diff --git a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/jobs/Job.java b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/jobs/Job.java
index 0e9d7ef79377884853caa2198c84d428aed38e01..9da74edd0db86f6d81a8636020afcdaf3faa9e09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/jobs/Job.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/jobs/Job.java
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ public abstract class Job {
    *
    * @param entity the entity to be resolved.
    * @return the resolved entity.
-   * @throws EntityWasNotUniqueException if the resolution failed due to ambuiguity of the name.
+   * @throws EntityWasNotUniqueException if the resolution failed due to ambiguity of the name.
    */
   protected EntityInterface resolve(final EntityInterface entity)
       throws EntityWasNotUniqueException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/jobs/core/Inheritance.java b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/jobs/core/Inheritance.java
index 33c7772811d36a5b9430556fc8926e88e2cd302c..6ceb629506de3f2e8d491dfeb4d705af374c6e0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/jobs/core/Inheritance.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/caosdb/server/jobs/core/Inheritance.java
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ public class Inheritance extends EntityJob {
             if (getEntity().hasParents()) {
               outer:
               for (EntityInterface par : getEntity().getParents()) {
+                if (par.getEntityStatus() == EntityStatus.UNQUALIFIED) {
+                  continue;
+                }
                 if (!par.hasProperties()) {
                   par = resolve(par);
                 }