diff --git a/app/constraint/api_constraint.rb b/app/constraints/api_constraint.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from app/constraint/api_constraint.rb
rename to app/constraints/api_constraint.rb
diff --git a/app/controllers/old_events_controller.rb b/app/controllers/old_events_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfc5dc719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/old_events_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+class OldEventsController < ApplicationController
+
+  include Identifiable
+
+  include Facetable
+
+  prepend_before_action :authenticate_user!, except: [:index, :show]
+  before_action :load_event, only: [:show, :destroy]
+  before_action :set_include, only: [:index, :show, :create, :update]
+  authorize_resource only: [:destroy]
+
+  def create
+    @event = Event.where(subj_id: safe_params[:subj_id])
+                  .where(obj_id: safe_params[:obj_id])
+                  .where(source_id: safe_params[:source_id])
+                  .where(relation_type_id: safe_params[:relation_type_id])
+                  .first
+    exists = @event.present?
+
+    # create event if it doesn't exist already
+    @event = Event.new(safe_params.except(:format)) unless @event.present?
+
+    authorize! :create, @event
+
+    if @event.update_attributes(safe_params)
+      options = {}
+      options[:is_collection] = false
+      
+      render json: OldEventSerializer.new(@event, options).serialized_json, status: exists ? :ok : :created
+    else
+      errors = @event.errors.full_messages.map { |message| { status: 422, title: message } }
+      render json: { errors: errors }, status: :unprocessable_entity
+    end
+  end
+
+  def update
+    @event = Event.where(uuid: params[:id]).first
+    exists = @event.present?
+
+    # create event if it doesn't exist already
+    @event = Event.new(safe_params.except(:format)) unless @event.present?
+
+    authorize! :update, @event
+
+    if @event.update_attributes(safe_params)
+      options = {}
+      options[:is_collection] = false
+      
+      render json: OldEventSerializer.new(@event, options).serialized_json, status: exists ? :ok : :created
+    else
+      errors = @event.errors.full_messages.map { |message| { status: 422, title: message } }
+      render json: { errors: errors }, status: :unprocessable_entity
+    end
+  end
+
+  def show
+    options = {}
+    options[:include] = @include
+    options[:is_collection] = false
+
+    render json: OldEventSerializer.new(@event, options).serialized_json, status: :ok
+  end
+
+  def index
+    sort = case params[:sort]
+           when "relevance" then { "_score" => { order: 'desc' }}
+           when "obj_id" then { "obj_id" => { order: 'asc' }}
+           when "-obj_id" then { "obj_id" => { order: 'desc' }}
+           when "total" then { "total" => { order: 'asc' }}
+           when "-total" then { "total" => { order: 'desc' }}
+           when "created" then { created_at: { order: 'asc' }}
+           when "-created" then { created_at: { order: 'desc' }}
+           when "updated" then { updated_at: { order: 'asc' }}
+           when "relation_type_id" then { relation_type_id: { order: 'asc' }}
+           when "-updated" then { updated_at: { order: 'desc' }}
+           else { updated_at: { order: 'asc' }}
+           end
+
+    page = params[:page] || {}
+    if page[:size].present? 
+      page[:size] = [page[:size].to_i, 1000].min
+      max_number = 1
+    else
+      page[:size] = 1000
+      max_number = 10000/page[:size]
+    end
+    page[:number] = page[:number].to_i > 0 ? [page[:number].to_i, max_number].min : 1
+
+    if params[:id].present?
+      response = Event.find_by_id(params[:id]) 
+    elsif params[:ids].present?
+      response = Event.find_by_ids(params[:ids], page: page, sort: sort)
+    else
+      response = Event.query(params[:query],
+                             subj_id: params[:subj_id],
+                             obj_id: params[:obj_id],
+                             doi: params[:doi],
+                             orcid: params[:orcid],
+                             prefix: params[:prefix],
+                             subtype: params[:subtype],
+                             citation_type: params[:citation_type],
+                             source_id: params[:source_id], 
+                             registrant_id: params[:registrant_id],
+                             relation_type_id: params[:relation_type_id],
+                             issn: params[:issn],
+                             occurred_at: params[:occurred_at], 
+                             publication_year: params[:publication_year], 
+                             year_month: params[:year_month], 
+                             page: page,
+                             sort: sort)
+    end
+
+    total = response.results.total
+    total_for_pages = page[:cursor].present? ? total.to_f : [total.to_f, 10000].min
+    total_pages = page[:size] > 0 ? (total_for_pages / page[:size]).ceil : 0
+
+    sources = total > 0 ? facet_by_source(response.response.aggregations.sources.buckets) : nil
+    prefixes = total > 0 ? facet_by_source(response.response.aggregations.prefixes.buckets) : nil
+    citation_types = total > 0 ? facet_by_citation_type(response.response.aggregations.citation_types.buckets) : nil
+    relation_types = total > 0 ? facet_by_relation_type_v1(response.response.aggregations.relation_types.buckets) : nil  
+    registrants = total > 0  && params[:extra] ? facet_by_registrants(response.response.aggregations.registrants.buckets) : nil   
+    pairings = total > 0 && params[:extra] ? facet_by_pairings(response.response.aggregations.pairings.buckets) : nil
+
+    results = response.results
+
+    options = {}
+    options[:meta] = {
+      total: total,
+      "total-pages" => total_pages,
+      page: page[:cursor].blank? && page[:number].present? ? page[:number] : nil,
+      sources: sources,
+      prefixes: prefixes,
+      "citation-types" => citation_types,
+      "relation-types" => relation_types,
+      pairings: pairings,
+      registrants: registrants
+    }.compact
+
+    options[:links] = {
+      self: request.original_url,
+      next: results.size < page[:size] ? nil : request.base_url + "/events?" + {
+        "query" => params[:query],
+        "subj-id" => params[:subj_id],
+        "obj-id" => params[:obj_id],
+        "doi" => params[:doi],
+        "orcid" => params[:orcid],
+        "prefix" => params[:prefix],
+        "subtype" => params[:subtype],
+        "citation_type" => params[:citation_type],
+        "source-id" => params[:source_id],
+        "relation-type-id" => params[:relation_type_id],
+        "issn" => params[:issn],
+        "registrant-id" => params[:registrant_id],
+        "publication-year" => params[:publication_year],
+        "year-month" => params[:year_month],
+        "page[cursor]" => page[:cursor].present? ? Array.wrap(results.last[:sort]).first : nil,
+        "page[number]" => page[:cursor].blank? && page[:number].present? ? page[:number] + 1 : nil,
+        "page[size]" => page[:size] }.compact.to_query
+      }.compact
+    options[:include] = @include
+    options[:is_collection] = true
+
+    render json: OldEventSerializer.new(results, options).serialized_json, status: :ok
+  end
+
+  def destroy
+    if @event.destroy
+      render json: { data: {} }, status: :ok
+    else
+      errors = @event.errors.full_messages.map { |message| { status: 422, title: message } }
+      render json: { errors: errors }, status: :unprocessable_entity
+    end
+  end
+
+  protected
+
+  def load_event
+    response = Event.find_by_id(params[:id])
+    @event = response.results.first
+    fail ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound unless @event.present?
+  end
+
+  def set_include
+    if params[:include].present?
+      @include = params[:include].split(",").map { |i| i.downcase.underscore.to_sym }
+      @include = @include & [:subj, :obj]
+    else
+      @include = []
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def safe_params
+    nested_params = [:id, :name, { author: ["given-name", "family-name", :name] }, "alternate-name", :publisher, "provider-id", :periodical, "volume-number", "issue-number", :pagination, :issn, "date-published", "registrant-id", :doi, :url, :type]
+    ActiveModelSerializers::Deserialization.jsonapi_parse!(
+      params, only: [:id, "message-action", "source-token", :callback, "subj-id", "obj-id", "relation-type-id", "source-id", :total, :license, "occurred-at", :subj, :obj, subj: nested_params, obj: nested_params],
+              keys: { id: :uuid }    
+    )
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb
index afff43c36..dfecd88b2 100644
--- a/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/event_serializer.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ class EventSerializer
   
