diff --git a/app/routes/application.js b/app/routes/application.js
index 92f0e9d..638ddd3 100644
--- a/app/routes/application.js
+++ b/app/routes/application.js
@@ -1,39 +1,35 @@
-import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
+import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import { schedule } from '@ember/runloop';
 
-export default Route.extend({
-  kredits: service(),
+export default class ApplicationRoute extends Route {
+
+  @service kredits;
 
   beforeModel(/* transition */) {
     const kredits = this.kredits;
 
     return kredits.setup().then(() => {
-      kredits.get('kredits').preflightChecks().catch((error) => {
+      kredits.kredits.preflightChecks().catch((error) => {
         console.error('Kredits preflight check failed!');
         console.error(error);
       });
     }).catch((error) => {
       console.log('Error initializing Kredits', error);
     });
-  },
+  }
+
+  model() {
+    return this.kredits.loadInitialData().then(() => {
+      this.kredits.addContractEventHandlers()
+    });
+  }
 
   afterModel() {
-    return this.kredits.loadInitialData()
-      .then(() => {
-        this.kredits.addContractEventHandlers();
-      })
-      .then(() => {
-        if (this.kredits.contributorsNeedSync) {
-          schedule('afterRender', this.kredits.syncContributors,
-                   this.kredits.syncContributors.perform);
-        }
-        if (this.kredits.contributionsNeedSync) {
-          schedule('afterRender', this.kredits.syncContributions,
-                   this.kredits.syncContributions.perform);
-        }
-        schedule('afterRender', this.kredits.fetchMissingContributions,
-                 this.kredits.fetchMissingContributions.perform);
-      });
+    if (this.kredits.contributorsNeedSync) {
+      schedule('afterRender', this.kredits.syncContributors,
+        this.kredits.syncContributors.perform);
+    }
   }
-});
+
+}
diff --git a/app/routes/dashboard.js b/app/routes/dashboard.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6b1d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/routes/dashboard.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
+import { schedule } from '@ember/runloop';
+import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
+
+export default class DashboardRoute extends Route {
+
+  @service kredits;
+
+  afterModel() {
+    if (this.kredits.contributionsNeedSync) {
+      schedule('afterRender', this.kredits.syncContributions,
+        this.kredits.syncContributions.perform);
+    }
+    schedule('afterRender', this.kredits.fetchMissingContributions,
+      this.kredits.fetchMissingContributions.perform);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/routes/dashboard-test.js b/tests/unit/routes/dashboard-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26accbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/routes/dashboard-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+
+module('Unit | Route | dashboard', function(hooks) {
+  setupTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it exists', function(assert) {
+    let route = this.owner.lookup('route:dashboard');
+    assert.ok(route);
+  });
+});