diff --git a/bulkManager/code/BulkManager.php b/bulkManager/code/BulkManager.php
index cb388e4..39344d6 100644
--- a/bulkManager/code/BulkManager.php
+++ b/bulkManager/code/BulkManager.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use SilverStripe\Forms\DropdownField;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\GridField\GridField_HTMLProvider;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\GridField\GridField_ColumnProvider;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\GridField\GridField_URLHandler;
-use SilverStripe\ORM\DataModel;
 use SilverStripe\View\ArrayData;
 use SilverStripe\View\Requirements;
 
@@ -368,7 +367,7 @@ class BulkManager implements GridField_HTMLProvider, GridField_ColumnProvider, G
                         //print_r('matched ' . $handlerClass . ' to ' . $rule);
                         $handler = Injector::inst()->create($handlerClass, $gridField, $this, $controller);
 
-                        return $handler->handleRequest($request, DataModel::inst());
+                        return $handler->handleRequest($request);
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/bulkUpload/code/BulkUploader.php b/bulkUpload/code/BulkUploader.php
index b0d758a..dcb8ffd 100644
--- a/bulkUpload/code/BulkUploader.php
+++ b/bulkUpload/code/BulkUploader.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use SilverStripe\Dev\Deprecation;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\FormAction;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\GridField\GridField_HTMLProvider;
 use SilverStripe\Forms\GridField\GridField_URLHandler;
-use SilverStripe\ORM\DataModel;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\DataObject;
 use SilverStripe\View\ArrayData;
 use SilverStripe\View\Requirements;
@@ -466,6 +465,6 @@ class BulkUploader implements GridField_HTMLProvider, GridField_URLHandler
         $controller = $gridField->getForm()->getController();
         $handler = new \Colymba\BulkUpload\BulkUploaderRequest($gridField, $this, $controller);
 
-        return $handler->handleRequest($request, DataModel::inst());
+        return $handler->handleRequest($request);
     }
 }
diff --git a/bulkUpload/code/BulkUploaderRequest.php b/bulkUpload/code/BulkUploaderRequest.php
index b5e5726..9917596 100644
--- a/bulkUpload/code/BulkUploaderRequest.php
+++ b/bulkUpload/code/BulkUploaderRequest.php
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class BulkUploaderRequest extends RequestHandler
         // 1. DataObject
         //create record
         $recordClass = $this->component->getRecordClassName($this->gridField);
-        $record = Object::create($recordClass);
+        $record = $recordClass::create();
         $record->write();
 
         // passes the current gridfield-instance to a call-back method on the new object