diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/spring/txn/SpringJdbcTransactionManager.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/spring/txn/SpringJdbcTransactionManager.java
index fcac89aa6..ead75c2f4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/spring/txn/SpringJdbcTransactionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/spring/txn/SpringJdbcTransactionManager.java
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public class SpringJdbcTransactionManager implements ExternalTransactionManager
    */
   @Override
   public void setTransactionManager(Object txnMgr) {
-
     // RB: At this stage not exposing TransactionManager to
     // the public API and hence the Object type and casting here
     this.transactionManager = (TransactionManager) txnMgr;
@@ -64,10 +63,8 @@ public class SpringJdbcTransactionManager implements ExternalTransactionManager
    */
   @Override
   public Object getCurrentTransaction() {
-
     // Get the current Spring ConnectionHolder associated to the current spring managed transaction
     ConnectionHolder holder = (ConnectionHolder) TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResource(dataSource);
-
     if (holder == null || !holder.isSynchronizedWithTransaction()) {
       // no current Spring transaction
       SpiTransaction currentEbeanTransaction = transactionManager.getInScope();
@@ -90,7 +87,6 @@ public class SpringJdbcTransactionManager implements ExternalTransactionManager
       // Create and register a Spring TransactionSynchronization for this transaction
       springTxnLister = createSpringTxnListener(newTrans);
       TransactionSynchronizationManager.registerSynchronization(springTxnLister);
-
       return transactionManager.externalBeginTransaction(newTrans, TxScope.required());
     }
   }
@@ -102,7 +98,6 @@ public class SpringJdbcTransactionManager implements ExternalTransactionManager
    * </p>
    */
   private SpringTxnListener getSpringTxnListener() {
-
     if (TransactionSynchronizationManager.isSynchronizationActive()) {
       List<TransactionSynchronization> synchronizations = TransactionSynchronizationManager.getSynchronizations();
       if (synchronizations != null) {
@@ -114,7 +109,6 @@ public class SpringJdbcTransactionManager implements ExternalTransactionManager
         }
       }
     }
-
     return null;
   }
 
@@ -164,13 +158,13 @@ public class SpringJdbcTransactionManager implements ExternalTransactionManager
 
     @Override
     public void beforeCommit(boolean readOnly) {
-      // Future note: for JPA2 locking we will
-      // have beforeCommit events to fire
+      if (!readOnly) {
+        transaction.flushBatch();
+      }
     }
 
     @Override
     public void afterCompletion(int status) {
-
       switch (status) {
         case STATUS_COMMITTED:
           log.debug("Spring Txn [{}] committed", transaction.getId());
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/example/EbeanServerFactoryBean.java b/src/test/java/org/example/EbeanServerFactoryBean.java
index b5dc172ea..41a128a8f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/example/EbeanServerFactoryBean.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/example/EbeanServerFactoryBean.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.example;
 
+import io.ebean.annotation.PersistBatch;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ public class EbeanServerFactoryBean implements InitializingBean, FactoryBean<Ebe
       throw new Exception("No ServerConig set. You must define a ServerConfig bean");
     }
 
+    serverConfig.setPersistBatch(PersistBatch.ALL);
     // Create the new EbeanServer using the configuration
     this.ebeanServer = EbeanServerFactory.create(serverConfig);
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/example/EbeanSpringModuleTest.java b/src/test/java/org/example/EbeanSpringModuleTest.java
index 7d5c05592..1aa915e65 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/example/EbeanSpringModuleTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/example/EbeanSpringModuleTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.example;
 
+import io.ebean.DB;
 import io.ebean.Ebean;
 import io.ebean.Transaction;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
@@ -74,6 +76,10 @@ public class EbeanSpringModuleTest {
     user.setName("ebean");
     userService.save(user);
     logger.info("Saved new User");
+    assertThat(user.getOid()).isGreaterThan(0);
+
+    final User found = DB.find(User.class, user.getOid());
+    assertThat(found).isNotNull();
   }
 
   /**