diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65538fb8..590a9a61 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ebryn/jsonapi-ts",
-  "version": "0.1.7",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "description": "",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/resource.ts b/src/resource.ts
index 52e325d4..05af8e15 100644
--- a/src/resource.ts
+++ b/src/resource.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ export default abstract class Resource {
   attributes: ResourceTypeAttributes;
   relationships: ResourceTypeRelationships;
 
+  static attributes: ResourceTypeAttributes = {};
+  static relationships: ResourceTypeRelationships = {};
+
   static get type() {
     return camelize(this.name);
   }
diff --git a/tests/dummy/src/index.ts b/tests/dummy/src/index.ts
index 758973e2..70547f94 100644
--- a/tests/dummy/src/index.ts
+++ b/tests/dummy/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as Koa from "koa";
-
 import { Application, jsonApiKoa, KnexProcessor } from "./jsonapi-ts";
 import User from "./resources/user/resource";