diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Site.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Site.java
index 59279ddafc..fdc2189b90 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Site.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Site.java
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@
  */
 package org.dspace.content;
 
+import org.dspace.content.factory.ContentServiceFactory;
+import org.dspace.content.service.SiteService;
 import org.dspace.core.ConfigurationManager;
 import org.dspace.core.Constants;
 
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.Table;
+import javax.persistence.Transient;
 
 /**
  * Represents the root of the DSpace Archive.
@@ -22,6 +25,9 @@ import javax.persistence.Table;
 public class Site extends DSpaceObject
 {
 
+    @Transient
+    private SiteService siteService;
+
     /**
      * Get the type of this object, found in Constants
      *
@@ -36,11 +42,20 @@ public class Site extends DSpaceObject
     @Override
     public String getName()
     {
-        return ConfigurationManager.getProperty("dspace.name");
+        return getSiteService().getName(this);
     }
 
     public String getURL()
     {
         return ConfigurationManager.getProperty("dspace.url");
     }
+
+    private SiteService getSiteService() {
+        if(siteService == null)
+        {
+            siteService = ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getSiteService();
+        }
+        return siteService;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/SiteServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/SiteServiceImpl.java
index 310a5d30c3..1056519993 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/SiteServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/SiteServiceImpl.java
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ import org.dspace.authorize.AuthorizeException;
 import org.dspace.authorize.service.AuthorizeService;
 import org.dspace.content.dao.SiteDAO;
 import org.dspace.content.service.SiteService;
+import org.dspace.core.ConfigurationManager;
 import org.dspace.core.Constants;
 import org.dspace.core.Context;
+import org.dspace.event.Event;
 import org.dspace.handle.service.HandleService;
 import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -70,12 +72,27 @@ public class SiteServiceImpl extends DSpaceObjectServiceImpl<Site> implements Si
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void update(Context context, Site dso) throws SQLException, AuthorizeException {
+    public void update(Context context, Site site) throws SQLException, AuthorizeException {
         if(!authorizeService.isAdmin(context)){
             throw new AuthorizeException();
         }
-        siteDAO.save(context, dso);
+        if(site.isMetadataModified())
+        {
+            context.addEvent(new Event(Event.MODIFY_METADATA, site.getType(), site.getID(), site.getDetails(), getIdentifiers(context, site)));
+        }
+        if(site.isModified()) {
+            context.addEvent(new Event(Event.MODIFY, site.getType(), site.getID(), site.getDetails(), getIdentifiers(context, site)));
+        }
+        site.clearModified();
+        site.clearDetails();
 
+        siteDAO.save(context, site);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName(Site dso)
+    {
+        return ConfigurationManager.getProperty("dspace.name");
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/SiteTest.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/SiteTest.java
index be1d9b189c..36e79c5d8f 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/SiteTest.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/SiteTest.java
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public class SiteTest extends AbstractUnitTest
     public void testGetName() 
     {
         assertThat("testGetName 0",s.getName(), equalTo(ConfigurationManager.getProperty("dspace.name")));
+        assertThat("testGetName 1",siteService.getName(s), equalTo(ConfigurationManager.getProperty("dspace.name")));
     }