   belongs_to :subj, serializer: ObjectSerializer, record_type: :objects
   belongs_to :obj, serializer: ObjectSerializer, record_type: :objects
-  
+
   attribute :timestamp, &:updated_at
 end
diff --git a/app/serializers/old_event_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/old_event_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e996d544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/old_event_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class OldEventSerializer
+  include FastJsonapi::ObjectSerializer
+  set_key_transform :dash
+  set_type :events
+  set_id :uuid
+  
+  attributes :subj_id, :obj_id, :source_id, :relation_type_id, :total, :message_action, :source_token, :license, :occurred_at, :timestamp
+  
+  belongs_to :subj, serializer: OldObjectSerializer, record_type: :objects
+  belongs_to :obj, serializer: OldObjectSerializer, record_type: :objects
+
+  attribute :timestamp, &:updated_at
+end
diff --git a/app/serializers/old_object_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/old_object_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8e78da73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/old_object_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class OldObjectSerializer
+  include FastJsonapi::ObjectSerializer
+  set_key_transform :dash
+  set_type :objects
+  
+  attributes :subtype, :name, :author, :periodical, :volume_number, :issue_number, :pagination, :publisher, :issn, :version, :date_published
+
+  attribute :subtype do |object|
+    object["@type"]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 433431962..b9a8f857e 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,20 @@
     resources :activities
   end
 
-  resources :events
+  # scope module: :v2 do
+  #   resources :events
+  # end
+
+  resources :events, constraints: ApiConstraint.new(version: 2, default: :false)
+  resources :old_events, path: "events", constraints: ApiConstraint.new(version: 1, default: :true)
+
+  # scope module: :v2, constraints: ApiConstraint.new(version: 2, default: :false) do
+  #   resources :events
+  # end
+  
+  # scope module: :v1, constraints: ApiConstraint.new(version: 1, default: :true) do
+  #   resources :events
+  # end
   
   resources :prefixes, constraints: { :id => /.+/ }
   resources :provider_prefixes, path: 'provider-prefixes'