diff --git a/planetstack/core/admin.py b/planetstack/core/admin.py
index 1ef4106..b26194a 100644
--- a/planetstack/core/admin.py
+++ b/planetstack/core/admin.py
@@ -748,8 +748,8 @@
             raise forms.ValidationError('slice name must begin with %s' % site.login_base)
         return cleaned_data
 
-class SliceDeploymentsInline(PlStackTabularInline):
-    model = SliceDeployments
+class SliceDeploymentInline(PlStackTabularInline):
+    model = SliceDeployment
     extra = 0
     verbose_name = "Slice Deployment"
     verbose_name_plural = "Slice Deployments"
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
     list_display = ('backend_status_icon', 'name', 'site','serviceClass', 'slice_url', 'max_slivers')
     list_display_links = ('backend_status_icon', 'name', )
     inlines = [SlicePrivilegeInline,SliverInline, TagInline, ReservationInline,SliceNetworkInline]
-    admin_inlines = [SliceDeploymentsInline]
+    admin_inlines = [SliceDeploymentInline]
 
     user_readonly_fields = fieldList
 
diff --git a/planetstack/core/models/__init__.py b/planetstack/core/models/__init__.py
index 2070e16..b1175f1 100644
--- a/planetstack/core/models/__init__.py
+++ b/planetstack/core/models/__init__.py
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 from .service import ServiceAttribute
 from .tag import Tag
 from .role import Role
-from .site import Site,Deployment, DeploymentRole, DeploymentPrivilege, SiteDeployments
+from .site import Site,Deployment, DeploymentRole, DeploymentPrivilege, SiteDeployment
 from .dashboard import DashboardView
 from .user import User, UserDashboardView
 from .serviceclass import ServiceClass
 from .site import DeploymentLinkManager,DeploymentLinkDeletionManager
-from .slice import Slice, SliceDeployments
-from .site import SitePrivilege, SiteDeployments
-from .userdeployments import UserDeployments
+from .slice import Slice, SliceDeployment
+from .site import SitePrivilege, SiteDeployment
+from .userdeployments import UserDeployment
 from .image import Image, ImageDeployments
 from .node import Node
 from .serviceresource import ServiceResource
diff --git a/planetstack/core/models/slice.py b/planetstack/core/models/slice.py
index ed10caf..e1fad4c 100644
--- a/planetstack/core/models/slice.py
+++ b/planetstack/core/models/slice.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
             qs = SlicePrivilege.objects.filter(id__in=sp_ids)
         return qs
 
-class SliceDeployments(PlCoreBase):
+class SliceDeployment(PlCoreBase):
     objects = DeploymentLinkManager()
     deleted_objects = DeploymentLinkDeletionManager()
 
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@
     @staticmethod
     def select_by_user(user):
         if user.is_admin:
-            qs = SliceDeployments.objects.all()
+            qs = SliceDeployment.objects.all()
         else:
             slices = Slice.select_by_user(user)
-            qs = SliceDeployments.objects.filter(slice__in=slices)
+            qs = SliceDeployment.objects.filter(slice__in=slices)
         return qs    
diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/slice_deleter.py b/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/slice_deleter.py
index 90b58c3..e7c54e6 100644
--- a/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/slice_deleter.py
+++ b/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/slice_deleter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from core.models import Slice, SliceDeployments, User
+from core.models import Slice, SliceDeployment, User
 from observer.deleter import Deleter
 from observer.deleters.slice_deployment_deleter import SliceDeploymentDeleter
 from util.logger import Logger, logging
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     def call(self, pk):
         slice = Slice.objects.get(pk=pk)
         slice_deployment_deleter = SliceDeploymentDeleter()
-        for slice_deployment in SliceDeployments.objects.filter(slice=slice):
+        for slice_deployment in SliceDeployment.objects.filter(slice=slice):
             try:
                 slice_deployment_deleter(slice_deployment.id)
             except:
diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/slice_deployment_deleter.py b/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/slice_deployment_deleter.py
index 33e0836..31d26fb 100644
--- a/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/slice_deployment_deleter.py
+++ b/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/slice_deployment_deleter.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-from core.models import Slice, SliceDeployments, User
+from core.models import Slice, SliceDeployment, User
 from observer.deleter import Deleter
 from openstack.driver import OpenStackDriver
 
