diff --git a/api/v1/controllers/Posts.php b/api/v1/controllers/Posts.php
index 2cd0ee1..42425f7 100644
--- a/api/v1/controllers/Posts.php
+++ b/api/v1/controllers/Posts.php
@@ -24,16 +24,11 @@ public static function find( $app ) {
 			$app->lastModified( strtotime( $lastModified . ' GMT' ) );
 		}
 
-		if( empty( $args['post_status'] ) ) {
-			//if no post status is set, the user does not have privelages to view any that were given in the request
-			$posts = array();
-		} else {
-			$model = self::model();
+		$model = self::model();
 
-			$posts = $model->find( $args, $found );
-	  
-			array_walk( $posts, array( __CLASS__, 'format' ), 'read' );
-		}
+		$posts = $model->find( $args, $found );
+
+		array_walk( $posts, array( __CLASS__, 'format' ), 'read' );
 
 		return empty( $args['no_found_rows'] ) ? compact( 'posts', 'found' ) : compact( 'posts' );
 	}
@@ -164,6 +159,10 @@ protected static function convert_request( $request_args ) {
 			$request_args['post_status'] = 'publish';
 		} else {
 			$request_args['post_status'] = array_filter( $request_args['post_status'], function( $status ) use ( $request_args ) {
+				if($status =='inherit') {
+					return true;
+				}
+				
 				$status_obj = get_post_status_object( $status );
 				if ( !$status_obj ) {
 					return false;
@@ -205,7 +204,9 @@ protected static function convert_request( $request_args ) {
 				return true;
 
 			});
-
+			if(empty($request_args['post_status'])) {
+				unset($request_args['post_status']);
+			}
 		}
 
 		if ( isset( $request_args['author'] ) ) {
diff --git a/api/v1/models/Posts.php b/api/v1/models/Posts.php
index 4b49f2d..0fdb610 100644
--- a/api/v1/models/Posts.php
+++ b/api/v1/models/Posts.php
@@ -8,14 +8,26 @@ public function find( $args = array( ), &$found = null ) {
 		//add filter for before/after handling, hopefully more complex date querying
 		//will exist by wp3.7
 		if ( isset( $args['before'] ) || isset( $args['after'] ) ) {
-			add_filter( 'posts_where', array( __CLASS__, '_filter_posts_where_handleDateRange' ), 10, 2 );
+			add_filter( 'posts_where', array( $this, '_filter_posts_where_handleDateRange' ), 10, 2 );
+		}
+
+		if( isset( $args['post_type'] ) && in_array('attachment', (array) $args['post_type'])) {
+			if(empty($args['post_status'])) {
+				$args['post_status'] = array('inherit');
+			} else {
+				$args['post_status'] = array_merge((array) $args['post_status'], array('inherit'));
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if( empty( $args['post_status'] ) ) {
+			//a post_status is required
+			return array();
 		}
 		
 		if(isset($args['per_page'])) {
 			$args['posts_per_page'] = $args['per_page'];
 			unset($args['per_page']);
 		}
-		
 		$wp_posts = new \WP_Query( $args );
 
 		if ( $wp_posts->have_posts() ) {
@@ -30,7 +42,7 @@ public function findById($id) {
 		return get_post($id);
 	}
 	
-	public static function _filter_posts_where_handleDateRange( $where, $wp_query ) {
+	public function _filter_posts_where_handleDateRange( $where, $wp_query ) {
 		if ( ($before = $wp_query->get( 'before' ) ) && $beforets = strtotime( $before ) ) {
 			if ( preg_match( '$:[0-9]{2}\s[+-][0-9]{2}$', $before ) || strpos( $before, 'GMT' ) !== false ) {
 				//adjust to site time if a timezone was set in the timestamp
@@ -47,7 +59,8 @@ public static function _filter_posts_where_handleDateRange( $where, $wp_query )
 
 			$where .= sprintf( " AND post_date > '%s'", gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $afterts ) );
 		}
+		remove_filter('posts_search', array($this, __METHOD__));
 		return $where;
 	}
-
+	
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/install-wp-tests.sh b/bin/install-wp-tests.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/tests/v1/controllers/test-Posts.php b/tests/v1/controllers/test-Posts.php
index 978f198..0b58a7a 100644
--- a/tests/v1/controllers/test-Posts.php
+++ b/tests/v1/controllers/test-Posts.php
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ protected function _make_attachment( $upload, $parent_post_id = -1 ) {
 	}
 
 	public function testGetPosts() {
+		$this->_insert_post();
 		list($status, $headers, $body) = $this->_getResponse( array(
 			'REQUEST_METHOD' => 'GET',
 			'PATH_INFO' => Voce\Thermal\get_api_base() . 'v1/posts',
@@ -94,9 +95,32 @@ public function testGetPosts() {
 		$this->assertInternalType( 'object', $data );
 		$this->assertObjectHasAttribute( 'posts', $data );
 		$this->assertInternalType( 'array', $data->posts );
+		$this->assertNotEmpty($data->posts);
 		$this->assertObjectNotHasAttribute( 'found', $data );
 	}
 
