diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9958d02..1eeec15 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+2012-02-15 09:38:32 +0100 Georg Hopp 
+
+	* separated the server completely from the http processing (HEAD, master)
+
 2012-02-15 06:19:52 +0100 Georg Hopp 
 
-	* add subject/observer interface (HEAD, master)
+	* add subject/observer interface
 
 2012-02-15 04:55:46 +0100 Georg Hopp 
 
-	* fix infinite busy loop in run (origin/master, origin/HEAD)
+	* fix infinite busy loop in run
 
 2012-02-15 04:44:38 +0100 Georg Hopp 
 
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 36521bd..7f6e1f0 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 VERY BIG TODO:
 - give a contructor a way to fail, so that no object will be created at all
+
+- right now i will use long polling ajax calls when feedback from to the client
+  is needed. In the long term this should be changed to websockets (ws). But
+  right now ws specification is not final anyway. :)
diff --git a/include/http/request/parser.h b/include/http/request/parser.h
index f37ae0c..09b5d11 100644
--- a/include/http/request/parser.h
+++ b/include/http/request/parser.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CLASS(HttpRequestParser) {
 };
 
 size_t httpRequestParserRead(HttpRequestParser, int);
-void   httpRequestParserParse(HttpRequestParser);
+size_t httpRequestParserParse(HttpRequestParser);
 void   httpRequestParserGetBody(HttpRequestParser);
 
 void   httpRequestParserGetRequestLine(HttpRequest, char *);
diff --git a/include/http/response/writer.h b/include/http/response/writer.h
index 76bd63a..ac9e300 100644
--- a/include/http/response/writer.h
+++ b/include/http/response/writer.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ CLASS(HttpResponseWriter) {
 	HttpResponseState state;
 };
 
-HttpResponse httpResponseWriterWrite(HttpResponseWriter, int);
+size_t httpResponseWriterWrite(HttpResponseWriter, int);
 
 #endif // __HTTP_RESPONSE_WRITER_H__
 
diff --git a/include/http/worker.h b/include/http/worker.h
index 1cbaa42..59703df 100644
--- a/include/http/worker.h
+++ b/include/http/worker.h
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
 #ifndef __HTTP_WORKER_H__
 #define __HTTP_WORKER_H__
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
 #include "class.h"
 #include "http/request/parser.h"
+#include "http/response/writer.h"
 
 CLASS(HttpWorker) {
-	HttpRequestParser parser;
+	HttpRequestParser  parser;
+	HttpResponseWriter writer;
 };
 
+size_t httpWorkerProcess(HttpWorker, int);
+size_t httpWorkerWrite(HttpWorker, int);
+
 #endif // __HTTP_WORKER_H__
 
 // vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/include/server.h b/include/server.h
index 4cb9878..dbc0737 100644
--- a/include/server.h
+++ b/include/server.h
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ CLASS(Server) {
 	Logger        logger;
 	Sock          sock;
 
+	void *        worker;
+
 	nfds_t        nfds;
 	struct pollfd fds[POLL_FD_NSIZE];
 
 	struct {
 		Sock         sock;
-		void *       reader;
-		void *       writer;
+
+		void *       worker;
 
 		char         keep_alive;
 	} conns[POLL_FD_NSIZE];
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 4e6c690..ac86379 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ RESP   = http/response.c \
 	 http/response/404.c \
 	 http/response/image.c \
 	 http/response/me.c
+WORKER = http/worker.c http/worker/process.c http/worker/write.c
 WRITER = http/response/writer.c http/response/writer/write.c
 HEADER = http/header.c http/header/get.c http/header/add.c \
 	 http/header/size_get.c http/header/to_string.c
@@ -29,5 +30,6 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = testserver
 
 testserver_SOURCES = testserver.c \
 		     $(IFACE) $(CLASS) $(SOCKET) $(SERVER) $(LOGGER) $(MSG) $(REQ) \
-		     $(WRITER) $(RESP) $(HEADER) $(PARSER) signalHandling.c daemonize.c
+		     $(WRITER) $(RESP) $(HEADER) $(PARSER) $(WORKER) \
+		     signalHandling.c daemonize.c
 testserver_CFLAGS  = -Wall -I ../include/
diff --git a/src/http/request/parser.c b/src/http/request/parser.c
index d196ab1..60c9b7f 100644
--- a/src/http/request/parser.c
+++ b/src/http/request/parser.c
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ _clone(void * _this, void * _base)
 }
 