 class SliceDeploymentDeleter(Deleter):
-    model='SliceDeployments'
+    model='SliceDeployment'
 
     def call(self, pk):
-        slice_deployment = SliceDeployments.objects.get(pk=pk)
+        slice_deployment = SliceDeployment.objects.get(pk=pk)
         user = User.objects.get(id=slice_deployment.slice.creator.id)
         driver = OpenStackDriver().admin_driver(deployment=slice_deployment.deployment.name)
         client_driver = driver.client_driver(caller=user,
diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/sliver_deleter.py b/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/sliver_deleter.py
index 097f0f7..732e535 100644
--- a/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/sliver_deleter.py
+++ b/planetstack/ec2_observer/deleters/sliver_deleter.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from core.models import Sliver, SliceDeployments
+from core.models import Sliver, SliceDeployment
 from observer.deleter import Deleter
 
 class SliverDeleter(Deleter):
diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py b/planetstack/ec2_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py
index a7b1dad..ed75438 100644
--- a/planetstack/ec2_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py
+++ b/planetstack/ec2_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         my_slivers = [] 
 
         for sliver in all_slivers:
-            sd = SliceDeployments.objects.filter(Q(slice=sliver.slice))
+            sd = SliceDeployment.objects.filter(Q(slice=sliver.slice))
             if (sd):
                 if (sd.deployment.name=='Amazon EC2'):
                     my_slivers.append(sliver)
diff --git a/planetstack/genapi.py b/planetstack/genapi.py
index efe42f7..51da3e9 100644
--- a/planetstack/genapi.py
+++ b/planetstack/genapi.py
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@
         url(r'plstackapi/reservations/$', ReservationList.as_view(), name='reservation-list'),
         url(r'plstackapi/reservations/(?P<pk>[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)/$', ReservationDetail.as_view(), name ='reservation-detail'),
     
-        url(r'plstackapi/slice_deployments/$', SliceDeploymentsList.as_view(), name='slicedeployments-list'),
-        url(r'plstackapi/slice_deployments/(?P<pk>[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)/$', SliceDeploymentsDetail.as_view(), name ='slicedeployments-detail'),
+        url(r'plstackapi/slice_deployments/$', SliceDeploymentList.as_view(), name='slicedeployments-list'),
+        url(r'plstackapi/slice_deployments/(?P<pk>[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)/$', SliceDeploymentDetail.as_view(), name ='slicedeployments-detail'),
     
         url(r'plstackapi/siteprivileges/$', SitePrivilegeList.as_view(), name='siteprivilege-list'),
         url(r'plstackapi/siteprivileges/(?P<pk>[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)/$', SitePrivilegeDetail.as_view(), name ='siteprivilege-detail'),
@@ -925,18 +925,18 @@
 
 
 
-class SliceDeploymentsSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
+class SliceDeploymentSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
     id = serializers.Field()
     
     class Meta:
-        model = SliceDeployments
+        model = SliceDeployment
         fields = ('id','created','updated','enacted','backend_status','deleted','slice','deployment','tenant_id','network_id','router_id','subnet_id',)
 
-class SliceDeploymentsIdSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+class SliceDeploymentIdSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     id = serializers.Field()
     
     class Meta:
-        model = SliceDeployments
+        model = SliceDeployment
         fields = ('id','created','updated','enacted','backend_status','deleted','slice','deployment','tenant_id','network_id','router_id','subnet_id',)
 
 
@@ -1250,13 +1250,13 @@
 
                  Reservation: ReservationSerializer,
 
-                 SliceDeployments: SliceDeploymentsSerializer,
+                 SliceDeployment: SliceDeploymentSerializer,
 
                  SitePrivilege: SitePrivilegeSerializer,
 
                  PlanetStack: PlanetStackSerializer,
 
-                 UserDeployments: UserDeploymentsSerializer,
+                 UserDeployment: UserDeploymentSerializer,
 
                  Account: AccountSerializer,
 
@@ -3133,10 +3133,10 @@
 
 
 
