diff --git a/src/util/make_model.js b/src/util/make_model.js
index 145bf14..77d6fb0 100644
--- a/src/util/make_model.js
+++ b/src/util/make_model.js
@@ -31,14 +31,20 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 		endpoint_type: options.endpoint.startsWith('/rpc') ? 'function' : 'relation',
 		// query part
 		selects: options.selects,
+		wheres: options.wheres,
 		order: options.order
 	}
 
 	// private model cache & meta-info
 	let _cache = {
+		// upstream (data) cache
 		data: null,
 		count: null,
-		upstream_limit: null
+		upstream_limit: null,
+
+		// local cache
+		ambient: null,
+		last_ambient: null,
 	}
 
 	// some random variables to make things work
@@ -46,15 +52,35 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 	let _promise = null
 
 	// construct the model
-	return {
+	let _model = {
 		// reflection methods
 		configs() { return _configs },
 		cache() { return _cache },
 		data(offset=0, limit=Infinity) { return _cache.data && _cache.data.slice(offset, offset+limit) || [] },
+		ambient_changed() {
+			return _cache.ambient != _cache.last_ambient
+		},
+		reset() {
+			let ambient_queries = [
+				...(_configs.selects ? _configs.selects : []),
+				...(_configs.wheres ? _configs.wheres.map(query => ({label: query.label, op: query.op, value: typeof query.value == 'function' ? query.value() : query.value})) : []),
+				...(_configs.order ? _configs.order : [])
+			]
+
+			_cache.last_ambient = _cache.ambient
+			_cache.ambient =JSON.stringify(ambient_queries)
+
+			if (this.ambient_changed()) {
+				_cache.data = []
+				_cache.count = null
+				_cache.upstream_limit = null
+				_xhr = null
+				//this.fully_loaded = false
+			}
+		},
 
 		// main methods
 		select(offset=0, limit=Infinity) {
-			// initialize data (singular or plural)
 			_cache.data = _cache.data || []
 
 			// normalize limit
@@ -80,13 +106,14 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 				config: xhr => _xhr = xhr,
 				queries: [
 					// transform model state to postgest queries
-					//...ambient_queries,
 					// selects
 					...(_configs.selects ? [{
 						label: 'select',
 						value: _configs.selects.map(select => select.alias ? select.alias + ':' + select.label : select.label).join(',')
 					}] : []),
 
+					...(_configs.wheres ? _configs.wheres : []),
+
 					// order
 					...(_configs.order ? [{
 						label: 'order',
@@ -102,89 +129,57 @@ export default (options={}) => {
 					// limit/offset
 					offset == 0 ? undefined : {label: 'offset', value: offset},
 					limit == Infinity ? undefined : {label: 'limit', value: limit}
-					]
-				}).then(response => {
-					// gather begin/end/count
-					let [_range, _count] = _xhr.getResponseHeader('content-range').split('/')
-					let [_begin, _end] = _range.split('-').map(v => ~~v)
-
-					// update count if presented
-					if (_count != '*') _cache.count = _count
-
-					// see if an upstream limit is exposed
-					if (_end - _begin + 1 < limit) _cache.upstream_limit = _end - _begin + 1
-
-					// fill the data cache
-					response.forEach((data, i) => {
-						// process values
-						_configs.selects && _configs.selects
-							.filter(select => select.processor)
-							.forEach(select => data[select.alias || select.label] = select.processor(data[select.alias || select.label]))
-
-						// save the data
-						_cache.data[_begin + i] = data
-					})
-
-					// assert offset/limit and returned range
-					if (offset != _begin || _end - _begin + 1 > limit)
-						throw 'The request and response data range mismatches!'
-					if (_end - _begin + 1 < limit)
-						console.warn('The response range is narrower than requested, probably due to an upstream hard limit.')
-
-					// clean model state
-					_promise = null
-
-					// return data
-					return _cache.data.slice(_begin, _end + 1)
+				]
+			}).then(response => {
+				// gather begin/end/count
+				let [_range, _count] = _xhr.getResponseHeader('content-range').split('/')
+				let [_begin, _end] = _range.split('-').map(v => ~~v)
+
+				// update count if presented
+				if (_count != '*') _cache.count = _count
+
+				// see if an upstream limit is exposed
+				if (_end - _begin + 1 < limit) _cache.upstream_limit = _end - _begin + 1
+
+				// fill the data cache
+				response.forEach((data, i) => {
+					// process values
+					_configs.selects && _configs.selects
+						.filter(select => select.processor)
+						.forEach(select => data[select.alias || select.label] = select.processor(data[select.alias || select.label]))
+
+					// save the data
+					_cache.data[_begin + i] = data
 				})
 
+				// assert offset/limit and returned range
+				if (offset != _begin || _end - _begin + 1 > limit)
+					throw 'The request and response data range mismatches!'
+				if (_end - _begin + 1 < limit)
+					console.warn('The response range is narrower than requested, probably due to an upstream hard limit.')
+
+				// clean model state
+				_promise = null
+				this.reset()
+
+				// return data
+				return _cache.data.slice(_begin, _end + 1)
+			})
+
 			return _promise
 		}
 	}
+
+	_model.reset()
+	return _model
 }
 
 export const default1 = (args) => {
 	// private model configs
-	let _configs = {
-		queries: args.queries || [],
-	}
 	return {
 		// model & model state
 		fully_loaded: false,
 
-		// ambient
-		ambient: null,
-		last_ambient: null,
-		ambient_changed() {
-			return this.ambient != this.last_ambient
-		},
-		reset() {
-			// assemble queries for api.request
-			let ambient_queries = [
-				...(_configs.selects ? [{label: 'select', value: Array.from(_configs.selects, ([label, config]) => config.alias ? config.alias + ':' + label : label).join(',')}] : []),
-				...(_configs.queries ? _configs.queries.map(query => ({label: query.label, op: query.op, value: typeof query.value == 'function' ? query.value() : query.value})) : []),
-				...(_configs.order ? [{label: 'order', value: _configs.order.map(o => [o.label, o.direction, o.nulls ? 'nulls'+o.nulls : ''].filter(a => a).join('.')).join(',')}] : [])
-			]
-
-			this.last_ambient = this.ambient
-			this.ambient =JSON.stringify(ambient_queries)
-
-			if (this.ambient_changed()) {
-				this.list = []
-				this.count = null
-				this.fully_loaded = false
-				this.xhr = null
-			}
-
-			return ambient_queries
-		},
-
-		// load data
-		load(args) {
-			let ambient_queries = this.reset()
-			// now the hard work
-		},
-
 		// load full model if privileged
 		load_full() {
 			this.reset()