diff --git a/plugins/erlang/erlang.c b/plugins/erlang/erlang.c
index b0ffda9c..cd71119e 100644
--- a/plugins/erlang/erlang.c
+++ b/plugins/erlang/erlang.c
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ int erlang_init() {
 	char *host;
 	struct sockaddr_in sin;
 	socklen_t slen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+	char *ip = NULL;
+	char *nodename;
+	struct in_addr addr;
 
         if (uerl.name) {
 
@@ -351,8 +354,35 @@ int erlang_init() {
 				exit(1);
 			}
 		}
+		else {
+			nodename = uwsgi_concat2n(uerl.name, host-uerl.name, "",0);
+			ip = uwsgi_resolve_ip(host+1);
+			if (ip) {
+#ifdef UWSGI_DEBUG
+				uwsgi_log("ip: %s\n", ip);
+#endif
+				addr.s_addr = inet_addr(ip);
+				if (ei_connect_xinit(&uerl.cnode, host+1, nodename, uerl.name, &addr, uerl.cookie, 0) < 0) {
+					uwsgi_log("unable to initialize erlang connection\n");
+					exit(1);
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				if (ei_connect_init(&uerl.cnode, nodename, uerl.cookie, 0) < 0) {
+					uwsgi_log("unable to initialize erlang connection\n");
+					exit(1);
+				}
+			}
+			free(nodename);
+		}
+
+		if (ip) {
+			uerl.fd = bind_to_tcp(ip, uwsgi.listen_queue, NULL);
+		}
+		else {
+			uerl.fd = bind_to_tcp("", uwsgi.listen_queue, NULL);
+		}
 
-		uerl.fd = bind_to_tcp("", uwsgi.listen_queue, NULL);
 		if (uerl.fd < 0) {
 			exit(1);
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c b/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c
index cf86313c..f3583a03 100644
--- a/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c
+++ b/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c
@@ -15,46 +15,224 @@ PyObject *pyerl_connect(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 
 int py_to_erl(PyObject *, ei_x_buff*);
 
-PyObject *pyerl_simple_send(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
+PyObject *erl_to_py(ei_x_buff* x) {
 
-	char *node;
+	int etype, esize, arity;
+	long long num;
+	double fnum;
+	char *atom, *binary;
+	long bin_size;
+	PyObject *pobj;
+	PyObject *zero;
+	erlang_pid epid;
+	int i;
+
+	ei_get_type(x->buff, &x->index, &etype, &esize);
+
+	switch(etype) {
+		case ERL_SMALL_INTEGER_EXT:
+                case ERL_INTEGER_EXT:
+                case ERL_SMALL_BIG_EXT:
+                case ERL_LARGE_BIG_EXT:
+			ei_decode_longlong(x->buff, &x->index, &num);
+			return PyLong_FromLong(num);
+		case ERL_FLOAT_EXT:
+			ei_decode_double(x->buff, &x->index, &fnum);
+			return PyFloat_FromDouble(fnum);
+		case ERL_STRING_EXT:
+			atom = uwsgi_malloc(esize+1);
+			ei_decode_string(x->buff, &x->index, atom);
+			pobj = PyString_FromString(atom);
+			free(atom);
+			return pobj;
+		case ERL_ATOM_EXT:
+			atom = uwsgi_malloc(esize+1);
+			ei_decode_atom(x->buff, &x->index, atom);
+			pobj = PyUnicode_FromString(atom);
+			free(atom);
+			return pobj;
+		case ERL_SMALL_TUPLE_EXT:
+                case ERL_LARGE_TUPLE_EXT:
+			ei_decode_tuple_header(x->buff, &x->index, &arity);
+			pobj = PyTuple_New(arity);
+			for(i=0;i<arity;i++) {
+				zero = erl_to_py(x);
+				PyTuple_SetItem(pobj, i, zero);
+				Py_DECREF(zero);
+			}		
+			return pobj;
+		case ERL_LIST_EXT:
+		case ERL_NIL_EXT:
+			ei_decode_list_header(x->buff, &x->index, &arity);
+			if (!arity) {
+				Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+				return Py_None;
+			}
+			pobj = PyList_New(0);
+			for(i=0;i<arity+1;i++) {
+				zero = erl_to_py(x);
+				PyList_Append(pobj, zero);
+				Py_DECREF(zero);
+			}
+			return pobj;	
+		case ERL_BINARY_EXT:
+			binary = uwsgi_malloc(esize);
+			ei_decode_binary(x->buff, &x->index, binary, &bin_size);
+			pobj = PyString_FromStringAndSize(binary, bin_size);
+			free(binary);
+			return pobj;
+		case ERL_PID_EXT:
+			ei_decode_pid(x->buff, &x->index, &epid);	
+			pobj = PyTuple_New(3);
+			PyTuple_SetItem(pobj, 0, PyInt_FromLong(epid.num));
+			PyTuple_SetItem(pobj, 1, PyInt_FromLong(epid.serial));
+			PyTuple_SetItem(pobj, 2, PyInt_FromLong(epid.creation));
+			return pobj;
+		default:
+			ei_skip_term(x->buff, &x->index);
+			Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+			return Py_None;
+	}
+
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+	
+}
+
+PyObject *pyerl_sr(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
+
+	PyObject *node;
 	char *reg;
+	char *cnode;
 	PyObject *pobj;
 	ei_x_buff x;
 	int fd;
+	int close_fd = 0;
+	erlang_msg em;
+	int eversion;
+	PyObject *res;
 
