diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 8984d00cd9..4cfb0aac74 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -283,23 +283,17 @@ func postImagesCreate(srv *Server, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars
 
 	src := r.Form.Get("fromSrc")
 	image := r.Form.Get("fromImage")
-	repo := r.Form.Get("repo")
 	tag := r.Form.Get("tag")
+	repo := r.Form.Get("repo")
 
-	in, out, err := hijackServer(w)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer in.Close()
-	fmt.Fprintf(out, "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream\r\n\r\n")
 	if image != "" { //pull
 		registry := r.Form.Get("registry")
-		if err := srv.ImagePull(image, tag, registry, out); err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(out, "Error: %s\n", err)
+		if err := srv.ImagePull(image, tag, registry, w); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	} else { //import
-		if err := srv.ImageImport(src, repo, tag, in, out); err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(out, "Error: %s\n", err)
+		if err := srv.ImageImport(src, repo, tag, r.Body, w); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -335,15 +329,9 @@ func postImagesInsert(srv *Server, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars
 	}
 	name := vars["name"]
 
-	in, out, err := hijackServer(w)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := srv.ImageInsert(name, url, path, w); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer in.Close()
-	fmt.Fprintf(out, "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream\r\n\r\n")
-	if err := srv.ImageInsert(name, url, path, out); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Error: %s\n", err)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -358,28 +346,16 @@ func postImagesPush(srv *Server, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars ma
 	}
 	name := vars["name"]
 
-	in, out, err := hijackServer(w)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := srv.ImagePush(name, registry, w); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer in.Close()
-	fmt.Fprintf(out, "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream\r\n\r\n")
-	if err := srv.ImagePush(name, registry, out); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Error: %s\n", err)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func postBuild(srv *Server, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
-	in, out, err := hijackServer(w)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := srv.ImageCreateFromFile(r.Body, w); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer in.Close()
-	fmt.Fprintf(out, "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream\r\n\r\n")
-	if err := srv.ImageCreateFromFile(in, out); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Error: %s\n", err)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/api_test.go b/api_test.go
index f77d39e3cc..700d2c4b2c 100644
--- a/api_test.go
+++ b/api_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -587,45 +588,29 @@ func TestPostBuild(t *testing.T) {
 
 	srv := &Server{runtime: runtime}
 
-	stdin, stdinPipe := io.Pipe()
-	stdout, stdoutPipe := io.Pipe()
+	imgs, err := runtime.graph.All()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	beginCount := len(imgs)
 
-	c1 := make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		defer close(c1)
-		r := &hijackTester{
-			ResponseRecorder: httptest.NewRecorder(),
-			in:               stdin,
-			out:              stdoutPipe,
-		}
-
-		if err := postBuild(srv, r, nil, nil); err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	// Acknowledge hijack
-	setTimeout(t, "hijack acknowledge timed out", 2*time.Second, func() {
-		stdout.Read([]byte{})
-		stdout.Read(make([]byte, 4096))
-	})
-
-	setTimeout(t, "read/write assertion timed out", 2*time.Second, func() {
-		if err := assertPipe("from docker-ut\n", "FROM docker-ut", stdout, stdinPipe, 15); err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	})
-
-	// Close pipes (client disconnects)
-	if err := closeWrap(stdin, stdinPipe, stdout, stdoutPipe); err != nil {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/build", strings.NewReader(Dockerfile))
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	// Wait for build to finish, the client disconnected, therefore, Build finished his job
-	setTimeout(t, "Waiting for CmdBuild timed out", 2*time.Second, func() {
-		<-c1
-	})
+	r := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	if err := postBuild(srv, r, req, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
 
+	imgs, err = runtime.graph.All()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(imgs) != beginCount+3 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %d images, %d found", beginCount+3, len(imgs))
+	}
 }
 
 func TestPostImagesCreate(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 33ba8125de..e4aa768d68 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdInsert(args ...string) error {
 	v.Set("url", cmd.Arg(1))
 	v.Set("path", cmd.Arg(2))
 
-	err := cli.hijack("POST", "/images/"+cmd.Arg(0)+"/insert?"+v.Encode(), false)
+	err := cli.stream("POST", "/images/"+cmd.Arg(0)+"/insert?"+v.Encode(), nil, os.Stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdBuild(args ...string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	err := cli.hijack("POST", "/build", false)
+	err := cli.stream("POST", "/build", os.Stdin, os.Stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdImport(args ...string) error {
 	v.Set("tag", tag)
 	v.Set("fromSrc", src)
 
-	err := cli.hijack("POST", "/images/create?"+v.Encode(), false)
+	err := cli.stream("POST", "/images/create?"+v.Encode(), os.Stdin, os.Stdout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdPush(args ...string) error {
 
 	v := url.Values{}
 	v.Set("registry", *registry)
-	if err := cli.hijack("POST", "/images/"+name+"/push?"+v.Encode(), false); err != nil {
+	if err := cli.stream("POST", "/images/"+name+"/push?"+v.Encode(), nil, os.Stdout); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdPull(args ...string) error {
 	v.Set("tag", *tag)
 	v.Set("registry", *registry)
 
