diff --git a/pyon/datastore/couchdb/couchdb_config.py b/pyon/datastore/couchdb/couchdb_config.py
index 92be764..49b7dd6 100644
--- a/pyon/datastore/couchdb/couchdb_config.py
+++ b/pyon/datastore/couchdb/couchdb_config.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 __author__ = 'Thomas R. Lennan, Michael Meisinger'
 __license__ = 'Apache 2.0'
-
 COUCHDB_CONFIGS = {
     'object_store':{
         'views': ['object','association']
@@ -13,6 +12,9 @@ COUCHDB_CONFIGS = {
     'directory_store':{
         'views': ['directory']
     },
+    'dm_datastore':{
+        'views': ['posts']
+    },
     'all':{
         'views': ['object', 'resource', 'association', 'directory']
     }
@@ -148,10 +150,25 @@ function(doc) {
 }""",
         },
     },
+    'posts':{
+        'index':{
+            'map':"""
+function(doc) {
+	if(doc.type=="post") {
+		emit([doc._id,0],doc)
+	} else if (doc.type == "comment") {
+		emit([doc.post, 1], doc)
+	}
+}"""
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 def get_couchdb_views(config):
-    store_config = COUCHDB_CONFIGS[config]
+    if config in COUCHDB_CONFIGS:
+        store_config = COUCHDB_CONFIGS[config]
+    else:
+        store_config = COUCHDB_CONFIGS['all']
     views = store_config['views']
     res_views = {}
     for view in views:
diff --git a/pyon/datastore/couchdb/couchdb_datastore.py b/pyon/datastore/couchdb/couchdb_datastore.py
index 648c46c..44d6ff0 100644
--- a/pyon/datastore/couchdb/couchdb_datastore.py
+++ b/pyon/datastore/couchdb/couchdb_datastore.py
@@ -574,7 +574,9 @@ class CouchDB_DataStore(DataStore):
     def _define_views(self, datastore_name=""):
         if not datastore_name:
             datastore_name = self.datastore_name
-        for design, viewdef in self.couchdb_views.iteritems():
+
+        views = get_couchdb_views(datastore_name)
+        for design, viewdef in views.iteritems():
             self._define_view(design, viewdef, datastore_name=datastore_name)
 
     def _define_view(self, design, viewdef, datastore_name=""):
@@ -591,8 +593,8 @@ class CouchDB_DataStore(DataStore):
         if not datastore_name:
             datastore_name = self.datastore_name
         db = self.server[datastore_name]
-
-        for design, viewdef in self.couchdb_views.iteritems():
+        views = get_couchdb_views(datastore_name)
+        for design, viewdef in views.iteritems():
             for viewname in viewdef:
                 try:
                     rows = db.view("_design/%s/_view/%s" % (design, viewname))