diff --git a/Habitica/src/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/APIHelper.java b/Habitica/src/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/APIHelper.java
index 63adc26fa..f8dc95d9f 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/APIHelper.java
+++ b/Habitica/src/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/APIHelper.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.callbacks.HabitRPGUserCallback;
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.callbacks.TaskDeletionCallback;
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.callbacks.TaskScoringCallback;
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.database.CheckListItemExcludeStrategy;
 import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.api.ApiService;
 import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.api.Server;
 import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.api.TypeAdapter.TagsAdapter;
@@ -28,10 +29,12 @@ import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.models.UserAuth;
 import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.models.UserAuthResponse;
 import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.models.UserAuthSocial;
 import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.models.UserAuthSocialTokens;
+import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.models.tasks.ChecklistItem;
 import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.models.tasks.Task;
 import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.models.tasks.TaskTag;
 import com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.utils.SkillDeserializer;
 import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.structure.ModelAdapter;
+import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.structure.container.ForeignKeyContainer;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ public class APIHelper implements ErrorHandler, Profiler {
 
         //Exclusion stratety needed for DBFlow https://github.com/Raizlabs/DBFlow/issues/121
         Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+                .setExclusionStrategies(new CheckListItemExcludeStrategy())
                 .setExclusionStrategies(new ExclusionStrategy() {
                     @Override
                     public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes f) {
diff --git a/Habitica/src/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/database/CheckListItemExcludeStrategy.java b/Habitica/src/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/database/CheckListItemExcludeStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68a6e04cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Habitica/src/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/database/CheckListItemExcludeStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.habitrpg.android.habitica.database;
+
+import com.google.gson.ExclusionStrategy;
+import com.google.gson.FieldAttributes;
+
+/**
+ * Created by franzejr on 29/11/15.
+ */
+public class CheckListItemExcludeStrategy implements ExclusionStrategy {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean shouldSkipField(FieldAttributes f) {
+        return f.getAnnotation(ExcludeCheckListItem.class) != null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean shouldSkipClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+        return clazz.getAnnotation(ExcludeCheckListItem.class) != null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Habitica/src/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/database/ExcludeCheckListItem.java b/Habitica/src/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/database/ExcludeCheckListItem.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30f8e29f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Habitica/src/com/habitrpg/android/habitica/database/ExcludeCheckListItem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.habitrpg.android.habitica.database;
+
+/**
+ * Created by franzejr on 29/11/15.
+ */
+public @interface ExcludeCheckListItem {
+
+}
diff --git a/Habitica/src/com/magicmicky/habitrpgwrapper/lib/models/tasks/ChecklistItem.java b/Habitica/src/com/magicmicky/habitrpgwrapper/lib/models/tasks/ChecklistItem.java
index f3762c21a..3171f1bf7 100644
--- a/Habitica/src/com/magicmicky/habitrpgwrapper/lib/models/tasks/ChecklistItem.java
+++ b/Habitica/src/com/magicmicky/habitrpgwrapper/lib/models/tasks/ChecklistItem.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.magicmicky.habitrpgwrapper.lib.models.tasks;
 
 import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.HabitDatabase;
+import com.habitrpg.android.habitica.database.ExcludeCheckListItem;
 import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.annotation.Column;
 import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.annotation.ForeignKey;
 import com.raizlabs.android.dbflow.annotation.ForeignKeyReference;
@@ -31,13 +32,14 @@ public class ChecklistItem extends BaseModel {
                     columnType = String.class,
                     foreignColumnName = "id")},
             saveForeignKeyModel = false)
+    @ExcludeCheckListItem
     ForeignKeyContainer<Task> task;
 
     public ChecklistItem() {
         this(null,null);
     }
     public ChecklistItem(String id, String text) {
-        this(id,text,false);
+        this(id, text, false);
     }
     public ChecklistItem(String id,String text, boolean completed) {
         this.setText(text);