diff --git a/src/Model/Tag.php b/src/Model/Tag.php
index 1166b40..8edfbe6 100644
--- a/src/Model/Tag.php
+++ b/src/Model/Tag.php
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2014 Robert Conner
  */
-class Tag extends Eloquent {
-
+class Tag extends Eloquent
+{
 	protected $table = 'tagging_tags';
 	public $timestamps = false;
 	protected $softDelete = false;
diff --git a/src/Model/Tagged.php b/src/Model/Tagged.php
index d0d1466..2752004 100644
--- a/src/Model/Tagged.php
+++ b/src/Model/Tagged.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class Tagged extends Eloquent
 	protected $table = 'tagging_tagged';
 	public $timestamps = false;
 	protected $fillable = ['tag_name', 'tag_slug'];
+	protected $taggingUtility;
 
 	public function __construct(array $attributes = array())
 	{
diff --git a/src/Taggable.php b/src/Taggable.php
index bebec9d..c054c9a 100644
--- a/src/Taggable.php
+++ b/src/Taggable.php
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?php namespace Conner\Tagging;
 
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
-use Conner\Tagging\Model\Tagged;
 use Conner\Tagging\Contracts\TaggingUtility;
-use Conner\Tagging\Events\TagRemoved;
 use Conner\Tagging\Events\TagAdded;
+use Conner\Tagging\Events\TagRemoved;
+use Conner\Tagging\Model\Tagged;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Config;
 
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2014 Robert Conner
diff --git a/src/Util.php b/src/Util.php
index 60a41bc..0db77ef 100644
--- a/src/Util.php
+++ b/src/Util.php
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public function incrementCount($tagString, $tagSlug, $count)
 		$tag = $model::where('slug', '=', $tagSlug)->first();
 
 		if(!$tag) {
-			$tag = new Tag;
+			$tag = new $model;
 			$tag->name = $tagString;
 			$tag->slug = $tagSlug;
 			$tag->suggest = false;
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public function deleteUnusedTags()
 	/**
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public static function tagModelString()
+	public function tagModelString()
 	{
 		return config('tagging.tag_model', '\Conner\Tagging\Model\Tag');
 	}