 INIT_IFACE(Class, ctor, dtor, _clone);
-INIT_IFACE(StreamReader,
-		(fptr_streamReaderRead)httpRequestParserRead);
+INIT_IFACE(StreamReader, (fptr_streamReaderRead)httpRequestParserRead);
 CREATE_CLASS(HttpRequestParser, NULL, IFACE(Class), IFACE(StreamReader));
 
 // vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/src/http/request/parser/parse.c b/src/http/request/parser/parse.c
index 84e2120..075fcd0 100644
--- a/src/http/request/parser/parse.c
+++ b/src/http/request/parser/parse.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ httpRequestSkip(char ** data)
 	for (; 0 != **data && ! isalpha(**data); (*data)++);
 }
 
-void
+size_t
 httpRequestParserParse(HttpRequestParser this)
 {
 	char * line;
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ httpRequestParserParse(HttpRequestParser this)
 				break;
 		}
 	}
+
+	return this->request_queue->nmsgs;
 }
 
 // vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/src/http/request/parser/read.c b/src/http/request/parser/read.c
index 6201df3..521a3a2 100644
--- a/src/http/request/parser/read.c
+++ b/src/http/request/parser/read.c
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 size_t
 httpRequestParserRead(HttpRequestParser this, int fd)
 {
-	size_t            remaining, chunks;
-	char              buffer[1024];
+	size_t remaining, chunks;
+	char   buffer[1024];
 
-	ssize_t size = read(fd, buffer, 1024);
+	size_t size = read(fd, buffer, 1024);
 
 	if (0 < size) {
 		remaining = this->buffer_used % HTTP_REQUEST_PARSER_READ_CHUNK;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ httpRequestParserRead(HttpRequestParser this, int fd)
 		this->buffer_used += size;
 		this->buffer[this->buffer_used] = 0;
 
-		httpRequestParserParse(this);
+		size = httpRequestParserParse(this);
 	}
 
 	return size;
diff --git a/src/http/response/writer.c b/src/http/response/writer.c
index e64a452..c05080d 100644
--- a/src/http/response/writer.c
+++ b/src/http/response/writer.c
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ _clone(void * _this, void * _base)
 }
 
 INIT_IFACE(Class, ctor, dtor, _clone);
-INIT_IFACE(StreamWriter,
-		(fptr_streamWriterWrite)httpResponseWriterWrite);
+INIT_IFACE(StreamWriter, (fptr_streamWriterWrite)httpResponseWriterWrite);
 CREATE_CLASS(HttpResponseWriter, NULL, IFACE(Class), IFACE(StreamWriter));
 
 // vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/src/http/response/writer/write.c b/src/http/response/writer/write.c
index f3e9a33..8f27400 100644
--- a/src/http/response/writer/write.c
+++ b/src/http/response/writer/write.c
@@ -16,19 +16,21 @@
 #define _PSIZE(x)	(MAX((x),RESPONSE_WRITER_MAX_BUF))
 #define PSIZE		_PSIZE(this->nheader+message->nbody)
 
-HttpResponse
+size_t
 httpResponseWriterWrite(HttpResponseWriter this, int fd)
 {
-	HttpMessageQueue respq   = this->response_queue;
-	HttpMessage      message = (HttpMessage)this->cur_response;
-	int              cont    = 1;
+	HttpMessageQueue respq     = this->response_queue;
+	HttpMessage      message   = (HttpMessage)this->cur_response;
+	size_t           processed = (message)? 1 : 0;
+	int              cont      = 1;
 
 	while (cont) {
 		switch (this->state) {
 			case HTTP_RESPONSE_GET:
 				if (NULL == this->cur_response && 0 < respq->nmsgs) {
-					message = respq->msgs[0];
+					message            = respq->msgs[0];
 					this->cur_response = (HttpResponse)message;
+					processed++;
 
 					memmove(respq->msgs,
 							&(respq->msgs[1]),
@@ -128,19 +130,25 @@ httpResponseWriterWrite(HttpResponseWriter this, int fd)
 				this->pstart  = 0;
 				this->pend    = 0;
 
