diff --git a/lib/adapters/memory.js b/lib/adapters/memory.js
index 361bd1c9..1ed68c8f 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/memory.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/memory.js
@@ -86,9 +86,25 @@ Memory.prototype.destroy = function destroy(model, id, callback) {
 Memory.prototype.fromDb = function(model, data) {
     if (!data) return null;
     data = JSON.parse(data);
-    var ctor = this._models[model].model;
     var props = this._models[model].properties;
-    return ctor(data);
+    Object.keys(data).forEach(function (key) {
+        var val = data[key];
+        if (typeof val === 'undefined' || val === null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (props[key]) {
+            switch(props[key].type.name) {
+                case 'Date':
+                val = new Date(val.toString().replace(/GMT.*$/, 'GMT'));
+                break;
+                case 'Boolean':
+                val = new Boolean(val);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        data[key] = val;
+    });
+    return data;
 };
 
 Memory.prototype.all = function all(model, filter, callback) {
diff --git a/lib/dao.js b/lib/dao.js
index a3941c0c..eb779979 100644
--- a/lib/dao.js
+++ b/lib/dao.js
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ DataAccessObject.find = function find(params, cb) {
     this.schema.adapter.all(this.modelName, params, function (err, data) {
         if (data && data.forEach) {
             data.forEach(function (d, i) {
-                var obj = new constr(d);
+                var obj = new constr;
+                obj._initProperties(d, false);
                 if (params && params.include && params.collect) {
                     data[i] = obj.__cachedRelations[params.collect];
                 } else {
diff --git a/lib/geo.js b/lib/geo.js
index a9f405c8..1972662d 100644
--- a/lib/geo.js
+++ b/lib/geo.js
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ exports.filter = function (arr, filter) {
       // dont add
     } else {
       distances[obj.id] = d;
-      loc.distance = d;
       result.push(obj);
     }
   });
diff --git a/lib/list.js b/lib/list.js
index 5e481ce9..4eebd96a 100644
--- a/lib/list.js
+++ b/lib/list.js
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ function List(data, type, parent) {
     if (!(list instanceof List)) {
         return new List(data);
     }
+    
+    if(typeof data === 'string') {
+      try {
+        data = JSON.parse(data);
+      } catch(e) {
+        throw new Error('could not create List from JSON string: ', data);
+      }
+    }
 
     if (data && data instanceof List) data = data.items;
 
diff --git a/test/datatype.test.js b/test/datatype.test.js
index d0397f44..6fd61e79 100644
--- a/test/datatype.test.js
+++ b/test/datatype.test.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ describe('datatypes', function() {
         });
 
         function testFind(next) {
+            debugger;
             Model.findById(id, function(err, m) {
                 should.not.exist(err);
                 should.exist(m);
diff --git a/test/relations.test.js b/test/relations.test.js
index 3b916dd1..9c35898e 100644
--- a/test/relations.test.js
+++ b/test/relations.test.js
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ describe('relations', function() {
             Article.create(function(e, article) {
                 article.tags.create({name: 'popular'}, function(e, t) {
                     t.should.be.an.instanceOf(Tag);
+                    console.log(t);
                     ArticleTag.findOne(function(e, at) {
                         should.exist(at);
                         at.tagId.toString().should.equal(t.id.toString());