diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 213cc1e..375d49d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ gem 'pg', '~> 1.2.2'
 gem 'webpacker', '5.1.1'
 gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.1.0', require: false
 
-gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.10'
-
 gem 'oj', '~> 3.10.6'
 
 gem 'kaminari', '~> 1.2.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f6cfbfc..c4fb412 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ GEM
       msgpack (~> 1.0)
     builder (3.2.4)
     coderay (1.1.3)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.1.6)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.1.7)
     crass (1.0.6)
     dalli (2.7.10)
     database_cleaner (1.8.5)
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ GEM
       rspec (>= 2.99.0, < 4.0)
     i18n (1.8.5)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    jbuilder (2.10.0)
-      activesupport (>= 5.0.0)
     kaminari (1.2.1)
       activesupport (>= 4.1.0)
       kaminari-actionview (= 1.2.1)
@@ -245,7 +243,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   factory_bot_rails (~> 5.2.0)
   guard (~> 2.16.2)
   guard-rspec
-  jbuilder (~> 2.10)
   kaminari (~> 1.2.0)
   oj (~> 3.10.6)
   pg (~> 1.2.2)
diff --git a/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
index a417743..7d7a6ba 100644
--- a/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/notes_controller.rb
@@ -6,22 +6,14 @@ class NotesController < ApplicationController
   # GET /notes.json
   def index
     @notes = Note.for_user(current_user)
+    render json: NoteSerializer.for(@notes)
   end
 
   # GET /notes/1
   # GET /notes/1.json
   def show
     ensure_owner(@note)
-  end
-
-  # GET /notes/new
-  def new
-    @note = Note.new
-  end
-
-  # GET /notes/1/edit
-  def edit
-    ensure_owner(@note)
+    render json: NoteSerializer.for(@note)
   end
 
   # POST /notes
diff --git a/app/controllers/task_items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/task_items_controller.rb
index c706e29..9028cd9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/task_items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/task_items_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class TaskItemsController < ApplicationController
     @task_item.task_list = @task_list
 
     if @task_item.save
-      render :show, status: :created, location: [@task_list, @task_item]
+      render json: TaskItemSerializer.for(@task_item), status: :created, location: [@task_list, @task_item]
     else
       render json: @task_item.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity
     end
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class TaskItemsController < ApplicationController
 
   def update
     if @task_item.update(task_item_params)
-      render :show, status: :ok, location: [@task_list, @task_item]
+      render json: TaskItemSerializer.for(@task_item), status: :ok, location: [@task_list, @task_item]
     else
       render json: @task_item.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/task_lists_controller.rb b/app/controllers/task_lists_controller.rb
index 99254fe..b321401 100644
--- a/app/controllers/task_lists_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/task_lists_controller.rb
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ class TaskListsController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
     @task_lists = TaskList.for_user(current_user).includes(:task_items).order(created_at: :desc)
+    render json: TaskListSerializer.for(@task_lists)
   end
 
   def show
     ensure_owner(@task_list)
+    render json: TaskListSerializer.for(@task_list)
   end
 
   def create
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ class TaskListsController < ApplicationController
     @task_list.user = current_user
 
     if @task_list.save
-      render :show, status: :created, location: @task_list
+      render json: TaskListSerializer.for(@task_list), status: :created, location: @task_list
     else
       render json: @task_list.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity
     end
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ class TaskListsController < ApplicationController
   def update
     ensure_owner(@task_list) do
       if @task_list.update(task_list_params)
-        render :show, status: :ok, location: @task_list
+        render json: TaskListSerializer.for(@task_list), status: :ok, location: @task_list
       else
         render json: @task_list.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity
       end
diff --git a/app/models/task_item.rb b/app/models/task_item.rb
index 5f266ad..2b30275 100644
--- a/app/models/task_item.rb
+++ b/app/models/task_item.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class TaskItem < ApplicationRecord
   include DefaultValues
 
