diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/OGPLogin.py b/pyogp/lib/base/OGPLogin.py
index 7d083fe..9713eef 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/OGPLogin.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/OGPLogin.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from pyogp.lib.base.credentials import PlainPasswordCredential
 from pyogp.lib.base.agentdomain import AgentDomain
 from pyogp.lib.base.regiondomain import Region
 
-from pyogp.lib.base.interfaces import IPlaceAvatarAdapter
+from pyogp.lib.base.interfaces import IPlaceAvatar
 
 import getpass, sys
 from optparse import OptionParser
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class OGPLogin(object):
     def placeAvatarCap(self):
         """ actually gets the place_avatar cap and posts to it """
         region = Region(self.regionuri)
-        place = IPlaceAvatarAdapter(self.agent)
+        place = IPlaceAvatar(self.agent)
         self.avatar = place(region)
         return self.avatar
         
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/agent.py b/pyogp/lib/base/agent.py
index 5d69f9a..7c8c797 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/agent.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/agent.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from zope.interface import implements
 from zope.component import adapts
 
-from interfaces import IAgent, IPlaceAvatarAdapter
+from interfaces import IAgent
+
+import grokcore.component as grok
 
 class Agent(object):
     """an OGP agent"""
@@ -14,33 +16,5 @@ class Agent(object):
         
 
 
-class PlaceAvatarAdapter(object):
-    """handles placing an avatar for an agent object"""
-    implements(IPlaceAvatarAdapter)
-    adapts(IAgent)
-    
-    def __init__(self, agent):
-        """initialize this adapter"""
-        self.agent = agent 
-        
-        # let's retrieve the cap we need
-        self.seed_cap = self.agent.agentdomain.seed_cap # ISeedCapability
-        self.place_avatar_cap = self.seed_cap.get(['place_avatar'])['place_avatar']
-    
-    def __call__(self, region):
-        """initiate the placing process"""
-        region_uri = region.uri
-        payload = {'region_url' : region_uri } 
-        result = self.place_avatar_cap(payload)
 
-        return result
-
-# now we register this adapter so it can be used later:
-from zope.component import provideAdapter
-
-# register adapters for the HTML node
-provideAdapter(PlaceAvatarAdapter)
-
-        
-        
     
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/agentdomain.py b/pyogp/lib/base/agentdomain.py
index 78c9e7f..de03db2 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/agentdomain.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/agentdomain.py
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 from agent import Agent
 from interfaces import ISerialization
 from caps import SeedCapability
+
 import urllib2
+
+from zope.interface import implements
+import grokcore.component as grok
+
 from indra.base import llsd
 
+from interfaces import ICredentialSerializer, IPlaceAvatar, IAgentDomain
+
+from agent import Agent
+from avatar import Avatar
+from caps import SeedCapability
 
 # URL Opener for the agent domain login
 # 
@@ -12,6 +22,7 @@ class RedirectHandler(urllib2.HTTPRedirectHandler):
     def http_error_302(self, req, fp, code, msg, headers):
         #ignore the redirect, grabbing the seed cap url from the headers
         # TODO: add logging and error handling
+        print "huhu"
         return headers['location']
 
 
@@ -22,6 +33,8 @@ AgentDomainLoginOpener = urllib2.build_opener(RedirectHandler())
 class AgentDomain(object):
     """an agent domain endpoint"""
     
+    implements(IAgentDomain)
+    
     def __init__(self,uri):
         """initialize the agent domain endpoint"""
         self.uri = uri
@@ -38,7 +51,11 @@ class AgentDomain(object):
         # TODO: add logging and error handling
         # 
         request = urllib2.Request(self.uri,payload,headers)        
-        res = AgentDomainLoginOpener.open(request)        
+        try:
+            res = AgentDomainLoginOpener.open(request)        
+        except urllib2.HTTPError,e:
+            print e.read()
+            raise
         if type(res)!=type(""):            
             seed_cap_url_data = res.read() # it might be an addinfourl object
             seed_cap_url = llsd.parse(seed_cap_url_data)['agent_seed_capability']
@@ -49,3 +66,26 @@ class AgentDomain(object):
         return Agent(self)
         
