diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7294070..bbbe9a64 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - `c-select-many-to-many` is now based on `c-select` rather than `v-autocomplete`. As a result, it has gained support for all of the props and slots of `c-select`.
 - Added strong types for pass-through Vuetify slots and props to `c-input`, `c-select`, `c-select-many-to-many`, and `c-datetime-picker`.
 - Added a `color` prop to `c-datetime-picker`.
+- Added experimental client-side support for System.Text.Json's PreserveReferences reference handling option in server responses. This does not require changes to your JSON settings in Program.cs - instead, it is activated by setting `refResponse` on the `DataSourceParameters` for a request (i.e. the `$params` object on a ViewModel or ListViewModel). This option can significantly reduce response sizes in cases where the same object occurs many times in a response.
 
 # 5.2.1
 
diff --git a/src/coalesce-vue/src/api-client.ts b/src/coalesce-vue/src/api-client.ts
index cdb4ae7e..c8440f8a 100644
--- a/src/coalesce-vue/src/api-client.ts
+++ b/src/coalesce-vue/src/api-client.ts
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ export interface DataSourceParameters {
    * which can significantly reduce the size of the response payload. This will also cause the resulting
    * `Model` and `ViewModel` instances on the client to be deduplicated.
    */
-  useRef?: boolean;
+  refResponse?: boolean;
 }
 export class DataSourceParameters {
   constructor() {
     this.includes = null;
     this.dataSource = null;
-    this.useRef = false;
+    this.refResponse = false;
   }
 }
 
@@ -761,10 +761,10 @@ export class ApiClient<T extends ApiRoutedType> {
     }
 
     let headers = config?.headers;
-    if (standardParameters?.useRef) {
+    if (standardParameters?.refResponse) {
       headers = {
         ...config?.headers,
-        Accept: standardParameters?.useRef
+        Accept: standardParameters?.refResponse
           ? ["application/json+ref", "application/json"]
           : ["application/json"],
       };
@@ -775,8 +775,8 @@ export class ApiClient<T extends ApiRoutedType> {
       data: body,
       responseType: method.return.type == "file" ? "blob" : "json",
       cancelToken: this._cancelToken,
-      headers,
       ...config,
+      headers,
       params: {
         ...query,
         ...(config && config.params ? config.params : null),