diff --git a/examples/photo-album/index.js b/examples/photo-album/index.js
index e69de29..949e9ad 100644
--- a/examples/photo-album/index.js
+++ b/examples/photo-album/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require('@std/esm');
+
+import MemServer from '../../index.js';
+
+MemServer.start();
+
+window.$.getJSON('/photos');
diff --git a/examples/photo-album/memserver/fixtures/photos.js b/examples/photo-album/memserver/fixtures/photos.js
index 9f25cb1..f273949 100644
--- a/examples/photo-album/memserver/fixtures/photos.js
+++ b/examples/photo-album/memserver/fixtures/photos.js
@@ -1,2 +1,17 @@
 export default [
+  {
+    id: 1,
+    name: 'Ski trip',
+    href: 'ski-trip.jpeg'
+  },
+  {
+    id: 2,
+    name: 'Family photo',
+    href: 'family-photo.jpeg'
+  },
+  {
+    id: 3,
+    name: 'Selfie',
+    href: 'selfie.jpeg'
+  }
 ];
diff --git a/examples/photo-album/memserver/models/photo.js b/examples/photo-album/memserver/models/photo.js
index aef72a0..3027ed6 100644
--- a/examples/photo-album/memserver/models/photo.js
+++ b/examples/photo-album/memserver/models/photo.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { Model } from 'memserver';
+import Model from '../../../../lib/mem-server/model';
 
-export default Model.extend({
+export default Object.assign(Model, {
 
 });
diff --git a/examples/photo-album/package.json b/examples/photo-album/package.json
index 281cdac..c31fd3d 100644
--- a/examples/photo-album/package.json
+++ b/examples/photo-album/package.json
@@ -7,5 +7,16 @@
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
   "author": "",
-  "license": "ISC"
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@std/esm": "^0.12.1",
+    "core-object": "^3.1.5",
+    "ember-inflector": "^2.0.1"
+  },
+  "@std/esm": {
+    "esm": "all"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "pryjs": "^1.0.3"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index c10d185..70831c9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-// require('@std/esm');
-// pry = require('pryjs');
+require('@std/esm');
 
 const ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE = typeof global === 'object';
 const ENVIRONMENT_IS_BROWSER = !ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE;
-const chalk = require('chalk');
 
+const chalk = require('chalk');
 const JSDOM = require('jsdom').JSDOM;
 const dom = new JSDOM(`<p>Hello</p>`, { url: 'http://localhost' });
 
@@ -15,14 +14,14 @@ window.FakeXMLHttpRequest = require('fake-xml-http-request');
 window.RouteRecognizer = require('route-recognizer');
 window.$ = require('jquery');
 
-window.self = window;
+// window.self = window; // NOTE: maybe removing this is dangerous
 global.self = window.self;
 
 require('pretender');
 
-// register models
+import MemServer from './lib/mem-server.js';
 
-// register fixtures
+export default MemServer;
 
 // scenario starts
 
@@ -30,56 +29,56 @@ require('pretender');
 
