diff --git a/izzylib/activitypub.py b/izzylib/activitypub.py
index 19e923d..3890f2a 100644
--- a/izzylib/activitypub.py
+++ b/izzylib/activitypub.py
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ class Nodeinfo(DotDict):
 
 	@classmethod
 	def new(cls, name, version, niversion='2.1', **kwargs):
-		print(name, version, niversion)
 		assert niversion in ['2.0', '2.1']
 
 		open_regs = boolean(kwargs.pop('open_regs', True))
@@ -430,11 +429,10 @@ class Nodeinfo(DotDict):
 			services = {
 				'inbound': kwargs.pop('inbound', []),
 				'outbound': kwargs.pop('outbound', [])
-			},
-			metadata = kwargs
+			}
 		)
 
-		if data.version == '2.1':
+		if niversion == '2.1':
 			if repository:
 				data.software.repository = repository
 
@@ -453,6 +451,9 @@ class Nodeinfo(DotDict):
 		if comments:
 			data.usage.localComments = comments
 
+		if kwargs:
+			data.metadata = kwargs
+
 		return data
 
 
diff --git a/izzylib/http_server_async/__init__.py b/izzylib/http_server_async/__init__.py
index 90b1734..dd92357 100644
--- a/izzylib/http_server_async/__init__.py
+++ b/izzylib/http_server_async/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
 http_methods = ['CONNECT', 'DELETE', 'GET', 'HEAD', 'OPTIONS', 'PATCH', 'POST', 'PUT', 'TRACE']
+applications = {}
+
+def get_app(name='default'):
+	try:
+		return applications.get(name)
+
+	except KeyError:
+		return set_app(Application(appname=name))
+
+
+def set_app(app):
+	applications[app.name] = app
+	return app
+
+
+def create_app(appname, **kwargs):
+	return set_app(Application(appname=appname, **kwargs))
 
 
 from .application import Application, Blueprint
diff --git a/izzylib/http_server_async/application.py b/izzylib/http_server_async/application.py
index 5f5d81a..31f2f7b 100644
--- a/izzylib/http_server_async/application.py
+++ b/izzylib/http_server_async/application.py
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ from ..template import Template
 try: from ..sql import Database
 except ImportError: Database = None
 
+
 frontend = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.join('http_frontend')
 
 
 class ApplicationBase:
 	ctx = DotDict()
 
-	def __init__(self, views=[], middleware=[], dbtype=None, dbargs={}, **kwargs):
+	def __init__(self, appname='default', views=[], middleware=[], dbtype=None, dbargs={}, **kwargs):
+		self.name = appname
 		self.cfg = Config(**kwargs)
 		self.db = None
 		self.router = Router(trim_last_slash=True)
@@ -302,7 +304,9 @@ class Application(ApplicationBase):
 
 		except:
 			traceback.print_exc()
-			response = self.cfg.response_class(request=request).set_error('Server Error', 500)
+
+			## Don't use a custom response class here just in case it caused the error
+			response = Response(request=request).set_error('Server Error', 500)
 
 		try:
 			response.headers.update(self.cfg.default_headers)
@@ -324,3 +328,12 @@ class Blueprint(ApplicationBase):
 		super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
 		self.prefix = prefix
+
+
+## might keep this
+def set_response(request, resp_class, func, *args, **kwargs):
+	try:
+		return getattr(resp_class, func)(*args, **kwargs)
+	except:
+		traceback.print_exc()
+		return Response(request=request).set_error('Server Error', 500)
diff --git a/izzylib/http_server_async/request.py b/izzylib/http_server_async/request.py
index 06f95c0..2f6205e 100644
--- a/izzylib/http_server_async/request.py
+++ b/izzylib/http_server_async/request.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LocalTime = datetime.now(UtcTime).astimezone().tzinfo
 
 class Request:
 	__slots__ = [
-		'_body', '_form', '_reader', '_method', 'app', 'address',
+		'_body', '_form', '_reader', '_method', '_app', 'address',
 		'path', 'version', 'headers', 'cookies',
 		'query', 'raw_query'
 	]
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class Request:
 	def __init__(self, app, reader, address):
 		super().__init__()
 
+		self._app = app
 		self._reader = reader
 		self._body = b''
 		self._form = DotDict()
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ class Request:
 		self.cookies = Cookies()
 		self.query = DotDict()
 
-		self.app = app
 		self.address = address
 		self.path = None
 		self.version = None
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ class Request:
 			self.ctx[key] = value
 
 
+	@property
+	def app(self):
+		return self._app or get_app()
+
+
+	@app.setter
+	def app(self, app):
+		self._app = app
+
+
 	@property
 	def agent(self):
 		return self.headers.getone('User-Agent', 'no agent')
diff --git a/izzylib/http_server_async/response.py b/izzylib/http_server_async/response.py
index cc62fa6..9f57194 100644
--- a/izzylib/http_server_async/response.py
+++ b/izzylib/http_server_async/response.py
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@ import json, traceback
 
 from datetime import datetime
 
+from . import get_app
 from .misc import Cookies, Headers, CookieItem
 
 from ..dotdict import MultiDotDict
 
 
 class Response:
-	__slots__ = ['_body', 'headers', 'cookies', 'status', 'request']
+	__slots__ = ['_app', '_body', 'headers', 'cookies', 'status', 'request']
 
 
 	def __init__(self, body=b'', status=200, headers={}, cookies={}, content_type='text/plain', request=None):
+		self._app = None
 		self._body = b''
 
 		self.headers = Headers(headers)
@@ -23,6 +25,16 @@ class Response:
 		self.request = request
 
 
+	@property
+	def app(self):
+		return self._app or get_app()
+
+
+	@app.setter
+	def app(self, app):
+		self._app = app
+
+
 	@property
 	def body(self):
 		return self._body
diff --git a/izzylib/misc.py b/izzylib/misc.py
index d939dc8..83d84fb 100644
--- a/izzylib/misc.py
+++ b/izzylib/misc.py
@@ -595,6 +595,16 @@ class DateString(str):
 		return getattr(self.dt, key)
 
 
+	@classmethod
+	def new_activitypub(cls, date):
+		return cls(date, 'activitypub')
+
+
+	@classmethod
+	def new_http(cls, date):
+		return cls(date, 'http')
+
+
 	@classmethod
 	def from_datetime(cls, date, format):
 		assert format in datetime_formats