-				if (httpMessageHasKeepAlive(message)) {
-					delete(&this->cur_response);
-				}
-				else {
-					cont = 0;
+				if (! httpMessageHasKeepAlive(message)) {
+					/**
+					 * if the message did not have the keep-alive feature
+					 * we don't care about further pipelined messages and
+					 * return the to caller with a 0 indicating that the
+					 * underlying connection should be closed.
+					 */
+					processed = 0;
+					cont      = 0;
 				}
 
+				delete(&this->cur_response);
+
 	 			this->state = HTTP_RESPONSE_GET;
 				break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return this->cur_response;
+	return processed;
 }
 
 // vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/src/http/worker.c b/src/http/worker.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73798e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/worker.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+#include "class.h"
+#include "http/worker.h"
+#include "http/request/parser.h"
+#include "http/response/writer.h"
+
+#include "interface/class.h"
+#include "interface/stream_reader.h"
+#include "interface/stream_writer.h"
+
+static
+void
+ctor(void * _this, va_list * params)
+{
+	HttpWorker this = _this;
+
+	this->parser = new(HttpRequestParser);
+	this->writer = new(HttpResponseWriter);
+}
+
+static
+void
+dtor(void * _this)
+{
+	HttpWorker this = _this;
+
+	delete(&this->parser);
+	delete(&this->writer);
+}
+
+static
+void
+_clone(void * _this, void * _base)
+{
+	/**
+	 * TODO: this actually simply creates a new worker
+	 * and ignores the base. Think about this.
+	 */
+	va_list foo;
+
+	ctor(_this, &foo);
+}
+
+INIT_IFACE(Class, ctor, dtor, _clone);
+INIT_IFACE(StreamReader, (fptr_streamReaderRead)httpWorkerProcess);
+INIT_IFACE(StreamWriter, (fptr_streamWriterWrite)httpWorkerWrite);
+CREATE_CLASS(
+		HttpWorker,
+		NULL, 
+		IFACE(Class),
+		IFACE(StreamReader),
+		IFACE(StreamWriter));
+
+// vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/src/http/worker/process.c b/src/http/worker/process.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43dd667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/worker/process.c
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#include "class.h"
+#include "interface/class.h"
+
+#include "http/worker.h"
+#include "http/request/parser.h"
+
+size_t
+httpWorkerProcess(HttpWorker this, int fd)
+{
+	size_t size;
+
+	if (0 < (size = httpRequestParserRead(this->parser, fd))) {
+		int              i;
+		HttpMessageQueue reqq  = this->parser->request_queue;
+		HttpMessageQueue respq = this->writer->response_queue;
+
+		for (i=0; i<reqq->nmsgs; i++) {
+			/**
+			 * @TODO: for now simply remove request and send not found.
+			 * Make this sane.
+			 */
+			HttpRequest  request  = (HttpRequest)(reqq->msgs[i]);
+			HttpMessage  response = NULL;
+
+			if (0 == strcmp("GET", request->method) &&
+					0 == strcmp("/me/", request->uri)) {
+				response = (HttpMessage)httpResponseMe();
+			}
+			else if (0 == strcmp("GET", request->method) &&
+					0 == strcmp("/image/", request->uri)) {
+				response = (HttpMessage)httpResponseImage();
+			}
+			else {
+				response = (HttpMessage)httpResponse404();
+			}
+
+			if (httpMessageHasKeepAlive(reqq->msgs[i])) {
+				httpHeaderAdd(
+						&(response->header),
+						new(HttpHeader, "Connection", "Keep-Alive"));
+			}
+			else {
+				httpHeaderAdd(
+						&(response->header),
+						new(HttpHeader, "Connection", "Close"));
+			}
+
+			respq->msgs[(respq->nmsgs)++] = response;
+			response = NULL;
+			delete(&(reqq->msgs[i]));
+		}
+
+		reqq->nmsgs = 0;
+	}
+
+	return size;
+}
+
+// vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/src/http/worker/write.c b/src/http/worker/write.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..387b14f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/http/worker/write.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include "http/worker.h"
+#include "http/response/writer.h"
+
+size_t
+httpWorkerWrite(HttpWorker this, int fd)
+{
+	return httpResponseWriterWrite(this->writer, fd);
+}
+
+// vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 299f15b..ece6cfc 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ ctor(void * _this, va_list * params)
 	int          flags;
 
