diff --git a/packages/core/src/appInitialise/initialiseData.js b/packages/core/src/appInitialise/initialiseData.js
index c2824f4eda..20ce5eabf5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/appInitialise/initialiseData.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/appInitialise/initialiseData.js
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { AUTH_FOLDER, USERS_LIST_FILE, ACCESS_LEVELS_FILE } from '../authApi/aut
 import { initialiseRootCollections } from '../collectionApi/initialise';
 import { initialiseIndex } from '../indexing/initialiseIndex';
 import { getFlattenedHierarchy, isGlobalIndex, isSingleRecord } from '../templateApi/hierarchy';
-
+import { _getNew } from "../recordApi/getNew";
+import { _save } from "../recordApi/save";
 
 export const initialiseData = async (datastore, applicationDefinition, accessLevels) => {
   await datastore.createFolder(configFolder);
@@ -14,8 +15,6 @@ export const initialiseData = async (datastore, applicationDefinition, accessLev
   await initialiseRootCollections(datastore, applicationDefinition.hierarchy);
   await initialiseRootIndexes(datastore, applicationDefinition.hierarchy);
 
-  await initialiseRootSingleRecords(datastore, applicationDefinition.hierarchy);
-
   await datastore.createFolder(TRANSACTIONS_FOLDER);
 
   await datastore.createFolder(AUTH_FOLDER);
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ export const initialiseData = async (datastore, applicationDefinition, accessLev
   await datastore.createJson(
     ACCESS_LEVELS_FILE, 
     accessLevels ? accessLevels : { version: 0, levels: [] });
+
+  await initialiseRootSingleRecords(datastore, applicationDefinition.hierarchy);
 };
 
 const initialiseRootIndexes = async (datastore, hierarchy) => {
@@ -38,20 +39,20 @@ const initialiseRootIndexes = async (datastore, hierarchy) => {
   }
 };
 
-const initialiseRootSingleRecords = async (datastore, hierachy) => {
-  const flathierarchy = getFlattenedHierarchy(hierachy);
+const initialiseRootSingleRecords = async (datastore, hierarchy) => {
+  const app = { 
+    publish:()=>{},
+    cleanupTransactions: () => {},
+    datastore, hierarchy 
+  };
+
+  const flathierarchy = getFlattenedHierarchy(hierarchy);
   const singleRecords = $(flathierarchy, [
     filter(isSingleRecord),
   ]);
 
-  /* for (let record of singleRecords) {
-        const result = getNew({ datastore: datastore, hierarchy: appDefinition.hierarchy })
-            (record.nodeKey(),
-                record.name
-            );
-
-        _save({ datastore: datastore, hierarchy: appDefinition.hierarchy },
-            result
-        );
-    } */
+  for (let record of singleRecords) {
+    const result = _getNew(record, "");
+    await _save(app,result);
+  }
 };
diff --git a/packages/core/src/recordApi/getNew.js b/packages/core/src/recordApi/getNew.js
index b6c8615b84..dffef119ca 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/recordApi/getNew.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/recordApi/getNew.js
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import {
   keyBy, mapValues,
 } from 'lodash/fp';
 import { generate } from 'shortid';
-import { getNodeForCollectionPath } from '../templateApi/hierarchy';
+import { 
+  getNodeForCollectionPath, isSingleRecord 
+} from '../templateApi/hierarchy';
 import { getNewFieldValue } from '../types';
 import {
   $, joinKey, safeKey, apiWrapperSync, events,
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ export const getNew = app => (collectionKey, recordTypeName) => {
   );
 };
 
-const _getNew = (recordNode, collectionKey) => constructRecord(recordNode, getNewFieldValue, collectionKey);
+export const _getNew = (recordNode, collectionKey) => constructRecord(recordNode, getNewFieldValue, collectionKey);
 
 const getRecordNode = (app, collectionKey) => {
   collectionKey = safeKey(collectionKey);
@@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ export const constructRecord = (recordNode, getFieldValue, collectionKey) => {
   ]);
 