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ssO:erlang_simple_send", &node, &reg, &pobj)) {
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OsO:erlang_sr", &node, &reg, &pobj)) {
                 return NULL;
         }
 
-	fd = ei_connect(pyerl_cnode, node); 	
+	if (PyString_Check(node)) {
+		cnode = PyString_AsString(node);
+		fd = ei_connect(pyerl_cnode, cnode); 	
+		close_fd = 1;
+	}
+	else if (PyInt_Check(node)) {
+		fd = PyInt_AsLong(node);
+	}
+	else {
+		return PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "invalid erlang node/descriptor");
+	}
 
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		return PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Unable to connect to erlang node %s", node);
+		return PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Unable to connect to erlang node");
 	}
 
 	ei_x_new_with_version(&x);
 
 	if (py_to_erl(pobj, &x) < 0) {
 		ei_x_free(&x);
+		if (close_fd) close(fd);
 		return PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Unsupported object in Python->Erlang translation");
 	}
 
 	
 	ei_reg_send(pyerl_cnode, fd, reg, x.buff, x.index);
 
-	close(fd);
-	
 	ei_x_free(&x);
 
+	ei_x_new(&x);
+
+	if (ei_xreceive_msg(fd, &em, &x) == ERL_MSG) {
+		x.index = 0;
+		ei_decode_version(x.buff, &x.index, &eversion);
+		res = erl_to_py(&x);
+		ei_x_free(&x);
+		if (close_fd) close(fd);
+		return res;
+	}
+
+	ei_x_free(&x);
+	if (close_fd) close(fd);
+
         Py_INCREF(Py_None);
         return Py_None;
 }
 
+PyObject *pyerl_rpc(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
+
+        PyObject *node;
+        char *mod, *fun;
+        char *cnode;
+        PyObject *pobj;
+        ei_x_buff x;
+        ei_x_buff xr;
+        int fd;
+        int close_fd = 0;
+        int eversion;
+        PyObject *res;
+
+        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OssO:erlang_rpc", &node, &mod, &fun, &pobj)) {
+                return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (PyString_Check(node)) {
+                cnode = PyString_AsString(node);
+                fd = ei_connect(pyerl_cnode, cnode);
+                close_fd = 1;
+        }
+        else if (PyInt_Check(node)) {
+                fd = PyInt_AsLong(node);
+        }
+        else {
+                return PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Invalid erlang node/descriptor");
+        }
+
+        if (fd < 0) {
+                return PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Unable to connect to erlang node");
+        }
+
+        ei_x_new(&x);
+
+        if (py_to_erl(pobj, &x) < 0) {
+                ei_x_free(&x);
+        	if (close_fd) close(fd);
+                return PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Unsupported object in Python->Erlang translation");
+        }
+
+
+	ei_x_new(&xr);
+        if (ei_rpc(pyerl_cnode, fd, mod, fun, x.buff, x.index, &xr) < 0) {
+		if (close_fd) close(fd);
+		ei_x_free(&x);	
+		ei_x_free(&xr);
+		return PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Error in Erlang rpc");
+	}
+
+        xr.index = 0;
+        ei_decode_version(xr.buff, &xr.index, &eversion);
+
+        res = erl_to_py(&xr);
+
+        if (close_fd) close(fd);
+        ei_x_free(&x);
+        ei_x_free(&xr);
+        return res;
+
+}
+
+
 
 static PyMethodDef uwsgi_pyerl_methods[] = {
         {"erlang_connect", pyerl_connect, METH_VARARGS, ""},
-        {"erlang_simple_send", pyerl_simple_send, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+        //{"erlang_send_message", pyerl_send, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+        //{"erlang_recv_message", pyerl_recv, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+        {"erlang_sr", pyerl_sr, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+        {"erlang_rpc", pyerl_rpc, METH_VARARGS, ""},
         {NULL, NULL},
 };
 
