diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/components/EditFormRelation/index.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/components/EditFormRelation/index.js
index 859d506a99..f3ce03e09a 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/components/EditFormRelation/index.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/components/EditFormRelation/index.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class EditFormRelation extends React.Component { // eslint-disable-line react/pr
     }
 
     // Request URL
-    const requestUrlSuffix = query ? '' : this.props.record.get(this.props.relation.attribute);
+    const requestUrlSuffix = query && this.props.record.get(this.props.relation.attribute) ? this.props.record.get(this.props.relation.attribute) : '';
     const requestUrl = `/content-manager/explorer/${this.props.relation.model}/${requestUrlSuffix}`;
 
     // Call our request helper (see 'utils/request')
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ class EditFormRelation extends React.Component { // eslint-disable-line react/pr
       .then(response => {
         const options = _.isArray(response)
           ? _.map(response, item => ({
-            value: Number(item.id),
+            value: item.id,
             label: item[this.props.relation.displayedAttribute],
           }))
           : [{
-            value: Number(response.id),
+            value: response.id,
             label: response[this.props.relation.displayedAttribute],
           }];
 
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/index.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/index.js
index 4928092247..7a48cd8f4c 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/index.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/index.js
@@ -8,21 +8,33 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { createStructuredSelector } from 'reselect';
+import _ from 'lodash';
 
-import config from '../../../../config/admin.json';
 import { loadModels, updateSchema } from './actions';
-import { makeSelectModels, makeSelectLoading } from './selectors';
+import { makeSelectLoading } from './selectors';
+
+const tryRequire = (path) => {
+  try {
+    return require(`containers/${path}.js`); // eslint-disable-line global-require
+  } catch (err) {
+    return null;
+  }
+};
 
 class App extends React.Component {
   componentWillMount() {
-    this.props.loadModels();
-    this.props.updateSchema(config.admin.schema);
+    const config = tryRequire('../../../../config/admin.json');
+    if (!_.isEmpty(_.get(config, 'admin.schema'))) {
+      this.props.updateSchema(config.admin.schema);
+    } else {
+      this.props.loadModels();
+    }
   }
 
   render() {
     let content = <div />;
 
-    if (this.props.models) {
+    if (!this.props.loading) {
       // Assign plugin component to children
       content = React.Children.map(this.props.children, child =>
         React.cloneElement(child, {
@@ -46,11 +58,8 @@ App.contextTypes = {
 App.propTypes = {
   children: React.PropTypes.node.isRequired,
   exposedComponents: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+  loading: React.PropTypes.bool,
   loadModels: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-  models: React.PropTypes.oneOfType([
-    React.PropTypes.object,
-    React.PropTypes.bool,
-  ]),
   updateSchema: React.PropTypes.func.isRequired,
 };
 
@@ -63,7 +72,6 @@ export function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
 }
 
 const mapStateToProps = createStructuredSelector({
-  models: makeSelectModels(),
   loading: makeSelectLoading(),
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/reducer.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/reducer.js
index cb3faf9457..304a862440 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/reducer.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/reducer.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { fromJS } from 'immutable';
 import { LOAD_MODELS, LOADED_MODELS, UPDATE_SCHEMA } from './constants';
 
 const initialState = fromJS({
-  loading: false,
+  loading: true,
   models: false,
   schema: false,
 });
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ const initialState = fromJS({
 function appReducer(state = initialState, action) {
   switch (action.type) {
     case LOAD_MODELS:
-      return state.set('loading', true);
+      return state;
     case LOADED_MODELS:
-      return state.set('loading', false).set('models', action.models);
+      return state
+        .set('models', action.models);
     case UPDATE_SCHEMA:
-      return state.set('schema', action.schema);
+      return state
+        .set('loading', false)
+        .set('schema', action.schema);
     default:
       return state;
   }
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/sagas.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/sagas.js
index 3d7316261a..ce124c50a3 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/sagas.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/containers/App/sagas.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import {takeLatest} from 'redux-saga';
-import {fork, put} from 'redux-saga/effects';
+import { takeLatest } from 'redux-saga';
+import { fork, put, select } from 'redux-saga/effects';
+
+import { generateSchema } from 'utils/schema';
+
+import { loadedModels, updateSchema } from './actions';
+import { LOAD_MODELS, LOADED_MODELS, UPDATE_SCHEMA } from './constants';
+import { makeSelectModels } from './selectors';
 
