diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/internal/GsonWrapper.java b/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/internal/GsonWrapper.java
index 0d0c20d..9c6db62 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/internal/GsonWrapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/internal/GsonWrapper.java
@@ -212,19 +212,11 @@ public final class GsonWrapper {
         Schema.make().get();
     ASObjectAdapter base = 
       new ASObjectAdapter(schema);
-    GsonBuilder b = initGsonBuilder(builder,schema,base);
-    for (AdapterEntry<?> entry : builder.adapters.build()) {
-      if (entry.hier)
-        b.registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(
-          entry.type, 
-          entry.adapter!=null ?
-            entry.adapter : base);
-      else
-        b.registerTypeAdapter(
-          entry.type, 
-          entry.adapter!=null ? 
-            entry.adapter:base);
-    }
+    GsonBuilder b = initGsonBuilder(
+      builder,
+      schema,
+      base, 
+      builder.adapters.build());
     if (builder.pretty)
       b.setPrettyPrinting();
     this.gson = b.create();
@@ -239,12 +231,29 @@ public final class GsonWrapper {
   private static GsonBuilder initGsonBuilder(
     Builder builder, 
     Schema schema, 
-    ASObjectAdapter base) {
-    return new GsonBuilder()
-      .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(TypeValue.class, new TypeValueAdapter(schema))
-      .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(LinkValue.class, new LinkValueAdapter(schema))
+    ASObjectAdapter base,
+    Iterable<AdapterEntry<?>> adapters) {
+    
+    GsonBuilder gson = new GsonBuilder()
+    .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(TypeValue.class, new TypeValueAdapter(schema))
+    .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(LinkValue.class, new LinkValueAdapter(schema))
+    .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(Iterable.class, ITERABLE);
+    
+    for (AdapterEntry<?> entry : adapters) {
+      if (entry.hier)
+        gson.registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(
+          entry.type, 
+          entry.adapter!=null ?
+            entry.adapter : base);
+      else
+        gson.registerTypeAdapter(
+          entry.type, 
+          entry.adapter!=null ? 
+            entry.adapter:base);
+    }
+    
+    return gson
       .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(NLV.class, NLV)
-      .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(Iterable.class, ITERABLE)
       .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(ActionsValue.class, ACTIONS)
       .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(Optional.class, OPTIONAL)
       .registerTypeHierarchyAdapter(Range.class, RANGE)
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/internal/Schema.java b/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/internal/Schema.java
index 3bc3062..1e56433 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/internal/Schema.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/internal/Schema.java
@@ -200,10 +200,16 @@ public final class Schema {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public Model model(String objectType) {
+      return objectTypeMap.get(objectType);
+    }
+    
+    public Model model() {
+      return objectClassMap.get(ASObject.Builder.class);
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Method get.
-    
-    
      * @return Schema * @see com.google.common.base.Supplier#get() */
     public Schema get() {
       return new Schema(this);
diff --git a/typext/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/registry/HttpFetch.java b/typext/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/registry/HttpFetch.java
index 8243956..813fb41 100644
--- a/typext/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/registry/HttpFetch.java
+++ b/typext/src/main/java/com/ibm/common/activitystreams/registry/HttpFetch.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.apache.http.config.RegistryBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.config.SocketConfig;
 import org.apache.http.conn.HttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.http.conn.socket.ConnectionSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.http.conn.socket.PlainConnectionSocketFactory;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ public final class HttpFetch
     implements Supplier<HttpFetch> {
 
     private final RegistryBuilder<ConnectionSocketFactory> csfr = 
-      RegistryBuilder.<ConnectionSocketFactory>create();
+      RegistryBuilder.<ConnectionSocketFactory>create()
+        .register("http", PlainConnectionSocketFactory.INSTANCE);
     private ConnectionConfig defaultConnectionConfig;
     private SocketConfig defaultSocketConfig;
     private final ImmutableMap.Builder<HttpHost,ConnectionConfig> connectionConfigs =