diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index a935db3..582252c 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   ],
   "plugins": [
     "transform-runtime",
-    "external-helpers"
+    "external-helpers",
+    "array-includes"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b696acc..a166037 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ test:
 coverage test-coverage code-coverage:
 	# if there's no instance source maps files then build the files with source maps
 	@[ -f ./dist/index.js.map ] || (echo "building files with source maps" && make build-source-maps)
-	NODE_ENV="test" nyc make test -- --verbose
+	NODE_ENV="test" nyc --silent -- ava --verbose --no-cache
+
 
 # These commands only run the report of the code coverage
 report-coverage report-code-coverage:
@@ -69,7 +70,13 @@ report-coverage report-code-coverage:
 
 # The command the ci server runs
 ci:
-	make lint build-source-maps coverage -i
+	make lint build-source-maps -i
+	# if the tests fail then it will exit with an error
+	make coverage || exit 1
+	# show the coverage report
+	nyc report
+	# check check-coverage and if it fails then exit
+	nyc check-coverage --statements 95 --functions 95 --lines 95 || exit 1
 
 # "patch", "minor", "major", "prepatch",
 VERS ?= "patch"
diff --git a/app/base.js b/app/base.js
index 031aa00..21bdd8d 100644
--- a/app/base.js
+++ b/app/base.js
@@ -12,14 +12,17 @@ export default class Base extends Logger {
   /// @raw-code
   constructor(options = {}) {
     super(options);
+    const root = process.cwd();
     this.options = to.extend({
-      root: process.cwd(),
+      root,
       log: true,
       verbose: false,
       timestamp: true,
     }, this.options || {});
     this.options = to.extend(this.options, options);
 
+    this.options.root = path.resolve(root, this.options.root);
+
     if (this.options.verbose) {
       this.options.log = true;
     }
diff --git a/app/models.js b/app/models.js
index 672cb62..776d03a 100644
--- a/app/models.js
+++ b/app/models.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { set, get, find } from 'lodash';
 import to, { is } from 'to-js';
 import { transform } from 'babel-core';
 import globby from 'globby';
+import findRoot from 'find-root';
 
 ////
 /// @name Models
@@ -64,14 +65,27 @@ export default class Models extends Base {
       return;
     }
 
-    const dir = path.join(__dirname.split('node_modules')[0], '..');
-    let file = await globby(this.resolvePaths(babel_config, dir), { dot: true });
+    let file = [ process.cwd(), this.options.root ]
+      .reduce((prev, next) => {
+        try {
+          return prev.concat(path.join(findRoot(next), babel_config));
+        } catch (e) {
+          return prev;
+        }
+      }, []);
+
+    file = await globby(to.unique(file), { dot: true });
     file = file[0];
-    let config = await fs.readJson(file);
-    if (file.includes('package.json')) {
-      config = config.babelConfig || {};
+
+    if (file) {
+      let config = await fs.readJson(file);
+      if (file.includes('package.json')) {
+        config = config.babelConfig || {};
+      }
+
+      this.options.babel_config = config;
     }
-    this.options.babel_config = config;
+
     this.prepared = true;
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 47ec498..a8cbc3a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     "es6-promise-pool": "^2.4.4",
     "es6-promisify": "^5.0.0",
     "faker": "^3.1.0",
+    "find-root": "~1.0.0",
     "fs-extra-promisify": "^0.0.2",
     "globby": "^6.1.0",
     "highlight-es": "~1.0.0",
@@ -77,7 +78,9 @@
     "ava": "^0.16.0",
     "ava-spec": "github:tjbenton/ava-spec",
     "babel-cli": "^6.18.0",
+    "babel-plugin-array-includes": "~2.0.3",
     "babel-plugin-external-helpers": "~6.18.0",
+    "babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "~6.15.0",
     "babel-preset-latest": "^6.16.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.16.0",
     "coveralls": "^2.11.15",
@@ -98,7 +101,8 @@
     ],
     "plugins": [
       "transform-runtime",
-      "external-helpers"
+      "external-helpers",
+      "array-includes"
     ]
   },
   "ava": {
@@ -111,7 +115,8 @@
       "test/utils.js"
     ],
     "failFast": true,
-    "concurrency": 5
+    "concurrency": 5,
+    "babel": "inherit"
   },
   "nyc": {
     "exclude": [
diff --git a/test/cli.test.js b/test/cli.test.js
index b2f682e..4cfe99d 100644
--- a/test/cli.test.js
+++ b/test/cli.test.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test.group('console', (test) => {
     doc_type: 'contact',
     channels: [ 'ufp-555555555' ],
     contact_id: '1d54ed12-b65a-5085-a895-5c8c626f0efb',
-    details: { prefix: 'Dr.', first_name: 'Daphnee', middle_name: 'Dale', last_name: 'O\'Hara', company: 'Hackett - Effertz', job_title: null, dob: '2016-08-21', nickname: null },
+    details: { prefix: 'Dr.', first_name: 'Daphnee', middle_name: 'Dale', last_name: 'O\'Hara', company: 'Hackett - Effertz', job_title: null, nickname: null },
     phones: [ { type: 'Mobile', phone_number: '076-099-8620', extension: null }, { type: 'Other', phone_number: '965-618-1647', extension: null } ],
     emails: [ 'Abigale.Bashirian@gmail.com', 'Demetris12@gmail.com' ],
     addresses: [ { type: 'Work', address_1: '96735 Caroline Fields Springs', address_2: null, locality: 'Montanastad', region: 'SD', postal_code: '11307-4822', country: 'LA' } ],
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ test.group('console', (test) => {
 