 // register routes
 
-let PHOTOS = {
-  '10': {
-    id: 10,
-    src: 'http://media.giphy.com/media/UdqUo8xvEcvgA/giphy.gif'
-  },
-  '42': {
-    id: 42,
-    src: 'http://media0.giphy.com/media/Ko2pyD26RdYRi/giphy.gif'
-  }
-};
-
-let server = new window.Pretender(function(){
-  this.get('/photos', (request) => {
-    var all =  JSON.stringify(Object.keys(PHOTOS).map((k) => PHOTOS[k]));
-    return [200, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, all];
-  });
-
-  this.get('/photos/:id', (request) => {
-    return [200, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, JSON.stringify(PHOTOS[request.params.id])];
-  });
-
-  this.get('/lol', this.passthrough);
-});
-
-server.handledRequest = function(verb, path, request) {
-  console.log(chalk.cyan('MemServer'), chalk.green('[HANDLED]'), verb, path, colorStatusCode(request.status));
-  console.log(JSON.parse(request.responseText));
-}
-
-server.passthroughRequest = function(verb, path, request) {
-  console.log(chalk.cyan('MemServer'), chalk.yellow('[PASSTHROUGH]'), verb, path);
-}
-
-server.unhandledRequest = function(verb, path, request) {
-  console.log(chalk.cyan('MemServer'), chalk.red('[UNHANDLED REQUEST]', verb, path));
-  console.log('REQUEST:');
-  console.log(request);
-}
-
-function colorStatusCode(statusCode) {
-  if (statusCode === 200 || statusCode === 201) {
-    return chalk.green(statusCode);
-  }
-
-  return chalk.red(statusCode);
-}
-
-
-window.$.getJSON('/photos/10');
-window.$.getJSON('/lol');
+// let PHOTOS = {
+//   '10': {
+//     id: 10,
+//     src: 'http://media.giphy.com/media/UdqUo8xvEcvgA/giphy.gif'
+//   },
+//   '42': {
+//     id: 42,
+//     src: 'http://media0.giphy.com/media/Ko2pyD26RdYRi/giphy.gif'
+//   }
+// };
+
+// let server = new window.Pretender(function(){
+//   this.get('/photos', (request) => {
+//     var all =  JSON.stringify(Object.keys(PHOTOS).map((k) => PHOTOS[k]));
+//     return [200, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, all];
+//   });
+//
+//   this.get('/photos/:id', (request) => {
+//     return [200, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, JSON.stringify(PHOTOS[request.params.id])];
+//   });
+//
+//   this.get('/lol', this.passthrough);
+// });
+//
+// server.handledRequest = function(verb, path, request) {
+//   console.log(chalk.cyan('MemServer'), chalk.green('[HANDLED]'), verb, path, colorStatusCode(request.status));
+//   console.log(JSON.parse(request.responseText));
+// }
+//
+// server.passthroughRequest = function(verb, path, request) {
+//   console.log(chalk.cyan('MemServer'), chalk.yellow('[PASSTHROUGH]'), verb, path);
+// }
+//
+// server.unhandledRequest = function(verb, path, request) {
+//   console.log(chalk.cyan('MemServer'), chalk.red('[UNHANDLED REQUEST]', verb, path));
+//   console.log('REQUEST:');
+//   console.log(request);
+// }
+
+// function colorStatusCode(statusCode) {
+//   if (statusCode === 200 || statusCode === 201) {
+//     return chalk.green(statusCode);
+//   }
+//
+//   return chalk.red(statusCode);
+// }
+//
+//
+// window.$.getJSON('/photos/10');
+// window.$.getJSON('/lol');
 
 // setTimeout(() => console.log('done'), 10000);
 
diff --git a/lib/mem-server.js b/lib/mem-server.js
index 5f60700..ef14a0e 100644
--- a/lib/mem-server.js
+++ b/lib/mem-server.js
@@ -1,24 +1,51 @@
-export function start(options) {
-  // read current path to see if there is memserver
-
-  const MemServer = {
-    DB: {},
-    Models: {},
-    Pretender: {},
-    Routes: [],
-    start() {
-
-    },
-    shutdown() {
-      
-    }
+import fs from 'fs';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import stringUtils from 'ember-cli-string-utils';
+
+const inflect = require('i')(); // NOTE: make this ES6 import
+
+if (!fs.existsSync('memserver')) {
+  throw new Error(chalk.red('/memserver folder doesn\'t exist for this directory!'));
+}
+
+const modelFileNames = fs.readdirSync('memserver/models');
+const Models = modelFileNames.reduce((result, modelFileName) => {
+  const ModelName = stringUtils.classify(modelFileName.slice(0, -3));
+
+  result[ModelName] = require(`./memserver/models/${modelFileName}`).default; // NOTE: make this ES6 import
+  result[ModelName].modelName = ModelName;
+  return result;
+}, {});
+
+const DB = Object.keys(Models).reduce((result, modelName) => {
+  console.log('modelName is', modelName);
+  const fileName = stringUtils.dasherize(inflect.pluralize(modelName));
+  console.log('fileName is', fileName);
+  const path = `./memserver/fixtures/${fileName}.js`;
+
+  if (fs.existsSync(path)) {
+    result[modelName] = require(path).default; // NOTE: make this ES6 import
+    // TODO: maybe check ids must exist and all of them are integers
   }
 
+  return result;
+}, {});
 
 
-  return MemServer
-}
+export default {
+  DB: DB,
+  Models: Models,
+  Pretender: {},
+  Routes: [],
+  start(options) {
+    delete this.start;
+    
+    return this;
+  },
+  shutdown() {
 
