diff --git a/addon/decorators/controller-pagination.ts b/addon/decorators/controller-pagination.ts
index 598760e..5b17312 100644
--- a/addon/decorators/controller-pagination.ts
+++ b/addon/decorators/controller-pagination.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import DS from 'ember-data';
-import { RouteParams, buildQueryParams, sortDirection } from 'gavant-pagination/utils/query-params';
+import { buildQueryParams, sortDirection } from 'gavant-pagination/utils/query-params';
 import { tryInvoke } from '@ember/utils';
 import { reject } from 'rsvp';
 import { A } from '@ember/array';
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default function controllerPagination<T extends ConcreteSubclass<any>>(Co
             return Math.ceil(this.model.length / this.limit);
         }
 
-        async _loadModels(this: PaginationController, reset: boolean, params: RouteParams | undefined) {
+        async _loadModels(this: PaginationController, reset: boolean) {
             this.set('isLoadingPage', true);
             if(reset) {
                 this.clearModels();
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export default function controllerPagination<T extends ConcreteSubclass<any>>(Co
 
             const offset = this.offset;
             const limit = this.limit;
-            const queryParams = buildQueryParams(this, params, offset, limit);
+            const queryParams = buildQueryParams(this, offset, limit);
             let models = [];
             try {
                 const result = await this.fetchModels(queryParams);
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ export default function controllerPagination<T extends ConcreteSubclass<any>>(Co
             return this.store.query(modelName, queryParams);
         }
 
-        loadModels(reset: boolean = false, params?: RouteParams) {
+        loadModels(reset: boolean = false) {
             if (!this.isLoadingPage) {
-                return this._loadModels(reset, params);
+                return this._loadModels(reset);
             } else {
                 return;
             }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export default function controllerPagination<T extends ConcreteSubclass<any>>(Co
         }
 
         clearSorting() {
-            this.sort = A();
+            this.set('sort', A());
         }
 
         @action
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@ export default function controllerPagination<T extends ConcreteSubclass<any>>(Co
 
         @action
         clearModels() {
-            this.model = A();
-            // set(this, 'model', A());
+            this.set('model', A());
         }
 
         @action
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ export default function controllerPagination<T extends ConcreteSubclass<any>>(Co
 
         @action
         clearFilters() {
-            this.serverQueryParams.forEach((param: string) => this[param] = null);
+            this.serverQueryParams.forEach((param: string) => this.set(param, null));
             // get(this, 'serverQueryParams').forEach((param) => set(this, param, null));
             return this.filterModels();
         }
diff --git a/addon/mixins/controller-pagination.ts b/addon/mixins/controller-pagination.ts
index ea25c90..52827cd 100644
--- a/addon/mixins/controller-pagination.ts
+++ b/addon/mixins/controller-pagination.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { readOnly, or } from '@ember/object/computed';
 import { tryInvoke } from '@ember/utils';
 import { reject } from 'rsvp';
 import { A } from '@ember/array';
-import { buildQueryParams, PaginationController, RouteParams, sortDirection } from 'gavant-pagination/utils/query-params';
+import { buildQueryParams, PaginationController, sortDirection } from 'gavant-pagination/utils/query-params';
 import DS from 'ember-data';
 
 export default Mixin.create({
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export default Mixin.create({
          return Math.ceil(get(this, 'model.length') / get(this, 'limit'));
     }),
 
-    async _loadModels(this: PaginationController, reset: boolean, params: RouteParams | undefined) {
+    async _loadModels(this: PaginationController, reset: boolean) {
         set(this, 'isLoadingPage', true);
         if(reset) {
             this.clearModels();
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export default Mixin.create({
 
         const offset = get(this, 'offset');
         const limit = get(this, 'limit');
-        const queryParams = buildQueryParams(this, params, offset, limit);
+        const queryParams = buildQueryParams(this, offset, limit);
         let models = [];
         try {
             const result = await this.fetchModels(queryParams);
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ export default Mixin.create({
     /**
      * Change the sorting and call `filterModels`. Will only load models if not currently making an API call
      * @param reset - Clear models
-     * @param params - Route params
      * @returns - an array of models
      */
-    loadModels(this: PaginationController, reset: boolean, params: RouteParams) {
+    loadModels(this: PaginationController, reset: boolean) {
         if (!get(this, 'isLoadingPage')) {
-            return this._loadModels(reset, params);
+            return this._loadModels(reset);
         } else {
             return [];
         }
diff --git a/addon/utils/query-params.ts b/addon/utils/query-params.ts
index 2336a77..a4108f2 100644
--- a/addon/utils/query-params.ts
+++ b/addon/utils/query-params.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 import { get, set, getWithDefault } from '@ember/object';
 import { isArray } from '@ember/array';
 import { isEmpty } from '@ember/utils';
-import { merge } from '@ember/polyfills';
-// import Controller from '@ember/controller';
 import moment from 'moment';
 
-export interface RouteParams {
-    offset: number | undefined;
-    limit: number;
-    sort: string[];
-}
-
 export interface PaginationController {
     offset: number | undefined;
     limit: number;
@@ -27,7 +19,6 @@ export enum sortDirection {
 /**
  * Builds the query params to send to the server by taking the controller, route params, and paging data(`offset` & `limit`)
  * @param controller - The pagination controller instance
- * @param routeParams - Route Params (`offset`, `limit`, `sort`)
  * @param offset - Offset provides a starting point for paging. i.e. offset of 0 and limit of 10 gives you the first 10 records. offset of 10 and limit of 10 gives the next 10
  * @param limit - How many records to ruturn for one api call
  * @param queryParamListName - The name of the query params you want to use to page on the server
@@ -35,18 +26,16 @@ export enum sortDirection {
  */
 export function buildQueryParams(
     controller: PaginationController,
-    routeParams: RouteParams,
     offset: number = 0,
     limit: number = 10,
     queryParamListName: string = 'serverQueryParams'
 ) {
-    let params = routeParams || {};
     let list: any = controller[queryParamListName];
     let queryParams = getParamsObject(list, controller);
-    params = merge(queryParams, params);
-    params.offset = getWithDefault(controller, 'offset', offset);
-    params.limit =  getWithDefault(controller, 'limit', limit);
-    return removeEmptyQueryParams(params);
+    queryParams.offset = getWithDefault(controller, 'offset', offset);
+    queryParams.limit =  getWithDefault(controller, 'limit', limit);
+    queryParams.sort = getWithDefault(controller, 'sort', []);
+    return removeEmptyQueryParams(queryParams);
 }
 
 /**