-  belongs_to :task_list
+  belongs_to :task_list, touch: true
 
   validates :name, presence: true
 
diff --git a/app/serializers/application_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/application_serializer.rb
index 11974f7..3823206 100644
--- a/app/serializers/application_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/application_serializer.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 class ApplicationSerializer
+  include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
+
   class CollectionSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
 
     def initialize(items, serializer, opts = {})
diff --git a/app/serializers/note_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/note_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1a0f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/note_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class NoteSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+  def serialize
+    {
+        **item_properties(:id, :content, :created_at),
+        url: note_path(item, format: :json)
+    }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/serializers/task_item_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/task_item_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19dd8e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/task_item_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class TaskItemSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+  def serialize
+    {
+        **item_properties(:id, :task_list_id, :name, :quantity, :completed, :created_at, :updated_at)
+    }
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/serializers/task_list_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/task_list_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d77cd31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/task_list_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class TaskListSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+  def serialize
+    {
+        **item_properties(:id, :name, :created_at, :updated_at),
+        task_items: TaskItemSerializer.for(item.task_items).serialize
+    }
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/home/about.html.erb b/app/views/home/about.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f8a616..0000000
--- a/app/views/home/about.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<div class="row">
-  <div class="col-xs-12">
-
-    <div class="page-header">
-      <h1>About</h1>
-    </div>
-
-    <p>
-      A Recipe manager.  Source available from my Git repository at <a href="https://source.elbert.us/dan/parsley">https://source.elbert.us</a>.
-    </p>
-
-    <p>
-      Parsley is released under the MIT License.  All code &copy; Dan Elbert 2016.
-    </p>
-
-    <p>
-      Food data provided by:<br/>
-      <cite>
-        US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Nutrient Data Laboratory. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 28. Version Current:  September 2015.  Internet:  <a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/nea/bhnrc/ndl">http://www.ars.usda.gov/nea/bhnrc/ndl</a>
-      </cite>
-    </p>
-
-  </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.erb b/app/views/home/index.html.erb
index e6f597a..116eb9c 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.erb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     }
 
     #app {
-      transition: opacity 0.5s ease-in;
+      transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in;
     }
     
     body.loading #app {
diff --git a/app/views/notes/_note.json.jbuilder b/app/views/notes/_note.json.jbuilder
deleted file mode 100644
index d5842d6..0000000
--- a/app/views/notes/_note.json.jbuilder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-json.extract! note, :id, :content, :created_at
-json.url note_url(note, format: :json)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/notes/index.json.jbuilder b/app/views/notes/index.json.jbuilder
deleted file mode 100644
index c121fb7..0000000
--- a/app/views/notes/index.json.jbuilder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-json.array! @notes, partial: 'notes/note', as: :note
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/notes/show.json.jbuilder b/app/views/notes/show.json.jbuilder
deleted file mode 100644
index 800c347..0000000
--- a/app/views/notes/show.json.jbuilder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-json.partial! "notes/note", note: @note
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/tags/search.json.jbuilder b/app/views/tags/search.json.jbuilder
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f4a680..0000000
--- a/app/views/tags/search.json.jbuilder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-
-json.array! @tags do |t|
-
-  json.extract! t, :id, :name
-
-end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/task_items/_task_item.json.jbuilder b/app/views/task_items/_task_item.json.jbuilder
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f4a5f6..0000000
--- a/app/views/task_items/_task_item.json.jbuilder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-json.extract! task_item, :id, :task_list_id, :name, :quantity, :completed, :created_at, :updated_at
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/task_items/show.json.jbuilder b/app/views/task_items/show.json.jbuilder
deleted file mode 100644
index f1fc61b..0000000
--- a/app/views/task_items/show.json.jbuilder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-json.partial! 'task_items/task_item', task_item: @task_item
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/task_lists/_task_list.json.jbuilder b/app/views/task_lists/_task_list.json.jbuilder
deleted file mode 100644
index 39bd525..0000000
--- a/app/views/task_lists/_task_list.json.jbuilder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-
-json.extract! task_list, :id, :name, :created_at, :updated_at
-json.task_items task_list.task_items, partial: 'task_items/task_item', as: :task_item
diff --git a/app/views/task_lists/index.json.jbuilder b/app/views/task_lists/index.json.jbuilder
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cd31f6..0000000
--- a/app/views/task_lists/index.json.jbuilder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-json.array! @task_lists, partial: 'task_lists/task_list', as: :task_list
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/task_lists/show.json.jbuilder b/app/views/task_lists/show.json.jbuilder
deleted file mode 100644
index 4892879..0000000
--- a/app/views/task_lists/show.json.jbuilder
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-json.partial! 'task_lists/task_list', task_list: @task_list
\ No newline at end of file