diff --git a/src/tables/factory.js b/src/tables/factory.js
index 6f0024dc..3935936e 100644
--- a/src/tables/factory.js
+++ b/src/tables/factory.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ let paginate = true
 /**
  * returns a data client
  */
-module.exports = function factory ({ tables, options = {} }, callback) {
+module.exports = function factory ({ services, options = {} }, callback) {
+  let { tables } = services
   let { ARC_ENV, AWS_REGION } = process.env
   let local = ARC_ENV === 'testing'
   let region = AWS_REGION || 'us-west-2'
diff --git a/src/tables/index.js b/src/tables/index.js
index b2c51e63..38d90979 100644
--- a/src/tables/index.js
+++ b/src/tables/index.js
@@ -36,12 +36,8 @@ module.exports = function tables (arc) {
       waterfall([
         function (callback) {
           arc.services()
-            .then(serviceMap => {
-              callback(null, { tables: serviceMap.tables, options })
-            })
-            .catch(err => {
-              callback(err)
-            })
+            .then(services => callback(null, { services, options }))
+            .catch(callback)
         },
         factory,
         function (created, callback) {
diff --git a/test/unit/src/tables/factory-test.js b/test/unit/src/tables/factory-test.js
index 037cc50f..c990c8a2 100644
--- a/test/unit/src/tables/factory-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/src/tables/factory-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ let sandbox = require('@architect/sandbox')
 let cwd = process.cwd()
 let mock = join(cwd, 'test', 'mock', 'project')
 
-let tables = { hi: 'there' }
+let services = { tables: { hi: 'there' } }
 
 test('Set up env', async t => {
   t.plan(2)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ test('Set up env', async t => {
 
 test('tables.factory main client', t => {
   t.plan(4)
-  factory({ tables }, (err, client) => {
+  factory({ services }, (err, client) => {
     if (err) t.fail(err)
     t.ok(client._client, '_client property assigned')
     t.notOk(client._db, '_db property not assigned')
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ test('tables.factory main client', t => {
 
 test('tables.factory AWS SDK properties', t => {
   t.plan(4)
-  factory({ tables, options: { awsSdkClient: true } }, (err, client) => {
+  factory({ services, options: { awsSdkClient: true } }, (err, client) => {
     if (err) t.fail(err)
     t.ok(client._client, '_client property assigned')
     t.ok(client._db, '_db property assigned')
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ test('tables.factory AWS SDK properties', t => {
 
 test('tables.factory client static methods', t => {
   t.plan(2)
-  let tables = { quart: 'tequila' }
-  factory({ tables }, async (err, client) => {
+  let services = { tables: { quart: 'tequila' } }
+  factory({ services }, async (err, client) => {
     if (err) t.fail(err)
-    t.equals(await client.reflect(), tables, 'reflect() returns tables object')
+    t.equals(await client.reflect(), services.tables, 'reflect() returns tables object')
     t.equals(client._name('quart'), 'tequila', '_name() returns tables value')
   })
 })