diff --git a/NzbDrone.Common/IJsonSerializer.cs b/NzbDrone.Common/IJsonSerializer.cs
index f43c9dd97..05f64b73a 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Common/IJsonSerializer.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Common/IJsonSerializer.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Common
@@ -20,25 +21,17 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Common
 
         public JsonSerializer()
         {
-            var setting = new JsonSerializerSettings
+            _jsonNetSerializer = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer()
                 {
                     DateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.Utc,
-                    NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore,
+                    NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Include,
                     Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
-                    DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.IgnoreAndPopulate
-                };
-
-            _jsonNetSerializer = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer()
-                {
-                    DateTimeZoneHandling = setting.DateTimeZoneHandling,
-                    NullValueHandling = setting.NullValueHandling,
-                    Formatting = setting.Formatting,
-                    DefaultValueHandling = setting.DefaultValueHandling,
+                    DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Include,
                     ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver()
                 };
-        }
-
 
+            _jsonNetSerializer.Converters.Add(new StringEnumConverter { CamelCaseText = true });
+        }
 
         public T Deserialize<T>(string json) where T : class, new()
         {
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Events/ModelEvent.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Events/ModelEvent.cs
index 64016bbe8..8e7b9fcb7 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Events/ModelEvent.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Events/ModelEvent.cs
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Datastore.Events
 
         public enum RepositoryAction
         {
-            Created,
-            Updated,
-            Deleted
+            Created = 1,
+            Updated = 2,
+            Deleted = 3
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/UI/AddSeries/New/AddNewSeriesView.js b/UI/AddSeries/New/AddNewSeriesView.js
index 343187851..3f263c84e 100644
--- a/UI/AddSeries/New/AddNewSeriesView.js
+++ b/UI/AddSeries/New/AddNewSeriesView.js
@@ -11,12 +11,22 @@ define(['app', 'AddSeries/RootFolders/RootFolderCollection', 'AddSeries/New/Sear
         regions: {
             searchResult: '#search-result'
         },
-        collection: new NzbDrone.Series.SeriesCollection(),
 
         initialize: function () {
+
+            this.collection = new NzbDrone.Series.SeriesCollection();
+
+            this.collection.parse = function (response) {
+                _.each(response, function (model) {
+                   model.id = null;
+                });
+
+                return response;
+            };
+
             NzbDrone.AddSeries.New.AddNewSeriesContext = this;
 
-            NzbDrone.vent.on(NzbDrone.Events.SeriesAdded, function (options){
+            NzbDrone.vent.on(NzbDrone.Events.SeriesAdded, function (options) {
                 if (!options.existing) {
                     NzbDrone.AddSeries.New.AddNewSeriesContext.ui.seriesSearch.val('');
 
diff --git a/UI/Mixins/backbone.signalr.mixin.js b/UI/Mixins/backbone.signalr.mixin.js
index 43886aefa..ef0c0bcde 100644
--- a/UI/Mixins/backbone.signalr.mixin.js
+++ b/UI/Mixins/backbone.signalr.mixin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-Backbone.Collection.prototype.BindSignalR = function (options) {
+_.extend(Backbone.Collection.prototype, {BindSignalR: function (options) {
 
     if (!options || !options.url) {
         console.assert(this.url, 'url must be provided or collection must have url');
@@ -34,14 +34,15 @@ Backbone.Collection.prototype.BindSignalR = function (options) {
         console.debug('{0} [{1}]'.format(options.url, _getStatus(change.newState)));
     });
 
-    connection.received(function () {
+    connection.received(function (model) {
+        console.debug(model);
         self.fetch();
     });
 
     connection.start({ transport: ['longPolling'] });
 
     return this;
-};
+}});
 
 
 
diff --git a/UI/Series/Index/List/ItemTemplate.html b/UI/Series/Index/List/ItemTemplate.html
index 05101f2e5..a32253d72 100644
--- a/UI/Series/Index/List/ItemTemplate.html
+++ b/UI/Series/Index/List/ItemTemplate.html
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
                         {{#if bestDateString}}
                             <span class="label">{{bestDateString}}</span>
                         {{else}}
-                            <span class="label label-inverse">{{statusText}}</span>
+                            <span class="label label-inverse">{{status}}</span>
                         {{/if}}
                         <span class="label label-info">Season {{seasonCount}}</span>
                     {{else}}
-                        <span class="label label-important">{{statusText}}</span>
+                        <span class="label label-important">{{status}}</span>
                         <span class="label label-info">{{seasonCount}} Seasons</span>
                     {{/if}}
                 </div>
diff --git a/UI/Series/Index/Posters/ItemTemplate.html b/UI/Series/Index/Posters/ItemTemplate.html
index 5653ddac0..67eda5628 100644
--- a/UI/Series/Index/Posters/ItemTemplate.html
+++ b/UI/Series/Index/Posters/ItemTemplate.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
                         {{#if bestDateString}}
                             <span class="label label-inverse air-date" title="{{shortDate}}">{{bestDateString}}</span>
                         {{else}}
-                            <span class="label label-inverse">{{statusText}}</span>
+                            <span class="label label-inverse">{{status}}</span>
                         {{/if}}
                         <span class="label label-info">Season {{seasonCount}}</span>
                     {{else}}
diff --git a/UI/Series/SeriesModel.js b/UI/Series/SeriesModel.js
index 3c36a1d1b..d30557e4e 100644
--- a/UI/Series/SeriesModel.js
+++ b/UI/Series/SeriesModel.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ define(['app', 'Quality/QualityProfileCollection', 'AddSeries/RootFolders/RootFo
             },
             poster           : function () {
                 var poster = _.find(this.get('images'), function (image) {
-                    return image.coverType === 1;
+                    return image.coverType === 'poster';
                 });
 
                 if (poster) {
@@ -47,14 +47,7 @@ define(['app', 'Quality/QualityProfileCollection', 'AddSeries/RootFolders/RootFo
                 return "http://trakt.tv/show/" + this.get('titleSlug');
             },
             isContinuing     : function () {
-                return this.get('status') === 0;
-            },
-            statusText       : function () {
-                if (this.get('status') === 0) {
-                    return 'Continuing';
-                }
-
-                return 'Ended';
+                return this.get('status') === 'continuing';
             },
             shortDate        : function () {
                 var date = this.get('nextAiring');