diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 16c98c1..b436749 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -221,3 +221,42 @@ This release will resolve the issue that has been brought up in issue #63 where
 ## Version 3.4.1
 - Add development env to the allowed environments in the config by default as many using it instead of the local
 
+## Version 3.4.2
+
+### Fixes 
+
+- Fixes issue where package would try to search for `string` type of a parameter and fail. [#178](https://github.com/Qoraiche/laravel-mail-editor/issues/178)
+
+## Version 3.5.0
+
+### Changes
+- The structure of the config file for the relations section. It will fallback to loading one by default.
+
+New Structure: 
+
+```diff
+
++    /*
++    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
++    | Relationship loading.
++    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
++    |
++    | This configures how deep the package will search an load relations.
++    | If you set this to 0, relations will not be loaded.
++    |
++    | relation_depth: off = 0, min = 1, max = 5
++    | model: this is the model to use to exclude methods when searching.
++    |
++    | N.B. This does not configure how many many relationship types are loaded.
++    */
+-    'relation_depth' => env('MAILECLIPSE_RELATION_DEPTH', 2),
++    'relations' => [
++        'relation_depth' => env('MAILECLIPSE_RELATION_DEPTH', 2),
++
++        'model' => \Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User::class,
++    ],
+
+```
+### Fixes
+
+- Fixes [#168](https://github.com/Qoraiche/laravel-mail-editor/issues/168)
diff --git a/config/maileclipse.php b/config/maileclipse.php
index 524c0a4..74d8cc9 100644
--- a/config/maileclipse.php
+++ b/config/maileclipse.php
@@ -34,18 +34,22 @@
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    | Relationship loading depth
+    | Relationship loading.
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |
     | This configures how deep the package will search an load relations.
     | If you set this to 0, relations will not be loaded.
     |
-    | off = 0, min = 1, max = 5
+    | relation_depth: off = 0, min = 1, max = 5
+    | model: this is the model to use to exclude methods when searching.
     |
     | N.B. This does not configure how many many relationship types are loaded.
     */
+    'relations' => [
+        'relation_depth' => env('MAILECLIPSE_RELATION_DEPTH', 2),
 
-    'relation_depth' => env('MAILECLIPSE_RELATION_DEPTH', 2),
+        'model' => \Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User::class,
+    ],
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/MailEclipse.php b/src/MailEclipse.php
index 9123bda..0244bc4 100644
--- a/src/MailEclipse.php
+++ b/src/MailEclipse.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use ErrorException;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factory as EloquentFactory;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Mail\Markdown;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ class MailEclipse
 {
     public const VIEW_NAMESPACE = 'maileclipse';
 
-    public const VERSION = '3.4.0';
+    public const VERSION = '3.5.0';
 
     /**
      * Default type examples for being passed to reflected classes.
@@ -942,37 +941,42 @@ private static function resolveFactory($eloquentFactory, $model): ?object
      */
     private static function hydrateRelations($eloquentFactory, $factoryModel): ?object
     {
-        if (config('maileclipse.relation_depth') === 0) {
+        if (config('maileclipse.relations.relation_depth', 1) === 0) {
             return $factoryModel;
         }
 
         if (self::$traversed >= 5) {
-            Log::warning('[MailEclipse]: more than 5 calls to relation loader', ['last_model' => get_class($factoryModel) ?? null]);
+            Log::warning('[MailEclipse]: more than 5 calls to relation loader', ['last_model' => get_class($factoryModel) ?? 'model unknown']);
             self::$traversed = 6;
 
             return $factoryModel;
         }
 
-        $model = new ReflectionClass(Model::class);
+        $model = new ReflectionClass(config('maileclipse.relations.model', \Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User::class));
 
         self::$traversed += 1;
 
         collect((new ReflectionClass($factoryModel))->getMethods())
-            ->pluck('name')
-            ->diff(collect($model->getMethods())->pluck('name'))
-            ->filter(function ($method) use ($factoryModel) {
-                return rescue(
-                    function () use ($factoryModel, $method) {
-                        $parents = class_parents($factoryModel->$method());
-
-                        return isset($parents["Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation"]);
-                    },
-                    false,
-                    false
-                );
+            ->filter(function (\ReflectionMethod $method) use ($model) {
+                return ! $model->hasMethod($method->getName());
+            })
+            ->filter(function (\ReflectionMethod $method) use ($factoryModel) {
+                if ($method->getNumberOfParameters() >= 1) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                $parents = rescue(function () use ($method, $factoryModel) {
+                    $methodName = $method->getName();
+
+                    return $method->hasReturnType()
+                        ? class_parents($method->getReturnType()->getName())
+                        : class_parents($factoryModel->$methodName());
+                }, [], false);
+
+                return isset($parents["Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\Relation"]);
             })
-            ->each(function ($relationName) use (&$factoryModel, $eloquentFactory) {
-                $factoryModel = self::loadRelations($relationName, $factoryModel, $eloquentFactory);
+            ->each(function (\ReflectionMethod $relationName) use (&$factoryModel, $eloquentFactory) {
+                $factoryModel = self::loadRelations($relationName->getName(), $factoryModel, $eloquentFactory);
             });
 
         return $factoryModel;
@@ -999,7 +1003,7 @@ public static function loadRelations($relationName, $factoryModel, $eloquentFact
                 $related = $factoryModel->$relationName()->getRelated();
                 $relatedFactory = self::resolveFactory($eloquentFactory, get_class($related));
 
-                if (self::$traversed <= config('maileclipse.relation_depth')) {
+                if (self::$traversed <= config('maileclipse.relations.relation_depth')) {
                     if (! $loadIfIterable) {
                         $relatedFactory = self::hydrateRelations($eloquentFactory, $relatedFactory);
                     } else {