diff --git a/bin/confetty b/bin/confetty
index fcaf8f13..9fc19886 100755
--- a/bin/confetty
+++ b/bin/confetty
@@ -71,8 +71,19 @@ def parse_command(command):
     args = shlex.split(command, posix=True)
     return args
     
+
+currchildren = None
+
+def send_request(operation, path, server):
+    tlvdata.send_tlvdata(server, {'operation': operation, 'path': path})
+    result = tlvdata.recv_tlvdata(server)
+    while '_requestdone' not in result:
+        yield result
+        result = tlvdata.recv_tlvdata(server)
+
 def do_command(command, server):
     global target
+    global currchildren
     if command == "":  # result of ctrl-d
         command = "exit\n"
         print("exit")
@@ -88,11 +99,19 @@ def do_command(command, server):
     if argv[0] == "cd":
         otarget = target
         change_target(argv[1])
-        tlvdata.send_tlvdata(server, {"operation": 'retrieve', 'path': target})
-        result = tlvdata.recv_tlvdata(server)
-        if 'error' in result:
-            print target + ':' + result['error']
-            target = otarget
+        for res in send_request('retrieve', target, server):
+            if 'error' in res:
+                print target + ': ' + res['error']
+                target = otarget
+    if argv[0] in ('show', 'ls'):
+        for res in send_request('retrieve', target, server):
+            if type(res['item']) == dict:
+                print res['item']["href"]
+            else:
+                for item in res['item']:
+                    print item["href"]
+
+        
         
 
         
diff --git a/confluent/messages.py b/confluent/messages.py
index 4cb633f2..9638e875 100644
--- a/confluent/messages.py
+++ b/confluent/messages.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class LinkRelation(ConfluentMessage):
         """
         return {self.rel: '{ "href": "%s" }' % self.href}
 
-    def raw_rel(self):
+    def raw(self):
         """Provide python structure of the relation.
 
         This currently is only sensible to consume from httpapi.
diff --git a/confluent/sockapi.py b/confluent/sockapi.py
index 655cf9a3..ee2dab05 100644
--- a/confluent/sockapi.py
+++ b/confluent/sockapi.py
@@ -61,8 +61,11 @@ def sessionhdl(connection, authname):
 
 
 def send_response(responses, connection):
+    if responses is None:
+        return
     for rsp in responses:
-        tlvdata.send_tlvdata(connection, json.dumps(rsp.json()))
+        tlvdata.send_tlvdata(connection, rsp.raw())
+
 
 def process_request(connection, request, cfm, authdata):
     #TODO(jbjohnso): authorize each request
@@ -70,17 +73,17 @@ def process_request(connection, request, cfm, authdata):
         operation = request['operation']
         path = request['path']
         params = request.get('parameters', None)
+        hdlr = None
         try:
             hdlr = pluginapi.handle_path(path, operation, cfm, params)
         except exc.NotFoundException:
             tlvdata.send_tlvdata(connection, {"errorcode": 404,
                                  "error": "Target not found"})
-            return
         except exc.InvalidArgumentException:
             tlvdata.send_tlvdata(connection, {"errorcode": 400,
                                  "error": "Bad Request"})
-            return
         send_response(hdlr, connection)
+        tlvdata.send_tlvdata(connection, {'_requestdone': 1})
     return
     ccons = ClientConsole(connection)
     consession = consoleserver.ConsoleSession(node='n4', configmanager=cfm,