diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/CustomerPreferences.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/CustomerPreferences.pm
index 9b02d27fa4..8ed5314f46 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/CustomerPreferences.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/CustomerPreferences.pm
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ sub allowed_methods{
     return [qw/GET OPTIONS HEAD/];
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'contracts';
+}
+
 sub api_description {
     return 'Specifies certain properties (preferences) for a <a href="#customers">Customer</a>. The full list of properties can be obtained via <a href="/api/customerpreferencedefs/">CustomerPreferenceDefs</a>.';
 };
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/CustomerPreferencesItem.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/CustomerPreferencesItem.pm
index ee9fa92dc5..010987e7f5 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/CustomerPreferencesItem.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/CustomerPreferencesItem.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ sub relation{
     return 'http://purl.org/sipwise/ngcp-api/#rel-customerpreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'contracts';
+}
+
 sub journal_query_params {
     my($self,$query_params) = @_;
     return $self->get_journal_query_params($query_params);
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/DomainPreferences.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/DomainPreferences.pm
index 7200e361a0..c53505c3b0 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/DomainPreferences.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/DomainPreferences.pm
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ sub relation{
     return 'http://purl.org/sipwise/ngcp-api/#rel-domainpreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'domains';
+}
+
 __PACKAGE__->set_config({
     allowed_roles => [qw/admin reseller/],
 });
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/DomainPreferencesItem.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/DomainPreferencesItem.pm
index 4092efe08c..a6efadef2d 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/DomainPreferencesItem.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/DomainPreferencesItem.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ sub resource_name{
     return 'domainpreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'domains';
+}
+
 sub dispatch_path{
     return '/api/domainpreferences/';
 }
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDevicePreferences.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDevicePreferences.pm
index e5f77b8f5a..5f20469826 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDevicePreferences.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDevicePreferences.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ sub resource_name{
     return 'pbxdevicepreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'pbxdevicemodels';
+}
+
 sub dispatch_path{
     return '/api/pbxdevicepreferences/';
 }
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDevicePreferencesItem.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDevicePreferencesItem.pm
index 7e902fc9e5..594ba3c354 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDevicePreferencesItem.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDevicePreferencesItem.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ sub relation{
     return 'http://purl.org/sipwise/ngcp-api/#rel-pbxdevicepreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type {
+    return 'pbxdevicemodels';
+}
+
 sub journal_query_params {
     my($self,$query_params) = @_;
     return $self->get_journal_query_params($query_params);
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDeviceProfilePreferences.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDeviceProfilePreferences.pm
index 1a985fb8ec..9c4fe1bb34 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDeviceProfilePreferences.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDeviceProfilePreferences.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ sub resource_name{
     return 'pbxdeviceprofilepreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'pbxdeviceprofiles';
+}
+
 sub dispatch_path{
     return '/api/pbxdeviceprofilepreferences/';
 }
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDeviceProfilePreferencesItem.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDeviceProfilePreferencesItem.pm
index 57e1527e34..7eef98553e 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDeviceProfilePreferencesItem.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PbxDeviceProfilePreferencesItem.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ sub resource_name{
     return 'pbxdeviceprofilepreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'pbxdeviceprofiles';
+}
+
 sub dispatch_path{
     return '/api/pbxdeviceprofilepreferences/';
 }
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringServerPreferences.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringServerPreferences.pm
index 9a36d1e430..b3c9d9c52b 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringServerPreferences.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringServerPreferences.pm
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ sub resource_name{
     return 'peeringserverpreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'peerings';
+}
+
 sub dispatch_path{
     return '/api/peeringserverpreferences/';
 }
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringServerPreferencesItem.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringServerPreferencesItem.pm
index fe481f6adb..541ff07f69 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringServerPreferencesItem.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/PeeringServerPreferencesItem.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ sub resource_name{
     return 'peeringserverpreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'peerings';
+}
+
 sub dispatch_path{
     return '/api/peeringserverpreferences/';
 }
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/ProfilePreferences.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/ProfilePreferences.pm
index 5ef05fcefe..380040f4d2 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/ProfilePreferences.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/ProfilePreferences.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ sub resource_name{
     return 'profilepreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'profiles';
+}
+
 sub dispatch_path{
     return '/api/profilepreferences/';
 }
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/ProfilePreferencesItem.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/ProfilePreferencesItem.pm
index 6c4d5b1e09..ac6247a8a8 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/ProfilePreferencesItem.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/ProfilePreferencesItem.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ sub resource_name{
     return 'profilepreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'profiles';
+}
+
 sub dispatch_path{
     return '/api/profilepreferences/';
 }
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferences.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferences.pm
index 3a61d40511..792d89939e 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferences.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferences.pm
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ sub resource_name{
     return 'subscriberpreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'subscribers';
+}
+
 sub dispatch_path{
     return '/api/subscriberpreferences/';
 }
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferencesItem.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferencesItem.pm
index 9336fce05f..82ebc1b709 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferencesItem.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Controller/API/SubscriberPreferencesItem.pm
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ sub resource_name{
     return 'subscriberpreferences';
 }
 
+sub container_resource_type{
+    return 'subscribers';
+}
+
 sub dispatch_path{
     return '/api/subscriberpreferences/';
 }
diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/Preferences.pm b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/Preferences.pm
index 5c596d3b7d..d669697250 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/Preferences.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Panel/Role/API/Preferences.pm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ sub get_form {
 sub hal_from_item {
     my ($self, $c, $item, $type) = @_;
 
+    $type //= $self->container_resource_type;
     my $print_type = $type;
     $print_type = "customers" if $print_type eq "contracts";
     my $hal = Data::HAL->new(
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ sub _check_profile {
 sub get_resource {
     my ($self, $c, $item, $type) = @_;
 
+    $type //= $self->container_resource_type;
+
     my $prefs;
     my %profile_attrs = (); # for filtering profiles based list
     my %profile_allowed_attrs; # for filtering subscriber attrs on its profile
@@ -273,6 +276,7 @@ sub get_resource {
 sub _item_rs {
     my ($self, $c, $type) = @_;
     my $item_rs;
+    $type //= $self->container_resource_type;
 
     if($type eq "domains") {
         # we actually return the domain rs here, as we can easily
@@ -380,6 +384,7 @@ sub _item_rs {
 sub item_by_id {
     my ($self, $c, $id, $type) = @_;
 
+    $type //= $self->container_resource_type;
     my $item_rs = $self->item_rs($c, $type);
     return $item_rs->find($id);
 }
@@ -439,6 +444,12 @@ sub get_preference_rs {
 sub update_item {
     my ($self, $c, $item, $old_resource, $resource, $replace, $type) = @_;
 
+    if (ref $replace || !defined $replace) {
+        $replace = uc($c->request->method) eq 'PUT';
+    }
+    if (ref $type || !defined $type) {
+        $type = $self->container_resource_type;
+    }
     delete $resource->{id};
     my $accessor;
     my $elem;