diff --git a/jenkins_epo/jenkins.py b/jenkins_epo/jenkins.py
index f28f28c7..695bd6aa 100644
--- a/jenkins_epo/jenkins.py
+++ b/jenkins_epo/jenkins.py
@@ -13,24 +13,21 @@
 # jenkins-epo.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
-import ast
 import asyncio
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from itertools import product
 import logging
 import re
 
-import aiohttp
 from jenkinsapi.jenkinsbase import JenkinsBase
 from jenkinsapi.jenkins import Jenkins, Requester
 from jenkins_yml import Job as JobSpec
 import yaml
-from yarl import URL
 
 from .settings import SETTINGS
 from .utils import format_duration, match, parse_patterns, retry
 from .web import fullurl
-
+from . import rest
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -39,56 +36,17 @@ class NotOnJenkins(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class RESTClient(object):
-    def __init__(self, path=''):
-        self.path = path
-
-    def __call__(self, arg):
-        return self.__class__(self.path.lstrip('/') + '/' + str(arg))
-
-    def __getattr__(self, name):
-        return self(name)
-
-    @retry
-    def afetch(self, **kw):
-        session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
-        url = URL(self.path)
-        if kw:
-            url = url.with_query(**kw)
-        logger.debug("GET %s", url)
-        try:
-            response = yield from session.get(url, timeout=10)
-            payload = yield from response.read()
-        finally:
-            yield from session.close()
-        response.raise_for_status()
-        return payload.decode('utf-8')
-
-    def aget(self, **kw):
-        payload = yield from self.api.python.afetch(**kw)
-        return ast.literal_eval(payload)
-
-    @retry
-    def apost(self, **kw):
-        session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
-        url = URL(self.path)
-        if kw:
-            url = url.with_query(**kw)
-        logger.debug("POST %s", url)
-        try:
-            response = yield from session.post(url, timeout=10)
-            payload = yield from response.read()
-        finally:
-            yield from session.close()
-        response.raise_for_status()
-        return payload.decode('utf-8')
-
-
 class VerboseRequester(Requester):
     def get_url(self, url, *a, **kw):
         logger.debug("GET %s (sync)", url)
         return super(VerboseRequester, self).get_url(url, *a, **kw)
 
+    def post_url(self, url, *a, **kw):
+        logger.debug("POST %s (sync)", url)
+        return super(VerboseRequester, self).post_url(
+            url, *a, **kw
+        )
+
 
 # Monkey patch poll=True to avoid I/O in __init__
 JenkinsBase.__init__.__defaults__ = (False,)
@@ -109,7 +67,7 @@ def __getattr__(self, name):
     def load(self):
         if not self._instance:
             logger.debug("Connecting to Jenkins %s", SETTINGS.JENKINS_URL)
-            self.rest = RESTClient(SETTINGS.JENKINS_URL)
+            self.rest = rest.Client(SETTINGS.JENKINS_URL)
             self._instance = Jenkins(
                 baseurl=SETTINGS.JENKINS_URL,
                 requester=VerboseRequester(baseurl=SETTINGS.JENKINS_URL),
@@ -118,7 +76,7 @@ def load(self):
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def is_queue_empty(self):
-        payload = yield from self.rest.queue.aget()
+        payload = yield from self.rest.queue.api.python.aget()
         items = [
             i for i in payload['items']
             if not i['stuck'] and match(i['task']['name'], self.queue_patterns)
@@ -137,9 +95,10 @@ def get_job(self, name):
     def aget_job(self, name):
         self.load()
         instance = self._instance.get_job(name)
-        client = RESTClient(instance.baseurl)
-        instance._data = yield from client.aget()
-        instance._config = yield from client('config.xml').afetch()
+        client = rest.Client(instance.baseurl)
+        instance._data = yield from client.api.python.aget()
+        payload = yield from client('config.xml').aget()
+        instance._config = payload.data
         return Job.factory(instance)
 
     DESCRIPTION_TMPL = """\
@@ -234,7 +193,9 @@ def from_url(cls, url):
         if not url.startswith(SETTINGS.JENKINS_URL):
             raise NotOnJenkins("%s is not on this Jenkins." % url)
 
