diff --git a/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/KnockoutUtilitiesTest.cs b/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/KnockoutUtilitiesTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..507404d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/KnockoutUtilitiesTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests
+{
+    [TestClass]
+    public class KnockoutUtilitiesTest
+    {
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void ConvertDataTest01()
+        {
+            TestModel model = new TestModel();
+            bool doesNotCauseStackOverflow = false;
+
+            Knockout.KnockoutUtilities.ConvertData(model);
+            
+            doesNotCauseStackOverflow = true;
+            Assert.IsTrue(doesNotCauseStackOverflow);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests.csproj b/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests.csproj
index 90e7f46..869f3a2 100644
--- a/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests.csproj
+++ b/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests.csproj
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="KnockoutExpressionConverterTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="KnockoutUtilitiesTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TestModel.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/TestModel.cs b/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/TestModel.cs
index dd5583d..8d028e2 100644
--- a/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/TestModel.cs
+++ b/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout.Tests/TestModel.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public class TestModel
 
         public TestModel SubModel { get; set; }
 
+        public static TestModel StaticReferenceModel { get { return new TestModel(); } }
+
         [ScriptIgnore]
         public Expression<Func<string>> Concatenation
         {
diff --git a/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout/Utilities/KnockoutUtilities.cs b/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout/Utilities/KnockoutUtilities.cs
index 39b1b50..ca15691 100644
--- a/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout/Utilities/KnockoutUtilities.cs
+++ b/PerpetuumSoft.Knockout/Utilities/KnockoutUtilities.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ public static void ConvertData(object data)
                 type = type.BaseType;
             foreach (var property in type.GetProperties())
             {
+                if (property.GetGetMethod().IsStatic && property.PropertyType == property.DeclaringType)
+                    continue;
                 if (property.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonIgnoreAttribute), false).Length > 0)
                     continue;
                 if (property.GetGetMethod() == null)