         
+class PlaceAvatar(grok.Adapter):
+    """handles placing an avatar for an agent object"""
+    grok.implements(IPlaceAvatar)
+    grok.context(IAgentDomain)
+    
+    def __init__(self, context):
+        """initialize this adapter"""
+        self.context = context 
+        
+        # let's retrieve the cap we need
+        self.seed_cap = self.context.seed_cap # ISeedCapability
+        self.place_avatar_cap = self.seed_cap.get(['place_avatar'])['place_avatar']
+    
+    def __call__(self, region):
+        """initiate the placing process"""
+        region_uri = region.uri
+        payload = {'region_url' : region_uri } 
+        result = self.place_avatar_cap(payload)
+        
+        region.details = result
+        avatar = Avatar(region)
+
+        return avatar
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/api.py b/pyogp/lib/base/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1778ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+"""
+High level API
+"""
+
+from pyogp.lib.base.credentials import PlainPasswordCredential
+from pyogp.lib.base.agentdomain import AgentDomain
+from pyogp.lib.base.regiondomain import Region
+
+from pyogp.lib.base.interfaces import IPlaceAvatar
+
+### login methods
+def login_with_plainpassword(agentdomain_url, firstname, lastname, password):
+    """logs an agent into the agent domain and returns an agent handle
+    
+    takes firstname, lastname and plain password and returns an agent object
+    
+    Using it is simple:
+    >>> agent = login_with_plainpassword("http://localhost:12345","Firstname","Lastname","secret")
+    
+    Now this agent should contain an agentdomain object
+    >>> agent.agentdomain
+    <pyogp.lib.base.agentdomain.AgentDomain object at ...>
+    
+    And this again a seed capability:
+    >>> agent.agentdomain.seed_cap
+    <SeedCapability for http://127.0.0.1:12345/seed_cap>
+    
+    """
+
+    credentials = PlainPasswordCredential(firstname, lastname, password)
+    agentdomain = AgentDomain(agentdomain_url)
+    agent = agentdomain.login(credentials)
+    return agent
+    
+
+### place avatar
+def place_avatar(agent, region_url):
+    """place an avatar on a region
+    
+    Placing an avatar is simple. We just need an agent object and a region url.
+
+    We get an agent object via the login:
+    >>> agent = login_with_plainpassword("http://localhost:12345","Firstname","Lastname","secret")
+    
+    And now we can call it:
+    >>> avatar = place_avatar(agent, "http://localhost:12345/region")
+    
+    The avatar should now contain the region:
+    >>> avatar.region
+    <pyogp.lib.base.regiondomain.Region object at ...>
+    
+    and this in turn the region details:
+    >>> avatar.region.details
+    {'sim_port': 12345, 'sim_ip': '127.0.0.1'}
+    
+    """    
+    place = IPlaceAvatar(agent.agentdomain)
+    region = Region(region_url)
+    avatar = place(region)
+    
+    return avatar
+    
+def run_loop(avatar):
+    """run the UDP loop for the avatar
+    
+    First we create one as seen above:
+    >>> agent = login_with_plainpassword("http://localhost:12345","Firstname","Lastname","secret")
+    >>> avatar = place_avatar(agent, "http://localhost:12345/region")
+
+    And now we can run the loop:
+    >>> run_loop(avatar)
+    
+    
+    """
+    
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/avatar.py b/pyogp/lib/base/avatar.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f8ebec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/avatar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+class Avatar(object):
+    """an avatar - the agent representation in 3D on a region"""
+    
+    def __init__(self, region):
+        """initialize the avatar with the actual region we are on
+        
+        we need to instantiate the avatar after place_avatar
+        """
+        self.region = region
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/caps.py b/pyogp/lib/base/caps.py
index f463868..a848dc9 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/caps.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/caps.py
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ class Capability(object):
         deserializer = queryUtility(IDeserialization,name=content_type)
         if deserializer is None:
             # TODO: do better error handling here
+            print "RESULT", result.read()
+            print result.headers
             raise "deserialization for %s not supported" %(content_type)
         return deserializer.deserialize_string(result.read())
         
