diff --git a/ext/v8/template.cc b/ext/v8/template.cc
index b5e08a7..e82642d 100644
--- a/ext/v8/template.cc
+++ b/ext/v8/template.cc
@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
 
 namespace rr {
   void Template::Init() {
-    ClassBuilder("Template");
+    ClassBuilder("Template").
+      defineMethod("Set", &Set);
     ObjectTemplate::Init();
     FunctionTemplate::Init();
   }
 
+  VALUE Template::Set(int argc, VALUE argv[], VALUE self) {
+    VALUE name; VALUE value; VALUE attributes;
+    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "21", &name, &value, &attributes);
+    Void(Template(self)->Set(*String(name), *Value(value), PropertyAttribute(attributes)));
+  }
+
   void ObjectTemplate::Init() {
     ClassBuilder("ObjectTemplate", "Template").
       defineSingletonMethod("New", &New).
diff --git a/lib/v8/context.rb b/lib/v8/context.rb
index 0abea21..eb82680 100644
--- a/lib/v8/context.rb
+++ b/lib/v8/context.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module V8
   class Context
-    attr_reader :native
+    attr_reader :native, :conversion
 
     def initialize
       @native = V8::C::Context::New()
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ module V8
       @conversion.to_v8(ruby_object)
     end
 
+    def link(ruby_object, v8_object)
+      @conversion.equate ruby_object, v8_object
+    end
+
+    def self.link(*args)
+      current.link *args
+    end
+
     def enter(&block)
       if !entered?
         lock_scope_and_enter(&block)
diff --git a/lib/v8/conversion/indentity.rb b/lib/v8/conversion/indentity.rb
index 7c74aa5..2d41f66 100644
--- a/lib/v8/conversion/indentity.rb
+++ b/lib/v8/conversion/indentity.rb
@@ -1,30 +1,57 @@
 class V8::Conversion
   module Identity
     def to_ruby(v8_object)
-      v8_idmap.lookup(v8_object) {super}
+      v8_idmap[v8_object] || super
+    end
+
+    def to_v8(ruby_object)
+      rb_idmap[ruby_object] || super
+    end
+
+    def equate(ruby_object, v8_object)
+      v8_idmap.equate(v8_object, ruby_object)
+      rb_idmap.equate(ruby_object, v8_object)
     end
 
     def v8_idmap
       @v8_idmap ||= V8IDMap.new
     end
 
-    class V8IDMap
+    def rb_idmap
+      @ruby_idmap ||= RubyIDMap.new
+    end
+
+    class IDMap
       def initialize
-        @storage = {}
+        @map = {}
       end
 
-      def lookup(v8_object)
-        if v8_object.is_a?(V8::C::Object)
-          weakref = @storage[v8_object.GetIdentityHash()]
-          if weakref && weakref.weakref_alive?
-            weakref.__getobj__
-          else
-            @storage[v8_object.GetIdentityHash()] = WeakRef.new(yield)
-          end
-        else
-          yield
+      def [](object)
+        weakref = @map[to_key(object)]
+        if weakref && weakref.weakref_alive?
+          weakref.__getobj__
         end
       end
+
+      def equate(key_object, value_object)
+        @map[to_key(key_object)] = WeakRef.new(value_object)
+      end
+    end
+
+    class RubyIDMap < IDMap
+      def to_key(object)
+        object.object_id
+      end
+    end
+
+    class V8IDMap < IDMap
+      def to_key(object)
+        object.GetIdentityHash()
+      end
+
+      def [](v8_object)
+        super if v8_object.is_a?(V8::C::Object)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/v8/conversion/object.rb b/lib/v8/conversion/object.rb
index 4651326..e08fc1c 100644
--- a/lib/v8/conversion/object.rb
+++ b/lib/v8/conversion/object.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,31 @@
 class V8::Conversion
   module Object
     def to_v8
-      V8::C::Object::New()
+      template = V8::C::ObjectTemplate::New()
+      template.SetNamedPropertyHandler(Get, nil, nil, nil, nil, V8::C::External::New(self))
+      instance = template.NewInstance()
+      V8::Context.link self, instance
+      return instance
     end
 
     def to_ruby
       self
     end
+
+    class Get
+      def self.call(property, info)
+        context = V8::Context.current
+        object = info.Data().Value()
+        name = property.Utf8Value()
+        if object.respond_to?(name) && object.method(name).arity <= 0
+          context.to_v8 object.send(name)
+        else
+          V8::C::Value::Empty
+        end
+      rescue Exception => e
+        warn "uncaught exception: #{e.class}: #{e.message} while accessing object property: #{e.backtrace.join('\n')}"
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   module NativeObject
diff --git a/lib/v8/object.rb b/lib/v8/object.rb
index fc475c4..400549e 100644
--- a/lib/v8/object.rb
+++ b/lib/v8/object.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class V8::Object
   def initialize(native = nil)
     @context = V8::Context.current or fail "tried to initialize a #{self.class} without being in an entered V8::Context"
     @native = native || V8::C::Object::New()
+    @context.link self, @native
   end
 
   def [](key)