diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMeshApi.java b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMeshApi.java
index ad91ac11..14073fd0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMeshApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/ModelMeshApi.java
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ public void onHalfClose() {
                     } finally {
                         if (payloadProcessor != null) {
                             processPayload(reqMessage.readerIndex(reqReaderIndex),
-                                    requestId, resolvedModelId, methodName, headers, null);
+                                    requestId, resolvedModelId, vModelId, methodName, headers, null);
                         } else {
                             releaseReqMessage();
                         }
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ public void onHalfClose() {
                 } finally {
                     if (payloadProcessor != null) {
                         Metadata metadata = response != null ? response.metadata : null;
-                        processPayload(responsePayload, requestId, resolvedModelId, methodName, metadata, status);
+                        processPayload(responsePayload, requestId, resolvedModelId, vModelId, methodName, metadata, status);
                     }
                     if (status != OK && response != null) {
                         // An additional release is required if we call.sendMessage() wasn't sucessful
@@ -825,11 +825,12 @@ public void onHalfClose() {
              * @param data the binary data
              * @param payloadId the id of the request
              * @param modelId the id of the model
+             * @param vModelId the id of the vModel
              * @param methodName the name of the invoked method
              * @param metadata the method name metadata
              * @param status null for requests, non-null for responses
              */
-            private void processPayload(ByteBuf data, String payloadId, String modelId, String methodName,
+            private void processPayload(ByteBuf data, String payloadId, String modelId, String vModelId, String methodName,
                                         Metadata metadata, io.grpc.Status status) {
                 Payload payload = null;
                 try {
@@ -1197,6 +1198,7 @@ public void getVModelStatus(GetVModelStatusRequest request, StreamObserver<VMode
         } finally {
             clearThreadLocals();
         }
+        
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/MatchingPayloadProcessor.java b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/MatchingPayloadProcessor.java
index 45402423..8e2a2501 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/MatchingPayloadProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/MatchingPayloadProcessor.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.ibm.watson.modelmesh.payload;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * A {@link PayloadProcessor} that processes {@link Payload}s only if they match with given model ID or method name.
@@ -29,10 +30,13 @@ public class MatchingPayloadProcessor implements PayloadProcessor {
 
     private final String modelId;
 
-    MatchingPayloadProcessor(PayloadProcessor delegate, String methodName, String modelId) {
+    private final String vModelId;
+
+    MatchingPayloadProcessor(PayloadProcessor delegate, String methodName, String modelId, String vModelId) {
         this.delegate = delegate;
         this.methodName = methodName;
         this.modelId = modelId;
+        this.vModelId = vModelId;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -42,40 +46,49 @@ public String getName() {
 
     @Override
     public boolean process(Payload payload) {
-        boolean processed = false;
-        boolean methodMatches = true;
-        if (this.methodName != null) {
-            methodMatches = payload.getMethod() != null && this.methodName.equals(payload.getMethod());
-        }
+        boolean methodMatches = this.methodName == null || Objects.equals(this.methodName, payload.getMethod());
         if (methodMatches) {
-            boolean modelIdMatches = true;
-            if (this.modelId != null) {
-                modelIdMatches = this.modelId.equals(payload.getModelId());
-            }
+            boolean modelIdMatches = this.modelId == null || this.modelId.equals(payload.getModelId());
             if (modelIdMatches) {
-                processed = delegate.process(payload);
+                boolean vModelIdMatches = this.vModelId == null || this.vModelId.equals(payload.getVModelId());
+                if (vModelIdMatches) {
+                    return delegate.process(payload);
+                }
             }
         }
-        return processed;
+        return false;
     }
 
     public static MatchingPayloadProcessor from(String modelId, String method, PayloadProcessor processor) {
+        return from(modelId, null, method, processor);
+    }
+
+    public static MatchingPayloadProcessor from(String modelId, String vModelId,
+                                                String method, PayloadProcessor processor) {
         if (modelId != null) {
-            if (modelId.length() > 0) {
+            if (!modelId.isEmpty()) {
                 modelId = modelId.replaceFirst("/", "");
-                if (modelId.length() == 0 || modelId.equals("*")) {
+                if (modelId.isEmpty() || modelId.equals("*")) {
                     modelId = null;
                 }
             } else {
                 modelId = null;
             }
         }
-        if (method != null) {
-            if (method.length() == 0 || method.equals("*")) {
-                method = null;
+        if (vModelId != null) {
+            if (!vModelId.isEmpty()) {
+                vModelId = vModelId.replaceFirst("/", "");
+                if (vModelId.isEmpty() || vModelId.equals("*")) {
+                    vModelId = null;
+                }
+            } else {
+                vModelId = null;
             }
         }
-        return new MatchingPayloadProcessor(processor, method, modelId);
+        if (method != null && (method.isEmpty() || method.equals("*"))) {
+            method = null;
+        }
+        return new MatchingPayloadProcessor(processor, method, modelId, vModelId);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/Payload.java b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/Payload.java
index 9eed4367..6dcafd17 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/Payload.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/Payload.java
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public enum Kind {
 
     private final String modelId;
 