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/configure.zcml b/pyogp/lib/base/configure.zcml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65a51ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/configure.zcml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<configure
+    xmlns="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
+    xmlns:grok="http://namespaces.zope.org/grok">
+
+  <!-- do the meta configuration to make the ZCML directives available -->
+  <include package="zope.component" file="meta.zcml" />
+  <include package="grokcore.component" file="meta.zcml" />
+
+
+  <!-- finally load my components which are based on grokcore.component -->
+  <grok:grok package="pyogp.lib.base" />
+
+</configure>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/credentials.py b/pyogp/lib/base/credentials.py
index c1645bd..c226334 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/credentials.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/credentials.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from zope.component import adapts
 
 from indra.base import llsd
 
+import grokcore.component as grok
 
 from interfaces import IPlainPasswordCredential, ISerialization
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class PlainPasswordCredential(object):
 
 # an adapter to serialize this to LLSD
 
-class PlainPasswordLLSDSerializer(object):
+class PlainPasswordLLSDSerializer(grok.Adapter):
     """converts a plain password credential to LLSD
     
     Here is how you can use it:
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ class PlainPasswordLLSDSerializer(object):
     'application/llsd+xml'
     """
     
-    implements(ISerialization)
-    adapts(IPlainPasswordCredential)
+    grok.implements(ISerialization)
+    grok.context(IPlainPasswordCredential)
     
     def __init__(self, context):
         """initialize this adapter by storing the context (the credential)"""
@@ -56,8 +57,3 @@ class PlainPasswordLLSDSerializer(object):
         """return HTTP headers needed here"""
         return "application/llsd+xml"
 
-# now we register this adapter so it can be used later:
-from zope.component import provideAdapter
-
-# register adapters for the HTML node
-provideAdapter(PlainPasswordLLSDSerializer)
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/data_packer.py b/pyogp/lib/base/data_packer.py
index 602f7e7..c15aa5f 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/data_packer.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/data_packer.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import struct
 
 from pyogp.lib.base.message_types import MsgType
 
-class DataPacker():
+class DataPacker(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.packer = {}
         self.packer[MsgType.MVT_VARIABLE] = self.__pack_string
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/example.py b/pyogp/lib/base/example.py
index 8795523..af234c4 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/example.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/example.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from pyogp.lib.base.credentials import PlainPasswordCredential
 from pyogp.lib.base.agentdomain import AgentDomain
 from pyogp.lib.base.regiondomain import Region
 
-from pyogp.lib.base.interfaces import IPlaceAvatarAdapter
+from pyogp.lib.base.interfaces import IPlaceAvatar
 
 import getpass, sys
 from optparse import OptionParser
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class ExampleLogin(object):
 
         print "logged in, we now have an agent: ", agent
 
-        place = IPlaceAvatarAdapter(agent)
+        place = IPlaceAvatar(agentdomain)
         region = Region(options.regionuri)
 
         print "now we try to place the avatar on a region"
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/interfaces.py b/pyogp/lib/base/interfaces.py
index cac5af0..2667642 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/interfaces.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/interfaces.py
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ class IAgent(Interface):
     
     agentdomain = Attribute("""the agent domain endpoint""")
     
+
+class IAgentDomain(Interface):
+    """an agent domain"""
+    seed_cap = Attribute("""the seed capability""")
         
 class IRegion(Interface):
     """a region endpoint"""
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ class IAvatar(Interface):
     def establish_presence():
         """for now it will do a loop to establish a presence on a region"""
         
-class IPlaceAvatarAdapter(Interface):
+class IPlaceAvatar(Interface):
     """adapts an agents to a method which can place an avatar on a region"""
     
     def __call__(region):
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/message_template.py b/pyogp/lib/base/message_template.py
index 47e58ae..b7968ec 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/message_template.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/message_template.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ myreversedictionary = makereversepacketdict()
         do with the packet payload, yet. """
 
