diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts b/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
index d934f60e48..841a4483ca 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   getResponseFromSelflink,
   filterSuccessfulResponses
 } from '../../shared/operators';
+import { ReplaySubject } from 'rxjs/ReplaySubject';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RemoteDataBuildService {
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
     if (typeof href$ === 'string') {
       href$ = Observable.of(href$);
     }
+    href$ = href$.multicast(new ReplaySubject(1)).refCount();
+
     const requestHref$ = href$.pipe(flatMap((href: string) =>
       this.objectCache.getRequestHrefBySelfLink(href)));
 
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
     if (typeof href$ === 'string') {
       href$ = Observable.of(href$);
     }
+    href$ = href$.shareReplay();
 
     const requestEntry$ = href$.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(this.requestService));
     const responseCache$ = href$.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(this.responseCache));
diff --git a/src/app/core/core.module.ts b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
index 61568b99a6..dabdfba0ab 100644
--- a/src/app/core/core.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/core.module.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ import { RegistryBitstreamformatsResponseParsingService } from './data/registry-
 import { NotificationsService } from '../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { UploaderService } from '../shared/uploader/uploader.service';
 import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from './data/dspace-object-data.service';
-import { SingleDsoResponseParsingService } from './data/single-dso-response-parsing.service';
 
 const IMPORTS = [
   CommonModule,
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   UploaderService,
   UUIDService,
   DSpaceObjectDataService,
-  SingleDsoResponseParsingService,
   // register AuthInterceptor as HttpInterceptor
   {
     provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
index 0d746816c7..53327952c1 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/data.service.ts
@@ -18,20 +18,18 @@ import {
 } from './request.models';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
-import { distinctUntilChanged, flatMap, map, switchMap, take, withLatestFrom } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { distinctUntilChanged, first, map, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import {
   configureRequest,
   filterSuccessfulResponses,
-  getResponseFromSelflink, getSucceededRemoteData
+  getResponseFromSelflink
 } from '../shared/operators';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
-import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
-import { HttpClient, HttpEvent, HttpHeaders, HttpRequest } from '@angular/common/http';
-import { ErrorResponse, GenericSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { DSOSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { AuthService } from '../auth/auth.service';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { NotificationOptions } from '../../shared/notifications/models/notification-options.model';
-import { combineLatest } from 'rxjs/observable/combineLatest';
 
 export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain> {
   protected abstract responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
     return this.rdbService.buildSingle<TNormalized, TDomain>(href);
   }
 
-  public create(dso: TDomain, parentUUID: string): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
+  create(dso: TDomain, parentUUID: string): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
     const requestId = this.requestService.generateRequestId();
     const endpoint$ = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).pipe(
       isNotEmptyOperator(),
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
       configureRequest(this.requestService)
     );
 
-    const payload$ = request$.pipe(
+    const selfLink$ = request$.pipe(
       map((request: RestRequest) => request.href),
       getResponseFromSelflink(this.responseCache),
       map((response: ResponseCacheEntry) => {
@@ -144,16 +142,12 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>
       }),
       filterSuccessfulResponses(),
       map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response),
-      map((response: GenericSuccessResponse<TDomain>) => response.payload),
+      map((response: DSOSuccessResponse) => {
+        return response.resourceSelfLinks[0];
+      }),
       distinctUntilChanged()
     );
-
-    const requestEntry$ = this.requestService.getByUUID(requestId);
-    const responseCache$ = endpoint$.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(this.responseCache));
-
-    return this.rdbService.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntry$, responseCache$, payload$).pipe(
-      getSucceededRemoteData()
-    );
+    return this.rdbService.buildSingle(selfLink$) as Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>>;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
index f5b9127a6b..7ca152a204 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.models.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { SortOptions } from '../cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
-import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
-import { RESTURLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/rest-url-combiner';
 import { BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService } from './browse-entries-response-parsing.service';
 import { DSOResponseParsingService } from './dso-response-parsing.service';
 import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
@@ -10,9 +8,7 @@ import { BrowseResponseParsingService } from './browse-response-parsing.service'
 import { ConfigResponseParsingService } from './config-response-parsing.service';
 import { AuthResponseParsingService } from '../auth/auth-response-parsing.service';
 import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
-import { HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { IntegrationResponseParsingService } from '../integration/integration-response-parsing.service';
-import { SingleDsoResponseParsingService } from './single-dso-response-parsing.service';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 
@@ -231,7 +227,7 @@ export class CreateRequest extends PostRequest {
   }
 
   getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
-    return SingleDsoResponseParsingService;
+    return DSOResponseParsingService;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/single-dso-response-parsing.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/single-dso-response-parsing.service.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 03b9f5bea2..0000000000
--- a/src/app/core/data/single-dso-response-parsing.service.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
-import { BaseResponseParsingService } from './base-response-parsing.service';
-import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
-import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
-import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
-import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
-import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
-import {
-  DSOSuccessResponse,
-  GenericSuccessResponse,
-  RestResponse
-} from '../cache/response-cache.models';
-import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../cache/models/normalized-object-factory';
-import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
-import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
-import { ResourceType } from '../shared/resource-type';
-import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-
-@Injectable()
-export class SingleDsoResponseParsingService  extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
-  protected objectFactory = NormalizedObjectFactory;
-  protected toCache = true;
-
-  constructor(
-    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
-    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
-  ) { super();
-  }
-
-  parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
-    const processRequestDTO = this.process<NormalizedObject,ResourceType>(data.payload, request.href);
-    if (hasNoValue(processRequestDTO)) {
-      return new GenericSuccessResponse<DSpaceObject>(undefined, data.statusCode)
-    }
-    return new GenericSuccessResponse<DSpaceObject>(processRequestDTO, data.statusCode);
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
index 3bedeb9915..a0be10f454 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { distinctUntilChanged, map, flatMap, startWith, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { distinctUntilChanged, map, flatMap, startWith, tap, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class HALEndpointService {
     let currentPath;
     const pipeArguments = path
       .map((subPath: string, index: number) => [
-        flatMap((href: string) => this.getEndpointMapAt(href)),
+        switchMap((href: string) => this.getEndpointMapAt(href)),
         map((endpointMap: EndpointMap) => {
           if (hasValue(endpointMap) && hasValue(endpointMap[subPath])) {
             currentPath = endpointMap[subPath];