Ember.Application.initializer({ name: 'load-steps', after: 'store', initialize: function(container, application) { var store = container.lookup('store:main'); var steps = { "steps": [ { id: 0, name: 'welcome', humanName: "Welcome to the Vault Interactive Demo!"}, { id: 1, name: 'unseal', humanName: "Step 1: Unsealing your Vault"}, ] }; application.register('model:step', Demo.Step); store.pushPayload('step', steps); }, });