diff --git a/app/hood.hoon b/app/hood.hoon
index 2a9ae5537..755690657 100644
--- a/app/hood.hoon
+++ b/app/hood.hoon
@@ -226,4 +226,6 @@
 ++  woot-helm                 (wrap take-woot):from-helm
 ++  writ-kiln-autoload        (wrap take-writ-autoload):from-kiln
 ++  writ-kiln-sync            (wrap take-writ-sync):from-kiln
+
+++  bound                     (wrap take-bound):from-helm
 --
diff --git a/gen/frontpage.hoon b/gen/frontpage.hoon
index 3e60913d6..e650c9a47 100644
--- a/gen/frontpage.hoon
+++ b/gen/frontpage.hoon
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
 ::
 ::  outer gate is a standard generator
 ::
-|=  [bowl:gall base-path=[=desk =spur] $~]
+|=  [[now=@da eny=@ bek=beak] $~ $~]
 ::
-:-  %build
-|=  http-request
+::  :-  %build
+|=  [authorized=? http-request:light]
+^-  mime
+:-  ['text' 'html' ~]
+%-  as-octs:mimes:html
+%-  crip
+%-  en-xml:html
 ^-  manx
 ;html
   ;head
@@ -13,7 +18,7 @@
   ==
   ;body
     ;h1:"Ran generator"
-    ;p:"Executing on {<(scot %p our)>}."
+    ::  ;p:"Executing on {<(scot %p our)>}."
     ;p:"The method was {<(trip method)>}."
     ;p:"The url was {<(trip url)>}."
   ==
diff --git a/gen/hood/serve.hoon b/gen/hood/serve.hoon
index e704a1c8f..d091fcf9a 100644
--- a/gen/hood/serve.hoon
+++ b/gen/hood/serve.hoon
@@ -3,18 +3,13 @@
 ::::  /hoon/serve/hood/gen
   ::
 /?    310
-/+  old-zuse
-=,  old-zuse
 ::
 ::::
   ::
 :-  %say
+::
+::  TODO: dojo doesn't like the types?
 |=  $:  {now/@da eny/@uvJ bec/beak}
-        {{pax/$@(term {i/knot t/path}) ~} ~}
+        {{=binding:light =generator:light ~} ~}
     ==
-:-  %helm-serve
-?@  pax  pax
-=+  bem=(need (tome pax))
-?.  =([%da now] r.bem)                :: XX actual sentinel
-  bem
-bem(r [%ud 0])
+[%helm-serve binding generator]
diff --git a/lib/hood/helm.hoon b/lib/hood/helm.hoon
index f5f2284cc..502d58483 100644
--- a/lib/hood/helm.hoon
+++ b/lib/hood/helm.hoon
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
           {$flog wire flog:dill}                        ::
           {$funk wire @p @p @}                          ::
           {$nuke wire ship}                             ::
-          {$serv wire ?(desk beam)}                     ::
+          ::  {$serv wire ?(desk beam)}                 ::
+          [%serve wire binding:light generator:light]   ::
           {$poke wire dock pear}                        ::
           {$want wire sock path *}                      ::  send message
       ==                                                ::
@@ -111,9 +112,9 @@
   %^  emit  %poke  /helm/ask/(scot %p ~socden-malzod)
   [[~socden-malzod %ask] %ask-mail mel]
 ::
-++  poke-serve
-  |=  top/?(desk beam)  =<  abet
-  (emit %serv /helm/serv top)
+::  ++  poke-serve
+::    |=  top/?(desk beam)  =<  abet
+::    (emit %serv /helm/serv top)
 ::
 ++  poke-hi
   |=  mes/@t
@@ -245,6 +246,14 @@
   |=  {way/wire her/ship cop/coop}  =<  abet
   (emit %flog ~ %text "woot: {<[way cop]>}")
 ::
+++  poke-serve
+  |=  [=binding:light =generator:light]  =<  abet
+  (emit %serve /helm/serv binding generator)
+::
+++  take-bound
+  |=  [wir=wire success=? binding=binding:light]  =<  abet
+  (emit %flog ~ %text "bound: {<success>}")
+::
 ++  poke-tlon-init-stream
   ::  creates stream channel and makes it pull from
   ::  urbit-meta on {met}.
diff --git a/mar/mime.hoon b/mar/mime.hoon
index 7264a8e9e..9acc34741 100644
--- a/mar/mime.hoon
+++ b/mar/mime.hoon
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ::
 ++  grab                                                ::  convert from
   |% 
-  ++  noun  mime                                  ::  clam from %noun
+  +$  noun  mime                                  ::  clam from %noun
   ++  tape  
     |=(a/_"" [/application/x-urb-unknown (as-octt:mimes:html a)])
   --
diff --git a/sys/vane/gall.hoon b/sys/vane/gall.hoon
index b6850758e..6947bf22f 100644
--- a/sys/vane/gall.hoon
+++ b/sys/vane/gall.hoon
@@ -1268,6 +1268,7 @@
         $well  `%e
         $wipe  `%f
         %connect  `%l
+        %serve  `%l
       ==
     --
   --
diff --git a/sys/vane/light.hoon b/sys/vane/light.hoon
index dc9dc5154..d67e2dd53 100644
--- a/sys/vane/light.hoon
+++ b/sys/vane/light.hoon
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 +$  action
   $%  ::  dispatch to a generator
       ::
-      [%gen generator=[=desk path=(list @t)] args=*]
+      [%gen =generator]
       ::  dispatch to an application
       ::
       [%app app=term]
@@ -225,10 +225,20 @@
       ==
     ==
   ==
+::  +render-tang: renders a tang and adds <br/> tags between each line
+::
+++  render-tang
+  |=  {wid/@u tan/tang}
+  ^-  marl
+  =/  raw=(list tape)  (zing (turn tan |=(a/tank (wash 0^wid a))))
+  ::
+  |-  ^-  marl
+  ?~  raw  ~
+  [;/(i.raw) ;br; $(raw t.raw)]
 ::  +internal-server-error: 500 page, with a tang
 ::
 ++  internal-server-error
-  |=  [authorized=? url=@t =tang]
+  |=  [authorized=? url=@t t=tang]
   ^-  octs
   %-  as-octs:mimes:html
   %-  crip
@@ -242,7 +252,7 @@
       ;p:"There was an error while handling the request for {<(trip url)>}."
