diff --git a/src/http.js b/src/http.js
index e5688cb757..fc96026037 100644
--- a/src/http.js
+++ b/src/http.js
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/* This is a wrapper around the LowLevelServer interface. It provides
- * connection handling, overflow checking, and some data buffering.
- */
-
 node.http.STATUS_CODES = { 100 : 'Continue'
                          , 101 : 'Switching Protocols' 
                          , 200 : 'OK' 
@@ -47,6 +43,9 @@ var close_expression = /close/i;
 var chunk_expression = /chunk/i;
 var content_length_expression = /Content-Length/i;
 
+/* This is a wrapper around the LowLevelServer interface. It provides
+ * connection handling, overflow checking, and some data buffering.
+ */
 node.http.Server = function (RequestHandler, options) {
   if (!(this instanceof node.http.Server))
     throw Error("Constructor called as a function");
@@ -63,6 +62,8 @@ node.http.Server = function (RequestHandler, options) {
        * are returned in the same order the requests come.
        */
 
+      this.connection = connection;
+
       var output = [];
 
       function toRaw(string) {
@@ -142,12 +143,10 @@ node.http.Server = function (RequestHandler, options) {
             sent_connection_header = true;
             if (close_expression.exec(value))
               connection_close = true;
-            
           } else if (transfer_encoding_expression.exec(field)) {
             sent_transfer_encoding_header = true;
             if (chunk_expression.exec(value))
               chunked_encoding = true;
-
           } else if (content_length_expression.exec(field)) {
             sent_content_length_header = true;
           }
@@ -259,7 +258,107 @@ node.http.Server = function (RequestHandler, options) {
         return msg.onBodyComplete(chunk);
       };
     };
+
+    // is this really needed?
+    connection.onEOF = function () {
+      connection.close();
+    };
   }
 
   this.__proto__.__proto__ = new node.http.LowLevelServer(ConnectionHandler, options);
 };
+
+node.http.Client = function (port, host) {
+  var port = port;
+  var host = host;
+
+  var pending_messages = [];
+  function Message (method, uri, header_lines) {
+    pending_messages.push(this);
+
+    this.method   = method;
+    this.path     = path;
+    this.headers  = headers;
+
+    var chunked_encoding = false;
+    var connection_close = false;
+
+    var sent_connection_header = false;
+    var sent_transfer_encoding_header = false;
+    var sent_content_length_header = false;
+
+    var header = method + " " + uri + " HTTP/1.1\r\n";
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < header_lines.length; i++) {
+      var field = header_lines[i][0];
+      var value = header_lines[i][1];
+
+      header += field + ": " + value + "\r\n";
+      
+      if (connection_expression.exec(field)) {
+        sent_connection_header = true;
+        if (close_expression.exec(value))
+          connection_close = true;
+      } else if (transfer_encoding_expression.exec(field)) {
+        sent_transfer_encoding_header = true;
+        if (chunk_expression.exec(value))
+          chunked_encoding = true;
+      } else if (content_length_expression.exec(field)) {
+        sent_content_length_header = true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (sent_connection_header == false) {
+      header += "Connection: keep-alive\r\n";
+    }
+
+    if (sent_content_length_header == false && sent_transfer_encoding_header == false) {
+      header += "Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n";
+      chunked_encoding = true;
+    }
+    header += "\r\n";
+            
+    var output = [header];
+
+    this.sendBody = function (chunk) {
+    };
+
+    this.finish = function () {
+    };
+  }
+  
+  function spawn_client ( ) {
+    var c = new node.http.LowLevelClient();
+
+    c.onConnect = function () {
+    };
+
+    // On response
+    c.onMessage = function () {
+    };
+  }
+  
+  this.get = function (path, headers) {
+    var m = new Message("GET", path, headers);
+    m.finish();
+    return m;
+  };
+
+  this.head = function (path, headers) {
+    var m = new Message("HEAD", path, headers);
+    m.finish();
+    return m;
+  };
+
+  this.post = function (path, headers) {
+    return new Message("POST", path, headers);
+  };
+
+  this.del = function (path, headers) {
+    return new Message("DELETE", path, headers);
+  };
+
+  this.put = function (path, headers) {
+    return new Message("PUT", path, headers);
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/net.cc b/src/net.cc
index c8e3626224..1d8d094c84 100644
--- a/src/net.cc
+++ b/src/net.cc
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ Connection::v8ForceClose (const Arguments& args)
   if (!connection) return Handle<Value>();
 
   connection->ForceClose();
-  //connection->Detach();
+  connection->Detach();
   return Undefined();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 7218547a10..c7306da3ea 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   ev_async_init(&eio_watcher, node_eio_cb);
   eio_init(eio_want_poll, NULL);
 
-  V8::Initialize();
   V8::SetFlagsFromCommandLine(&argc, argv, true);
+  V8::Initialize();
 
   if(argc < 2)  {
     fprintf(stderr, "No script was specified.\n");
@@ -317,7 +317,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   ev_loop(EV_DEFAULT_UC_ 0);
 
   context.Dispose();
-  V8::Dispose();
+  // The following line when uncommented causes an error.
+  // To reproduce do this:
+  // > node --prof test-http_simple.js 
+  // 
+  // > curl http://localhost:8000/quit/
+  //
+  //V8::Dispose();
 
   return exit_code;
 
diff --git a/test-http_simple.js b/test-http_simple.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e283e73e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-http_simple.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+new node.http.Server(function (msg) {
+  var commands = msg.path.split("/");
+  var body = "";
+  var command = commands[1];
+  var arg = commands[2];
+  var status = 200;
+
+  //p(msg.headers);
+
+  if (command == "bytes") {
+    var n = parseInt(arg, 10)
+    if (n <= 0)
+      throw "bytes called with n <= 0" 
+    for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+      body += "C"
+    }
+
+  } else if (command == "quit") {
+    msg.connection.server.close();
+  } else {
+    status = 404;
+    body = "not found\n";
+  }
+
+  var content_length = body.length.toString();
+
+  msg.sendHeader( status 
+                , [ ["Content-Type", "text/plain"]
+                  , ["Content-Length", content_length]
+                  ]
+                );
+  msg.sendBody(body);
+          
+  msg.finish();
+}).listen(8000);