-class SliceDeploymentsList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
-    queryset = SliceDeployments.objects.select_related().all()
-    serializer_class = SliceDeploymentsSerializer
-    id_serializer_class = SliceDeploymentsIdSerializer
+class SliceDeploymentList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+    queryset = SliceDeployment.objects.select_related().all()
+    serializer_class = SliceDeploymentSerializer
+    id_serializer_class = SliceDeploymentIdSerializer
     filter_backends = (filters.DjangoFilterBackend,)
     filter_fields = ('id','created','updated','enacted','backend_status','deleted','slice','deployment','tenant_id','network_id','router_id','subnet_id',)
 
@@ -3148,27 +3148,27 @@
             return self.serializer_class
 
     def get_queryset(self):
-        return SliceDeployments.select_by_user(self.request.user)
+        return SliceDeployment.select_by_user(self.request.user)
 
     def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        obj = SliceDeployments(**request.DATA)
+        obj = SliceDeployment(**request.DATA)
         obj.caller = request.user
         if obj.can_update(request.user):
-            return super(SliceDeploymentsList, self).create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            return super(SliceDeploymentList, self).create(request, *args, **kwargs)
         else:
             raise Exception("failed obj.can_update")
 
-        ret = super(SliceDeploymentsList, self).create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        ret = super(SliceDeploymentList, self).create(request, *args, **kwargs)
         if (ret.status_code%100 != 200):
             raise Exception(ret.data)
 
         return ret
 
 
-class SliceDeploymentsDetail(PlanetStackRetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
-    queryset = SliceDeployments.objects.select_related().all()
-    serializer_class = SliceDeploymentsSerializer
-    id_serializer_class = SliceDeploymentsIdSerializer
+class SliceDeploymentDetail(PlanetStackRetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
+    queryset = SliceDeployment.objects.select_related().all()
+    serializer_class = SliceDeploymentSerializer
+    id_serializer_class = SliceDeploymentIdSerializer
 
     def get_serializer_class(self):
         no_hyperlinks = self.request.QUERY_PARAMS.get('no_hyperlinks', False)
@@ -3178,7 +3178,7 @@
             return self.serializer_class
     
     def get_queryset(self):
-        return SliceDeployments.select_by_user(self.request.user)
+        return SliceDeployment.select_by_user(self.request.user)
 
     # update() is handled by PlanetStackRetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView
 
diff --git a/planetstack/model_policies/model_policy_Network.py b/planetstack/model_policies/model_policy_Network.py
index f48b25a..88c9f1d 100644
--- a/planetstack/model_policies/model_policy_Network.py
+++ b/planetstack/model_policies/model_policy_Network.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 from core.models import *
 
 def handle(network):
-	from core.models import SliceDeployments,NetworkDeployments
+	from core.models import SliceDeployment,NetworkDeployments
 	from collections import defaultdict
 	# network deployments are not visible to users. We must ensure
 	# networks are deployed at all deploymets available to their slices.
-	slice_deployments = SliceDeployments.objects.all()
+	slice_deployments = SliceDeployment.objects.all()
 	slice_deploy_lookup = defaultdict(list)
 	for slice_deployment in slice_deployments:
 		slice_deploy_lookup[slice_deployment.slice].append(slice_deployment.deployment)
diff --git a/planetstack/model_policies/model_policy_Slice.py b/planetstack/model_policies/model_policy_Slice.py
index cf73aa0..7523e3e 100644
--- a/planetstack/model_policies/model_policy_Slice.py
+++ b/planetstack/model_policies/model_policy_Slice.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 
 def handle(slice):
-	from core.models import SiteDeployments,SliceDeployments,Deployment,Network,NetworkSlice,NetworkTemplate
+	from core.models import SiteDeployment,SliceDeployment,Deployment,Network,NetworkSlice,NetworkTemplate
 	from collections import defaultdict
-	site_deployments = SiteDeployments.objects.all()
+	site_deployments = SiteDeployment.objects.all()
 	site_deploy_lookup = defaultdict(list)
 	for site_deployment in site_deployments:
 		site_deploy_lookup[site_deployment.site].append(site_deployment.deployment)
 	
-	slice_deployments = SliceDeployments.objects.all()
+	slice_deployments = SliceDeployment.objects.all()
 	slice_deploy_lookup = defaultdict(list)
 	for slice_deployment in slice_deployments:
 		slice_deploy_lookup[slice_deployment.slice].append(slice_deployment.deployment)
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	for expected_deployment in expected_deployments:
 		if slice not in slice_deploy_lookup or \
 		   expected_deployment not in slice_deploy_lookup[slice]:
-			sd = SliceDeployments(slice=slice, deployment=expected_deployment)
+			sd = SliceDeployment(slice=slice, deployment=expected_deployment)
 			sd.save()
 
