diff -r 55f9f74f1e55 -r ee55be414a34 core/src/luan/LuanTable.java
--- a/core/src/luan/LuanTable.java	Sun May 17 19:25:47 2015 -0600
+++ b/core/src/luan/LuanTable.java	Mon May 18 00:25:35 2015 -0600
@@ -269,6 +269,15 @@
 		};
 	}
 
+	public Iterable<Map.Entry<Object,Object>> rawIterable() throws LuanException {
+		final Iterator<Map.Entry<Object,Object>> iter = rawIterator();
+		return new Iterable<Map.Entry<Object,Object>>() {
+			public Iterator<Map.Entry<Object,Object>> iterator() {
+				return iter;
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
 	public Iterator<Map.Entry<Object,Object>> iterator(final LuanState luan) throws LuanException {
 		if( getHandler("__pairs") == null )
 			return rawIterator();

diff -r 55f9f74f1e55 -r ee55be414a34 http/src/luan/modules/http/Http.luan
--- a/http/src/luan/modules/http/Http.luan	Sun May 17 19:25:47 2015 -0600
+++ b/http/src/luan/modules/http/Http.luan	Mon May 18 00:25:35 2015 -0600
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+java()
 local Luan = require "luan:Luan"
 local ipairs = Luan.ipairs
 local pairs = Luan.pairs
@@ -5,6 +6,8 @@
 local Io = require "luan:Io"
 local Html = require "luan:Html"
 local url_encode = Html.url_encode
+local HttpServicer = require "java:luan.modules.http.HttpServicer"
+local IoLuan = require "java:luan.modules.IoLuan"
 
 
 local singular_metatable = {}
@@ -69,6 +72,33 @@
 	return this
 end
 
+STATUS = {
+	OK = 200;
+	-- add more as needed
+}
+
+function new_response(this)
+	this = new_common(this)
+	this.status = STATUS.OK
+	if this.java ~= nil then
+		this.send_redirect = this.java.sendRedirect
+		this.send_error = this.java.sendError
+
+		function this.set_cookie(name,value,is_persistent,domain)
+			HttpServicer.setCookie(this.java,response.java,name,value,is_persistent,domain)
+		end
+
+		function this.remove_cookie(name,domain)
+			HttpServicer.removeCookie(this.java,response.java,name,domain)
+		end
+
+		function this.text_writer()
+			return IoLuan.textWriter(this.java.getWriter())
+		end
+	end
+	return this
+end
+
 -- request = new_request{}  -- filled in by HttpServicer
 
 

diff -r 55f9f74f1e55 -r ee55be414a34 http/src/luan/modules/http/HttpServicer.java
--- a/http/src/luan/modules/http/HttpServicer.java	Sun May 17 19:25:47 2015 -0600
+++ b/http/src/luan/modules/http/HttpServicer.java	Mon May 18 00:25:35 2015 -0600
@@ -150,14 +150,15 @@
 			cookieTbl.rawPut( cookie.getName(), unescape(cookie.getValue()) );
 		}
 
-		HttpServicer lib = new HttpServicer(request,response);
-		try {
-			module.put( luan, "response", lib.responseTable() );
-		} catch(NoSuchMethodException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
-		}
+
+		// response
+		LuanTable responseTbl = new LuanTable();
+		responseTbl.rawPut("java",response);
+		luan.call( (LuanFunction)module.rawGet("new_response"), new Object[]{responseTbl} );
+		module.rawPut("response",responseTbl);
 
 		luan.call(fn,"<http>");
+		setResponse(module,response);
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -172,105 +173,33 @@
 		return (LuanFunction)respond;
 	}
 
