diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/Tilelet.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/Tilelet.swift
index 151d8567..439f295e 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/Tilelet.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/Tilelet.swift
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ open class Tilelet: VDS.Tilelet, VDSMoleculeViewProtocol{
         eyebrowModel = viewModel.eyebrowModel(delegateObject: delegateObject, additionalData: additionalData)
         titleModel = viewModel.titleModel(delegateObject: delegateObject, additionalData: additionalData)
         subTitleModel = viewModel.subTitleModel(delegateObject: delegateObject, additionalData: additionalData)
-        badgeModel = viewModel.badge
+        badgeModel = viewModel.badgeModel()
         descriptiveIconModel = viewModel.descriptiveIcon
         directionalIconModel = viewModel.directionalIcon
         //setup action
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/TileletModel.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/TileletModel.swift
index f7b69c47..6802e5a7 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/TileletModel.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Atoms/Views/TileletModel.swift
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ open class TileletModel: TileContainerBaseModel<Tilelet.Padding, Tilelet>, Molec
     public var id: String = UUID().uuidString
     public var backgroundColor: Color?
     
-    public var badge: Tilelet.BadgeModel?
+    public var badge: BadgeModel?
     public var eyebrow: LabelModel?
     public var eyebrowColor: TitleLockup.TextColor = .primary
     public var title: LabelModel?
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ open class TileletModel: TileContainerBaseModel<Tilelet.Padding, Tilelet>, Molec
     required public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
         let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
         id = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .id) ?? UUID().uuidString
-        badge = try container.decodeIfPresent(Tilelet.BadgeModel.self, forKey: .badge)
+        badge = try container.decodeIfPresent(BadgeModel.self, forKey: .badge)
         eyebrow = try container.decodeIfPresent(LabelModel.self, forKey: .eyebrow)
         title = try container.decodeIfPresent(LabelModel.self, forKey: .title)
         subTitle = try container.decodeIfPresent(LabelModel.self, forKey: .subTitle)
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ open class TileletModel: TileContainerBaseModel<Tilelet.Padding, Tilelet>, Molec
         try super.init(from: decoder)
     }
     
+    public func badgeModel() -> Tilelet.BadgeModel? {
+        guard let badge else { return nil }
+        return .init(text: badge.text,
+                     textColor: badge.textColor, 
+                     fillColor: badge.fillColor,
+                     surface: badge.surface,
+                     numberOfLines: badge.numberOfLines,
+                     maxWidth: badge.maxWidth
+                    )
+    }
+    
     public func eyebrowModel(delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?, additionalData: [AnyHashable: Any]?) -> Tilelet.EyebrowModel? {
         guard let eyebrow else { return nil }
         let attrs = eyebrow.attributes?.toVDSLabelAttributeModel(delegateObject: delegateObject, additionalData: additionalData)