diff --git a/app/initializers/global-variables.js b/app/initializers/global-variables.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 554e6d8..0000000
--- a/app/initializers/global-variables.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-import config from '../config/environment';
-
-var globals = Ember.Object.extend({
-  genus: config.APP.genus,
-  apiURL: config.apiURL,
-});
-
-export function initialize(container, application) {
-  application.register('service:globals', globals, {singleton: true});
-  application.inject('route', 'globals', 'service:globals');
-  application.inject('controller', 'globals', 'service:globals');
-  application.inject('component', 'globals', 'service:globals');
-  application.inject('adapter', 'globals', 'service:globals');
-}
-
-export default {
-  name: 'global-variables',
-  initialize: initialize
-};
diff --git a/app/pods/application/adapter.js b/app/pods/application/adapter.js
index 0d7ed91..aa4cbcf 100644
--- a/app/pods/application/adapter.js
+++ b/app/pods/application/adapter.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import DS from 'ember-data';
 import DataAdapterMixin from 'ember-simple-auth/mixins/data-adapter-mixin';
+import Ember from 'ember';
 
+const { inject: { service } } = Ember;
 const { RESTAdapter } = DS;
 
 export default RESTAdapter.extend(DataAdapterMixin, {
+  globals: service(),
+
   authorizer: 'authorizer:application',
 
   namespace: function() {
diff --git a/app/pods/components/genus-name/component.js b/app/pods/components/genus-name/component.js
index ce66e93..23cb0a1 100644
--- a/app/pods/components/genus-name/component.js
+++ b/app/pods/components/genus-name/component.js
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
-export default Ember.Component.extend({
+const { Component, computed, inject: { service } } = Ember;
+
+export default Component.extend({
+  globals: service(),
+
   tagName: 'em',
-  genus: function() {
+
+  genus: computed('globals.genus', function() {
     return this.get('globals.genus').capitalize();
-  }.property().readOnly(),
+  }),
+
 });
diff --git a/app/pods/components/site-logo/component.js b/app/pods/components/site-logo/component.js
index 6e705e6..2e79985 100644
--- a/app/pods/components/site-logo/component.js
+++ b/app/pods/components/site-logo/component.js
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
 
-export default Ember.Component.extend({});
+const { Component, inject: { service } } = Ember;
+
+export default Component.extend({
+  globals: service(),
+});
diff --git a/app/pods/protected/compare/results/results-table/component.js b/app/pods/protected/compare/results/results-table/component.js
index 87b2369..1fa35ac 100644
--- a/app/pods/protected/compare/results/results-table/component.js
+++ b/app/pods/protected/compare/results/results-table/component.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const { Component, computed, inject: { service } } = Ember;
 
 export default Component.extend({
   session: service(),
+  globals: service(),
 
   strains: null,
   characteristics: null,
diff --git a/app/services/globals.js b/app/services/globals.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05fb525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/globals.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import Ember from 'ember';
+import config from '../config/environment';
+
+const { Service } = Ember;
+
+export default Service.extend({
+  genus: config.APP.genus,
+  apiURL: config.apiURL,
+});
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 72fccfa..5bbb490 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   "name": "clostridiumdotinfo",
   "dependencies": {
     "jquery": "~2.1.1",
-    "ember": "1.13.10",
+    "ember": "~2.1.0",
     "ember-cli-shims": "0.0.6",
     "ember-cli-test-loader": "0.2.1",
-    "ember-data": "1.13.15",
+    "ember-data": "~2.1.0",
     "ember-load-initializers": "0.1.7",
     "ember-qunit": "0.4.16",
     "ember-qunit-notifications": "~0.1.0",
diff --git a/tests/unit/initializers/global-variables-test.js b/tests/unit/initializers/global-variables-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e2aaa52..0000000
--- a/tests/unit/initializers/global-variables-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import Ember from 'ember';
-import { initialize } from '../../../initializers/global-variables';
-import { module, test } from 'qunit';
-
-var container, application;
-
-module('Unit | Initializer | global variables', {
-  beforeEach: function() {
-    Ember.run(function() {
-      application = Ember.Application.create();
-      container = application.__container__;
-      application.deferReadiness();
-    });
-  }
-});
-
-// Replace this with your real tests.
-test('it works', function(assert) {
-  initialize(container, application);
-
-  // you would normally confirm the results of the initializer here
-  assert.ok(true);
-});