-        payload = yield from RESTClient(url).aget(tree=cls.jenkins_tree)
+        payload = yield from rest.Client(url).api.python.aget(
+            tree=cls.jenkins_tree,
+        )
         return Build(None, payload)
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
@@ -310,7 +271,7 @@ def sha(self):
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def stop(self):
-        payload = yield from RESTClient(self.payload['url']).stop.apost()
+        payload = yield from rest.Client(self.payload['url']).stop.apost()
         return payload
 
 
@@ -409,7 +370,9 @@ def node_param(self):
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def fetch_builds(self):
         tree = "builds[" + Build.jenkins_tree + "]"
-        payload = yield from RESTClient(self.baseurl).aget(tree=tree)
+        payload = yield from rest.Client(self.baseurl).api.python.aget(
+            tree=tree,
+        )
         return payload['builds']
 
     def process_builds(self, payload):
diff --git a/jenkins_epo/rest.py b/jenkins_epo/rest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8c718b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins_epo/rest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# This file is part of jenkins-epo
+#
+# jenkins-epo is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+#
+# jenkins-epo is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+# details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# jenkins-epo.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import ast
+import collections
+import logging
+
+import aiohttp
+from yarl import URL
+
+from .utils import retry
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Payload(object):
+    @classmethod
+    def factory(cls, status, headers, payload):
+        if isinstance(payload, list):
+            return PayloadList(status, headers, payload)
+        elif isinstance(payload, dict):
+            return PayloadDict(status, headers, payload)
+        elif isinstance(payload, str):
+            return PayloadString(status, headers, payload)
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Unhandled payload type")
+
+    def __init__(self, status, headers, payload):
+        super(Payload, self).__init__(payload)
+        self.status = status
+        self.headers = headers
+
+
+class PayloadList(Payload, collections.UserList):
+    pass
+
+
+class PayloadDict(Payload, collections.UserDict):
+    pass
+
+
+class PayloadString(Payload, collections.UserString):
+    pass
+
+
+class Client(object):
+    def __init__(self, url=''):
+        self.url = url
+
+    def __call__(self, url):
+        if not url.startswith('http://'):
+            url = self.url.rstrip('/') + '/' + str(url)
+        return self.__class__(url)
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return self(name)
+
+    @retry
+    def aget(self, **kw):
+        session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
+        url = URL(self.url)
+        if kw:
+            url = url.with_query(**kw)
+        logger.debug("GET %s", url)
+        try:
+            response = yield from session.get(url, timeout=10)
+            payload = yield from response.read()
+        finally:
+            yield from session.close()
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        payload = payload.decode('utf-8')
+        if response.content_type == 'text/x-python':
+            payload = ast.literal_eval(payload)
+        return Payload.factory(response.status, response.headers, payload)
+
+    @retry
+    def apost(self, **kw):
+        session = aiohttp.ClientSession()
+        url = URL(self.url)
+        if kw:
+            url = url.with_query(**kw)
+        logger.debug("POST %s", url)
+        try:
+            response = yield from session.post(url, timeout=10)
+            payload = yield from response.read()
+        finally:
+            yield from session.close()
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        payload = payload.decode('utf-8')
+        return Payload.factory(response.status, response.headers, payload)
diff --git a/tests/test_build.py b/tests/test_build.py
index 4368a994..df22a907 100644
--- a/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_build.py
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 @asyncio.coroutine
 def test_from_url(SETTINGS, mocker):
     SETTINGS.JENKINS_URL = 'jenkins://'
-    RESTClient = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.RESTClient')
+    Client = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.rest.Client')
 
     from jenkins_epo.jenkins import Build, NotOnJenkins
 
     with pytest.raises(NotOnJenkins):
         yield from Build.from_url('circleci:///')
 
-    RESTClient().aget = CoroutineMock(return_value=dict(number=1))
+    Client().api.python.aget = CoroutineMock(return_value=dict(number=1))
 
     build = yield from Build.from_url('jenkins://job/1')
 
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ def test_commit_status():
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @asyncio.coroutine
 def test_stop(SETTINGS, mocker):
-    RESTClient = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.RESTClient')
+    Client = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.rest.Client')
 
     from jenkins_epo.jenkins import Build
 
     build = Build(Mock(), payload=dict(url='jenkins://'))
-    RESTClient().stop.apost = CoroutineMock()
+    Client().stop.apost = CoroutineMock()
 
     yield from build.stop()
 
