diff --git a/issues/249/Cargo.toml b/issues/249/Cargo.toml
index 623ee6bb..cadab33f 100644
--- a/issues/249/Cargo.toml
+++ b/issues/249/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,2 @@
 [workspace]
-# A separate workspace
-
-[package]
-name = "sea-orm-issues-249"
-version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2018"
-publish = false
-
-[dependencies]
-sea-orm = { path = "../../", default-features = false, features = ["mock"] }
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+members = ["core", "app"]
diff --git a/issues/249/app/Cargo.toml b/issues/249/app/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..258b37c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/issues/249/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "sea-orm-issues-249-app"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2018"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+core = { path = "../core" }
+sea-orm = { path = "../../../", default-features = false, features = ["macros", "sqlx-sqlite", "runtime-async-std-native-tls"] }
diff --git a/issues/249/app/src/main.rs b/issues/249/app/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98fbb89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/issues/249/app/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use core::clone_a_model;
+
+use sea_orm::tests_cfg::cake;
+
+fn main() {
+	let c1 = cake::Model {
+		id: 1,
+		name: "Cheese".to_owned(),
+	};
+
+	let c2 = clone_a_model(&c1);
+
+	println!("{:?}", c2);
+}
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diff --git a/issues/249/core/Cargo.toml b/issues/249/core/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9b1621d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/issues/249/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "core"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2018"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+sea-orm = { path = "../../../", default-features = false }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+sea-orm = { path = "../../../", features = ["mock"] }
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diff --git a/issues/249/core/src/lib.rs b/issues/249/core/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ba42ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/issues/249/core/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pub use sea_orm::entity::*;
+
+pub fn clone_a_model<M>(model: &M) -> M
+where
+	M: ModelTrait {
+	model.clone()
+}
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diff --git a/issues/249/src/lib.rs b/issues/249/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000