diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index a07d02b..b6a3f5c 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "axios": "^0.16.1",
     "babel-polyfill": "^6.23.0",
+    "jsonapi-serializer": "^3.5.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "object-path-immutable": "^0.5.1",
     "react": "^15.4.2",
diff --git a/client/src/components/Categories/CategoryEdit.js b/client/src/components/Categories/CategoryEdit.js
index 525cd5d..d3712f9 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Categories/CategoryEdit.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Categories/CategoryEdit.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class CategoryEdit extends Component {
           <Link to={`/categories`}>Back to Categories</Link>
         </p>
 
-        <h2>{ isNew ? 'New Category' : category.attributes.name }</h2>
+        <h2>{ isNew ? 'New Category' : category.name }</h2>
 
         <pre>{ JSON.stringify(category, null, 2) }</pre>
       </div>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Categories/CategoryList.js b/client/src/components/Categories/CategoryList.js
index 97a56d4..b8a6ba0 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Categories/CategoryList.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Categories/CategoryList.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class CategoryList extends Component {
       <div>
         {categories.data.map(category =>
           <div key={category.id}>
-            <Link to={`/categories/${category.id}`}>{category.attributes.name}</Link>
+            <Link to={`/categories/${category.id}`}>{category.name}</Link>
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Posts/PostEdit.js b/client/src/components/Posts/PostEdit.js
index 6ce9e4c..99c2af4 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Posts/PostEdit.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Posts/PostEdit.js
@@ -28,27 +28,11 @@ export class PostEdit extends Component {
 
   onSubmit = (values) => {
     const { params, post, categories, createResource, updateResource, redirectToIndex } = this.props;
-    const relationships = {
-      category: {
-        data: {
-          type: 'categories',
-        }
-      },
-    };
-
-    values.relationships.category.data.type = 'categories';
 
-    // TODO find better way to manage new/edit payload
-    const payload = omit({
+    const payload = {
       id: post.id,
-      relationships,
       ...values,
-      type: 'posts',
-    },
-      'links',
-      'relationships.category.links',
-      'relationships.comments'
-    );
+    };
 
     if (!params.id) {
       createResource(payload).then(redirectToIndex);
@@ -72,7 +56,7 @@ export class PostEdit extends Component {
           <Link to={`/posts`}>Back to Posts</Link>
         </p>
 
-        <h2>{ isNew ? 'New Post' : post.attributes.title }</h2>
+        <h2>{ isNew ? 'New Post' : post.title }</h2>
 
         { !isNew &&
           <p>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Posts/PostForm.js b/client/src/components/Posts/PostForm.js
index 83bf632..b33098b 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Posts/PostForm.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Posts/PostForm.js
@@ -10,20 +10,20 @@ class PostForm extends Component {
 
     const categoriesOptions = categories.map(category => ({
       id: category.id,
-      name: category.attributes.name,
+      name: category.name,
     }));
 
     return (
       <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
         <div>
-          <Field name="attributes.title" component={InputField} />
+          <Field name="title" component={InputField} />
         </div>
         <div>
-          <Field name="relationships.category.data.id" component={SelectField}
+          <Field name="category.id" component={SelectField}
                  options={categoriesOptions} />
         </div>
         <div>
-          <Field name="attributes.body" component={TextArea} rows="10" />
+          <Field name="body" component={TextArea} rows="10" />
         </div>
         <div>
           <button type="submit" disabled={pristine || submitting}>Submit</button>
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ class PostForm extends Component {
 
 const validate = values => {
   const errors = required(values,
-    'attributes.title',
-    'relationships.category.data.id',
-    'attributes.body'
+    'title',
+    'category.id',
+    'body'
   );
   return errors;
 };
diff --git a/client/src/components/Posts/PostList.js b/client/src/components/Posts/PostList.js
index 1c49560..722886a 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Posts/PostList.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Posts/PostList.js
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ export class PostList extends Component {
   }
 
   getCategoryForPost(post) {
-    const categoryId = get(post, 'relationships.category.data.id');
-    return this.props.categoriesById[categoryId] || { attributes: {} };
+    const categoryId = String(get(post, 'category.id'));
+    return this.props.categoriesById[categoryId] || {};
   }
 
   fetchPage = (url) => (e) => {
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ export class PostList extends Component {
 
   onFilter = (filter) => {
     this.props.fetchPosts(filter);
-  }
+  };
 
   render() {
-    const { posts, categoriesById, categories } = this.props;
+    const { posts, categories } = this.props;
     const { prev, next } = posts.links;
 
     return (
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ export class PostList extends Component {
         <PostListFilter onSubmit={this.onFilter} categories={categories}></PostListFilter>
         {posts.data.map(post =>
           <div key={post.id}>
-            <Link to={`/posts/${post.id}`}>{post.attributes.title}</Link>
-            ({this.getCategoryForPost(post).attributes.name})
+            <Link to={`/posts/${post.id}`}>{post.title}</Link>
+            ({this.getCategoryForPost(post).name})
           </div>
         )}
         <p>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Posts/PostListFilter.js b/client/src/components/Posts/PostListFilter.js
index 7ce2b66..86188c5 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Posts/PostListFilter.js
+++ b/client/src/components/Posts/PostListFilter.js
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ class PostListFilter extends Component {
 