 	this->logger = va_arg(* params, Logger);
+	this->worker = va_arg(* params, void *);
 	port         = va_arg(* params, int);
 	backlog      = va_arg(* params, unsigned int);
 
@@ -45,8 +46,7 @@ dtor(void * _this)
     for (i=0; i<this->nfds; i++) {
 		if (this->sock->handle != (this->fds)[i].fd) {
 			delete(&(this->conns[(this->fds)[i].fd]).sock);
-			delete(&(this->conns[(this->fds)[i].fd]).reader);
-			delete(&(this->conns[(this->fds)[i].fd]).writer);
+			delete(&(this->conns[(this->fds)[i].fd]).worker);
 		}
     }
 
diff --git a/src/server/close_conn.c b/src/server/close_conn.c
index 264aef3..9d7d756 100644
--- a/src/server/close_conn.c
+++ b/src/server/close_conn.c
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ serverCloseConn(Server this, unsigned int i)
 	int fd = (this->fds)[i].fd;
 
 	delete(&((this->conns)[fd].sock));
-	delete(&((this->conns)[fd].reader));
-	delete(&((this->conns)[fd].writer));
+	delete(&((this->conns)[fd].worker));
 
 	(this->conns)[fd].keep_alive = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/server/handle_accept.c b/src/server/handle_accept.c
index 76fb13e..faf6804 100644
--- a/src/server/handle_accept.c
+++ b/src/server/handle_accept.c
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ serverHandleAccept(Server this)
 		(this->conns)[acc->handle].sock   = acc; 
 
 		//* clone reader
-		(this->conns)[acc->handle].reader = new(HttpRequestParser);
-		(this->conns)[acc->handle].writer = new(HttpResponseWriter);
+		(this->conns)[acc->handle].worker = clone(this->worker);
 
 		(this->fds)[this->nfds].fd        = acc->handle;
 		(this->fds)[this->nfds].events    = POLLIN;
diff --git a/src/server/read.c b/src/server/read.c
index bdb4738..199f6f2 100644
--- a/src/server/read.c
+++ b/src/server/read.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ serverRead(Server this, unsigned int i)
 	int fd = (this->fds)[i].fd;
 	int size;
 
-	if (NULL == (this->conns)[fd].reader) {
+	if (NULL == (this->conns)[fd].worker) {
 		loggerLog(
 				this->logger,
 				LOGGER_INFO,
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ serverRead(Server this, unsigned int i)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	switch ((size = streamReaderRead((this->conns)[fd].reader, fd))) {
+	switch ((size = streamReaderRead((this->conns)[fd].worker, fd))) {
 		case 0:
 			/*
 			 * normal close: write remaining data
diff --git a/src/server/run.c b/src/server/run.c
index 324a212..23f7b44 100644
--- a/src/server/run.c
+++ b/src/server/run.c
@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@
 #include "interface/stream_writer.h"
 #include "interface/logger.h"
 
-//* @TODO: to be removed
-#include "http/request.h"
-#include "http/request/parser.h"
-#include "http/message/queue.h"
-#include "http/response.h"
-#include "http/response/writer.h"
-//* until here
-
 #undef  MAX
 #define MAX(x,y) ((x) > (y) ? (x) : (y))
 
