diff --git a/addon/adapters/dunlop/user-filter.coffee b/addon/adapters/dunlop/user-filter.coffee
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+import JSONAPIAdapter from 'ember-data/adapters/json-api'
+import DataAdapterMixin from 'ember-simple-auth/mixins/data-adapter-mixin'
+import { pluralize } from 'ember-inflector'
+import config from 'ember-get-config'
+
+export default JSONAPIAdapter.extend DataAdapterMixin,
+  #namespace:  config.apiNamespace
+  host:       config.apiHost
+  authorizer: 'authorizer:devise'
+  createRecord: (store, type, snapshot) ->
+    data = {}
+    #var serializer = store.serializerFor(type.modelName);
+    serializer = Ember.get(snapshot.record, 'store').serializerFor('create-and-update')
+    url = @buildURL(type.modelName, null, snapshot, 'createRecord')
+
+    serializer.serializeIntoHash data, type, snapshot, includeId: true
+
+    @ajax url, 'POST', data: data
+
+  # return pluralized underscored version
+  pathForType: (modelName) ->
+    base = Ember.String.underscore(modelName)
+    base = base.replace(/\./g, '/')
+    #base.split(/\//).map( (str) -> pluralize(str) ).join('/') # all parts pluralized
+    pluralize(base)
+
+  updateRecord: (store, type, snapshot) ->
+    data = {}
+    #var serializer = store.serializerFor(type.modelName);
+    serializer = Ember.get(snapshot.record, 'store').serializerFor('create-and-update')
+    id = snapshot.id
+    url = @buildURL(type.modelName, id, snapshot, 'updateRecord')
+    serializer.serializeIntoHash data, type, snapshot, includeId: true
+    @ajax url, 'PUT', data: data
diff --git a/addon/models/dunlop/user-filter.coffee b/addon/models/dunlop/user-filter.coffee
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+import DS from 'ember-data'
+
+export default DS.Model.extend
+  scope_key: DS.attr('string')
+  filters: DS.attr(defaultValue: -> {})
+  is_default: DS.attr('boolean', defaultValue: false)
diff --git a/app/adapters/dunlop/user-filter.js b/app/adapters/dunlop/user-filter.js
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+export { default } from 'ember-cli-dunlop/adapters/dunlop/user-filter';
diff --git a/app/models/dunlop/user-filter.js b/app/models/dunlop/user-filter.js
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+export { default } from 'ember-cli-dunlop/models/dunlop/user-filter';
diff --git a/tests/unit/adapters/dunlop/user-filter-test.coffee b/tests/unit/adapters/dunlop/user-filter-test.coffee
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+import { moduleFor, test } from 'ember-qunit'
+
+moduleFor 'adapter:dunlop/user-filter', 'Unit | Adapter | dunlop/user filter', {
+  # Specify the other units that are required for this test.
+  # needs: ['serializer:foo']
+}
+
+# Replace this with your real tests.
+test 'it exists', (assert) ->
+  adapter = @subject()
+  assert.ok adapter
diff --git a/tests/unit/models/dunlop/user-filter-test.coffee b/tests/unit/models/dunlop/user-filter-test.coffee
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+import { moduleForModel, test } from 'ember-qunit'
+
+moduleForModel 'dunlop/user-filter', 'Unit | Model | dunlop/user filter', {
+  # Specify the other units that are required for this test.
+  needs: []
+}
+
+test 'it exists', (assert) ->
+  model = @subject()
+  # store = @store()
+  assert.ok !!model