+  }
+}
 
 
 // BUILD A CLI
diff --git a/lib/mem-server/model.js b/lib/mem-server/model.js
index 0df9248..6c2a937 100644
--- a/lib/mem-server/model.js
+++ b/lib/mem-server/model.js
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+// NOTE: make this an Ember.Object.extend
+// import EmberObject from 'core-object';
+
 export default {
+  modelName: '',
   insert(options) {
 
   },
@@ -8,7 +12,7 @@ export default {
   find(id) {
 
   },
-  where(options) {
+  findAll(options) {
 
   },
   findBy(options) {
@@ -20,10 +24,7 @@ export default {
   destroy(record) {
 
   },
-  all() {
+  serialize(objectOrArray) {
 
-  },
-  serialize() {
-    
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b0a30cf..d6ad04c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "in-memory database/ORM and http mock server you can run in-browser and node environments. Built for large frontend teams, fast tests and rapid prototyping",
   "main": "index.js",
-  "license": "MIT",
+  "license": "ISC",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/izelnakri/memserver.git"
   },
   "author": "",
-  "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "@std/esm": "^0.12.1",
     "chalk": "^2.2.0",
-    "ember": "^1.0.3",
+    "core-object": "^3.1.5",
+    "ember-cli-string-utils": "^1.1.0",
     "ember-inflector": "^2.0.1",
     "fake-xml-http-request": "^1.6.0",
+    "i": "^0.3.6",
     "jsdom": "^11.3.0",
     "pretender": "^1.6.0",
     "route-recognizer": "^0.3.3"
@@ -26,5 +27,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "jquery": "^3.2.1",
     "pryjs": "^1.0.3"
+  },
+  "@std/esm": {
+    "esm": "all"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b5c5d4d..e02c1de 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ chalk@^1.1.3:
     strip-ansi "^3.0.0"
     supports-color "^2.0.0"
 
-chalk@^2.2.0:
+chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.2.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-2.2.0.tgz#477b3bf2f9b8fd5ca9e429747e37f724ee7af240"
   dependencies:
@@ -825,6 +825,12 @@ core-js@^2.4.0, core-js@^2.5.0:
   version "2.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js/-/core-js-2.5.1.tgz#ae6874dc66937789b80754ff5428df66819ca50b"
 
+core-object@^3.1.5:
+  version "3.1.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-object/-/core-object-3.1.5.tgz#fa627b87502adc98045e44678e9a8ec3b9c0d2a9"
+  dependencies:
+    chalk "^2.0.0"
+
 core-util-is@1.0.2, core-util-is@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-util-is/-/core-util-is-1.0.2.tgz#b5fd54220aa2bc5ab57aab7140c940754503c1a7"
@@ -913,6 +919,10 @@ ember-cli-babel@^6.0.0:
     clone "^2.0.0"
     ember-cli-version-checker "^2.0.0"
 
+ember-cli-string-utils@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember-cli-string-utils/-/ember-cli-string-utils-1.1.0.tgz#39b677fc2805f55173735376fcef278eaa4452a1"
+
 ember-cli-version-checker@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember-cli-version-checker/-/ember-cli-version-checker-2.1.0.tgz#fc79a56032f3717cf844ada7cbdec1a06fedb604"
@@ -930,10 +940,6 @@ ember-rfc176-data@^0.3.0:
   version "0.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember-rfc176-data/-/ember-rfc176-data-0.3.0.tgz#6aee728cb521c5f80710990965027b9c320f6f08"
 
-ember@^1.0.3:
-  version "1.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ember/-/ember-1.0.3.tgz#783670495ce15fc5f4a36534b2f50e7fec60c0b0"
-
 ensure-posix-path@^1.0.0, ensure-posix-path@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ensure-posix-path/-/ensure-posix-path-1.0.2.tgz#a65b3e42d0b71cfc585eb774f9943c8d9b91b0c2"
@@ -1134,6 +1140,10 @@ http-signature@~1.2.0:
     jsprim "^1.2.2"
     sshpk "^1.7.0"
 
+i@^0.3.6:
+  version "0.3.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/i/-/i-0.3.6.tgz#d96c92732076f072711b6b10fd7d4f65ad8ee23d"
+
 iconv-lite@0.4.13:
   version "0.4.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.13.tgz#1f88aba4ab0b1508e8312acc39345f36e992e2f2"