diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c1f8602..4d9bfcc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ todos/log/*.log
 todos/tmp/
 .gems/
 coverage/
+.byebug_history
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 70a37bb..5729925 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ gemspec
 # your gem to rubygems.org.
 
 # To use a debugger
-# gem 'byebug', group: [:development, :test]
+gem 'byebug', group: [:development, :test]
+gem 'awesome_print', group: [:development, :test]
+gem 'shoulda-matchers', group: :test
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 516ec84..8e749ef 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ GEM
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
     arel (9.0.0)
     ast (2.4.1)
+    awesome_print (1.8.0)
     bcrypt (3.1.13)
     builder (3.2.4)
+    byebug (11.1.3)
     committee (3.3.0)
       json_schema (~> 0.14, >= 0.14.3)
       openapi_parser (>= 0.6.1)
@@ -212,6 +214,8 @@ GEM
       activerecord (~> 5.0)
       schema_plus_columns
       valuable
+    shoulda-matchers (4.3.0)
+      activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
     simplecov (0.17.1)
       docile (~> 1.1)
       json (>= 1.8, < 3)
@@ -241,6 +245,8 @@ PLATFORMS
   ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  awesome_print
+  byebug
   croods!
   gem-release
   pg
@@ -249,6 +255,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec_junit_formatter (~> 0.4.1)
   rubocop (= 0.80.1)
   rubocop-rspec (= 1.38.1)
+  shoulda-matchers
   simplecov (~> 0.17.0)
   timecop (= 0.9.1)
 
diff --git a/spec/support/shoulda_matchers.rb b/spec/support/shoulda_matchers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc0c322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/shoulda_matchers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Shoulda::Matchers.configure do |config|
+  config.integrate do |with|
+    with.test_framework :rspec
+    with.library :rails
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/todos/app/resources/notes/model.rb b/todos/app/resources/notes/model.rb
index 03f31cb..ed36a3c 100644
--- a/todos/app/resources/notes/model.rb
+++ b/todos/app/resources/notes/model.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ module Model
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
     included do
-      belongs_to :assignments, optional: true
+      belongs_to :assignment, optional: true
 
-      schema_validations auto_create: false
+      #schema_validations auto_create: false
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/todos/app/resources/notes/resource.rb b/todos/app/resources/notes/resource.rb
index 0ac599f..2a3b1ad 100644
--- a/todos/app/resources/notes/resource.rb
+++ b/todos/app/resources/notes/resource.rb
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
 module Notes
   class Resource < ApplicationResource
     filter_by :list
+
+    extend_model { include Notes::Model }
   end
 end