diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9e752c1..6c21cf1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 /tmp/
 .byebug_history
 spec/dummy/log/*
+*~
diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/resource_generator.rb b/lib/generators/jsonapi/resource_generator.rb
index 4b21df6..5fb3bdd 100644
--- a/lib/generators/jsonapi/resource_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/jsonapi/resource_generator.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ class ResourceGenerator < ::Rails::Generators::NamedBase
       default: nil,
       aliases: ['--actions', '-a'],
       desc: 'Array of controller actions to support, e.g. "index show destroy"'
+    class_option :api_version,
+                 type: :string,
+                 default: 'v1',
+                 desc: 'Version for the api'
+
 
     desc "This generator creates a resource file at app/resources, as well as corresponding controller/specs/route/etc"
     def copy_resource_file
@@ -50,6 +55,10 @@ def omit_comments?
       @options['omit-comments']
     end
 
+    def api_version
+      @options['api_version']
+    end
+
     def generate_controller
       to = File.join('app/controllers', class_path, "#{file_name.pluralize}_controller.rb")
       template('controller.rb.erb', to)
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ def docs_controller?
     end
 
     def generate_swagger
-      code = "  jsonapi_resource '/v1/#{type}'"
+      code = "  jsonapi_resource '/#{api_version}/#{type}'"
       code << ", only: [#{actions.map { |a| ":#{a}" }.join(', ')}]" if actions.length < 5
       code << "\n"
       inject_into_file 'app/controllers/docs_controller.rb', before: /^end/ do
@@ -106,42 +115,42 @@ def generate_route
       code = "      resources :#{type}"
       code << ", only: [#{actions.map { |a| ":#{a}" }.join(', ')}]" if actions.length < 5
       code << "\n"
-      inject_into_file 'config/routes.rb', after: "scope path: '/v1' do\n" do
+      inject_into_file 'config/routes.rb', after: "scope path: '/#{api_version}' do\n" do
         code
       end
     end
 
     def generate_tests
       if actions?('index')
-        to = File.join "spec/api/v1/#{file_name.pluralize}",
+        to = File.join "spec/api/#{api_version}/#{file_name.pluralize}",
           class_path,
           "index_spec.rb"
         template('index_request_spec.rb.erb', to)
       end
 
       if actions?('show')
-        to = File.join "spec/api/v1/#{file_name.pluralize}",
+        to = File.join "spec/api/#{api_version}/#{file_name.pluralize}",
           class_path,
           "show_spec.rb"
         template('show_request_spec.rb.erb', to)
       end
 
       if actions?('create')
-        to = File.join "spec/api/v1/#{file_name.pluralize}",
+        to = File.join "spec/api/#{api_version}/#{file_name.pluralize}",
           class_path,
           "create_spec.rb"
         template('create_request_spec.rb.erb', to)
       end
 
       if actions?('update')
-        to = File.join "spec/api/v1/#{file_name.pluralize}",
+        to = File.join "spec/api/#{api_version}/#{file_name.pluralize}",
           class_path,
           "update_spec.rb"
         template('update_request_spec.rb.erb', to)
       end
 
       if actions?('destroy')
-        to = File.join "spec/api/v1/#{file_name.pluralize}",
+        to = File.join "spec/api/#{api_version}/#{file_name.pluralize}",
           class_path,
           "destroy_spec.rb"
         template('destroy_request_spec.rb.erb', to)
@@ -178,7 +187,7 @@ def api_namespace
         if ns.blank?
           ns = prompt \
             header: "What is your API namespace?",
-            description: "This will be used as a route prefix, e.g. if you want the route '/books_api/v1/authors' your namespace would be 'books_api'",
+            description: "This will be used as a route prefix, e.g. if you want the route '/books_api/#{api_version}/authors' your namespace would be 'books_api'",
             default: 'api'
           update_config!('namespace' => ns)
         end
@@ -192,7 +201,7 @@ def model_klass
     end
 
     def type
-      model_klass.name.underscore.pluralize
+      class_name.underscore.pluralize
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/create_request_spec.rb.erb b/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/create_request_spec.rb.erb
index c1c1556..792e0f6 100644
--- a/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/create_request_spec.rb.erb
+++ b/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/create_request_spec.rb.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe "<%= type %>#create", type: :request do
   subject(:make_request) do
-    jsonapi_post "/<%= api_namespace %>/v1/<%= type %>", payload
+    jsonapi_post "/<%= api_namespace %>/<%= api_version %>/<%= type %>", payload
   end
 
   describe 'basic create' do
diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/destroy_request_spec.rb.erb b/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/destroy_request_spec.rb.erb
index 0d375a1..87e784c 100644
--- a/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/destroy_request_spec.rb.erb
+++ b/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/destroy_request_spec.rb.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe "<%= type %>#destroy", type: :request do
   subject(:make_request) do
-    jsonapi_delete "/<%= api_namespace %>/v1/<%= type %>/#{<%= file_name %>.id}"
+    jsonapi_delete "/<%= api_namespace %>/<%= api_version %>/<%= type %>/#{<%= file_name %>.id}"
   end
 
   describe 'basic destroy' do
diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/index_request_spec.rb.erb b/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/index_request_spec.rb.erb
index a9303e2..87ebdc5 100644
--- a/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/index_request_spec.rb.erb
+++ b/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/index_request_spec.rb.erb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ RSpec.describe "<%= file_name.pluralize %>#index", type: :request do
   let(:params) { {} }
 
   subject(:make_request) do
-    jsonapi_get "/<%= api_namespace %>/v1/<%= file_name.pluralize %>",
+    jsonapi_get "/<%= api_namespace %>/<%= api_version %>/<%= file_name.pluralize %>",
       params: params
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/show_request_spec.rb.erb b/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/show_request_spec.rb.erb
index f1e089c..468ca04 100644
--- a/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/show_request_spec.rb.erb
+++ b/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/show_request_spec.rb.erb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ RSpec.describe "<%= file_name.pluralize %>#show", type: :request do
   let(:params) { {} }
 
   subject(:make_request) do
-    jsonapi_get "/<%= api_namespace %>/v1/<%= file_name.pluralize %>/#{<%= file_name %>.id}",
+    jsonapi_get "/<%= api_namespace %>/<%= api_version %>/<%= file_name.pluralize %>/#{<%= file_name %>.id}",
       params: params
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/update_request_spec.rb.erb b/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/update_request_spec.rb.erb
index 846f546..beb4d17 100644
--- a/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/update_request_spec.rb.erb
+++ b/lib/generators/jsonapi/templates/update_request_spec.rb.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 
 RSpec.describe "<%= type %>#update", type: :request do
   subject(:make_request) do
-    jsonapi_put "/<%= api_namespace %>/v1/<%= type %>/#{<%= file_name %>.id}", payload
+    jsonapi_put "/<%= api_namespace %>/<%= api_version %>/<%= type %>/#{<%= file_name %>.id}", payload
   end
 
   describe 'basic update' do