         // remove the dates because they can't be correct
         stdout = _.omit(stdout[0], [ 'created_on', 'modified_on' ]);
+        stdout.details = _.omit(stdout.details, [ 'dob' ]);
         t.deepEqual(stdout, expected_abc_seed);
       })
       .end(t.end);
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ test.group('console', (test) => {
           'doc_type',
           'channels',
         ]);
+        // removed the dob because it's a date
+        stdout.details = _.omit(stdout.details, [ 'dob' ]);
 
         for (let key in stdout) {
           if (stdout.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ test.cb('throws error when something goes wrong', (t) => {
   /* eslint-disable quotes */
   bin.clone()
     .run(`folder 'error-test' 'simple/models/*' --count 1 --archive 'woohoo'`)
-    .stderr(/The archive file must have a file extention of \`\.zip\`/)
+    .stdout(/The archive file must have a file extention of \`\.zip\`/)
     .end(t.end);
   /* eslint-enable quotes */
 });
diff --git a/test/models.test.js b/test/models.test.js
index cae1d2d..d065022 100644
--- a/test/models.test.js
+++ b/test/models.test.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ test('prepare', async (t) => {
   t.deepEqual(t.context.options.babel_config, babel_config);
 });
 
-test.group('setup', (test) => {
+test.serial.group('setup', (test) => {
   test('babel_config as a string', async (t) => {
     t.is(t.context.prepared, false);
     t.is(t.context.preparing, undefined);
@@ -123,6 +123,21 @@ test.group('setup', (test) => {
     t.is(to.type(t.context.options.babel_config), 'object');
     t.deepEqual(t.context.options.babel_config, babel_config);
   });
+
+  test('babel_config process.cwd failed to find a babel config', async (t) => {
+    t.is(t.context.prepared, false);
+    t.is(t.context.preparing, undefined);
+    t.context.options.root = t.context.options.root.split('fakeit')[0].slice(0, -1);
+    t.context.options.babel_config = 'package.json';
+    t.is(typeof t.context.options.babel_config, 'string');
+    const preparing = t.context.setup();
+    t.is(typeof t.context.preparing.then, 'function');
+    t.is(t.context.prepared, false);
+    await preparing;
+    t.is(t.context.prepared, true);
+    t.is(to.type(t.context.options.babel_config), 'object');
+    t.deepEqual(t.context.options.babel_config, babel_config);
+  });
 });
 
 
@@ -292,7 +307,7 @@ test.group('parseModelFunctions', (test) => {
     const model = to.clone(contents[file]);
     const paths = utils.getPaths(model, /((pre|post)_run)|(pre_|post_)?build$/);
     const obj = _.pick(model, paths);
-    parseModelFunctions(obj);
+    parseModelFunctions(obj, babel_config);
 
     for (let str of paths) {
       let fn = _.get(obj, str);
diff --git a/test/output/console.test.js b/test/output/console.test.js
index 99f920f..62cd3c6 100644
--- a/test/output/console.test.js
+++ b/test/output/console.test.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test('prepare', async (t) => {
   t.is(t.context.prepared, true);
 });
 