@@ -94,63 +86,17 @@ serverRun(Server this)
 				 */
 				else {
 					nreads--;
-					/**
-					 * do some other processing
-					 * @TODO: actually this will hard assume that our stream reader
-					 * is a http parser and it has its queue...think about more
-					 * generalizing here.
-					 */
-					int size;
-
-					if (0 >= (size=serverRead(this, i))) {
-						serverCloseConn(this, i);
-					}
-					else {
-						int              j;
-						HttpMessageQueue reqq  = ((HttpRequestParser) \
-								(this->conns)[fd].reader)->request_queue;
-						HttpMessageQueue respq = ((HttpResponseWriter) \
-								(this->conns)[fd].writer)->response_queue;
-
-						for (j=0; j<reqq->nmsgs; j++) {
-							/**
-							 * @TODO: for now simply remove request and send not found.
-							 * Make this sane.
-							 */
-							HttpRequest  request  = (HttpRequest)(reqq->msgs[j]);
-							HttpMessage  response = NULL;
-
-							if (0 == strcmp("GET", request->method) &&
-									0 == strcmp("/me/", request->uri)) {
-								response = (HttpMessage)httpResponseMe();
-							}
-							else if (0 == strcmp("GET", request->method) &&
-									0 == strcmp("/image/", request->uri)) {
-								response = (HttpMessage)httpResponseImage();
-							}
-							else {
-								response = (HttpMessage)httpResponse404();
-							}
-
-							if (httpMessageHasKeepAlive(reqq->msgs[j])) {
-								httpHeaderAdd(
-										&(response->header),
-										new(HttpHeader, "Connection", "Keep-Alive"));
-							}
-							else {
-								httpHeaderAdd(
-										&(response->header),
-										new(HttpHeader, "Connection", "Close"));
-							}
-
-							respq->msgs[(respq->nmsgs)++] = response;
-							response = NULL;
-							delete(&(reqq->msgs[j]));
 
-							(this->fds)[i].events |= POLLOUT;
-						}
+					switch (serverRead(this, i)) {
+						case -1:
+							serverCloseConn(this, i);
+							break;
+
+						case 0:
+							break;
 
-						reqq->nmsgs = 0;
+						default:
+							(this->fds)[i].events |= POLLOUT;
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -159,22 +105,14 @@ serverRun(Server this)
 			 * handle writes
 			 */
 			if (0 != ((this->fds)[i].revents & POLLOUT) && 0 < nwrites) {
-				HttpResponseWriter writer =
-					(HttpResponseWriter)(this->conns)[fd].writer;
-				HttpMessage        message;
-
 				events--;
 				nwrites--;
 
-				message = (HttpMessage)streamWriterWrite(writer, fd);
-
-				if (NULL == message) {
-					(this->fds)[i].events &= ~POLLOUT;
-				}
-				else {
-					delete(&message);
+				if (0 >= streamWriterWrite((this->conns)[fd].worker, fd)) {
 					serverCloseConn(this, i);
 				}
+
+				(this->fds)[i].events &= ~POLLOUT;
 			}
 		}
     }
diff --git a/src/testserver.c b/src/testserver.c
index 6e3a262..d7b3ba1 100644
--- a/src/testserver.c
+++ b/src/testserver.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "server.h"
 #include "logger.h"
-#include "http/request/parser.h"
+#include "http/worker.h"
 
 #include "signalHandling.h"
 
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ void daemonize(void);
 int
 main()
 {
-	Logger logger = new(LoggerSyslog, LOGGER_ERR);
-	Server server = new(Server, logger, 11212, SOMAXCONN);
+	Logger logger     = new(LoggerSyslog, LOGGER_ERR);
+	HttpWorker worker = new(HttpWorker);
+	Server server     = new(Server, logger, worker, 11212, SOMAXCONN);
 
 	struct rlimit limit = {RLIM_INFINITY, RLIM_INFINITY};
 	setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPU, &limit);
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ main()
 	serverRun(server);
 
 	delete(&server);
+	delete(&worker);
 	delete(&logger);
 
 	return 0;