diff --git a/lib/her/model/associations/association.rb b/lib/her/model/associations/association.rb
index 81fdeb96..99775f29 100644
--- a/lib/her/model/associations/association.rb
+++ b/lib/her/model/associations/association.rb
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ def fetch(opts = {})
           return @parent.attributes[@name] unless @params.any? || @parent.attributes[@name].blank?
 
           path = build_association_path lambda { "#{@parent.request_path(@params)}#{@opts[:path]}" }
-          @klass.get(path, @params).tap do |result|
-            @cached_result = result unless @params.any?
+          result = if opts[:as] == :collection
+            @klass.get_collection(path, @params)
+          else
+            @klass.get(path, @params)
           end
+          result.tap { |r| @cached_result = r unless @params.any? }
         end
 
         # @private
diff --git a/lib/her/model/associations/has_many_association.rb b/lib/her/model/associations/has_many_association.rb
index 63cef796..f846ee5a 100644
--- a/lib/her/model/associations/has_many_association.rb
+++ b/lib/her/model/associations/has_many_association.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def create(attributes = {})
 
         # @private
         def fetch
-          super.tap do |o|
+           super(as: :collection).tap do |o|
             inverse_of = @opts[:inverse_of] || @parent.singularized_resource_name
             o.each { |entry| entry.send("#{inverse_of}=", @parent) }
           end
diff --git a/spec/model/associations_spec.rb b/spec/model/associations_spec.rb
index a3bf3f68..cdc68aaa 100644
--- a/spec/model/associations_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/model/associations_spec.rb
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
         builder.adapter :test do |stub|
           stub.get("/users/1") { |env| [200, {}, { :id => 1, :name => "Tobias Fünke", :comments => [{ :comment => { :id => 2, :body => "Tobias, you blow hard!", :user_id => 1 } }, { :comment => { :id => 3, :body => "I wouldn't mind kissing that man between the cheeks, so to speak", :user_id => 1 } }], :role => { :id => 1, :body => "Admin" }, :organization => { :id => 1, :name => "Bluth Company" }, :organization_id => 1 }.to_json] }
           stub.get("/users/2") { |env| [200, {}, { :id => 2, :name => "Lindsay Fünke", :organization_id => 2 }.to_json] }
+          stub.get("/users/3/comments") { |env| [200, {}, nil]}
           stub.get("/users/1/comments") { |env| [200, {}, [{ :comment => { :id => 4, :body => "They're having a FIRESALE?" } }].to_json] }
           stub.get("/users/2/comments") { |env| [200, {}, [{ :comment => { :id => 4, :body => "They're having a FIRESALE?" } }, { :comment => { :id => 5, :body => "Is this the tiny town from Footloose?" } }].to_json] }
           stub.get("/users/2/comments/5") { |env| [200, {}, { :comment => { :id => 5, :body => "Is this the tiny town from Footloose?" } }.to_json] }
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@
     let(:user_with_included_data_after_create) { Foo::User.create }
     let(:user_with_included_data_after_save_existing) { Foo::User.save_existing(5, :name => "Clancy Brown") }
     let(:user_with_included_data_after_destroy) { Foo::User.new(:id => 5).destroy }
+    let(:user_with_no_comments) { Foo::User.new(id: 3)}
     let(:comment_without_included_parent_data) { Foo::Comment.new(:id => 7, :user_id => 1) }
 
     it "maps an array of included data through has_many" do
@@ -245,6 +247,12 @@
       params[:comments].length.should eq(2)
     end
 
+    it 'responds properly to blank?' do
+      @user_with_included_data.comments.should_not be_blank
+      user_with_no_comments.comments.should be_blank
+    end
+
+
     [:create, :save_existing, :destroy].each do |type|
       context "after #{type}" do
         let(:subject) { self.send("user_with_included_data_after_#{type}")}