-test('setup', async (t) => {
+test.serial('setup', async (t) => {
   t.is(t.context.prepared, false);
   t.is(t.context.preparing, undefined); // eslint-disable-line
   const preparing = t.context.setup();
diff --git a/test/output/couchbase.test.js b/test/output/couchbase.test.js
index 772fda2..88eaebe 100644
--- a/test/output/couchbase.test.js
+++ b/test/output/couchbase.test.js
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ test.group('finalize', (test) => {
     await t.context.prepare();
     t.is(to.type(t.context.bucket), 'object');
     t.is(t.context.prepared, true);
-    t.is(t.context.preparing.toString(), '[object Promise]');
+    t.is(typeof t.context.preparing.then, 'function');
     t.is(t.context.bucket.connected, true);
     await t.context.finalize();
     t.is(to.type(t.context.bucket), 'object');
     t.is(t.context.prepared, true);
-    t.is(t.context.preparing.toString(), '[object Promise]');
+    t.is(typeof t.context.preparing.then, 'function');
     t.is(t.context.bucket.connected, false);
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/output/index.test.js b/test/output/index.test.js
index 2918ec9..e8d291c 100644
--- a/test/output/index.test.js
+++ b/test/output/index.test.js
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ test.group('validation', (test) => {
 });
 
 
-test.group('prepare', (test) => {
+test.serial.group('prepare', (test) => {
   const root = p(output_root, 'prepare');
 
   test('without options', async (t) => {
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ test.group('prepare', (test) => {
 });
 
 
-test.group('setup', (test) => {
+test.serial.group('setup', (test) => {
   test('without options', async (t) => {
     t.is(t.context.prepared, false);
     t.is(t.context.preparing, undefined);
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ test.group('output', (test) => {
     data = await getData();
   });
 
-  test.group('return', languages((test, language) => {
+  test.serial.group('return', languages((test, language) => {
     test(language, async (t) => {
       const { raw, node } = data[language];
       t.context.output_options.output = 'return';
diff --git a/test/output/sync-gateway.test.js b/test/output/sync-gateway.test.js
index 4d54a58..ec120bb 100644
--- a/test/output/sync-gateway.test.js
+++ b/test/output/sync-gateway.test.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ test.group('prepare', (test) => {
   });
 });
 
-test.group('setup', (test) => {
+test.serial.group('setup', (test) => {
   test('no username and password', async (t) => {
     t.context.output_options.bucket = 'setup';
     t.is(t.context.prepared, false);
diff --git a/test/utils.js b/test/utils.js
index 882a775..c18b7f8 100644
--- a/test/utils.js
+++ b/test/utils.js
@@ -108,14 +108,14 @@ module.exports.models = function(settings) {
             item = settings.modules[item];
           }
 
-          return !!item && item.includes(model);
+          return !!item && item.indexOf(model) >= 0;
         }).filter(Boolean).length;
 
         // if the model isn't in the todo list then run the tests
         if (
-          should_test && !options.todo.includes(model)
+          should_test && options.todo.indexOf(model) < 0
         ) {
-          let schema;
+          var schema;
           // get the schema to use for validating that the output is correct
           try {
             schemas[model] = schema = schemas[model] || require(p(settings.root, settings.validation(model)));
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ module.exports.models = function(settings) {
 
                 // find the keys that still need to be validated
                 var omitted = _.difference(to.keys(actual), schema_keys)
-                  .filter((key) => ![ '__key', '__name' ].includes(key));
+                  .filter(function(key) {
+                    return [ '__key', '__name' ].indexOf(key) < 0;
+                  });
                 // test the keys that exsit
                 var picked = _.pick(actual, schema_keys);
 
@@ -160,13 +162,13 @@ module.exports.models = function(settings) {
                 // validate the object that can be validated
                 function validate(err) {
                   if (err) {
-                    let segments = err.message.match(/(?:child\s+(?:"))([^"]+)(?:")/g);
+                    var segments = err.message.match(/(?:child\s+(?:"))([^"]+)(?:")/g);
                     if (segments) {
                       segments = segments.map(function(segment) {
                         return segment.replace(/child\s+|"/g, '');
                       });
-                      let item_path = segments.join('.');
-                      let item = _.get(picked, item_path);
+                      var item_path = segments.join('.');
+                      var item = _.get(picked, item_path);
                       if (item) {
                         console.log('   ', item_path, '=', item);
                       } else {
@@ -233,11 +235,11 @@ module.exports.models = function(settings) {
 module.exports.getPaths = function getPaths(model, regex) {
   return to.keys(model).concat(to.keys(to.flatten(model)))
     .reduce((result, next) => {
-      let current = '';
-      for (let key of next.split('.')) {
+      var current = '';
+      for (var key of next.split('.')) {
         current = current.split('.').concat(key).filter(Boolean).join('.');
         if (regex == null || regex.test(current)) {
-          if (!result.includes(current)) {
+          if (result.indexOf(current) < 0) {
             result.push(current);
           }
         }