 #this probably needs to implement an interface so it can be serialized
-class MsgData():
+class MsgData(object):
     """ Used as a Message that is being created that will be
         serialized and sent. """
     def __init__(self, name):
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class MsgData():
         get_block(block_name).add_data(var_name, data, data_size)
 
 #this probably needs to implement an interface so it can be serialized
-class MsgBlockData():
+class MsgBlockData(object):
     """ Used as a Message block that is being created that will be
         serialized and sent. """
     def __init__(self, name):
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class MsgBlockData():
     def add_data(self, var_name, data, data_size):
         self.get_variable(var_name).add_data(data, data_size)
 
-class MsgVariableData():
+class MsgVariableData(object):
     """ Used as a Message Block variable that is being created that will be
         serialized and sent """
     def __init__(self, name, tp):
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ class MsgVariableData():
         self.data = data
         self.size = data_size
 
-class MessageTemplateVariable():
+class MessageTemplateVariable(object):
     def __init__(self, name, tp, size):
         self.name = name
         self.type = tp
         self.size = size
 
-class MessageTemplateBlock():
+class MessageTemplateBlock(object):
     def __init__(self, name):
         self.variable_map = {}
         self.name = name
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class MessageTemplateBlock():
     def get_variable(self, name):
         return self.variable_map[name]
 
-class MessageTemplate():
+class MessageTemplate(object):
     def __init__(self, name):
         self.block_map = {}
         #this is the function or object that will handle this type of message
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_builder.py b/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_builder.py
index 985159b..b57a774 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_builder.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_builder.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from pyogp.lib.base.message_template import MsgData, MsgBlockData, \
 from pyogp.lib.base.message_types import MsgType, MsgBlockType, MsgFrequency, sizeof
 from pyogp.lib.base.data_packer import DataPacker
 
-class MessageTemplateBuilder():
+class MessageTemplateBuilder(object):
     """ This class builds messages at its high level, that is, keeping
         that data in data structure form. A serializer should be used on
         the message produced by this so that it can be sent over a network. """
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_dict.py b/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_dict.py
index bf0c6c2..6987978 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_dict.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_dict.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from pyogp.lib.base.data import msg_tmpl
 from pyogp.lib.base.message_types import MsgFrequency
 
-class TemplateDictionary():
+class TemplateDictionary(object):
     def __init__(self, template_list):
         if template_list == None:
             raise Exception('Template list null')
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_parser.py b/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_parser.py
index 6e64925..aa2b866 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_parser.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/message_template_parser.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from pyogp.lib.base.data import msg_tmpl
 from pyogp.lib.base.message_types import MsgFrequency, MsgTrust, \
      MsgEncoding, MsgDeprecation, MsgBlockType, MsgType
 
-class MessageTemplateParser():
+class MessageTemplateParser(object):
     def __init__(self, template_file):
         if template_file == None:
             raise Exception('Template file cannot be None')
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/message_types.py b/pyogp/lib/base/message_types.py
index 051fb9c..f58f945 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/message_types.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/message_types.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class MsgBlockType():
+class MsgBlockType(object):
     MBT_SINGLE, \
     MBT_MULTIPLE, \
     MBT_VARIABLE = range(3)
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class MsgBlockType():
 #= '\x20'
 #= '\x10'
 #= '\x00'
-class PackFlags():
+class PackFlags(object):
     LL_ZERO_CODE_FLAG, \
     LL_RELIABLE_FLAG, \
     LL_RESENT_FLAG, \
@@ -22,27 +22,27 @@ class PackFlags():
 #= '\xFF\xFF'
 #= '\xFF'
 #= ''
-class MsgFrequency():
+class MsgFrequency(object):
     FIXED_FREQUENCY_MESSAGE, \
     LOW_FREQUENCY_MESSAGE, \
     MEDIUM_FREQUENCY_MESSAGE, \
     HIGH_FREQUENCY_MESSAGE = range(4) 
 
-class MsgTrust():
+class MsgTrust(object):
     LL_TRUSTED, \
     LL_NOTRUST = range(2)
 
-class MsgEncoding():
+class MsgEncoding(object):
     LL_UNENCODED, \
     LL_ZEROCODED = range(2)
 