+	public function testGetAttachments() {
+		wp_set_current_user(1);
+		$upload = $this->_upload_file( dirname( dirname( __DIR__ ) ) . '/data/250x250.png' );
+		$attachment_id = $this->_make_attachment( $upload );
+		
+		list($status, $headers, $body) = $this->_getResponse( array(
+			'REQUEST_METHOD' => 'GET',
+			'PATH_INFO' => Voce\Thermal\get_api_base() . 'v1/posts',
+			'QUERY_STRING' => 'post_type=attachment',
+			) );
+
+		$data = json_decode( $body );
+
+		$this->assertEquals( '200', $status );
+		$this->assertInternalType( 'object', $data );
+		$this->assertObjectHasAttribute( 'posts', $data );
+		$this->assertInternalType( 'array', $data->posts );
+		$this->assertNotEmpty($data->posts);
+		$this->assertObjectNotHasAttribute( 'found', $data );
+		wp_set_current_user(0);
+	}
+
 	public function testLastGetPostsModified() {
 		$this->_insert_post();
 
@@ -107,7 +131,7 @@ public function testLastGetPostsModified() {
 			) );
 
 		$this->assertEquals( '200', $status );
-		$this->assertNotEmpty( $headers['last-modified']);
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $headers['last-modified'] );
 		$last_modified = $headers['last-modified'];
 
 		list($status, $headers, $body) = $this->_getResponse( array(
@@ -124,9 +148,9 @@ public function testLastGetPostsModified() {
 	public function testGetPostsStatus() {
 		$post_id = $this->_insert_post( array(
 			'post_status' => 'future',
-			'post_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s', time() + 604800 ),
+			'post_date' => date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', time() + 604800 ),
 			'post_date_gmt' => '',
-			));
+		) );
 
 		list($status, $headers, $body) = $this->_getResponse( array(
 			'REQUEST_METHOD' => 'GET',
@@ -135,7 +159,7 @@ public function testGetPostsStatus() {
 			) );
 
 		$data = json_decode( $body );
-		
+
 		$this->assertEquals( '200', $status );
 		$this->assertInternalType( 'object', $data );
 		$this->assertObjectHasAttribute( 'posts', $data );
@@ -143,7 +167,7 @@ public function testGetPostsStatus() {
 		$this->assertCount( 0, $data->posts );
 		$this->assertObjectNotHasAttribute( 'found', $data );
 
-		wp_set_current_user(1);
+		wp_set_current_user( 1 );
 
 		list($status, $headers, $body) = $this->_getResponse( array(
 			'REQUEST_METHOD' => 'GET',
@@ -152,7 +176,7 @@ public function testGetPostsStatus() {
 			) );
 
 		$data = json_decode( $body );
-		wp_set_current_user(0); //log back out for other tests.
+		wp_set_current_user( 0 ); //log back out for other tests.
 
 		$this->assertEquals( '200', $status );
 		$this->assertInternalType( 'object', $data );
@@ -160,8 +184,6 @@ public function testGetPostsStatus() {
 		$this->assertInternalType( 'array', $data->posts );
 		$this->assertCount( 1, $data->posts );
 		$this->assertObjectNotHasAttribute( 'found', $data );
-
-		
 	}
 
 	public function testGetPostsPerPage() {
@@ -329,7 +351,7 @@ public function testGetPostLastModified() {
 			) );
 
 		$this->assertEquals( '200', $status );
-		$this->assertNotEmpty( $headers['last-modified']);
+		$this->assertNotEmpty( $headers['last-modified'] );
 		$last_modified = $headers['last-modified'];
 
 		list($status, $headers, $body) = $this->_getResponse( array(
@@ -393,7 +415,7 @@ public function testGetPostsCustomTaxonomy() {
 		register_taxonomy( 'test_tax', 'post', array( 'public' => true ) );
 		$post_id = $this->_insert_post();
 
-		if($term_obj = get_term_by('name', 'Test Term', 'test_tax')){
+		if ( $term_obj = get_term_by( 'name', 'Test Term', 'test_tax' ) ) {
 			$term_id = $term_obj->term_id;
 		} else {
 			$term_data = wp_insert_term( 'Test Term', 'test_tax' );
@@ -411,7 +433,7 @@ public function testGetPostsCustomTaxonomy() {
 			) );
 
 		$data = json_decode( $body );
-		
+
 		$this->assertEquals( '200', $status );
 		$this->assertInternalType( 'object', $data );
 		$this->assertObjectHasAttribute( 'posts', $data );