diff --git a/controller/controller.go b/controller/controller.go
index 95ce5192..137f20a5 100644
--- a/controller/controller.go
+++ b/controller/controller.go
@@ -245,21 +245,24 @@ func (c *Controller) handleInputCommand(conn *server.Conn, msg *server.Message,
 		requirePass := c.config.RequirePass
 		c.mu.RUnlock()
 		if requirePass != "" {
-			// This better be an AUTH command.
-			if msg.Command != "auth" {
+			password := ""
+			// This better be an AUTH command or the Message should contain an Auth
+			if msg.Command != "auth" && msg.Auth == "" {
 				// Just shut down the pipeline now. The less the client connection knows the better.
 				return writeErr(errors.New("authentication required"))
 			}
-			password := ""
-			if len(msg.Values) > 1 {
-				password = msg.Values[1].String()
+			if msg.Auth != "" {
+				password = msg.Auth
+			} else {
+				if len(msg.Values) > 1 {
+					password = msg.Values[1].String()
+				}
 			}
 			if requirePass != strings.TrimSpace(password) {
 				return writeErr(errors.New("invalid password"))
 			}
 			conn.Authenticated = true
-			w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true,"elapsed":"` + time.Now().Sub(start).String() + "\"}"))
-			return nil
+			return writeOutput(server.OKMessage(msg, start))
 		} else if msg.Command == "auth" {
 			return writeErr(errors.New("invalid password"))
 		}
diff --git a/controller/crud.go b/controller/crud.go
index e9693193..bfd0d97a 100644
--- a/controller/crud.go
+++ b/controller/crud.go
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ func (c *Controller) cmdGet(msg *server.Message) (string, error) {
 	if vs, id, ok = tokenval(vs); !ok || id == "" {
 		return "", errInvalidNumberOfArguments
 	}
+
+	withfields := false
+	if _, peek, ok := tokenval(vs); ok && strings.ToLower(peek) == "withfields" {
+		withfields = true
+		vs = vs[1:]
+	}
+
 	col := c.getCol(key)
 	if col == nil {
 		if msg.OutputType == server.RESP {
@@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ func (c *Controller) cmdGet(msg *server.Message) (string, error) {
 			buf.WriteString(`,"object":`)
 			buf.WriteString(o.JSON())
 		} else {
-			vals = append(vals, resp.ArrayValue([]resp.Value{resp.StringValue(o.JSON())}))
+			vals = append(vals, resp.StringValue(o.JSON()))
 		}
 	} else {
 		switch strings.ToLower(typ) {
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ func (c *Controller) cmdGet(msg *server.Message) (string, error) {
 			if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
 				buf.WriteString(`"` + p + `"`)
 			} else {
-				vals = append(vals, resp.ArrayValue([]resp.Value{resp.StringValue(p)}))
+				vals = append(vals, resp.StringValue(p))
 			}
 		case "bounds":
 			bbox := o.CalculatedBBox()
@@ -152,40 +159,49 @@ func (c *Controller) cmdGet(msg *server.Message) (string, error) {
 	if len(vs) != 0 {
 		return "", errInvalidNumberOfArguments
 	}
-
-	fvs := orderFields(col.FieldMap(), fields)
-	if len(fvs) > 0 {
-		fvals := make([]resp.Value, 0, len(fvs)*2)
-		if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
-			buf.WriteString(`,"fields":{`)
-		}
-		for i, fv := range fvs {
+	if withfields {
+		fvs := orderFields(col.FieldMap(), fields)
+		if len(fvs) > 0 {
+			fvals := make([]resp.Value, 0, len(fvs)*2)
 			if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
-				if i > 0 {
-					buf.WriteString(`,`)
-				}
-				buf.WriteString(jsonString(fv.field) + ":" + strconv.FormatFloat(fv.value, 'f', -1, 64))
-			} else {
