diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d89fc21a5..ca7c5cb2e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Current SNAPSHOT.
 - __[FIX]__ Issue #54: AbstractDirectWrite.toArray is not efficient
 - __[FIX]__ Issue #55: DefaultPersistentEObject.eContainer is not efficient
 - __[FIX]__ Issue #56: Unnecessary backend lookups in Store.eObject(Id)
+- __[FIX]__ Issue #68: Creating contained objects with Epsilon does not work
 
 ### Back-ends
 - __[NEW]__ Merge common code from MapDB & BerkeleyDB in Map module
diff --git a/neoemf-core/src/main/java/fr/inria/atlanmod/neoemf/core/DefaultPersistentEObject.java b/neoemf-core/src/main/java/fr/inria/atlanmod/neoemf/core/DefaultPersistentEObject.java
index 109d56900..8e196f03f 100644
--- a/neoemf-core/src/main/java/fr/inria/atlanmod/neoemf/core/DefaultPersistentEObject.java
+++ b/neoemf-core/src/main/java/fr/inria/atlanmod/neoemf/core/DefaultPersistentEObject.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.data.store.PersistentStore;
 import fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.resource.PersistentResource;
 import fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.util.NeoEContentsEList;
+import fr.inria.atlanmod.neoemf.util.logging.NeoLogger;
 
 import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.BasicEMap;
 import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ else if (nonNull(eStaticClass())) {
         }
         return sb.toString();
     }
-
+    
     @Override
     protected void eBasicSetContainer(InternalEObject eContainer) {
         this.eContainer = eContainer;
@@ -345,8 +346,14 @@ public void dynamicUnset(int dynamicFeatureId) {
      */
     @Override
     public InternalEObject eInternalContainer() {
-        // Do not load the container from the store here: it creates an important overhead and performance loss
-        return isNull(eContainer) ? super.eInternalContainer() : eContainer;
+        /*
+         * Don't load the container from the store here: it creates an important
+         * overhead and performance loss. 
+         * [Update 21-02-2017] don't call super.eInternalContainer() either: it 
+         * will delegate to the store.
+         */
+        return eContainer;
+//        return isNull(eContainer) ? super.eInternalContainer() : eContainer;
     }
 
     @Override