diff --git a/lib/serializer.js b/lib/serializer.js
index 0d355c1..f7d99ec 100644
--- a/lib/serializer.js
+++ b/lib/serializer.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 var _ = require('lodash')
 var RelUtils = require('./utilities/relationship-utils')
 var utils = require('./utils')
-
+    
+var apiRoot = 'api/v1/';
 function defaultBeforeSerialize (options, cb) {
   cb(null, options)
 }
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ function defaultSerialize (options, cb) {
   }
 
   resultData.data = result
+
+  // Overriding data.links as the links were wrong
+  resultData.data.links = makeLinks(options.topLevelLinks);
+
   if (options.meta) resultData.meta = options.meta
 
   /**
@@ -60,10 +65,16 @@ function defaultAfterSerialize (options, cb) {
 }
 
 module.exports = function serializer (type, data, relations, options, cb) {
+  
+  // #SAM 
+  // as we always have model type based on api versioning lets say api/v1 concatenating this
+  type = apiRoot + type ;
+
   options = _.clone(options)
   options.attributes = options.attributes || {}
 
   options.isRelationshipRequest = false
+  options.modelPath = apiRoot + options.modelPath; 
 
   if (options.topLevelLinks.self.match(/\/relationships\//)) {
     options.topLevelLinks.related = options.topLevelLinks.self.replace(
@@ -238,15 +249,16 @@ function parseRelations (data, relations, options) {
     } else {
       toType = utils.pluralForModel(relation.modelTo)
     }
-
+    
+    toType = apiRoot + toType
     // Relationship `links` should always be defined unless this is a
     // relationship request
     if (!options.isRelationshipRequest) {
+
       relationships[name] = {
         links: {
           related: options.host +
-            options.restApiRoot +
-            '/' +
+          '/' +
             options.modelPath +
             '/' +
             pk +
@@ -411,7 +423,7 @@ function handleIncludes (resp, includes, relations, options) {
           resource.relationships[include].data = included.map(relData => {
             return {
               id: String(relData[propertyKey]),
-              type: plural
+              type: apiRoot + plural
             }
           })
         } else {
@@ -427,7 +439,7 @@ function handleIncludes (resp, includes, relations, options) {
 
           resource.relationships[include].data = {
             id: String(resource.attributes[include][propertyKey]),
-            type: plural
+            type: apiRoot + plural
           }
           embeds.push(compoundIncludes)
         }
@@ -482,6 +494,7 @@ function createCompoundIncludes (
   includedRelations,
   options
 ) {
+  type = apiRoot + type;
   var compoundInclude = makeRelation(type, String(relationship[key]))
 
   if (options && !_.isEmpty(includedRelations)) {