diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index b970c1f7..28022618 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 Getting Started with LuaJ
 
 </h1>
-James Roseborough, Ian Farmer, Version 2.0.1
+James Roseborough, Ian Farmer, Version 2.0.2
 <p>
 <small>
 Copyright &copy; 2009-2010 Luaj.org.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ in comparison with the standard C distribution.
 	<td>16.794</td>
 	<td>11.274</td>
 	<td>Java</td>
-	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar;bcel-5.2.jar lua <b>-b</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
+	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar;bcel-5.2.jar lua <b>-b</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 	<td></td>
 	<td></td>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ in comparison with the standard C distribution.
 	<td>16.701</td>
 	<td>13.789</td>
 	<td></td>
-	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar lua <b>-j</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
+	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar lua <b>-j</b> fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 	<td></td>
 	<td></td>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ in comparison with the standard C distribution.
 	<td>36.894</td>
 	<td>15.163</td>
 	<td></td>
-	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar lua -n fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
+	<td>java -cp luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar lua -n fannkuch.lua 10</td></tr>
 <tr valign="top">
 	<td>lua</td>
 	<td>5.1.4</td>
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ It is also faster than Java-lua implementations Jill, Kahlua, and Mochalua for a
 From the main distribution directory line type:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar lua examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar lua examples/lua/hello.lua
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ You should see the following output:
 From the main distribution directory line type:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar luac examples/lua/hello.lua
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar lua luac.out
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar luac examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar lua luac.out
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ The compiled output "luac.out" is lua bytecode and should run and produce the sa
 Luaj can compile to lua source code to Java source code:
 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar lua2java -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
-	javac -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar hello.java
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar lua2java -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
+	javac -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar hello.java
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ There are no additional dependencies for compiling or running source-to-source c
 <p>
 Lua scripts can also be run directly in this mode without precompiling using the <em>lua</em> command with the <b><em>-j</em></b> option when run in JDK 1.5 or higher:
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar lua -j examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar lua -j examples/lua/hello.lua
 </pre>
 
 <h2>Compile lua bytecode to java bytecode</h2>
@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ Luaj can compile lua sources or binaries directly to java bytecode if the bcel l
 
 <pre>
 	ant bcel-lib
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; luajc -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; luajc -s examples/lua -d . hello.lua
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar;.&quot; lua -l hello
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ but the compiled classes must be in the class path at runtime, unless runtime ji
 <p>
 Lua scripts can also be run directly in this mode without precompiling using the <em>lua</em> command with the <b><em>-b</em></b> option and providing the <em>bcel</em> library in the class path:
 <pre>
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; lua -b examples/lua/hello.lua
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar;lib/bcel-5.2.jar&quot; lua -b examples/lua/hello.lua
 </pre>
 
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ A simple example may be found in
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar</b> in your class path.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar</b> in your class path.
 
 <h2>Run a script in a MIDlet</h2>
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ A simple example may be found in
 </pre>
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jme-2.0.1.jar</b> in your midlet jar.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jme-2.0.2.jar</b> in your midlet jar.
 
 <p>
 An ant script to build and run the midlet is in
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ The standard use of JSR-223 scripting engines may be used:
 All standard aspects of script engines including compiled statements should be supported.
 
 <p>
-You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar</b> in your class path.
+You must include the library <b>lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar</b> in your class path.
 
 <p>
 A working example may be found in
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ To compile and run it using Java 1.6 or higher:
 
 <pre>
 	javac examples/jse/ScriptEngineSample.java
-	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar;examples/jse&quot; ScriptEngineSample
+	java -cp &quot;lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar;examples/jse&quot; ScriptEngineSample
 </pre>
 
 <h2>Excluding the lua bytecode compiler</h2>
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ The following lua script will open a swiing frame on Java SE:
 <p>
 See a longer sample in <em>examples/lua/swingapp.lua</em> for details, or try running it using: 
 <pre>
-	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.1.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
+	java -cp lib/luaj-jse-2.0.2.jar lua examples/lua/swingapp.lua
 </pre>
 
