diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index a8cb0b33..d1b50ab7 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ class Griddle extends Component {
       storeKey = Griddle.storeKey || 'store',
     } = props;
 
-    const { initialState, reducers, reduxMiddleware } = init.call(this, core);
+    const { initialState, reducer, reduxMiddleware } = init.call(this, core);
 
     const composeEnhancers = (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__) || compose
     this.store = createStore(
-      reducers,
+      reducer,
       initialState,
       composeEnhancers(
         applyMiddleware(...reduxMiddleware)
diff --git a/src/utils/__tests__/initilizerTests.js b/src/utils/__tests__/initilizerTests.js
index 31522b38..0623ea16 100644
--- a/src/utils/__tests__/initilizerTests.js
+++ b/src/utils/__tests__/initilizerTests.js
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ test('init succeeds given null defaults and empty props', (assert) => {
 
   assert.deepEqual(res.initialState, expectedDefaultInitialState);
 
-  assert.is(typeof res.reducers, 'function');
-  assert.deepEqual(res.reducers({}, { type: 'REDUCE' }), {});
+  assert.is(typeof res.reducer, 'function');
+  assert.deepEqual(res.reducer({}, { type: 'REDUCE' }), {});
 
   assert.deepEqual(res.reduxMiddleware, []);
 
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ test('init succeeds given empty defaults and props', (assert) => {
 
   assert.deepEqual(res.initialState, expectedDefaultInitialState);
 
-  assert.is(typeof res.reducers, 'function');
-  assert.deepEqual(res.reducers({}, { type: 'REDUCE' }), {});
+  assert.is(typeof res.reducer, 'function');
+  assert.deepEqual(res.reducer({}, { type: 'REDUCE' }), {});
 
   assert.deepEqual(res.reduxMiddleware, []);
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ test('init succeeds given empty defaults and props', (assert) => {
 test('init returns defaults given minimum props', (assert) => {
   const ctx = { props: { data: [] } };
   const defaults = {
-    reducers: { REDUCE: () => ({ reduced: true }) },
+    reducer: { REDUCE: () => ({ reduced: true }) },
     components: { Layout: () => null },
     settingsComponentObjects: { mySettings: { order: 10 } },
     selectors: { aSelector: () => null },
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ test('init returns defaults given minimum props', (assert) => {
     styleConfig: defaults.styleConfig,
   });
 
-  assert.is(typeof res.reducers, 'function');
-  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(res.reducers), Object.keys(defaults.reducers));
-  assert.deepEqual(res.reducers({}, { type: 'REDUCE' }), { reduced: true });
+  assert.is(typeof res.reducer, 'function');
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(res.reducer), Object.keys(defaults.reducer));
+  assert.deepEqual(res.reducer({}, { type: 'REDUCE' }), { reduced: true });
 
   assert.deepEqual(res.reduxMiddleware, []);
 
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ test('init returns composed reducer given plugins', (assert) => {
     },
   };
   const defaults = {
-    reducers: {
+    reducer: {
       DEFAULTS: () => ({ defaults: true }),
       PLUGIN: () => ({ plugin: false }),
     },
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ test('init returns composed reducer given plugins', (assert) => {
   const res = init.call(ctx, defaults);
   assert.truthy(res);
 
-  assert.is(typeof res.reducers, 'function');
-  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(res.reducers), ['DEFAULTS', 'PLUGIN']);
-  assert.deepEqual(res.reducers({}, { type: 'DEFAULTS' }), { defaults: true });
-  assert.deepEqual(res.reducers({}, { type: 'PLUGIN' }), { plugin: 1 });
+  assert.is(typeof res.reducer, 'function');
+  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(res.reducer), ['DEFAULTS', 'PLUGIN']);
+  assert.deepEqual(res.reducer({}, { type: 'DEFAULTS' }), { defaults: true });
+  assert.deepEqual(res.reducer({}, { type: 'PLUGIN' }), { plugin: 1 });
 });
 
 test('init returns flattened/compacted reduxMiddleware given plugins', (assert) => {
diff --git a/src/utils/initializer.js b/src/utils/initializer.js
index 193c7e86..3fa76b6a 100644
--- a/src/utils/initializer.js
+++ b/src/utils/initializer.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = function initializer(defaults) {
   if (!this) throw new Error('this missing!');
 
   const {
-    reducers: dataReducers,
+    reducer: defaultReducer,
     components,
     settingsComponentObjects,
     selectors,
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module.exports = function initializer(defaults) {
   const columnProperties = getColumnProperties(rowPropertiesComponent);
 
   // Combine / compose the reducers to make a single, unified reducer
-  const reducers = buildGriddleReducer([dataReducers, ...plugins.map(p => p.reducer)]);
+  const reducer = buildGriddleReducer([defaultReducer, ...plugins.map(p => p.reducer)]);
 
   // Combine / Compose the components to make a single component for each component type
   this.components = buildGriddleComponents([
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ module.exports = function initializer(defaults) {
 
   return {
     initialState,
-    reducers,
+    reducer,
     reduxMiddleware: _.compact([
       ..._.flatten(plugins.map(p => p.reduxMiddleware)),
       ...reduxMiddleware