diff --git a/prism/src/explicit/PrismSTPGAbstractRefine.java b/prism/src/explicit/PrismSTPGAbstractRefine.java
index 627aab06..5b054b5a 100644
--- a/prism/src/explicit/PrismSTPGAbstractRefine.java
+++ b/prism/src/explicit/PrismSTPGAbstractRefine.java
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ public class PrismSTPGAbstractRefine extends STPGAbstractRefine
 		int c, a, j, nAbstract;
 
 		// Build concrete model
-		mainLog.println("Building concrete " + modelType + "...");
+		mainLog.println("Building concrete " + (buildEmbeddedDtmc ? "(embedded) " : "") + modelType + "...");
 		switch (modelType) {
 		case DTMC:
-			modelConcrete = new DTMC();
+			modelConcrete = buildEmbeddedDtmc ? new CTMC() : new DTMC();
 			break;
 		case CTMC:
 			modelConcrete = new CTMC();
@@ -82,15 +82,22 @@ public class PrismSTPGAbstractRefine extends STPGAbstractRefine
 			throw new PrismException("Cannot handle model type " + modelType);
 		}
 		modelConcrete.buildFromPrismExplicit(traFile);
+		if (buildEmbeddedDtmc) {
+			//mainLog.println(modelConcrete);
+			modelConcrete = ((CTMC) modelConcrete).buildEmbeddedDTMC();
+			//mainLog.println(modelConcrete);
+		}
 		//if (propertyType == PropertyType.EXP_REACH)
 		//modelConcrete.buildTransitionRewardsFromFile(rewtFile);
 		modelConcrete.setConstantTransitionReward(1.0);
 		mainLog.println("Concrete " + modelType + ": " + modelConcrete.infoString());
 		nConcrete = modelConcrete.getNumStates();
 
-		// For a CTMC, we need to uniformise
+		// For a CTMC and time-bounded properties, we need to uniformise
 		if (modelType == ModelType.CTMC) {
-			((CTMC) modelConcrete).uniformise();
+			if (propertyType != PropertyType.PROB_REACH) {
+				((CTMC) modelConcrete).uniformise();
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Get initial/target (concrete) states
diff --git a/prism/src/explicit/STPGAbstractRefine.java b/prism/src/explicit/STPGAbstractRefine.java
index 2279fe9c..c58e2f59 100644
--- a/prism/src/explicit/STPGAbstractRefine.java
+++ b/prism/src/explicit/STPGAbstractRefine.java
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public abstract class STPGAbstractRefine
 	protected BitSet target;
 	// Other parameters
 	protected boolean min;
+	protected boolean buildEmbeddedDtmc = false; // Construct DTMC from CTMC?
 	// Stuff for refinement loop
 	protected ModelType abstractionType;
 	protected double[] lbSoln;
@@ -377,6 +378,13 @@ public abstract class STPGAbstractRefine
 		// Store whether min/max
 		this.min = min;
 
+		// For some models, properties, we might need to change
+		// what the model/abstraction type is
+		if (modelType == ModelType.CTMC && propertyType == PropertyType.PROB_REACH) {
+			buildEmbeddedDtmc = true;
+			modelType = ModelType.DTMC;
+		}
+
 		// Store what abstract model type is
 		// and create appropriate model checker
 		// (which inherits log/options from mcOptions)
@@ -629,6 +637,7 @@ public abstract class STPGAbstractRefine
 		timeCheckProb0 += res.timeProb0;
 		timeCheckPre += res.timePre;
 		itersTotal += res.numIters;
+		//mainLog.println(lbSoln);
 
 		// Compute upper bounds
 		switch (abstractionType) {
@@ -669,6 +678,7 @@ public abstract class STPGAbstractRefine
 		timeCheckProb0 += res.timeProb0;
 		timeCheckPre += res.timePre;
 		itersTotal += res.numIters;
+		//mainLog.println(ubSoln);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1051,7 +1061,7 @@ public abstract class STPGAbstractRefine
 
 		// Get (old) number of states
 		numStates = abstraction.getNumStates();
-		
+
 		// Split the state, based on nondet choices selected above
 		numNewStates = splitState(refineState, choiceLists, rebuildStates);
 
@@ -1078,7 +1088,7 @@ public abstract class STPGAbstractRefine
 		BitSet included;
 		ArrayList<Integer> otherChoices;
 		int i;
-		
+
 		nChoices = abstraction.getNumChoices(splitState);
 		included = new BitSet(nChoices);
 		for (List<Integer> choiceList : choiceLists) {
@@ -1095,7 +1105,7 @@ public abstract class STPGAbstractRefine
 		if (otherChoices.size() > 0)
 			choiceLists.add(otherChoices);
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Display final summary about the abstraction-refinement loop.
 	 */