 <p>
@@ -716,6 +716,9 @@ and LuaForge:
 <li>Fix nan-related error in constant folding logic that was failing on some JVMs
 <li>JSR-223 fixes: add META-INF/services entry in jse jar, improve bindings implementation
 </ul></td></tr>
+<tr valign="top"><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2.0.2</b></td><td><ul>
+<li>JSR-223 bindings will pass values that are not primitives as LuaValue 
+</ul></td></tr>
 </table>
 
 <h2>Known Issues</h2>
diff --git a/examples/jse/ScriptEngineSample.java b/examples/jse/ScriptEngineSample.java
index 131180a4..b4f7b7dc 100644
--- a/examples/jse/ScriptEngineSample.java
+++ b/examples/jse/ScriptEngineSample.java
@@ -43,6 +43,18 @@ public class ScriptEngineSample {
             System.out.println( "eval: "+cs.eval(sb) );
             System.out.println( "y="+sb.get("y") );
 
+            cs = ((Compilable)e).compile(
+            		"print( 'luajava', luajava )\n" +
+//            		"_G.lua2java = require( 'org.luaj.vm2.lib.jse.LuajavaLib' )\n" +
+//            		"print( 'lua2java', lua2java )\n" +
+//            		"print( 'lua2java.newInstance', lua2java.newInstance )\n" +
+            		"test = luajava.newInstance(\"java.lang.String\", \"test\")\n" +
+            		"return test:toString()");
+            b = e.createBindings();
+            System.out.println( "eval: "+cs.eval(b) );
+            Object t = b.get("test");
+            System.out.println( "t="+t );
+            
             try {
             	e.eval("\n\nbogus example\n\n");
             } catch ( ScriptException se ) {
diff --git a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/script/LuaScriptEngine.java b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/script/LuaScriptEngine.java
index 2a64a17c..ca93d654 100644
--- a/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/script/LuaScriptEngine.java
+++ b/src/jse/org/luaj/vm2/script/LuaScriptEngine.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 
 import javax.script.Bindings;
 import javax.script.Compilable;
@@ -44,8 +45,7 @@ import org.luaj.vm2.LuaFunction;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LuaTable;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LuaValue;
 import org.luaj.vm2.Prototype;
-import org.luaj.vm2.lib.ThreeArgFunction;
-import org.luaj.vm2.lib.TwoArgFunction;
+import org.luaj.vm2.Varargs;
 import org.luaj.vm2.lib.jse.JsePlatform;
 
 /**
@@ -168,9 +168,11 @@ public class LuaScriptEngine implements ScriptEngine, Compilable {
 					return new CompiledScript() {
 						public Object eval(ScriptContext context) throws ScriptException {
 					        Bindings b = context.getBindings(ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE);
-					        LuaValue env = newBindingsBackedEnv(b);
-							LuaClosure c = new LuaClosure( p, env );
-							return c.invoke(LuaValue.NONE);
+					        BindingsEnv env = new BindingsEnv(b);
+							LuaClosure c = new LuaClosure( p, env.t );
+							Varargs result = c.invoke(LuaValue.NONE);
+							env.copyGlobalsToBindings();
+							return result;
 						}
 						public ScriptEngine getEngine() {
 							return LuaScriptEngine.this;
@@ -181,15 +183,17 @@ public class LuaScriptEngine implements ScriptEngine, Compilable {
 					return new CompiledScript() {
 						public Object eval(ScriptContext context) throws ScriptException {
 					        Bindings b = context.getBindings(ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE);
-					        LuaValue env = newBindingsBackedEnv(b);
+					        BindingsEnv env = new BindingsEnv(b);
 					        LuaFunction lf;
 							try {
 						        lf = (LuaFunction) c.newInstance();
 							} catch (Exception e) {
 								throw new ScriptException("instantiation failed: "+e.toString());
 							}
-					        lf.setfenv(env);
-							return lf.invoke(LuaValue.NONE);
+					        lf.setfenv(env.t);
+					        Varargs result = lf.invoke(LuaValue.NONE);
+							env.copyGlobalsToBindings();
+							return result;
 						}
 						public ScriptEngine getEngine() {
 							return LuaScriptEngine.this;
@@ -207,58 +211,25 @@ public class LuaScriptEngine implements ScriptEngine, Compilable {
 	}
 	