-import {loadedModels} from './actions';
-import {LOAD_MODELS, UPDATE_SCHEMA} from './constants';
 
 export function* getModels() {
   try {
@@ -26,6 +30,22 @@ export function* getModels() {
   }
 }
 
+export function* modelsLoaded() {
+  const models = yield select(makeSelectModels());
+  let schema;
+
+  try {
+    schema = generateSchema(models);
+  } catch (err) {
+    window.Strapi.notification.error(
+      'An error occurred during schema generation.'
+    );
+    throw new Error(err);
+  }
+
+  yield put(updateSchema(schema));
+}
+
 export function* schemaUpdated(action) {
   // Display the links only if the `displayed` attribute is not set to false
   const displayedModels = _.pickBy(action.schema, model => (model.displayed !== false));
@@ -44,6 +64,7 @@ export function* schemaUpdated(action) {
 export function* defaultSaga() {
   yield fork(takeLatest, LOAD_MODELS, getModels);
   yield fork(takeLatest, UPDATE_SCHEMA, schemaUpdated);
+  yield fork(takeLatest, LOADED_MODELS, modelsLoaded);
 }
 
 // All sagas to be loaded
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/utils/schema.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/utils/schema.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5c9bf0ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/admin/src/utils/schema.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import pluralize from 'pluralize';
+
+/**
+ * Generate a schema according to the models
+ * of the Strapi application.
+ *
+ * @param models
+ */
+const generateSchema = (models) => {
+  // Init `schema` object
+  const schema = {};
+
+  _.forEach(models, (model, name) => {
+    // Model data
+    const schemaModel = {
+      label: _.upperFirst(name),
+      labelPlural: _.upperFirst(pluralize(name)),
+      orm: model.orm || 'mongoose',
+    };
+
+    // Fields (non relation)
+    schemaModel.fields = _.mapValues(_.pickBy(model.attributes, attribute =>
+      !attribute.model && !attribute.collection
+    ), (value, attribute) => ({
+      label: _.upperFirst(attribute),
+      description: '',
+      type: value.type || 'string',
+    }));
+
+    // Select fields displayed in list view
+    schemaModel.list = _.slice(_.keys(schemaModel.fields), 0, 4);
+
+    // Model relations
+    schemaModel.relations = _.mapValues(_.pickBy(model.attributes, attribute =>
+        attribute.model
+      ), (value, attribute) => ({
+        columnName: attribute,
+        model: value.model,
+        attribute,
+        label: _.upperFirst(attribute),
+        description: '',
+        displayedAttribute: _.findKey(models[value.model].attributes, { type: 'string' }) || 'id',
+      })
+    );
+
+    // Set the formatted model to the schema
+    schema[name] = schemaModel;
+  });
+
+  return schema;
+};
+
+export {
+  generateSchema,
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/controllers/ContentManager.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/controllers/ContentManager.js
index 2187021256..40ab989e98 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/controllers/ContentManager.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-manager/controllers/ContentManager.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   find: async ctx => {
     const model = strapi.models[ctx.params.model];
-    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']);
+    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']) || model.orm;
     const queries = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'queries', orm]);
     const primaryKey = model.primaryKey;
     const {limit, skip = 0, sort = primaryKey, query, queryAttribute} = ctx.request.query;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   count: async ctx => {
     const model = strapi.models[ctx.params.model];
-    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']);
+    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']) || model.orm;
     const queries = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'queries', orm]);
 
     // Count using `queries` system
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   findOne: async ctx => {
     const model = strapi.models[ctx.params.model];
-    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']);
+    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']) || model.orm;
     const queries = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'queries', orm]);
     const primaryKey = model.primaryKey;
     const id = ctx.params.id;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   create: async ctx => {
     const model = strapi.models[ctx.params.model];
-    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']);
+    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']) || model.orm;
     const queries = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'queries', orm]);
     const values = ctx.request.body;
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   update: async ctx => {
     const model = strapi.models[ctx.params.model];
-    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']);
+    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']) || model.orm;
     const queries = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'queries', orm]);
     const primaryKey = model.primaryKey;
     const id = ctx.params.id;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   delete: async ctx => {
     const model = strapi.models[ctx.params.model];
-    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']);
+    const orm = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'admin', 'schema', ctx.params.model, 'orm']) || model.orm;
     const queries = _.get(strapi.plugins, ['content-manager', 'config', 'queries', orm]);
     const primaryKey = model.primaryKey;
     const id = ctx.params.id;