diff --git a/dbt/project.py b/dbt/project.py
index b2f6eade325..bd6f561645f 100644
--- a/dbt/project.py
+++ b/dbt/project.py
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@
 import copy
 
 default_project_cfg = {
-    'source-paths': ['model'],
+    'source-paths': ['models'],
     'test-paths': ['test'],
     'target-path': 'target',
     'clean-targets': ['target'],
     'outputs': {'default': {}},
     'run-target': 'default',
+    'models': {},
+    'model-defaults': {
+        "enabled": True,
+        "materialized": False
+    }
 }
 
 default_profiles = {
@@ -18,7 +23,6 @@
 
 default_active_profiles = ['user']
 
-
 class Project:
 
     def __init__(self, cfg, profiles, active_profile_names=[]):
@@ -46,6 +50,9 @@ def __contains__(self, key):
     def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         return self.cfg.__setitem__(key, value)
 
+    def get(self, key, default=None):
+        return self.cfg.get(key, default)
+
     def run_environment(self):
         target_name = self.cfg['run-target']
         return self.cfg['outputs'][target_name]
diff --git a/dbt/task/compile.py b/dbt/task/compile.py
index 7d87896bede..1032a3e314e 100644
--- a/dbt/task/compile.py
+++ b/dbt/task/compile.py
@@ -2,41 +2,27 @@
 import os
 import fnmatch
 import jinja2
-
+import yaml
+from collections import defaultdict
 
 class CompileTask:
     def __init__(self, args, project):
         self.args = args
         self.project = project
 
-    def __is_specified_model(self, path):
-        if 'models' not in self.project:
-            return True
-
-        path_parts = path.split("/")
-        if len(path_parts) < 2:
-            return False
-        else:
-            model = path_parts[1]
-            for allowed_model in self.project['models']:
-                if fnmatch.fnmatch(model, allowed_model):
-                    return True
-        return False
-
     def __src_index(self):
         """returns: {'model': ['pardot/model.sql', 'segment/model.sql']}
         """
-        indexed_files = {}
+        indexed_files = defaultdict(list)
 
         for source_path in self.project['source-paths']:
             for root, dirs, files in os.walk(source_path):
-                if not self.__is_specified_model(root):
-                    continue
                 for filename in files:
+                    abs_path = os.path.join(root, filename)
+                    rel_path = os.path.relpath(abs_path, source_path)
+
                     if fnmatch.fnmatch(filename, "*.sql"):
-                        abs_path = os.path.join(root, filename)
-                        rel_path = os.path.relpath(abs_path, source_path)
-                        indexed_files.setdefault(source_path, []).append(rel_path)
+                        indexed_files[source_path].append(rel_path)
 
         return indexed_files
 
@@ -46,17 +32,70 @@ def __write(self, path, payload):
         if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(target_path)):
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(target_path))
         elif os.path.exists(target_path):
-            print "Compiler overwrite of {}".format(target_path)
+            print("Compiler overwrite of {}".format(target_path))
 
         with open(target_path, 'w') as f:
             f.write(payload)
 
+    def __wrap_in_create(self, path, query, model_config):
+        filename = os.path.basename(path)
+        identifier, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
+
+        # default to view if not provided in config!
+        table_or_view = 'table' if model_config['materialized'] else 'view'
+
+        ctx = self.project.context()
+        schema = ctx['env']['schema']
+
+        create_template = "create {table_or_view} {schema}.{identifier} as ( {query} );"
+
+        opts = {
+            "table_or_view": table_or_view,
+            "schema": schema,
+            "identifier": identifier,
+            "query": query
+        }
+
+        return create_template.format(**opts)
+
+    def __get_model_identifiers(self, model_filepath):
+        model_group = os.path.dirname(model_filepath)
+        model_name, _ = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(model_filepath))
+        return model_group, model_name
+
+    def __get_model_config(self, model_group, model_name):
+        """merges model, model group, and base configs together. Model config
+        takes precedence, then model_group, then base config"""
+
+        config = self.project['model-defaults'].copy()
+
+        model_configs = self.project['models']
+        model_group_config = model_configs.get(model_group, {})
+        model_config = model_group_config.get(model_name, {})
+
+        config.update(model_group_config)
+        config.update(model_config)
+
+        return config
+
     def __compile(self, src_index):
-        for src_path, files in src_index.iteritems():
+        for src_path, files in src_index.items():
             jinja = jinja2.Environment(loader=jinja2.FileSystemLoader(searchpath=src_path))
             for f in files:
+
+                model_group, model_name = self.__get_model_identifiers(f)
+                model_config = self.__get_model_config(model_group, model_name)
+
+                if not model_config.get('enabled'):
+                    continue
+
                 template = jinja.get_template(f)
-                self.__write(f, template.render(self.project.context()))
+                rendered = template.render(self.project.context())
+
+                create_stmt = self.__wrap_in_create(f, rendered, model_config)
+
+                if create_stmt:
+                    self.__write(f, create_stmt)
 