-
-	private final HttpServletRequest request;
-	private final HttpServletResponse response;
-
-	private HttpServicer(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse response) {
-		this.request = request;
-		this.response = response;
-	}
-
-	private LuanTable responseTable() throws NoSuchMethodException {
-		LuanTable tbl = LuanPropertyMeta.INSTANCE.newTable();
-		LuanTable getters = LuanPropertyMeta.INSTANCE.getters(tbl);
-		LuanTable setters = LuanPropertyMeta.INSTANCE.setters(tbl);
-		tbl.rawPut("java",response);
-		tbl.rawPut( "send_redirect", new LuanJavaFunction(
-			HttpServletResponse.class.getMethod( "sendRedirect", String.class ), response
-		) );
-		tbl.rawPut( "send_error", new LuanJavaFunction(
-			HttpServletResponse.class.getMethod( "sendError", Integer.TYPE, String.class ), response
-		) );
-		LuanTable headers = new NameMeta() {
-
-			@Override Object get(String name) {
-				return response.getHeader(name);
-			}
-
-			@Override protected Iterator keys(LuanTable tbl) {
-				return response.getHeaderNames().iterator();
-			}
-
-			@Override public boolean canNewindex() {
-				return true;
-			}
-
-			@Override public void __new_index(LuanState luan,LuanTable tbl,Object key,Object val) {
-				if( !(key instanceof String) )
-					throw new IllegalArgumentException("key must be string for headers table");
-				String name = (String)key;
-				if( val instanceof String ) {
-					response.setHeader(name,(String)val);
-					return;
+	private static void setResponse(LuanTable module,HttpServletResponse response) throws LuanException {
+		LuanTable responseTbl = (LuanTable)module.rawGet("response");
+		int status = Luan.asInteger(responseTbl.rawGet("status"));
+		response.setStatus(status);
+		LuanTable responseHeaders = (LuanTable)responseTbl.rawGet("headers");
+		for( Map.Entry<Object,Object> entry : responseHeaders.rawIterable() ) {
+			String name = (String)entry.getKey();
+			name = name.replace('_','-');
+			LuanTable values = (LuanTable)entry.getValue();
+			for( Object value : values.asList() ) {
+				if( value instanceof String ) {
+					response.setHeader(name,(String)value);
+					continue;
 				}
-				Integer i = Luan.asInteger(val);
+				Integer i = Luan.asInteger(value);
 				if( i != null ) {
 					response.setIntHeader(name,i);
-					return;
+					continue;
 				}
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("value must be string or integer for headers table");
 			}
-
-			@Override protected String type(LuanTable tbl) {
-				return "response.headers";
-			}
-
-		}.newTable();
-		tbl.rawPut( "headers", headers );
-		getters.rawPut( "content_type", new LuanJavaFunction(
-			HttpServletResponse.class.getMethod( "getContentType" ), response
-		) );
-		setters.rawPut( "content_type", new LuanJavaFunction(
-			HttpServletResponse.class.getMethod( "setContentType", String.class ), response
-		) );
-		getters.rawPut( "character_encoding", new LuanJavaFunction(
-			HttpServletResponse.class.getMethod( "getCharacterEncoding" ), response
-		) );
-		setters.rawPut( "character_encoding", new LuanJavaFunction(
-			HttpServletResponse.class.getMethod( "setCharacterEncoding", String.class ), response
-		) );
-		add( tbl, "text_writer" );
-		add( tbl, "set_cookie", String.class, String.class, Boolean.TYPE, String.class );
-		add( tbl, "remove_cookie", String.class, String.class );
-		try {
-			getters.rawPut( "status", new LuanJavaFunction(
-				HttpServletResponse.class.getMethod( "getStatus" ), response
-			) );
-		} catch(NoSuchMethodException e) {
-			logger.info("please upgrade jetty");
 		}
-		setters.rawPut( "status", new LuanJavaFunction(
-			HttpServletResponse.class.getMethod( "setStatus", Integer.TYPE ), response
-		) );
-		return tbl;
+		// no more headers
+		responseTbl.rawPut("headers",null);
+		responseTbl.rawPut("header",null);
 	}
 
-	private void add(LuanTable t,String method,Class<?>... parameterTypes) throws NoSuchMethodException {
-		t.rawPut( method, new LuanJavaFunction(HttpServicer.class.getMethod(method,parameterTypes),this) );
-	}
-
-	public LuanTable text_writer() throws IOException {
-		return IoLuan.textWriter(response.getWriter());
-	}
-
-	public void set_cookie(String name,String value,boolean isPersistent, String domain) {
-		setCookie(request,response,name,value,isPersistent,domain);
-	}
-
-	public void remove_cookie(String name, String domain) {
-		removeCookie(request,response,name,domain);
-	}
 
 
 	// static utils
@@ -323,20 +252,4 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-
-
-	// util classes
-
-	private static abstract class NameMeta extends LuanMeta {
-		abstract Object get(String name);
-
-		@Override public Object __index(LuanState luan,LuanTable tbl,Object key) {
-			if( !(key instanceof String) )
-				return null;
-			String name = (String)key;
-			return get(name);
-		}
-
-	};
-
 }

diff -r 55f9f74f1e55 -r ee55be414a34 http/src/luan/modules/http/run.luan
--- a/http/src/luan/modules/http/run.luan	Sun May 17 19:25:47 2015 -0600
+++ b/http/src/luan/modules/http/run.luan	Mon May 18 00:25:35 2015 -0600
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 	end
 	local content_type = Http.request.parameter.content_type
 	if content_type ~= nil then
-		Http.response.content_type = content_type
+		Http.response.header.content_type = content_type
 	end
 	local env = {
 		request = Http.request;
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 			run()
 		end;
 		catch = function(e)
-			Http.response.content_type = "text/plain"
+			Http.response.header.content_type = "text/plain"
 			print(e)
 			print()
 			print()