diff --git a/src/main/java/kieker/analysis/graph/export/AbstractTransformer.java b/src/main/java/kieker/analysis/graph/export/AbstractTransformer.java
index 41983a6312340a90230dc43aa0ba706480a24fa2..acb567fbe9e6319c81d1072d08c15ab084b3645f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/kieker/analysis/graph/export/AbstractTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/kieker/analysis/graph/export/AbstractTransformer.java
@@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransformer<O> implements VertexVisitor, EdgeVisit
 
 	public final O transform() {
 
+		// Call startTransformation()
+
 		graphTraverser.traverse(graph);
 
+		// Call finishTransformation()
+
 		return getTransformation();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/kieker/analysis/graph/export/AbstractWriter.java b/src/main/java/kieker/analysis/graph/export/AbstractWriter.java
index 789e53c04f264c4a2e068a563da2b40368cb277e..05a16a63168372ee2d17b1a09836fadfa36f7965 100644
--- a/src/main/java/kieker/analysis/graph/export/AbstractWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/kieker/analysis/graph/export/AbstractWriter.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractWriter extends AbstractTransformer<Void> {
 
 	protected AbstractWriter(final Graph graph) {
 		super(graph);
-		start();
 	}
 
 	@Override