-class MsgDeprecation():
+class MsgDeprecation(object):
     LL_DEPRECATED, \
     LL_UDPDEPRECATED, \
     LL_NOTDEPRECATED = range(3)
 
 #message variable types
-class MsgType():
+class MsgType(object):
     #these are variables that aren't used because they can't be added to the
     #builder
     #MVT_NULL, \
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/regiondomain.py b/pyogp/lib/base/regiondomain.py
index e1a3b97..06b668c 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/regiondomain.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/regiondomain.py
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ class Region(object):
     def __init__(self, uri):
         """initialize the region with the region uri"""
         self.uri = uri
+        self.details = {}
+        
+    
     
         
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/registration.py b/pyogp/lib/base/registration.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4d4c2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/registration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from zope.configuration.xmlconfig import xmlconfig
+
+def init():
+    from pkg_resources import resource_stream
+    fp = resource_stream(__name__, 'configure.zcml')
+    xmlconfig(fp)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/tests/login.txt b/pyogp/lib/base/tests/login.txt
index 351f99c..d91c956 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/tests/login.txt
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/tests/login.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Login
 >>> from pyogp.lib.base.credentials import PlainPasswordCredential
 >>> from pyogp.lib.base.agentdomain import AgentDomain
 >>> from pyogp.lib.base.regiondomain import Region
->>> from pyogp.lib.base.regiondomain import Region
 
 
 
@@ -30,17 +29,17 @@ Now we want to place out avatar somewhere on a region. To do so we first need a
 >>> region = Region('http://localhost:12345/region')
 
 Now we adapt the agent to the place avatar functionality like this:
->>> from pyogp.lib.base.interfaces import IPlaceAvatarAdapter
->>> place = IPlaceAvatarAdapter(agent)
+>>> from pyogp.lib.base.interfaces import IPlaceAvatar
+>>> place = IPlaceAvatar(agentdomain)
 
 'place' now is an adapter which knows how to call the place_avatar capability. We can ask it to do it:
 >>> avatar = place(region)
 
 The result is dummy right now and should contain a long dictionary with region info:
->>> avatar['sim_ip']
+>>> avatar.region.details['sim_ip']
 '127.0.0.1'
 
->>> avatar['sim_port']
+>>> avatar.region.details['sim_port']
 12345
 
 This needs to be worked on to be a region and not an avatar. 
diff --git a/pyogp/lib/base/tests/testDocTests.py b/pyogp/lib/base/tests/testDocTests.py
index aa9c8f9..9c60790 100644
--- a/pyogp/lib/base/tests/testDocTests.py
+++ b/pyogp/lib/base/tests/testDocTests.py
@@ -6,21 +6,27 @@ optionflags = doctest.REPORT_ONLY_FIRST_FAILURE | doctest.ELLIPSIS
 # setup functions
 
 def setUp(self):
-    print "ok"
+    from pyogp.lib.base.registration import init
+    init()
     
 def tearDown(self):
-    print "down"
+    pass
 
 def test_suite():
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
     suite.addTest(
-            doctest.DocFileSuite("login.txt","caps.txt",
+            doctest.DocFileSuite(
+                "login.txt",
+                "caps.txt",
                 package="pyogp.lib.base.tests",
                 setUp = setUp,
-                tearDown = tearDown,  
+                tearDown = tearDown,
+                optionflags=optionflags,
                 )
             )
     suite.addTest(doctest.DocTestSuite('pyogp.lib.base.caps', optionflags=optionflags))
     suite.addTest(doctest.DocTestSuite('pyogp.lib.base.credentials', optionflags=optionflags))
+    suite.addTest(doctest.DocTestSuite('pyogp.lib.base.api', optionflags=optionflags))
+    
     
     return suite
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9b73f10..57ca1e6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ setup(name='pyogp.lib.base',
       zip_safe=False,
       install_requires=[
           'setuptools',
-          'zope.interface',
-          'zope.component',
           # -*- Extra requirements: -*-
+          'zope.interface',
+          'zope.component [zcml]',
           'webob',
           'wsgiref',
+          'grokcore.component',
+          
       ],
       entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [