diff --git a/src/ActiveRecord.php b/src/ActiveRecord.php
index b722b05..41a18a7 100644
--- a/src/ActiveRecord.php
+++ b/src/ActiveRecord.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public static function getDb()
     public static function modelName()
     {
         $path = Inflector::camel2id(StringHelper::basename(get_called_class()), '-');
-        return self::getDb()->usePluralisation ? Inflector::pluralize($path) : $path;
+        return static::getDb()->usePluralisation ? Inflector::pluralize($path) : $path;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Command.php b/src/Command.php
index eebf68b..b672a02 100644
--- a/src/Command.php
+++ b/src/Command.php
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ protected function queryInternal($method = 'get')
         if ($this->db->usePluralisation && strpos($this->pathInfo, '/') === false) {
             $this->pathInfo = Inflector::pluralize($this->pathInfo);
         }
+        if (!$this->db->useFilterKeyword) {
+            $filter = ArrayHelper::remove($this->queryParams, 'filter', []);
+            $this->queryParams = array_merge($this->queryParams, $filter);
+        }
 
         return $this->db->$method($this->pathInfo, $this->queryParams);
     }
diff --git a/src/Connection.php b/src/Connection.php
index 9aea8dd..3d314f0 100644
--- a/src/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Connection.php
@@ -57,9 +57,13 @@ class Connection extends Component
      */
     public $responseConfig = [];
     /**
-     * @var boolean Whether to user pluralisation or not
+     * @var boolean Whether to use pluralisation or not
      */
     public $usePluralisation = true;
+    /**
+     * @var boolean Whether to use filter keyword or not
+     */
+    public $useFilterKeyword = true;
     /**
      * @var boolean Whether the connection should throw an exception if response is not 200 or not
      */
diff --git a/tests/UrlTest.php b/tests/UrlTest.php
index 851d797..7ca5160 100644
--- a/tests/UrlTest.php
+++ b/tests/UrlTest.php
@@ -40,6 +40,34 @@ public function testGetAnotherOne()
         $this->assertStringStartsWith('https://api.site.com/rest-models/1', $logEntry['url']);
     }
 
+    public function testFilter()
+    {
+        RestModel::find()->where(['name' => 'John'])->one();
+
+        $logEntry = $this->parseLogs();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('GET', $logEntry['method']);
+        $this->assertStringStartsWith('https://api.site.com/rest-models?filter%5Bname%5D=John', $logEntry['url']);
+    }
+
+    public function testWithoutFilterKeyword()
+    {
+        $this->mockWebApplication([
+            'components' => [
+                'rest' => [
+                    'useFilterKeyword' => false
+                ]
+            ]
+        ]);
+
+        RestModel::find()->where(['name' => 'John'])->one();
+
+        $logEntry = $this->parseLogs();
+
+        $this->assertEquals('GET', $logEntry['method']);
+        $this->assertStringStartsWith('https://api.site.com/rest-models?name=John', $logEntry['url']);
+    }
+
     public function testDeleteOne()
     {
         $model = new RestModel([