diff --git a/src/Base/AbstractCollection.php b/src/Base/AbstractCollection.php
index 003b19c..dd46ee5 100644
--- a/src/Base/AbstractCollection.php
+++ b/src/Base/AbstractCollection.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ abstract class AbstractCollection extends Component implements \IteratorAggregat
             return NULL;
         }
         if (!($this->_item[$offset] instanceof ModelInterface)) {
-            return $this->model->setAttributes($this->_item[$offset]);
+            return $this->model::populate($this->_item[$offset]);
         }
         return $this->_item[$offset];
     }
diff --git a/src/Base/CollectionIterator.php b/src/Base/CollectionIterator.php
index 1812257..4326352 100644
--- a/src/Base/CollectionIterator.php
+++ b/src/Base/CollectionIterator.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use Exception;
 class CollectionIterator extends \ArrayIterator
 {
 
-	private ModelInterface|string $model;
+	private \Database\Model|string $model;
 
 
 	/** @var ActiveQuery */
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class CollectionIterator extends \ArrayIterator
 	 */
 	protected function newModel($current): ModelInterface
 	{
-		return $this->model->setAttributes($current);
+		return $this->model::populate($current);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/src/Base/Model.php b/src/Base/Model.php
index b22d72e..8ff7880 100644
--- a/src/Base/Model.php
+++ b/src/Base/Model.php
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ abstract class Model extends Component implements ModelInterface, ArrayAccess, T
 	private function resolve($rule): Validator
 	{
 		$validate = Validator::getInstance();
-		$validate->setParams($this->_attributes);
+		$validate->setParams($this->getAttributes());
 		$validate->setModel($this);
 		foreach ($rule as $val) {
 			$field = array_shift($val);