diff --git a/lib/acts_as_api/base.rb b/lib/acts_as_api/base.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/acts_as_api/base.rb
+++ b/lib/acts_as_api/base.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module ActsAsApi
       # be contained in the api responses.
       def api_accessible(api_template, options = {}, &block)
 
-        attributes = api_accessible_attributes(api_template).try(:dup) || ApiTemplate.create(api_template)
+        attributes = api_accessible_attributes(api_template).try(:dup) || ApiTemplate.new(api_template)
 
         attributes.merge!(api_accessible_attributes(options[:extend])) if options[:extend]
tweaking patch to work with stock acts_as_api as base