diff --git a/activejdbc/src/main/java/activejdbc/Model.java b/activejdbc/src/main/java/activejdbc/Model.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/activejdbc/src/main/java/activejdbc/Model.java
+++ b/activejdbc/src/main/java/activejdbc/Model.java
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ public abstract class Model extends CallbackSupport implements Externalizable {
 
                 StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
 
-                sw.write(indent  +  "{"  + (pretty?"\n  " + indent: "") + "\"type\":\"" + getClass().getName() + "\",");
+                sw.write(indent  +  "{"  + (pretty?"\n  " + indent: "") + "\"model_class\":\"" + getClass().getName() + "\",");
 
                 List<String> attributeStrings = new ArrayList<String>();
changed "type" to "model_class" in JSON, references: <URL>