     def run(self):
         src_index = self.__src_index()
diff --git a/dbt/task/debug.py b/dbt/task/debug.py
index b3e876d61ad..45f5b56117f 100644
--- a/dbt/task/debug.py
+++ b/dbt/task/debug.py
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ def __init__(self, args, project):
         self.project = project
 
     def run(self):
-        print "args: {}".format(self.args)
-        print "project: "
+        print("args: {}".format(self.args))
+        print("project: ")
         pprint.pprint(self.project)
diff --git a/dbt/task/run.py b/dbt/task/run.py
index acd79f498b4..ec8737c19c5 100644
--- a/dbt/task/run.py
+++ b/dbt/task/run.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 import psycopg2
 import os
 import fnmatch
+import re
 
+import sqlparse
+import networkx as nx
 
 class RedshiftTarget:
     def __init__(self, cfg):
@@ -27,11 +30,105 @@ def get_handle(self):
         return psycopg2.connect(self.__get_spec())
 
 
+class Relation(object):
+    def __init__(self, schema, name):
+        self.schema = schema
+        self.name = name
+
+    def valid(self):
+        return None not in (self.schema, self.name)
+
+    @property
+    def val(self):
+        return "{}.{}".format(self.schema, self.name)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.val
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.val
+
+class Linker(object):
+    def __init__(self, graph=None):
+        if graph is None:
+            self.graph = nx.DiGraph()
+        else:
+            self.graph = graph
+
+        self.node_sql_map = {}
+
+    def extract_name_and_deps(self, stmt):
+        table_def = stmt.token_next_by_instance(0, sqlparse.sql.Identifier)
+        schema, tbl_or_view =  table_def.get_parent_name(), table_def.get_real_name()
+        if schema is None or tbl_or_view is None:
+            raise RuntimeError('schema or view not defined?')
+
+        definition = table_def.token_next_by_instance(0, sqlparse.sql.Parenthesis)
+
+        definition_node = Relation(schema, tbl_or_view)
+
+        local_defs = set()
+        new_nodes = set()
+
+        def extract_deps(stmt):
+            token = stmt.token_first()
+            while token is not None:
+                excluded_types = [sqlparse.sql.Function] # don't dive into window functions
+                if type(token) not in excluded_types and token.is_group():
+                    # this is a thing that has a name -- note that!
+                    local_defs.add(token.get_name())
+                    # recurse into the group
+                    extract_deps(token)
+
+                if type(token) == sqlparse.sql.Identifier:
+                    new_node = Relation(token.get_parent_name(), token.get_real_name())
+
+                    if new_node.valid():
+                        new_nodes.add(new_node) # don't add edges yet!
+
+                index = stmt.token_index(token)
+                token = stmt.token_next(index)
+
+        extract_deps(definition)
+
+        # only add nodes which don't reference locally defined constructs
+        for new_node in new_nodes:
+            if new_node.schema not in local_defs:
+                self.graph.add_node(new_node.val)
+                self.graph.add_edge(definition_node.val, new_node.val)
+
+        return definition_node.val
+
+    def as_dependency_list(self):
+        order = nx.topological_sort(self.graph, reverse=True)
+        for node in order:
+            if node in self.node_sql_map: # TODO :
+                yield (node, self.node_sql_map[node])
+            else:
+                pass
+
+    def register(self, node, sql):
+        if node in self.node_sql_map:
+            raise RuntimeError("multiple declarations of node: {}".format(node))
+        self.node_sql_map[node] = sql
+
+    def link(self, sql):
+        sql = sql.strip()
+        for statement in sqlparse.parse(sql):
+            if statement.get_type().startswith('CREATE'):
+                node = self.extract_name_and_deps(statement)
+                self.register(node, sql)
+            else:
+                print("Ignoring {}".format(sql[0:100].replace('\n', ' ')))
+
+
 class RunTask:
     def __init__(self, args, project):
         self.args = args
         self.project = project
 
