diff --git a/src/util/make_model.js b/src/util/make_model.js
index 0cce306..eb20761 100644
--- a/src/util/make_model.js
+++ b/src/util/make_model.js
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 	}
 
 	// some random variables to make things work
-	let _xhr = null
-	let _promise = null
+	let _state = {
+		xhr: null,
+		promise: null,
+		loading: false
+	}
 
 	// construct the model
 	let _model = {
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 				_cache.data = []
 				_cache.count = null
 				_cache.upstream_limit = null
-				_xhr = null
+				_state.xhr = null
 				//this.fully_loaded = false
 			}
 		},
@@ -91,8 +94,8 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 
 			// be lazy 2: if there is a promise, return it if ambient matches or
 			// cancel it
-			if (_promise != null)
-				return _promise
+			if (_state.promise != null)
+				return _state.promise
 
 			// TODO
 			// ambient = select + order + limit/offset
@@ -100,13 +103,13 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 			// current promise
 
 			// now the hard work
-			_promise = _configs.api.request({
+			_state.promise = _configs.api.request({
 				method: 'GET',
 				url: _configs.endpoint,
 				headers: _cache.count == null ? {
 					Prefer: 'count=exact'
 				} : {},
-				config: xhr => _xhr = xhr,
+				config: xhr => _state.xhr = xhr,
 				queries: [
 					// transform model state to postgest queries
 					// selects
@@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 				]
 			}).then(response => {
 				// gather begin/end/count
-				let [_range, _count] = _xhr.getResponseHeader('content-range').split('/')
+				let [_range, _count] = _state.xhr.getResponseHeader('content-range').split('/')
 				let [_begin, _end] = _range.split('-').map(v => ~~v)
 
 				// update count if presented
@@ -162,14 +165,14 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 					console.warn('The response range is narrower than requested, probably due to an upstream hard limit.')
 
 				// clean model state
-				_promise = null
+				_state.promise = null
 				this.reset()
 
 				// return data
 				return _cache.data.slice(_begin, _end + 1)
 			})
 
-			return _promise
+			return _state.promise
 		},
 
     select_all() {
@@ -179,10 +182,10 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 
 			// be lazy 2: if there is a promise, return it if ambient matches or
 			// cancel it
-			if (_promise != null)
-				return _promise
+			if (_state.promise != null)
+				return _state.promise
 
-			_promise = _configs.api.request({
+			_state.promise = _configs.api.request({
 				method: 'POST',
 				url: '/rpc/select_all',
 				body: {
@@ -203,11 +206,11 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 				})
 
 				// clean state
-				_promise = null
+				_state.promise = null
 				this.reset()
 			})
 
-			return _promise
+			return _state.promise
 		},
 
 		export(options={}) {