-    assert RESTClient().stop.apost.mock_calls
+    assert Client().stop.apost.mock_calls
diff --git a/tests/test_jenkins.py b/tests/test_jenkins.py
index 96ba9499..b8a93ce9 100644
--- a/tests/test_jenkins.py
+++ b/tests/test_jenkins.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
-from asynctest import patch, CoroutineMock, Mock
 
+from asynctest import patch, CoroutineMock, Mock
 import pytest
 
 
@@ -16,16 +16,20 @@ def test_lazy_load(mocker):
 
 def test_requester(mocker):
     mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.Requester.get_url')
+    mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.Requester.post_url')
     from jenkins_epo.jenkins import VerboseRequester
 
     VerboseRequester().get_url('url://')
+    VerboseRequester().post_url('url://')
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @asyncio.coroutine
 def test_fetch_builds(mocker):
-    RESTClient = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.RESTClient')
-    RESTClient().aget = aget = CoroutineMock(return_value=dict(builds=[]))
+    Client = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.rest.Client')
+    Client().api.python.aget = aget = CoroutineMock(
+        return_value=dict(builds=[])
+    )
     from jenkins_epo.jenkins import Job
 
     api_instance = Mock(_data=dict())
@@ -353,11 +357,13 @@ def test_get_job(factory, load, SETTINGS):
 def test_aget_job(mocker, SETTINGS):
     mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.LazyJenkins.load')
     mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.Job.factory')
-    RESTClient = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.RESTClient')
-    client = RESTClient.return_value
-    client.return_value.aget = CoroutineMock()
+    Client = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.rest.Client')
+    client = Client()
+    client.api.python.aget = CoroutineMock()
+    client().aget = CoroutineMock()
 
     from jenkins_epo.jenkins import LazyJenkins
+
     my = LazyJenkins()
     my._instance = Mock()
     job = yield from my.aget_job('name')
@@ -395,11 +401,13 @@ def test_queue_empty(mocker, SETTINGS):
 
     JENKINS = LazyJenkins(Mock())
     JENKINS.rest = Mock()
-    JENKINS.rest.queue.aget = CoroutineMock(return_value=dict(items=[]))
+    JENKINS.rest.queue.api.python.aget = CoroutineMock(
+        return_value=dict(items=[]),
+    )
 
     yield from JENKINS.is_queue_empty()
 
-    assert JENKINS.rest.queue.aget.mock_calls
+    assert JENKINS.rest.queue.api.python.aget.mock_calls
 
 
 @patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.JobSpec')
diff --git a/tests/test_rest.py b/tests/test_rest.py
index 8c57441e..8900d373 100644
--- a/tests/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/test_rest.py
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 import asyncio
-from asynctest import CoroutineMock, Mock
 
+from asynctest import CoroutineMock, Mock
 import pytest
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @asyncio.coroutine
 def test_get(mocker):
-    ClientSession = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.aiohttp.ClientSession')
-    from jenkins_epo.jenkins import RESTClient
+    ClientSession = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.rest.aiohttp.ClientSession')
+    from jenkins_epo.rest import Client
 
-    client = RESTClient()
+    client = Client()
     client = client('http://jenkins/path').subpath
 
     session = ClientSession.return_value
 
     response = Mock(name='response')
+    response.content_type = 'text/x-python'
     session.get = CoroutineMock(return_value=response)
     response.read = CoroutineMock(
         return_value=repr(dict(unittest=True)).encode('utf-8')
@@ -29,10 +30,10 @@ def test_get(mocker):
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @asyncio.coroutine
 def test_post(mocker):
-    ClientSession = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.jenkins.aiohttp.ClientSession')
-    from jenkins_epo.jenkins import RESTClient
+    ClientSession = mocker.patch('jenkins_epo.rest.aiohttp.ClientSession')
+    from jenkins_epo.rest import Client
 
-    client = RESTClient()
+    client = Client()
     client = client('http://jenkins/path').subpath
 
     session = ClientSession.return_value
@@ -46,3 +47,14 @@ def test_post(mocker):
     payload = yield from client.apost(param=1)
 
     assert ': True' in payload
+
+
+def test_payload():
+    from jenkins_epo.rest import Payload
+
+    Payload.factory(Mock(), Mock(), 'string')
+    Payload.factory(Mock(), Mock(), list())
+    Payload.factory(Mock(), Mock(), dict())
+
+    with pytest.raises(Exception):
+        Payload.factory(Mock(), Mock(), object())