 	# make sure slice has at least 1 public and 1 private networkd
diff --git a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slice_deployments.py b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slice_deployments.py
index 97196d6..d7282c6 100644
--- a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slice_deployments.py
+++ b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slice_deployments.py
@@ -5,23 +5,23 @@
 from django.db.models import F, Q
 from planetstack.config import Config
 from observer.openstacksyncstep import OpenStackSyncStep
-from core.models.site import Deployment, SiteDeployments
-from core.models.slice import Slice, SliceDeployments
-from core.models.userdeployments import UserDeployments
+from core.models.site import Deployment, SiteDeployment
+from core.models.slice import Slice, SliceDeployment
+from core.models.userdeployments import UserDeployment
 from util.logger import Logger, logging
 from observer.ansible import *
 
 logger = Logger(level=logging.INFO)
 
-class SyncSliceDeployments(OpenStackSyncStep):
-    provides=[SliceDeployments]
+class SyncSliceDeployment(OpenStackSyncStep):
+    provides=[SliceDeployment]
     requested_interval=0
 
     def fetch_pending(self, deleted):
         if (deleted):
-            return SliceDeployments.deleted_objects.all()
+            return SliceDeployment.deleted_objects.all()
         else:
-            return SliceDeployments.objects.filter(Q(enacted__lt=F('updated')) | Q(enacted=None))
+            return SliceDeployment.objects.filter(Q(enacted__lt=F('updated')) | Q(enacted=None))
 
     def get_next_subnet(self, deployment=None):
         # limit ourself to 10.0.x.x for now
diff --git a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slice_memberships.py b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slice_memberships.py
index b1cd223..9b7b40b 100644
--- a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slice_memberships.py
+++ b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slice_memberships.py
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
     def sync_record(self, slice_memb):
         # sync slice memberships at all slice deployments 
         logger.info("syncing slice privilege: %s %s" % (slice_memb.slice.name, slice_memb.user.email))
-        slice_deployments = SliceDeployments.objects.filter(slice=slice_memb.slice)
+        slice_deployments = SliceDeployment.objects.filter(slice=slice_memb.slice)
         for slice_deployment in slice_deployments:
             if not slice_deployment.tenant_id:
                 continue
-            user_deployments = UserDeployments.objects.filter(deployment=slice_deployment.deployment,
+            user_deployments = UserDeployment.objects.filter(deployment=slice_deployment.deployment,
                                                               user=slice_memb.user)
             if user_deployments:
                 kuser_id  = user_deployments[0].kuser_id
diff --git a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slices.py b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slices.py
index a6073b6..1b89ecd 100644
--- a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slices.py
+++ b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slices.py
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
     requested_interval=0
 
     def sync_record(self, slice):
-        for slice_deployment in SliceDeployments.objects.filter(slice=slice):
+        for slice_deployment in SliceDeployment.objects.filter(slice=slice):
             # bump the 'updated' timestamp and trigger observer to update
             # slice across all deployments 
             slice_deployment.save()    
 
     def delete_record(self, slice):
-        slice_deployment_deleter = SyncSliceDeployments().delete_record
-        for slice_deployment in SliceDeployments.objects.filter(slice=slice):
+        slice_deployment_deleter = SyncSliceDeployment().delete_record
+        for slice_deployment in SliceDeployment.objects.filter(slice=slice):
             try:
                 slice_deployment_deleter(slice_deployment)
             except Exception,e:
diff --git a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py
index 8237896..133c0e0 100644
--- a/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py
+++ b/planetstack/openstack_observer/steps/sync_slivers.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from planetstack.config import Config
 from observer.openstacksyncstep import OpenStackSyncStep
 from core.models.sliver import Sliver
-from core.models.slice import Slice, SlicePrivilege, SliceDeployments
+from core.models.slice import Slice, SlicePrivilege, SliceDeployment
 from core.models.network import Network, NetworkSlice, NetworkDeployments
 from util.logger import Logger, logging
 from observer.ansible import *