diff --git a/resource/readers/resource_reader_jgf.cpp b/resource/readers/resource_reader_jgf.cpp
index f3ad63fb3..deb6b6f78 100644
--- a/resource/readers/resource_reader_jgf.cpp
+++ b/resource/readers/resource_reader_jgf.cpp
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ int resource_reader_jgf_t::unpack_edge (json_t *element,
     json_t *metadata = NULL;
     const char *src = NULL;
     const char *tgt = NULL;
-    const char *subsys = NULL;
+    const char *subsys = "containment";
 
     if ((json_unpack (element, "{ s:s s:s }", "source", &src, "target", &tgt)) < 0) {
         errno = EINVAL;
@@ -1007,17 +1007,10 @@ int resource_reader_jgf_t::unpack_edge (json_t *element,
         m_err_msg += source + std::string (" -> ") + target + ".\n";
         goto done;
     }
-    if ((metadata = json_object_get (element, "metadata")) == NULL) {
-        errno = EINVAL;
-        m_err_msg += __FUNCTION__;
-        m_err_msg += ": metadata key not found in an edge for ";
-        m_err_msg += source + std::string (" -> ") + target + ".\n";
-        goto done;
-    }
-    if ((json_unpack (metadata, "{ s:s }", "subsystem", &subsys)) < 0) {
+    if ((json_unpack (element, "{ s?{ s?s } }", "metadata", "subsystem", &subsys)) < 0) {
         errno = EINVAL;
         m_err_msg += __FUNCTION__;
-        m_err_msg += ": subsystem key not found in edge metadata.\n";
+        m_err_msg += ": could not unpack edge metadata.\n";
         goto done;
     }
     subsystem = subsys;
diff --git a/src/python/fluxion/jsongraph/objects/graph.py b/src/python/fluxion/jsongraph/objects/graph.py
index 85292ccf7..abed809e8 100644
--- a/src/python/fluxion/jsongraph/objects/graph.py
+++ b/src/python/fluxion/jsongraph/objects/graph.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def add_edge(self, edge, force_direction=False):#TODO check existence of node id
         if isinstance(edge, Edge):
             if self._directed:
                 if edge.is_directed() == None:
-                    edge.is_directed(True)
+                    edge.set_directed(True)
                 if not edge.is_directed() and not force_direction:
                     ValueError("Adding undirected edge to directed graph")
                 if not edge.is_directed() and force_direction:
diff --git a/src/python/fluxion/resourcegraph/V1.py b/src/python/fluxion/resourcegraph/V1.py
index 1b6b571e2..913f5ce7a 100644
--- a/src/python/fluxion/resourcegraph/V1.py
+++ b/src/python/fluxion/resourcegraph/V1.py
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ def __init__(self, parentId, vtxId):
         super().__init__(
             parentId,
             vtxId,
-            directed=True,
-            metadata={"subsystem": "containment"},
         )
 
 
@@ -105,7 +103,8 @@ def __init__(self, rv1):
         rv1 -- RV1 Dictorary that conforms to Flux RFC 20:
                    Resource Set Specification Version 1
         """
-        super().__init__()
+        super().__init__(directed=False)
+        # graph *is* directed, however, suppress unnecessary `"directed": true` fields
         self._uniqId = 0
         self._rv1NoSched = rv1
         self._encode()
diff --git a/t/python/t10001-resourcegraph.py b/t/python/t10001-resourcegraph.py
index bd15648c6..b10fc0f14 100755
--- a/t/python/t10001-resourcegraph.py
+++ b/t/python/t10001-resourcegraph.py
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@ def _check_metadata(self, metadata):
 
     def test_basic(self):
         graph = FluxionResourceGraphV1(RV1)
-        self.assertTrue(graph.is_directed())
         j = graph.to_JSON()
         json.dumps(j)  # make sure it doesn't throw an error
-        self.assertTrue(j["graph"]["directed"])
         self.assertEqual(len(j["graph"]["nodes"]), len(graph.get_nodes()))
         self.assertEqual(len(j["graph"]["edges"]), len(graph.get_edges()))
         for node in graph.get_nodes():
@@ -79,10 +77,8 @@ def test_basic(self):
 
     def test_basic_2(self):
         graph = FluxionResourceGraphV1(RV1_2)
-        self.assertTrue(graph.is_directed())
         j = graph.to_JSON()
         json.dumps(j)
-        self.assertTrue(j["graph"]["directed"])
         self.assertEqual(len(j["graph"]["nodes"]), len(graph.get_nodes()))
         self.assertEqual(len(j["graph"]["edges"]), len(graph.get_edges()))
         for node in graph.get_nodes():
@@ -90,9 +86,7 @@ def test_basic_2(self):
 
     def test_basic_3(self):
         graph = FluxionResourceGraphV1(RV1_3)
-        self.assertTrue(graph.is_directed())
         j = graph.to_JSON()
-        self.assertTrue(j["graph"]["directed"])
         self.assertEqual(len(j["graph"]["nodes"]), len(graph.get_nodes()))
         self.assertEqual(len(j["graph"]["edges"]), len(graph.get_edges()))
         for node in graph.get_nodes():