-				fvals = append(fvals, resp.StringValue(fv.field), resp.StringValue(strconv.FormatFloat(fv.value, 'f', -1, 64)))
+				buf.WriteString(`,"fields":{`)
+			}
+			for i, fv := range fvs {
+				if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
+					if i > 0 {
+						buf.WriteString(`,`)
+					}
+					buf.WriteString(jsonString(fv.field) + ":" + strconv.FormatFloat(fv.value, 'f', -1, 64))
+				} else {
+					fvals = append(fvals, resp.StringValue(fv.field), resp.StringValue(strconv.FormatFloat(fv.value, 'f', -1, 64)))
+				}
+				i++
+			}
+			if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
+				buf.WriteString(`}`)
+			} else {
+				vals = append(vals, resp.ArrayValue(fvals))
 			}
-			i++
-		}
-		if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
-			buf.WriteString(`}`)
-		} else {
-			vals = append(vals, resp.ArrayValue(fvals))
 		}
 	}
-	if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
+	switch msg.OutputType {
+	case server.JSON:
 		buf.WriteString(`,"elapsed":"` + time.Now().Sub(start).String() + "\"}")
 		return buf.String(), nil
+	case server.RESP:
+		var oval resp.Value
+		if withfields {
+			oval = resp.ArrayValue(vals)
+		} else {
+			oval = vals[0]
+		}
+		data, err := oval.MarshalRESP()
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		return string(data), nil
 	}
-	data, err := resp.ArrayValue(vals).MarshalRESP()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return string(data), nil
-
+	return "", nil
 }
 
 func (c *Controller) cmdDel(msg *server.Message) (res string, d commandDetailsT, err error) {
diff --git a/controller/fence.go b/controller/fence.go
index 8a361c0f..85410e57 100644
--- a/controller/fence.go
+++ b/controller/fence.go
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tidwall/tile38/geojson"
 )
 
-func (c *Controller) FenceMatch(hookName string, sw *scanWriter, fence *liveFenceSwitches, details *commandDetailsT, mustLock bool) [][]byte {
+func (c *Controller) FenceMatch(hookName string, sw *scanWriter, fence *liveFenceSwitches, details *commandDetailsT, mustLock bool) []string {
 	glob := fence.glob
 	if details.command == "drop" {
-		return [][]byte{[]byte(`{"cmd":"drop"}`)}
+		return []string{`{"cmd":"drop"}`}
 	}
 	match := true
 	if glob != "" && glob != "*" {
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ func (c *Controller) FenceMatch(hookName string, sw *scanWriter, fence *liveFenc
 	match = false
 	detect := "outside"
 	if fence != nil {
-
 		match1 := fenceMatchObject(fence, details.oldObj)
 		match2 := fenceMatchObject(fence, details.obj)
 		if match1 && match2 {
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ func (c *Controller) FenceMatch(hookName string, sw *scanWriter, fence *liveFenc
 		}
 	}
 	if details.command == "del" {
-		return [][]byte{[]byte(`{"command":"del","id":` + jsonString(details.id) + `}`)}
+		return []string{`{"command":"del","id":` + jsonString(details.id) + `}`}
 	}
 	var fmap map[string]int
 	if mustLock {
@@ -101,15 +100,23 @@ func (c *Controller) FenceMatch(hookName string, sw *scanWriter, fence *liveFenc
 	jskey := jsonString(details.key)
 	jstime := time.Now().Format("2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00")
 	jshookName := jsonString(hookName)
-	if strings.HasPrefix(res, "{") {
-		res = `{"command":"` + details.command + `","detect":"` + detect + `","hook":` + jshookName + `,"time":"` + jstime + `","key":` + jskey + `,` + res[1:]
+	ores := res
+	msgs := make([]string, 0, 2)