       ;*  ?:  authorized
             ;=
-              ;p:"hi"
+              ;code:"*{(render-tang 80 t)}"
             ==
           ~
     ==
@@ -319,21 +329,22 @@
     ?-    -.u.action
     ::
         %gen
-      =/  =disc:ford  [our desk.generator.u.action]
       ::
-      =-  [[duct %pass /run-build/a %f %build our live=%.n schematic=-]~ state]
+      =-  [[duct %pass /run-build %f %build our live=%.n schematic=-]~ state]
       ::
       ^-  schematic:ford
       ::
-      =-  [%cast disc %mime -]
+      =-  [%cast [our desk.generator.u.action] %mime -]
       ::
-      ::
-      [%$ %txt !>('one two three')]
-      ::  :+  %call
-      ::    :+  %call
-      ::      [%core [disc path.generator.u.action]]
-      ::    []
-      ::  [authenticated http-request]
+      ^-  schematic:ford
+      :+  %call
+        :+  %call
+          [%core [[our desk.generator.u.action] (flop path.generator.u.action)]]
+        ::  TODO: Figure out what goes in generators. We need to slop the
+        ::  prelude with the arguments passed in.
+        ::
+        [%$ %noun !>([[now=now eny=eny bek=[our desk.generator.u.action [%da now]]] ~ ~])]
+      [%$ %noun !>([authenticated http-request])]
     ::
         %app
       :_  state
@@ -505,11 +516,11 @@
     ?:  ?=(%incomplete -.made-result)
       %^  return-static-data-on-duct  500  'text/html'
       ::  TODO: Thread original URL and authentication state here.
-      (internal-server-error %.n 'http://' tang.made-result)
+      (internal-server-error %.y 'http://' tang.made-result)
     ::
     ?:  ?=(%error -.build-result.made-result)
       %^  return-static-data-on-duct  500  'text/html'
-      (internal-server-error %.n 'http://' message.build-result.made-result)
+      (internal-server-error %.y 'http://' message.build-result.made-result)
     ::
     =/  =cage  (result-to-cage:ford build-result.made-result)
     ::
@@ -796,7 +807,7 @@
       %+  add-binding  binding.task
       ?-  -.task
         %connect  [%app app.task]
-        %serve    [%gen generator.task arguments.task]
+        %serve    [%gen generator.task]
       ==
     [moves light-gate]
   ::
@@ -817,7 +828,7 @@
   =/  =sign  q.wrapped-sign
   ::  :wire must at least contain two parts, the type and the build
   ::
-  ?>  ?=([@ @ *] wire)
+  ?>  ?=([@ *] wire)
   ::
   |^  ^-  [p=(list move) q=_light-gate]
       ::
diff --git a/sys/zuse.hoon b/sys/zuse.hoon
index 52093dd8a..305ff3433 100644
--- a/sys/zuse.hoon
+++ b/sys/zuse.hoon
@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@
           [%connect =binding app=term]
           ::  connects a binding to a generator
           ::
-          [%serve =binding generator=[=desk path=(list @t)] arguments=*]
+          [%serve =binding =generator]
           ::  disconnects a binding
           ::
           ::    This must be called with the same duct that made the binding in
@@ -2270,6 +2270,23 @@
         ::
         path=(list @t)
     ==
+  ::  +generator: a generator on the local ship that handles requests
+  ::
+  ::    This refers to a generator on the local ship, run with a set of
+  ::    arguments. Since http requests are time sensitive, we require that the
+  ::    generator be on the current ship.
+  ::
+  +$  generator
+    $:  ::  desk: desk on current ship that contains the generator
+        ::
+        =desk
+        ::  path: path on :desk to the generator's hoon file
+        ::
+        path=(list @t)
+        ::  args: arguments passed to the gate
+        ::
+        args=*
+    ==
   ::  %config: http configuration
   ::
   +|  %config
diff --git a/tests/sys/vane/light.hoon b/tests/sys/vane/light.hoon
index 82d04f84a..03414d218 100644
--- a/tests/sys/vane/light.hoon
+++ b/tests/sys/vane/light.hoon
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
         ::
         %+  weld
           %+  expect-eq
-            !>  /run-build/a
+            !>  /run-build
             !>  p.card
         ::
         %+  expect-schematic
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
       now=~1111.1.3
       scry=*sley
       ^=  take-args
-        :*  wire=/run-build/a  duct=~[/http-blah]
+        :*  wire=/run-build  duct=~[/http-blah]
             ^-  (hypo sign:light-gate)
             :-  *type
             :^  %f  %made  ~1111.1.3