diff --git a/lib/railway.js b/lib/railway.js
index 172ba051..a0138724 100644
--- a/lib/railway.js
+++ b/lib/railway.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module.exports = function init(root) {
     schema.log = log;
     railway.orm._schemas.push(schema);
 
-var context = prepareContext(railway, app, schema);
+var context = prepareContext(models, railway, app, schema);
 
 // run schema first
 var schemaFile = (root || app.root) + '/db/schema.';
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ if (existsSync(schemaFile + 'js')) {
 }
 
 if (schemaFile) {
-    var code = fs.readFileSync(schemaFile);
+    var code = fs.readFileSync(schemaFile).toString();
     if (schemaFile.match(/\.coffee$/)) {
         code = require('coffee-script').compile(code);
     }
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ function log(str, startTime) {
     });
 }
 
-function prepareContext(railway, app, defSchema, done) {
+function prepareContext(models, railway, app, defSchema, done) {
     var ctx = {app: app},
-        models = {},
+        _models = {},
         settings = {},
         cname,
         schema,