   record.id = `${recordNode.nodeId}-${generate()}`;
-  record.key = joinKey(collectionKey, record.id);
+  record.key = isSingleRecord(recordNode)
+               ? joinKey(collectionKey, recordNode.name)
+               : joinKey(collectionKey, record.id);
   record.isNew = true;
   record.type = recordNode.name;
   return record;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/recordApi/save.js b/packages/core/src/recordApi/save.js
index 8c21999d4e..c62689a9df 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/recordApi/save.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/recordApi/save.js
@@ -12,15 +12,10 @@ import {
   apiWrapper, events, $, joinKey,
 } from '../common';
 import {
-  getFlattenedHierarchy,
-  getExactNodeForPath,
-  isRecord,
-  getNode,
-  getLastPartInKey,
+  getFlattenedHierarchy, getExactNodeForPath,
+  isRecord, getNode, isSingleRecord,
   fieldReversesReferenceToNode,
 } from '../templateApi/hierarchy';
-import { mapRecord } from '../indexing/evaluate';
-import { listItems } from '../indexApi/listItems';
 import { addToAllIds } from '../indexing/allIds';
 import {
   transactionForCreateRecord,
@@ -52,7 +47,13 @@ export const _save = async (app, record, context, skipValidation = false) => {
   }
 
   if (recordClone.isNew) {
-    await addToAllIds(app.hierarchy, app.datastore)(recordClone);
+    const recordNode = getExactNodeForPath(app.hierarchy)(record.key);
+    if(!recordNode)
+      throw new Error("Cannot find node for " + record.key);
+
+    if(!isSingleRecord(recordNode))
+      await addToAllIds(app.hierarchy, app.datastore)(recordClone);
+      
     const transaction = await transactionForCreateRecord(
       app, recordClone,
     );
diff --git a/packages/core/test/initialiseData.spec.js b/packages/core/test/initialiseData.spec.js
index 5ab440960e..edf38e9092 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/initialiseData.spec.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/initialiseData.spec.js
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ describe("initialiseData", () => {
         expect(levels.levels[0].name).toBe("owner");
     });
 
+    it("should initialise 'single record' type nodes", async () => {
+        const {appDef, datastore} = getApplicationDefinition();
+        await initialiseData(datastore, appDef);        
+        expect(await datastore.exists(`/settings`)).toBeTruthy();
+        const settings = await datastore.loadJson("/settings/record.json");
+        expect(settings.type).toBe("settings");
+    });
+
     const getApplicationDefinition = () => {
         const {templateApi, app} = getMemoryTemplateApi();
         const h = basicAppHierarchyCreator_WithFields_AndIndexes(templateApi);
diff --git a/packages/core/test/recordApi.customId.spec.js b/packages/core/test/recordApi.customId.spec.js
index 837c64c394..93832f0f25 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/recordApi.customId.spec.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/recordApi.customId.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import {setupApphierarchy, basicAppHierarchyCreator_WithFields, 
-    getNewFieldAndAdd, stubEventHandler} from "./specHelpers";
-import { iterateIndex } from "../src/indexing/read";
+import {setupApphierarchy, basicAppHierarchyCreator_WithFields} from "./specHelpers";
 
 describe("get customId",  () => {
     it("should generate an id with given value", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/recordApi.spec.js b/packages/core/test/recordApi.spec.js
index 364410aa74..c5425a2030 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/recordApi.spec.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/recordApi.spec.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {setupApphierarchy, basicAppHierarchyCreator_WithFields,
 import {events, isNonEmptyString} from "../src/common";
 import { isBoolean } from "util";
 import {permission} from "../src/authApi/permissions";
+import { _getNew } from "../src/recordApi/getNew";
 
 describe("recordApi > getNew", () => {
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ describe("recordApi > getNew", () => {
     it("should create object with all declared fields, and use inital values", async () => {
         const {recordApi} = await setupApphierarchy(templateApi => {
             const hierarchy = basicAppHierarchyCreator_WithFields(templateApi);
-            const {root, customerRecord} = hierarchy;
+            const {customerRecord} = hierarchy;
 
             customerRecord.fields = [];
 
@@ -80,6 +81,13 @@ describe("recordApi > getNew", () => {
         app.withOnlyThisPermission(permission.createRecord.get(appHierarchy.customerRecord.nodeKey()));
         recordApi.getNew("/customers", "customer");
     });
+
+    it("for 'single record' type, should create with key ending in node name", async () => {
+        const {appHierarchy} = await setupApphierarchy(basicAppHierarchyCreator_WithFields);
+        const {settingsRecord} = appHierarchy;
+        const result = _getNew(settingsRecord, "");
+        expect(result.key).toBe("/settings")
+    })
 });
 
 describe('recordApi > save then load', () => {