+	if fence.detect == nil || fence.detect[detect] {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(ores, "{") {
+			res = `{"command":"` + details.command + `","detect":"` + detect + `","hook":` + jshookName + `,"time":"` + jstime + `","key":` + jskey + `,` + ores[1:]
+		}
+		msgs = append(msgs, res)
 	}
-	msgs := [][]byte{[]byte(res)}
 	switch detect {
 	case "enter":
-		msgs = append(msgs, []byte(`{"command":"`+details.command+`","detect":"inside","hook":`+jshookName+`,"time":"`+jstime+`","key":`+jskey+`,`+res[1:]))
+		if fence.detect == nil || fence.detect["inside"] {
+			msgs = append(msgs, `{"command":"`+details.command+`","detect":"inside","hook":`+jshookName+`,"time":"`+jstime+`","key":`+jskey+`,`+ores[1:])
+		}
 	case "exit", "cross":
-		msgs = append(msgs, []byte(`{"command":"`+details.command+`","detect":"outside","hook":`+jshookName+`,"time":"`+jstime+`","key":`+jskey+`,`+res[1:]))
+		if fence.detect == nil || fence.detect["outside"] {
+			msgs = append(msgs, `{"command":"`+details.command+`","detect":"outside","hook":`+jshookName+`,"time":"`+jstime+`","key":`+jskey+`,`+ores[1:])
+		}
 	}
 	return msgs
 }
diff --git a/controller/hooks.go b/controller/hooks.go
index 13849d98..86061fd1 100644
--- a/controller/hooks.go
+++ b/controller/hooks.go
@@ -48,24 +48,29 @@ type Hook struct {
 func (c *Controller) DoHook(hook *Hook, details *commandDetailsT) error {
 	var lerrs []error
 	msgs := c.FenceMatch(hook.Name, hook.ScanWriter, hook.Fence, details, false)
+nextMessage:
 	for _, msg := range msgs {
+	nextEndpoint:
 		for _, endpoint := range hook.Endpoints {
 			switch endpoint.Protocol {
 			case HTTP:
-				if err := c.sendHTTPMessage(endpoint, msg); err != nil {
+				if err := c.sendHTTPMessage(endpoint, []byte(msg)); err != nil {
 					lerrs = append(lerrs, err)
-					continue
+					continue nextEndpoint
 				}
-				return nil //sent
+				continue nextMessage // sent
 			case Disque:
-				if err := c.sendDisqueMessage(endpoint, msg); err != nil {
+				if err := c.sendDisqueMessage(endpoint, []byte(msg)); err != nil {
 					lerrs = append(lerrs, err)
-					continue
+					continue nextEndpoint
 				}
-				return nil // sent
+				continue nextMessage // sent
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if len(lerrs) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
 	var errmsgs []string
 	for _, err := range lerrs {
 		errmsgs = append(errmsgs, err.Error())
@@ -185,10 +190,12 @@ func (c *Controller) cmdSetHook(msg *server.Message) (res string, d commandDetai
 		}
 		endpoints = append(endpoints, endpoint)
 	}
+
 	commandvs := vs
 	if vs, cmd, ok = tokenval(vs); !ok || cmd == "" {
 		return "", d, errInvalidNumberOfArguments
 	}
+
 	cmdlc := strings.ToLower(cmd)
 	var types []string
 	switch cmdlc {
@@ -226,7 +233,6 @@ func (c *Controller) cmdSetHook(msg *server.Message) (res string, d commandDetai
 		return "", d, err
 	}
 
-	// delete the previous hook
 	if h, ok := c.hooks[name]; ok {
 		// lets see if the previous hook matches the new hook
 		if h.Key == hook.Key && h.Name == hook.Name {
@@ -248,6 +254,8 @@ func (c *Controller) cmdSetHook(msg *server.Message) (res string, d commandDetai
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		// delete the previous hook
 		if hm, ok := c.hookcols[h.Key]; ok {
 			delete(hm, h.Name)
 		}
diff --git a/controller/live.go b/controller/live.go
index 92548d18..03220638 100644
--- a/controller/live.go
+++ b/controller/live.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package controller
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