     const categoriesOptions = categories.map(category => ({
       id: category.id,
-      name: category.attributes.name,
+      name: category.name,
     }));
-    categoriesOptions.unshift({ id: "", name: 'All categories'})
+
+    categoriesOptions.unshift({
+      id: '',
+      name: 'All categories'
+    });
 
     return (
       <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
diff --git a/client/src/store/api/__snapshots__/normalize.spec.js.snap b/client/src/store/api/__snapshots__/normalize.spec.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c59759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/store/api/__snapshots__/normalize.spec.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`normalize categories denormalize 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "data": Object {
+    "attributes": Object {
+      "name": "Category 11",
+    },
+    "id": "11",
+    "type": "categories",
+  },
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`normalize categories normalize 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "id": "11",
+  "name": "Category 11",
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`normalize posts denormalize 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "data": Object {
+    "attributes": Object {
+      "body": "Body 1",
+      "title": "Title 1",
+    },
+    "id": "1",
+    "relationships": Object {
+      "category": Object {
+        "data": Object {
+          "id": "11",
+          "type": "categories",
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    "type": "posts",
+  },
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`normalize posts normalize 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "body": "Body 1",
+  "category": Object {
+    "id": "11",
+    "name": undefined,
+  },
+  "id": "1",
+  "title": "Title 1",
+}
+`;
diff --git a/client/src/store/api/client.js b/client/src/store/api/client.js
index 7f0e00f..9a2ece1 100644
--- a/client/src/store/api/client.js
+++ b/client/src/store/api/client.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import qs from 'qs';
 import axios from 'axios';
-import { isEmpty, toArray } from 'lodash';
+import { get, isEmpty, toArray } from 'lodash';
+
+import { denormalize, normalize, normalizeEach } from './normalize';
 
 export const GET_ONE = 'GET_ONE';
 export const GET_LIST = 'GET_LIST';
@@ -26,6 +28,11 @@ export default (request, payload, meta) => {
     url = `${meta.key}`,
   } = meta;
 
+  const normalizeResponse = response => Promise.all([
+      normalize(meta.key, get(response, 'data')),
+      normalizeEach(get(response, 'data.included')),
+    ]).then(([data, included]) => ({...response.data, data, included}));
+
   const params = payload;
 
   switch(request) {
@@ -33,14 +40,15 @@ export default (request, payload, meta) => {
       return client({
         url: withParams(url),
         method: 'POST',
-        data: { data: payload },
+        data: denormalize(meta.key, payload),
       }).then(response => response.data);
-    case UPDATE:
+    case UPDATE: {
       return client({
         url: withParams(`${url}/${payload.id}`),
         method: 'PUT',
-        data: { data: payload },
+        data: denormalize(meta.key, payload),
       }).then(response => response.data);
+    }
     case DELETE:
       return client({
         url: withParams(`${url}/${payload.id}`),
@@ -51,12 +59,12 @@ export default (request, payload, meta) => {
         url: withParams(`${url}/${payload.id}`, params),
         method: 'GET',
         data: JSON.stringify(payload),
-      }).then(response => response.data);
+      }).then(normalizeResponse);
     default:
       return client({
         url: withParams(`${url}`, params),
         method: 'GET',
         data: JSON.stringify(payload),
-      }).then(response => response.data);
+      }).then(normalizeResponse);
   }
 };
diff --git a/client/src/store/api/normalize.js b/client/src/store/api/normalize.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b162b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/store/api/normalize.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { omit } from 'lodash';
+import { Deserializer, Serializer } from 'jsonapi-serializer';
+
+const serializers = {
+  categories: {
+    serializer: new Serializer('categories', {
+      attributes: [
+        'name',
+      ],
+    }),
+    deserializer: new Deserializer({}),
+  },
+
+  posts: {
+    serializer: new Serializer('posts', {
+      attributes: [
+        'title',
+        'body',
+        'category',
+      ],
+      category: {
+        ref: 'id',
+        included: false,
+        attributes: ['name'],
+      }
+    }),
+    deserializer: new Deserializer({
+      categories: {
+        valueForRelationship: (relationship) => ({
+          id: relationship.id,
+          name: relationship.name,
+        }),
+      }
+    }),
+  },
+};
+
+export const normalize = (type, data) => serializers[type].deserializer.deserialize(data);
+
+export const normalizeEach = (items = []) => items.map(item => serializers[item.type].deserializer.deserialize({data: item}));
+
+export const denormalize = (type, data) => {
+  const res = serializers[type].serializer.serialize(data);
+  return data.id ? res : omit(res, 'data.id');
+};
diff --git a/client/src/store/api/normalize.spec.js b/client/src/store/api/normalize.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fe681f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/store/api/normalize.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { denormalize, normalize } from './normalize';
+
+const testNormalize = (type, values) => {
+  describe(type, () => {
+    it('denormalize', () => {
+      expect(denormalize(type, values)).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    it('normalize', async () => {
+      return (normalize(type, denormalize(type, values)))
+        .then(res => expect(res).toMatchSnapshot());
+    });
+  });
+};
+
+describe('normalize', () => {
+  testNormalize('categories', {
+    id: 11,
+    name: 'Category 11',
+  });
+
+  testNormalize('posts', {
+    id: 1,
+    title: 'Title 1',
+    body: 'Body 1',
+    category: {
+      id: 11,
+      name: 'Category 11',
+    },
+  });
+});