@@ -62,6 +240,8 @@ void py_erl_init_functions() {
 
 	PyMethodDef *uwsgi_function;
 
+	PyDict_SetItemString(up.embedded_dict, "erlang_node", PyString_FromString(ei_thisnodename(pyerl_cnode)));
+
         for (uwsgi_function = uwsgi_pyerl_methods; uwsgi_function->ml_name != NULL; uwsgi_function++) {
                 PyObject *func = PyCFunction_New(uwsgi_function, NULL);
                 PyDict_SetItemString(up.embedded_dict, uwsgi_function->ml_name, func);
@@ -80,6 +260,9 @@ int py_to_erl(PyObject *pobj, ei_x_buff *x) {
         else if (PyString_Check(pobj)) {
                 ei_x_encode_string(x, PyString_AsString(pobj));
         }
+	else if (PyUnicode_Check(pobj)) {
+                ei_x_encode_atom(x, PyString_AsString(pobj));
+	}
         else if (PyInt_Check(pobj)) {
                 ei_x_encode_long(x, PyInt_AsLong(pobj));
         }
diff --git a/plugins/python/wsgi_subhandler.c b/plugins/python/wsgi_subhandler.c
index a68a5a7a..7312ea93 100644
--- a/plugins/python/wsgi_subhandler.c
+++ b/plugins/python/wsgi_subhandler.c
@@ -83,14 +83,21 @@ void *uwsgi_request_subhandler_wsgi(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, struct uwsgi_
 		PyDict_SetItemString(up.embedded_dict, "env", wsgi_req->async_environ);
 	}
 
-	PyDict_SetItemString(wsgi_req->async_environ, "uwsgi.version", PyString_FromString(UWSGI_VERSION));
+	zero = PyString_FromString(UWSGI_VERSION);
+	PyDict_SetItemString(wsgi_req->async_environ, "uwsgi.version", zero);
+	Py_DECREF(zero);
+
 	if (uwsgi.cores > 1) {
 		PyDict_SetItemString(wsgi_req->async_environ, "uwsgi.core", PyInt_FromLong(wsgi_req->async_id));
 	}
 
 	if (uwsgi.cluster_fd >= 0) {
-		PyDict_SetItemString(wsgi_req->async_environ, "uwsgi.cluster", PyString_FromString(uwsgi.cluster));
-		PyDict_SetItemString(wsgi_req->async_environ, "uwsgi.cluster_node", PyString_FromString(uwsgi.hostname));
+		zero = PyString_FromString(uwsgi.cluster);
+		PyDict_SetItemString(wsgi_req->async_environ, "uwsgi.cluster", zero);
+		Py_DECREF(zero);
+		zero = PyString_FromString(uwsgi.hostname);
+		PyDict_SetItemString(wsgi_req->async_environ, "uwsgi.cluster_node", zero);
+		Py_DECREF(zero);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 5cbb0192..0184bdfd 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -1256,6 +1256,17 @@ char *uwsgi_cheap_string(char *buf, int len) {
 	return buf-1;
 }
 
+char *uwsgi_resolve_ip(char *domain) {
+
+	struct hostent *he;
+	
+	he = gethostbyname(domain);
+	if (!he || !*he->h_addr_list || he->h_addrtype != AF_INET) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return inet_ntoa( *( struct in_addr*) he->h_addr_list[0]);
+}
 
 char *uwsgi_open_and_read(char *url, int *size, int add_zero, char *magic_table[]) {
 
@@ -1267,7 +1278,6 @@ char *uwsgi_open_and_read(char *url, int *size, int add_zero, char *magic_table[
 	char *uri, *colon;
 	char *domain ;
 	char *ip ;
-	struct hostent *he;
 	int body = 0;
 	char *magic_buf;
 
@@ -1289,13 +1299,7 @@ char *uwsgi_open_and_read(char *url, int *size, int add_zero, char *magic_table[
 		}
 
 
-		he = gethostbyname(domain);
-		if (!he || !*he->h_addr_list || he->h_addrtype != AF_INET) {
-			uwsgi_log("unable to resolve address %s\n", domain);
-			exit(1);
-		}
-
-		ip = inet_ntoa( *( struct in_addr*) he->h_addr_list[0]);
+		ip = uwsgi_resolve_ip(domain);
 		if (!ip) {
 			uwsgi_log("unable to resolve address %s\n", domain);
 			exit(1);
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index c78e5ebb..983ca979 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -1416,3 +1416,5 @@ int uwsgi_simple_send_string(char *, uint8_t, uint8_t, char *, uint16_t, int);
 
 int is_unix(char *, int);
 int is_a_number(char *);
+
+char *uwsgi_resolve_ip(char *);