addToCleanup($asset2);
+    is $asset2->keywords, 'checkmate', 'keywords set on addChild';
+    is $keygate->getKeywordsForAsset({assetId => $asset2->assetId}), 'checkmate', '... and persisted to the db';
 }
 
 {