diff --git a/src/depgraph.test.ts b/src/depgraph.test.ts
index 316ff73..729cb26 100644
--- a/src/depgraph.test.ts
+++ b/src/depgraph.test.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,25 @@ describe('depgraph', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('cycle-tree', () => {
+      let depGraph;
+      beforeAll(() => {
+        depGraph = parseDependencyJson(getTestDataFile("cycle-tree"));
+      });
+
+      it('should parse out the top level dependencies', () => {
+        const mavenDependencies = new MavenDependencyGraph(depGraph);
+        expect(mavenDependencies.getPackageCount()).to.equal(3);
+      });
+
+      it('should be able to generate a manifest despite having a cycle', () => {
+        const mavenDependencies = new MavenDependencyGraph(depGraph);
+        const manifest = mavenDependencies.createManifest();
+
+        expect(manifest.name).to.equal('hadoop-main');
+        expect(manifest.countDependencies()).to.equal(2);
+      })
+    });
 
     describe('bs-parent-dep-tree', () => {
 
diff --git a/src/depgraph.ts b/src/depgraph.ts
index b74df74..b54e3a2 100644
--- a/src/depgraph.ts
+++ b/src/depgraph.ts
@@ -85,13 +85,19 @@ export class MavenDependencyGraph {
       let scope = getDependencyScopeForMavenScope(artifact.scopes);
       manifest.addDirectDependency(depPackage, scope);
 
-      function addTransitiveDeps(dependencies) {
+      function addTransitiveDeps(dependencies, seen: Set<string> = new Set()) {
         if (dependencies) {
           dependencies.forEach(transitiveDep => {
-            const transitiveDepArtifact = packageUrlToArtifact[transitiveDep.packageURL.toString()];
+            let purl = transitiveDep.packageURL.toString();
+            if (seen.has(purl)) {
+              // we're in a cycle! skip this one.
+              return;
+            }
+            const transitiveDepArtifact = packageUrlToArtifact[purl];
             const transitiveDepScope = getDependencyScopeForMavenScope(transitiveDepArtifact.scopes);
             manifest.addIndirectDependency(transitiveDep, transitiveDepScope);
-            addTransitiveDeps(transitiveDep.dependencies);
+            seen.add(purl);
+            addTransitiveDeps(transitiveDep.dependencies, seen);
           });
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/snapshot-generator.ts b/src/snapshot-generator.ts
index 19f0a1e..bbfd6bb 100644
--- a/src/snapshot-generator.ts
+++ b/src/snapshot-generator.ts
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ export async function generateSnapshot(directory: string, mvnConfig?: MavenConfi
       ? snapshotConfig.correlator
       : snapshot.job?.correlator;
 
-    const specifiedRef = getNonEmtptyValue(snapshotConfig?.ref);
+    const specifiedRef = getNonEmptyValue(snapshotConfig?.ref);
     if (specifiedRef) {
       snapshot.ref = specifiedRef;
     }
 
-    const specifiedSha = getNonEmtptyValue(snapshot?.sha);
+    const specifiedSha = getNonEmptyValue(snapshot?.sha);
     if (specifiedSha) {
       snapshot.sha = specifiedSha;
     }
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function getRepositoryRelativePath(file) {
   return result;
 }
 
-function getNonEmtptyValue(str?: string) {
+function getNonEmptyValue(str?: string) {
   if (str) {
     const trimmed = str.trim();
     if (trimmed.length > 0) {
diff --git a/test-data/dependency-trees/cycle-tree.json b/test-data/dependency-trees/cycle-tree.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce1ed61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-data/dependency-trees/cycle-tree.json
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{
+  "graphName" : "hadoop-main",
+  "artifacts" : [ {
+    "id" : "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-annotations:jar:compile",
+    "numericId" : 1,
+    "groupId" : "org.apache.hadoop",
+    "artifactId" : "hadoop-annotations",
+    "version" : "3.5.0-SNAPSHOT",
+    "optional" : false,
+    "scopes" : [ "compile" ],
+    "types" : [ "jar" ]
+  }, {
+    "id" : "jdiff:jdiff:jar:provided",
+    "numericId" : 2,
+    "groupId" : "jdiff",
+    "artifactId" : "jdiff",
+    "version" : "1.0.9",
+    "optional" : false,
+    "scopes" : [ "provided" ],
+    "types" : [ "jar" ]
+  }, {
+    "id" : "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-project-dist:pom:compile",
+    "numericId" : 3,
+    "groupId" : "org.apache.hadoop",
+    "artifactId" : "hadoop-project-dist",
+    "version" : "3.5.0-SNAPSHOT",
+    "optional" : false,
+    "scopes" : [ "compile" ],
+    "types" : [ "pom" ]
+  } ],
+  "dependencies" : [ {
+    "from" : "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-annotations:jar:compile",
+    "to" : "jdiff:jdiff:jar:provided",
+    "numericFrom" : 1,
+    "numericTo" : 2,
+    "resolution" : "INCLUDED"
+  }, {
+    "from" : "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-annotations:jar:compile",
+    "to" : "jdiff:jdiff:jar:provided",
+    "numericFrom" : 1,
+    "numericTo" : 3,
+    "resolution" : "INCLUDED"
+  }, {
+    "from" : "jdiff:jdiff:jar:provided",
+    "to" : "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-project-dist:pom:compile",
+    "numericFrom" : 2,
+    "numericTo" : 3,
+    "resolution" : "INCLUDED"
+  }, {
+    "from" : "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-project-dist:pom:compile",
+    "to" : "jdiff:jdiff:jar:provided",
+    "numericFrom" : 3,
+    "numericTo" : 2,
+    "resolution" : "INCLUDED"
+  }
+]
+}
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