diff --git a/core/server/helpers/prev_next.js b/core/server/helpers/prev_next.js
index 8798b82747..6ba4d7e8ca 100644
--- a/core/server/helpers/prev_next.js
+++ b/core/server/helpers/prev_next.js
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ var api             = require('../api'),
     Promise         = require('bluebird'),
     fetch, prevNext;
 
-fetch = function (options) {
-    return api.posts.read(options).then(function (result) {
+fetch = function (apiOptions, options) {
+    return api.posts.read(apiOptions).then(function (result) {
         var related = result.posts[0];
+
         if (related.previous) {
             return options.fn(related.previous);
         } else if (related.next) {
@@ -26,10 +27,14 @@ fetch = function (options) {
 
 prevNext =  function (options) {
     options = options || {};
-    options.include = options.name === 'prev_post' ? 'previous' : 'next';
+
+    var apiOptions = {
+        include: options.name === 'prev_post' ? 'previous' : 'next'
+    };
+
     if (schema.isPost(this)) {
-        options.slug = this.slug;
-        return fetch(options);
+        apiOptions.slug = this.slug;
+        return fetch(apiOptions, options);
     } else {
         return Promise.resolve(options.inverse(this));
     }
diff --git a/core/server/models/base.js b/core/server/models/base.js
index 13b353210a..06e33b64a6 100644
--- a/core/server/models/base.js
+++ b/core/server/models/base.js
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ ghostBookshelf.Model = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
         var attrs = _.extend({}, this.attributes),
             self = this;
         options = options || {};
+        options = _.pick(options, ['shallow', 'baseKey', 'include', 'context']);
 
         if (options && options.shallow) {
             return attrs;
@@ -150,9 +151,9 @@ ghostBookshelf.Model = ghostBookshelf.Model.extend({
         _.each(this.relations, function (relation, key) {
             if (key.substring(0, 7) !== '_pivot_') {
                 // if include is set, expand to full object
-                var fullKey = _.isEmpty(options.name) ? key : options.name + '.' + key;
+                var fullKey = _.isEmpty(options.baseKey) ? key : options.baseKey + '.' + key;
                 if (_.contains(self.include, fullKey)) {
-                    attrs[key] = relation.toJSON(_.extend({}, options, {name: fullKey, include: self.include}));
+                    attrs[key] = relation.toJSON(_.extend({}, options, {baseKey: fullKey, include: self.include}));
                 }
             }
         });