 	// ------ lua bindings -----	private static final class BindingsBackedEnv extends LuaTable {
-	public LuaTable newBindingsBackedEnv(Bindings b) {
-		LuaTable t = new LuaTable();
-		LuaTable mt = new LuaTable(0,2);
-		mt.set(LuaValue.INDEX, new BindindsIndexFunction(b));
-		mt.set(LuaValue.NEWINDEX, new BindingsNewindexFunction(b));
-		t.setmetatable(mt);
-		return t;
-	}
-	
-    private static final class BindingsNewindexFunction extends ThreeArgFunction {
-		private final Bindings b;
-
-		private BindingsNewindexFunction(Bindings b) {
+	public class BindingsEnv {
+		public final Bindings b;
+		public final LuaTable t;
+		public BindingsEnv( Bindings b ) {
 			this.b = b;
+			this.t = new LuaTable();
+			t.setmetatable(LuaTable.tableOf(new LuaValue[] { LuaValue.INDEX, _G }));
+			this.copyBindingsToGlobals();
 		}
-
-		public LuaValue call(LuaValue tbl, LuaValue key, LuaValue val) {
-			String k = key.tojstring();
-			if ( val.isnil() )
-				b.remove(k);
-			else
-				b.put(k, toJava(val));
-			return NIL;
-		}
-
-		private Object toJava(LuaValue v) {
-			switch ( v.type() ) {
-			case LuaValue.TNIL: return null;
-			case LuaValue.TSTRING: return v.tojstring();
-			case LuaValue.TUSERDATA: return v.checkuserdata(Object.class);
-			case LuaValue.TNUMBER: return v.isinttype()? (Object) new Integer(v.toint()): (Object) new Double(v.todouble());
-			default: 
-				throw new java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException(
-					"LuaBindings cannot convert lua type '"+v.typename()+"' to Java");
+		public void copyBindingsToGlobals() {
+			for ( Iterator<String> i = b.keySet().iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
+				String key = i.next();
+				Object val = b.get(key);
+				LuaValue luakey = toLua(key);
+				LuaValue luaval = toLua(val);
+				t.set(luakey, luaval);
+				i.remove();
 			}
 		}
-	}
-
-	private final class BindindsIndexFunction extends TwoArgFunction {
-		private final Bindings b;
-
-		private BindindsIndexFunction(Bindings b) {
-			this.b = b;
-		}
-
-		public LuaValue call(LuaValue tbl, LuaValue key) {
-			String k = key.tojstring();
-			if ( b.containsKey(k) )
-				return toLua(b.get(k));
-			return _G.get(key);
-		}
-
 		private LuaValue toLua(Object javaValue) {
 			if ( javaValue instanceof Number ) {
 				return LuaValue.valueOf(((Number)javaValue).doubleValue());
@@ -266,10 +237,31 @@ public class LuaScriptEngine implements ScriptEngine, Compilable {
 				return LuaValue.valueOf(javaValue.toString());
 			} else if ( javaValue == null ) {
 				return LuaValue.NIL; 
+			} else if ( javaValue instanceof LuaValue ) {
+				return (LuaValue) javaValue;
 			} else {
 				return LuaValue.userdataOf(javaValue);
 			}
 		}
+		public void copyGlobalsToBindings() {
+			LuaValue[] keys = t.keys();
+			for ( int i=0; i<keys.length; i++ ) {
+				LuaValue luakey = keys[i];
+				LuaValue luaval = t.get(luakey);
+				String key = luakey.tojstring();
+				Object val = toJava( luaval );
+				b.put(key,val);
+			}
+		}
+		private Object toJava(LuaValue v) {
+			switch ( v.type() ) {
+			case LuaValue.TNIL: return null;
+			case LuaValue.TSTRING: return v.tojstring();
+			case LuaValue.TUSERDATA: return v.checkuserdata(Object.class);
+			case LuaValue.TNUMBER: return v.isinttype()? (Object) new Integer(v.toint()): (Object) new Double(v.todouble());
+			default: return v;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// ------ convert char stream to byte stream for lua compiler ----- 
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 7523798b..ebb08256 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version: 2.0.1
+version: 2.0.2
\ No newline at end of file