+    private final String vModelId;
+
     private final String method;
 
     private final Metadata metadata;
@@ -48,10 +50,17 @@ public enum Kind {
     // null for requests, non-null for responses
     private final Status status;
 
+
     public Payload(@Nonnull String id, @Nonnull String modelId, @Nullable String method, @Nullable Metadata metadata,
                    @Nullable ByteBuf data, @Nullable Status status) {
+        this(id, modelId, null, method, metadata, data, status);
+    }
+
+    public Payload(@Nonnull String id, @Nonnull String modelId, @Nullable String vModelId, @Nullable String method,
+                   @Nullable Metadata metadata, @Nullable ByteBuf data, @Nullable Status status) {
         this.id = id;
         this.modelId = modelId;
+        this.vModelId = vModelId;
         this.method = method;
         this.metadata = metadata;
         this.data = data;
@@ -68,6 +77,16 @@ public String getModelId() {
         return modelId;
     }
 
+    @CheckForNull
+    public String getVModelId() {
+        return vModelId;
+    }
+
+    @Nonnull
+    public String getVModelIdOrModelId() {
+        return vModelId != null ? vModelId : modelId;
+    }
+
     @CheckForNull
     public String getMethod() {
         return method;
@@ -101,6 +120,7 @@ public void release() {
     public String toString() {
         return "Payload{" +
                 "id='" + id + '\'' +
+                ", vModelId=" + (vModelId != null ? ('\'' + vModelId + '\'') : "null") +
                 ", modelId='" + modelId + '\'' +
                 ", method='" + method + '\'' +
                 ", status=" + (status == null ? "request" : String.valueOf(status)) +
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/RemotePayloadProcessor.java b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/RemotePayloadProcessor.java
index 401fba2d..23c2fba1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/RemotePayloadProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ibm/watson/modelmesh/payload/RemotePayloadProcessor.java
@@ -57,14 +57,10 @@ public boolean process(Payload payload) {
     private static PayloadContent prepareContentBody(Payload payload) {
         String id = payload.getId();
         String modelId = payload.getModelId();
+        String vModelId = payload.getVModelId();
         String kind = payload.getKind().toString().toLowerCase();
         ByteBuf byteBuf = payload.getData();
-        String data;
-        if (byteBuf != null) {
-            data = encodeBinaryToString(byteBuf);
-        } else {
-            data = "";
-        }
+        String data = byteBuf != null ? encodeBinaryToString(byteBuf) : "";
         Metadata metadata = payload.getMetadata();
         Map<String, String> metadataMap = new HashMap<>();
         if (metadata != null) {
@@ -79,7 +75,7 @@ private static PayloadContent prepareContentBody(Payload payload) {
             }
         }
         String status = payload.getStatus() != null ? payload.getStatus().getCode().toString() : "";
-        return new PayloadContent(id, modelId, data, kind, status, metadataMap);
+        return new PayloadContent(id, modelId, vModelId, data, kind, status, metadataMap);
     }
 
     private static String encodeBinaryToString(ByteBuf byteBuf) {
@@ -116,15 +112,17 @@ private static class PayloadContent {
 
         private final String id;
         private final String modelid;
+        private final String vModelId;
         private final String data;
         private final String kind;
         private final String status;
         private final Map<String, String> metadata;
 
-        private PayloadContent(String id, String modelid, String data, String kind, String status,
-                               Map<String, String> metadata) {
+        private PayloadContent(String id, String modelid, String vModelId, String data, String kind,
+                               String status, Map<String, String> metadata) {
             this.id = id;
             this.modelid = modelid;
+            this.vModelId = vModelId;
             this.data = data;
             this.kind = kind;
             this.status = status;
@@ -143,6 +141,10 @@ public String getModelid() {
             return modelid;
         }
 
+        public String getvModelId() {
+            return vModelId;
+        }
+
         public String getData() {
             return data;
         }
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ public String toString() {
             return "PayloadContent{" +
                     "id='" + id + '\'' +
                     ", modelid='" + modelid + '\'' +
+                    ", vModelId=" + (vModelId != null ? ('\'' + vModelId + '\'') : "null") +
                     ", data='" + data + '\'' +
                     ", kind='" + kind + '\'' +
                     ", status='" + status + '\'' +