diff --git a/lib/transformer.ts b/lib/transformer.ts
index 6f6a138..0356d1b 100755
--- a/lib/transformer.ts
+++ b/lib/transformer.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as Sequelize from 'sequelize'
 import { FabrixApp } from '@fabrix/fabrix'
 import { FabrixModel } from '@fabrix/fabrix/dist/common'
 import { pickBy, isString, startsWith } from 'lodash'
+import { SequelizeResolver } from './SequelizeResolver'
 
 export const Transformer = {
   BreakException: {},
@@ -182,6 +183,13 @@ export const Transformer = {
     const options =  Transformer.getModelOptions(app, model)
     const schema = Transformer.getModelSchema(app, model)
 
+    if (!model.resolver || !model.resolver.connect) {
+      throw new Error(`${modelName} was set to use Sequelize but the resolver is missing "connect"`)
+    }
+    if (!(model.resolver instanceof SequelizeResolver)) {
+      throw new Error(`${modelName} is not a Sequelize Resolver`)
+    }
+
     model.store = store
     model.migrate = migrate
     model.resolver.connection = connection
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6f4592b..8910a5f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@fabrix/spool-sequelize",
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e71ad4f..905671d 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@fabrix/spool-sequelize",
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "description": "Spool - Datastore Spool for Sequelize.js http://sequelizejs.com",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc -p ./lib/tsconfig.release.json",