diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 4ed1c4b9ee6..e236b24bda7 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ember-data",
   "dependencies": {
-    "ember": "components/ember#release",
+    "ember": "components/ember#beta",
     "ember-cli-shims": "ember-cli/ember-cli-shims#0.1.0",
     "ember-cli-test-loader": "ember-cli-test-loader#0.1.3",
     "ember-load-initializers": "ember-cli/ember-load-initializers#0.1.5",
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
     "qunit": "~1.18.0"
   },
   "resolutions": {
-    "ember": "release"
+    "ember": "beta"
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index cc1c7022ff0..ce7c24a49cc 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ module.exports = {
     return path.join(__dirname, 'blueprints');
   },
 
+  treeForApp: function(dir) {
+    if (this._forceBowerUsage) {
+      // Fake an empty broccoli tree
+      return { inputTree: dir, rebuild: function() { return []; } };
+    }
+
+    // this._super.treeForApp is undefined in ember-cli (1.13) for some reason.
+    // TODO: investigate why treeForApp isn't on _super
+    return dir;
+  },
+
   treeForAddon: function(dir) {
     if (this._forceBowerUsage) {
       // Fakes an empty broccoli tree