diff --git a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/neo4j/graphql/handler/projection/ProjectionBase.kt b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/neo4j/graphql/handler/projection/ProjectionBase.kt
index d6be430a..f8e480d5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/kotlin/org/neo4j/graphql/handler/projection/ProjectionBase.kt
+++ b/core/src/main/kotlin/org/neo4j/graphql/handler/projection/ProjectionBase.kt
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ open class ProjectionBase(
         val cypherDirective = fieldDefinition.cypherDirective()
         val isObjectField = fieldDefinition.type.inner() is GraphQLFieldsContainer
         if (cypherDirective != null) {
-            val query = cypherDirective(field.contextualize(variable), fieldDefinition, field, cypherDirective, propertyContainer.requiredSymbolicName)
+            val query = cypherDirective(field.contextualize(variable), fieldDefinition, field, cypherDirective, variable)
             projections += if (isObjectField && !cypherDirective.passThrough) {
                 projectListComprehension(variable, field, fieldDefinition, env, query, variableSuffix)
             } else {
diff --git a/core/src/test/resources/issues/gh-245-cypher-directive-on-relationship.adoc b/core/src/test/resources/issues/gh-245-cypher-directive-on-relationship.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ea8344a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/resources/issues/gh-245-cypher-directive-on-relationship.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+:toc:
+
+= Cypher Directive Computing Relationship Type To Field Test
+
+== Schema
+
+[source,graphql,schema=true]
+----
+type Role @relation(name:"ACTED_IN", from:"actor", to:"movie") {
+   actor: Person
+   movie: Movie
+   type: String @cypher(statement:"""
+     RETURN type(this)
+     """)
+}
+
+type Person {
+  name: String
+  born: Int
+  roles: [Role]
+}
+
+type Movie {
+  title: String
+  released: Int
+  characters: [Role]
+}
+
+----
+
+== Queries
+
+=== Simple Cypher Directive on Field
+
+.GraphQL-Query
+[source,graphql]
+----
+query {
+  person {
+    roles {
+      type
+    }
+  }
+}
+----
+
+.Cypher Params
+[source,json]
+----
+{}
+----
+
+.Cypher
+[source,cypher]
+----
+MATCH (person:Person)
+RETURN person {
+	roles: [(person)-[personRoles:ACTED_IN]->(personRolesMovie:Movie) | personRoles {
+		type: apoc.cypher.runFirstColumnSingle('WITH $this AS this RETURN type(this)',  {
+			this: personRoles
+		})
+	}]
+} AS person
+----