diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/AbstractXMLObject.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/AbstractXMLObject.java
index ac08f1339..f30b02f61 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/AbstractXMLObject.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/AbstractXMLObject.java
@@ -48,13 +48,7 @@ public void detach() {
 
     @Nullable
     public Element getDOM() {
-        XMLObjectProviderRegistry registry = ConfigurationService.get(XMLObjectProviderRegistry.class);
-        try {
-            return registry.getMarshallerFactory().getMarshaller(this).marshall(this);
-        } catch (MarshallingException e) {
-            // TODO: some sort of logging?
-            return null;
-        }
+        return null;
     }
 
     public String getNamespaceURI() {
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/EntityDescriptor.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/EntityDescriptor.java
index 67832c1b8..92e496c5e 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/EntityDescriptor.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/EntityDescriptor.java
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
+import org.opensaml.core.config.ConfigurationService;
 import org.opensaml.core.xml.XMLObject;
+import org.opensaml.core.xml.config.XMLObjectProviderRegistry;
+import org.opensaml.core.xml.io.MarshallingException;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -262,4 +266,15 @@ public List<XMLObject> getOrderedChildren() {
 
         return Collections.unmodifiableList(children);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Element getDOM() {
+        XMLObjectProviderRegistry registry = ConfigurationService.get(XMLObjectProviderRegistry.class);
+        try {
+            return registry.getMarshallerFactory().getMarshaller(this).marshall(this);
+        } catch (MarshallingException e) {
+            // TODO: some sort of logging?
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 }