+        self.linker = Linker()
+
     def __compiled_files(self):
         compiled_files = []
         sql_path = self.project['target-path']
@@ -59,15 +156,49 @@ def __create_schema(self):
             with handle.cursor() as cursor:
                 cursor.execute('create schema if not exists "{}"'.format(target_cfg['schema']))
 
+    def __load_models(self):
+        target = self.__get_target()
+        for f in self.__compiled_files():
+            with open(os.path.join(self.project['target-path'], f), 'r') as fh:
+                self.linker.link(fh.read())
+
+    def __query_for_existing(self, cursor, schema):
+        sql = """
+            select '{schema}.' || tablename as name, 'table' as type from pg_tables where schemaname = '{schema}'
+                union all
+            select '{schema}.' || viewname as name, 'view' as type from pg_views where schemaname = '{schema}' """.format(schema=schema)
+
+        cursor.execute(sql)
+        existing = [(name, relation_type) for (name, relation_type) in cursor.fetchall()]
+
+        return dict(existing)
+
+    def __drop(self, cursor, relation, relation_type):
+        sql = "drop {relation_type} if exists {relation} cascade".format(relation_type=relation_type, relation=relation)
+        cursor.execute(sql)
+
     def __execute_models(self):
         target = self.__get_target()
+
         with target.get_handle() as handle:
             with handle.cursor() as cursor:
-                for f in self.__compiled_files():
-                    with open(os.path.join(self.project['target-path'], f), 'r') as fh:
-                        cursor.execute(fh.read())
-                    print "         {}".format(cursor.statusmessage)
+
+                existing =  self.__query_for_existing(cursor, target.schema);
+
+                for (relation, sql) in self.linker.as_dependency_list():
+
+                    if relation in existing:
+                        self.__drop(cursor, relation, existing[relation])
+                        handle.commit()
+
+                    print("creating {}".format(relation))
+                    #print("         {}...".format(re.sub( '\s+', ' ', sql[0:100] ).strip()))
+                    cursor.execute(sql)
+                    print("         {}".format(cursor.statusmessage))
+                    handle.commit()
 
     def run(self):
         self.__create_schema()
+        self.__load_models()
         self.__execute_models()
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bb604da014c..210bea51108 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ argparse
 Jinja2>=2.8
 PyYAML>=3.11
 psycopg2==2.6.1
+sqlparse==0.1.19
+networkx==1.11
diff --git a/sample.dbt_project.yml b/sample.dbt_project.yml
index 78219653860..eed170ec656 100644
--- a/sample.dbt_project.yml
+++ b/sample.dbt_project.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ source-paths: ["model"]   # paths with source code to compile
 target-path: "target"     # path for compiled code
 clean-targets: ["target"] # directories removed by the clean task
 
+model-defaults:
+    enabled: true        # enable all models by default
+    materialized: false  # If true, create tables. If false, create views
+
+models:
+  pardot:
+    enabled: false          # disable all pardot models except where overriden
+    pardot_visitoractivity: # override configs for a particular model
+      enabled: true         # enable this model
+      materialized: true    # create a table instead of a view (overriding the base config)
+
 # Run configuration
 # output environments
 outputs:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1d0d30a00ab..a15f4c0afeb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
     'scripts/dbt',
   ],
   install_requires=[
-    'argparse>=1.2.1',
     'Jinja2>=2.8',
     'PyYAML>=3.11',
     'psycopg2==2.6.1',
+    'sqlparse==0.1.19',
+    'networkx==1.11',
   ],
 )