@@ -43,11 +44,25 @@ func (c *Controller) processLives() {
 	}
 }
 
-func writeMessage(conn net.Conn, message []byte, websocket bool) error {
-	if websocket {
-		return client.WriteWebSocket(conn, message)
+func writeMessage(conn net.Conn, message []byte, wrapRESP bool, connType server.Type, websocket bool) error {
+	if len(message) == 0 {
+		return nil
 	}
-	return client.WriteMessage(conn, message)
+	if websocket {
+		return server.WriteWebSocketMessage(conn, message)
+	}
+	var err error
+	switch connType {
+	case server.RESP:
+		if wrapRESP {
+			_, err = fmt.Fprintf(conn, "$%d\r\n%s\r\n", len(message), string(message))
+		} else {
+			_, err = conn.Write(message)
+		}
+	case server.Native:
+		_, err = fmt.Fprintf(conn, "$%d\r\n%s\r\n", len(message), string(message))
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 func (c *Controller) goLive(inerr error, conn net.Conn, rd *server.AnyReaderWriter, msg *server.Message, websocket bool) error {
@@ -73,8 +88,6 @@ func (c *Controller) goLive(inerr error, conn net.Conn, rd *server.AnyReaderWrit
 		lb.key = s.key
 		lb.fence = &s
 		c.mu.RLock()
-		var msg *server.Message
-		panic("todo: goLive message must be defined")
 		sw, err = c.newScanWriter(&wr, msg, s.key, s.output, s.precision, s.glob, s.limit, s.wheres, s.nofields)
 		c.mu.RUnlock()
 	}
@@ -118,7 +131,19 @@ func (c *Controller) goLive(inerr error, conn net.Conn, rd *server.AnyReaderWrit
 			}
 		}
 	}()
-	if err := writeMessage(conn, []byte(client.LiveJSON), websocket); err != nil {
+	outputType := msg.OutputType
+	connType := msg.ConnType
+	if websocket {
+		outputType = server.JSON
+	}
+	var livemsg []byte
+	switch outputType {
+	case server.JSON:
+		livemsg = []byte(client.LiveJSON)
+	case server.RESP:
+		livemsg = []byte("+OK\r\n")
+	}
+	if err := writeMessage(conn, livemsg, false, connType, websocket); err != nil {
 		return nil // nil return is fine here
 	}
 	for {
@@ -137,7 +162,7 @@ func (c *Controller) goLive(inerr error, conn net.Conn, rd *server.AnyReaderWrit
 			lb.cond.L.Unlock()
 			msgs := c.FenceMatch("", sw, fence, details, true)
 			for _, msg := range msgs {
-				if err := writeMessage(conn, msg, websocket); err != nil {
+				if err := writeMessage(conn, []byte(msg), true, connType, websocket); err != nil {
 					return nil // nil return is fine here
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/controller/server/anyreader.go b/controller/server/anyreader.go
index 24607d40..744e4753 100644
--- a/controller/server/anyreader.go
+++ b/controller/server/anyreader.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
 	"crypto/sha1"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
@@ -28,6 +27,27 @@ const (
 	JSON
 )
 
+func (t Type) String() string {
+	switch t {
+	default:
+		return "Unknown"
+	case Null:
+		return "Null"
+	case RESP:
+		return "RESP"
+	case Telnet:
+		return "Telnet"
+	case Native:
+		return "Native"
+	case HTTP:
+		return "HTTP"
+	case WebSocket:
+		return "WebSocket"
+	case JSON:
+		return "JSON"
+	}
+}
+
 type errRESPProtocolError struct {
 	msg string
 }
@@ -123,6 +143,30 @@ func (ar *AnyReaderWriter) ReadMessage() (*Message, error) {
 	return ar.readMultiBulkMessage()
 }
 
+func readNativeMessageLine(line []byte) (*Message, error) {
+	values := make([]resp.Value, 0, 16)
+reading:
+	for len(line) != 0 {
+		if line[0] == '{' {
+			// The native protocol cannot understand json boundaries so it assumes that
+			// a json element must be at the end of the line.