-	if err := cli.hijack("POST", "/images/create?"+v.Encode(), false); err != nil {
+	if err := cli.stream("POST", "/images/create?"+v.Encode(), nil, os.Stdout); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdExport(args ...string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	if err := cli.stream("GET", "/containers/"+cmd.Arg(0)+"/export"); err != nil {
+	if err := cli.stream("GET", "/containers/"+cmd.Arg(0)+"/export", nil, os.Stdout); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdRun(args ...string) error {
 	if statusCode == 404 {
 		v := url.Values{}
 		v.Set("fromImage", config.Image)
-		err = cli.hijack("POST", "/images/create?"+v.Encode(), false)
+		err = cli.stream("POST", "/images/create?"+v.Encode(), nil, os.Stderr)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -1179,8 +1179,11 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) call(method, path string, data interface{}) ([]byte, int,
 	return body, resp.StatusCode, nil
 }
 
-func (cli *DockerCli) stream(method, path string) error {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d%s", cli.host, cli.port, path), nil)
+func (cli *DockerCli) stream(method, path string, in io.Reader, out io.Writer) error {
+	if (method == "POST" || method == "PUT") && in == nil {
+		in = bytes.NewReader([]byte{})
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%d%s", cli.host, cli.port, path), in)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1204,7 +1207,7 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) stream(method, path string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error: %s", body)
 	}
 
-	if _, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, resp.Body); err != nil {
+	if _, err := io.Copy(out, resp.Body); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/registry/registry.go b/registry/registry.go
index e2ffb292c5..ce9b4b4ac7 100644
--- a/registry/registry.go
+++ b/registry/registry.go
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ func (r *Registry) GetRemoteTags(registries []string, repository string, token [
 }
 
 func (r *Registry) GetRepositoryData(remote string) (*RepositoryData, error) {
-	utils.Debugf("Pulling repository %s from %s\r\n", remote, auth.IndexServerAddress())
 	repositoryTarget := auth.IndexServerAddress() + "/repositories/" + remote + "/images"
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", repositoryTarget, nil)
@@ -327,10 +326,11 @@ func (r *Registry) PushImageJsonIndex(remote string, imgList []*ImgData, validat
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	utils.Debugf("json sent: %s\n", imgListJson)
-
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", auth.IndexServerAddress()+"/repositories/"+remote+"/", bytes.NewReader(imgListJson))
+	var suffix string
+	if validate {
+		suffix = "images"
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", auth.IndexServerAddress()+"/repositories/"+remote+"/"+suffix, bytes.NewReader(imgListJson))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -362,29 +362,28 @@ func (r *Registry) PushImageJsonIndex(remote string, imgList []*ImgData, validat
 		defer res.Body.Close()
 	}
 
-	if res.StatusCode != 200 && res.StatusCode != 201 {
-		errBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+	var tokens, endpoints []string
+	if !validate {
+		if res.StatusCode != 200 && res.StatusCode != 201 {
+			errBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error: Status %d trying to push repository %s: %s", res.StatusCode, remote, errBody)
+		}
+		if res.Header.Get("X-Docker-Token") != "" {
+			tokens = res.Header["X-Docker-Token"]
+			utils.Debugf("Auth token: %v", tokens)
+		} else {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Index response didn't contain an access token")
 		}
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error: Status %d trying to push repository %s: %s", res.StatusCode, remote, errBody)
-	}
 
-	var tokens []string
-	if res.Header.Get("X-Docker-Token") != "" {
-		tokens = res.Header["X-Docker-Token"]
-		utils.Debugf("Auth token: %v", tokens)
-	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Index response didn't contain an access token")
+		if res.Header.Get("X-Docker-Endpoints") != "" {
+			endpoints = res.Header["X-Docker-Endpoints"]
+		} else {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Index response didn't contain any endpoints")
+		}
 	}
-
-	var endpoints []string
-	if res.Header.Get("X-Docker-Endpoints") != "" {
-		endpoints = res.Header["X-Docker-Endpoints"]
-	} else {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Index response didn't contain any endpoints")
-	}
-
 	if validate {
 		if res.StatusCode != 204 {
 			if errBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body); err != nil {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index dafa44ec84..d336248271 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package docker
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/auth"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/registry"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/utils"
 	"io"
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ImagesSearch(term string) ([]ApiSearch, error) {
 }
 
 func (srv *Server) ImageInsert(name, url, path string, out io.Writer) error {
+	out = utils.NewWriteFlusher(out)
 	img, err := srv.runtime.repositories.LookupImage(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -288,6 +290,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ContainerTag(name, repo, tag string, force bool) error {
 }
 