+			values = append(values, resp.StringValue(string(line)))
+			break
+		}
+		i := 0
+		for ; i < len(line); i++ {
+			if line[i] == ' ' {
+				values = append(values, resp.StringValue(string(line[:i])))
+				line = line[i+1:]
+				continue reading
+			}
+		}
+		values = append(values, resp.StringValue(string(line)))
+		break
+	}
+	return &Message{Command: commandValues(values), Values: values, ConnType: Native, OutputType: JSON}, nil
+}
+
 func (ar *AnyReaderWriter) readNativeMessage() (*Message, error) {
 	b, err := ar.rd.ReadBytes(' ')
 	if err != nil {
@@ -145,28 +189,8 @@ func (ar *AnyReaderWriter) readNativeMessage() (*Message, error) {
 	if b[len(b)-2] != '\r' || b[len(b)-1] != '\n' {
 		return nil, errors.New("expecting crlf")
 	}
-	values := make([]resp.Value, 0, 16)
-	line := b[:len(b)-2]
-reading:
-	for len(line) != 0 {
-		if line[0] == '{' {
-			// The native protocol cannot understand json boundaries so it assumes that
-			// a json element must be at the end of the line.
-			values = append(values, resp.StringValue(string(line)))
-			break
-		}
-		i := 0
-		for ; i < len(line); i++ {
-			if line[i] == ' ' {
-				values = append(values, resp.StringValue(string(line[:i])))
-				line = line[i+1:]
-				continue reading
-			}
-		}
-		values = append(values, resp.StringValue(string(line)))
-		break
-	}
-	return &Message{Command: commandValues(values), Values: values, ConnType: Native, OutputType: JSON}, nil
+
+	return readNativeMessageLine(b[:len(b)-2])
 }
 
 func commandValues(values []resp.Value) string {
@@ -283,8 +307,8 @@ func (ar *AnyReaderWriter) readHTTPMessage() (*Message, error) {
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(path, "\r\n") {
 		path += "\r\n"
 	}
-	rd := NewAnyReaderWriter(bytes.NewBufferString(path))
-	nmsg, err := rd.ReadMessage()
+
+	nmsg, err := readNativeMessageLine([]byte(path))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/controller/server/server.go b/controller/server/server.go
index 6dcfde4c..72a91ef6 100644
--- a/controller/server/server.go
+++ b/controller/server/server.go
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	//"github.com/tidwall/tile38/client"
-
 	"github.com/tidwall/tile38/controller/log"
 	"github.com/tidwall/tile38/core"
 )
@@ -171,68 +169,3 @@ func OKMessage(msg *Message, start time.Time) string {
 	}
 	return ""
 }
-
-//err := func() error {
-// command, proto, auth, err := client.ReadMessage(rd, conn)
-// if err != nil {
-// 	return err
-// }
-// if len(command) > 0 && (command[0] == 'Q' || command[0] == 'q') && strings.ToLower(string(command)) == "quit" {
-// 	return io.EOF
-// }
-// var b bytes.Buffer
-// var denied bool
-// if (proto == client.HTTP || proto == client.WebSocket) && auth != "" {
-// 	if err := handler(conn, []byte("AUTH "+auth), rd, &b, proto == client.WebSocket); err != nil {
-// 		return writeCommandErr(proto, conn, err)
-// 	}
-// 	if strings.HasPrefix(b.String(), `{"ok":false`) {
-// 		denied = true
-// 	} else {
-// 		b.Reset()
-// 	}
-// }
-// if !denied {
-// 	if err := handler(conn, command, rd, &b, proto == client.WebSocket); err != nil {
-// 		return writeCommandErr(proto, conn, err)
-// 	}
-// }
-// switch proto {
-// case client.Native:
-// 	if err := client.WriteMessage(conn, b.Bytes()); err != nil {
-// 		return err
-// 	}
-// case client.HTTP:
-// 	if err := client.WriteHTTP(conn, b.Bytes()); err != nil {
-// 		return err
-// 	}
-// 	return errCloseHTTP
-// case client.WebSocket:
-// 	if err := client.WriteWebSocket(conn, b.Bytes()); err != nil {
-// 		return err
-// 	}
-// 	if _, err := conn.Write([]byte{137, 0}); err != nil {
-// 		return err
-// 	}
-// 	return errCloseHTTP
-// default:
-// 	b.WriteString("\r\n")
-// 	if _, err := conn.Write(b.Bytes()); err != nil {
-// 		return err
-// 	}
-// }
-// return nil
-//}()
-// if err != nil {
-// 	if err == io.EOF {
-// 		return
-// 	}
-// 	if err == errCloseHTTP ||
-// 		strings.Contains(err.Error(), "use of closed network connection") {
-// 		return
-// 	}
-// 	log.Error(err)
-// 	return
-// }
-// 	}
-// }
diff --git a/controller/token.go b/controller/token.go
index 80d9cf59..e6e6fb9d 100644
--- a/controller/token.go
+++ b/controller/token.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ type searchScanBaseTokens struct {
 	precision uint64
 	lineout   string
 	fence     bool
+	detect    map[string]bool
 	glob      string
 	wheres    []whereT
 	nofields  bool
@@ -236,6 +237,43 @@ func parseSearchScanBaseTokens(cmd string, vs []resp.Value) (vsout []resp.Value,
 					return
 				}
 				t.fence = true
+				continue
+			} else if (wtok[0] == 'D' || wtok[0] == 'd') && strings.ToLower(wtok) == "detect" {
+				vs = nvs
+				if t.detect != nil {
+					err = errDuplicateArgument(strings.ToUpper(wtok))
+					return
+				}
+				t.detect = make(map[string]bool)
+				var peek string
+				if vs, peek, ok = tokenval(vs); !ok || peek == "" {
+					err = errInvalidNumberOfArguments
+					return
+				}
+				for _, s := range strings.Split(peek, ",") {
+					part := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(s))
+					switch part {
+					default:
+						err = errInvalidArgument(peek)
+						return
+					case "inside", "outside", "enter", "exit", "cross":
+					}
+					if t.detect[part] {
+						err = errDuplicateArgument(s)
+						return
+					}
+					t.detect[part] = true
+				}
+				if len(t.detect) == 0 {
+					t.detect = map[string]bool{
+						"inside":  true,
+						"outside": true,
+						"enter":   true,
+						"exit":    true,
+						"cross":   true,
+					}
+				}
+
 				continue
 			} else if (wtok[0] == 'M' || wtok[0] == 'm') && strings.ToLower(wtok) == "match" {
 				vs = nvs
@@ -276,6 +314,10 @@ func parseSearchScanBaseTokens(cmd string, vs []resp.Value) (vsout []resp.Value,
 		err = errors.New("CURSOR is not allowed when FENCE is specified")
 		return
 	}
+	if t.detect != nil && !t.fence {
+		err = errors.New("DETECT is not allowed when FENCE is not specified")
+		return
+	}
 
 	t.output = defaultSearchOutput
 	var nvs []resp.Value
diff --git a/core/commands.json b/core/commands.json
index 5877f7c5..65d3cd26 100644
--- a/core/commands.json
+++ b/core/commands.json
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@
         "name": "id",
         "type": "string"
       },
+      {
+        "command": "WITHFIELDS",
+        "name": [],
+        "type": [],
+        "optional": true
+      },
       {
         "name": "type",
         "optional": true,
diff --git a/core/commands_gen.go b/core/commands_gen.go
index 9ae7bad1..978dd9ee 100644
--- a/core/commands_gen.go
+++ b/core/commands_gen.go
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ var commandsJSON = `{
         "name": "id",
         "type": "string"
       },
+      {
+        "command": "WITHFIELDS",
+        "name": [],
+        "type": [],
+        "optional": true
+      },
       {
         "name": "type",
         "optional": true,