 func (srv *Server) pullImage(out io.Writer, imgId, registry string, token []string) error {
+	out = utils.NewWriteFlusher(out)
 	history, err := srv.registry.GetRemoteHistory(imgId, registry, token)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -322,8 +325,9 @@ func (srv *Server) pullImage(out io.Writer, imgId, registry string, token []stri
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (srv *Server) pullRepository(stdout io.Writer, remote, askedTag string) error {
-	utils.Debugf("Retrieving repository data")
+func (srv *Server) pullRepository(out io.Writer, remote, askedTag string) error {
+	out = utils.NewWriteFlusher(out)
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "Pulling repository %s from %s\r\n", remote, auth.IndexServerAddress())
 	repoData, err := srv.registry.GetRepositoryData(remote)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -360,11 +364,11 @@ func (srv *Server) pullRepository(stdout io.Writer, remote, askedTag string) err
 			utils.Debugf("%s does not match %s, skipping", img.Tag, askedTag)
 			continue
 		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "Pulling image %s (%s) from %s\n", img.Id, img.Tag, remote)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Pulling image %s (%s) from %s\n", img.Id, img.Tag, remote)
 		success := false
 		for _, ep := range repoData.Endpoints {
-			if err := srv.pullImage(stdout, img.Id, "https://"+ep+"/v1", repoData.Tokens); err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "Error while retrieving image for tag: %s (%s); checking next endpoint\n", askedTag, err)
+			if err := srv.pullImage(out, img.Id, "https://"+ep+"/v1", repoData.Tokens); err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(out, "Error while retrieving image for tag: %s (%s); checking next endpoint\n", askedTag, err)
 				continue
 			}
 			if err := srv.runtime.repositories.Set(remote, img.Tag, img.Id, true); err != nil {
@@ -476,6 +480,7 @@ func (srv *Server) getImageList(localRepo map[string]string) ([]*registry.ImgDat
 }
 
 func (srv *Server) pushRepository(out io.Writer, name string, localRepo map[string]string) error {
+	out = utils.NewWriteFlusher(out)
 	fmt.Fprintf(out, "Processing checksums\n")
 	imgList, err := srv.getImageList(localRepo)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -515,6 +520,7 @@ func (srv *Server) pushRepository(out io.Writer, name string, localRepo map[stri
 }
 
 func (srv *Server) pushImage(out io.Writer, remote, imgId, ep string, token []string) error {
+	out = utils.NewWriteFlusher(out)
 	jsonRaw, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path.Join(srv.runtime.graph.Root, imgId, "json"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error while retreiving the path for {%s}: %s", imgId, err)
@@ -574,6 +580,7 @@ func (srv *Server) pushImage(out io.Writer, remote, imgId, ep string, token []st
 }
 
 func (srv *Server) ImagePush(name, registry string, out io.Writer) error {
+	out = utils.NewWriteFlusher(out)
 	img, err := srv.runtime.graph.Get(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(out, "The push refers to a repository [%s] (len: %d)\n", name, len(srv.runtime.repositories.Repositories[name]))
@@ -610,7 +617,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ImageImport(src, repo, tag string, in io.Reader, out io.Write
 			u.Host = src
 			u.Path = ""
 		}
-		fmt.Fprintln(out, "Downloading from", u)
+		fmt.Fprintf(out, "Downloading from %s\n", u)
 		// Download with curl (pretty progress bar)
 		// If curl is not available, fallback to http.Get()
 		resp, err = utils.Download(u.String(), out)
@@ -629,7 +636,7 @@ func (srv *Server) ImageImport(src, repo, tag string, in io.Reader, out io.Write
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	fmt.Fprintln(out, img.ShortId())
+	fmt.Fprintf(out, "%s\n", img.ShortId())
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 88d0c87f5c..150eae8570 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func ProgressReader(r io.ReadCloser, size int, output io.Writer, template string
 	if template == "" {
 		template = "%v/%v (%v)"
 	}
-	return &progressReader{r, output, size, 0, 0, template}
+	return &progressReader{r, NewWriteFlusher(output), size, 0, 0, template}
 }
 
 // HumanDuration returns a human-readable approximation of a duration
@@ -530,3 +530,28 @@ func GetKernelVersion() (*KernelVersionInfo, error) {
 		Flavor: flavor,
 	}, nil
 }
+
+type NopFlusher struct{}
+
+func (f *NopFlusher) Flush() {}
+
+type WriteFlusher struct {
+	w       io.Writer
+	flusher http.Flusher
+}
+
+func (wf *WriteFlusher) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	n, err = wf.w.Write(b)
+	wf.flusher.Flush()
+	return n, err
+}
+
+func NewWriteFlusher(w io.Writer) *WriteFlusher {
+	var flusher http.Flusher
+	if f, ok := w.(http.Flusher); ok {
+		flusher = f
+	} else {
+		flusher = &NopFlusher{}
+	}
+	return &WriteFlusher{w: w, flusher: flusher}
+}