diff --git a/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/CoerceJavaToLua.java b/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/CoerceJavaToLua.java
index 4ad42262..68d99e43 100644
--- a/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/CoerceJavaToLua.java
+++ b/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/CoerceJavaToLua.java
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ public class CoerceJavaToLua {
 				return LInteger.valueOf( n.intValue() );
 			} 
 		} ;
+		Coercion charCoercion = new Coercion() {
+			public LValue coerce( Object javaValue ) {
+				Character c = (Character) javaValue;
+				return LInteger.valueOf( c.charValue() );
+			} 
+		} ;
 		Coercion doubleCoercion = new Coercion() {
 			public LValue coerce( Object javaValue ) {
 				Number n = (Number) javaValue;
@@ -66,6 +72,7 @@ public class CoerceJavaToLua {
 		} ;
 		COERCIONS.put( Boolean.class, boolCoercion );
 		COERCIONS.put( Byte.class, intCoercion );
+		COERCIONS.put( Character.class, charCoercion );
 		COERCIONS.put( Short.class, intCoercion );
 		COERCIONS.put( Integer.class, intCoercion );
 		COERCIONS.put( Float.class, doubleCoercion );
diff --git a/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/CoerceLuaToJava.java b/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/CoerceLuaToJava.java
index 7a562787..1ad9b3d5 100644
--- a/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/CoerceLuaToJava.java
+++ b/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/CoerceLuaToJava.java
@@ -57,6 +57,42 @@ public class CoerceLuaToJava {
 				return 4;
 			}
 		};
+		Coercion byteCoercion = new Coercion() {
+			public Object coerce(LValue value) {
+				return value.toJavaByte();
+			} 
+			public int score(LValue value) {
+				if ( value instanceof LInteger )
+					return 1;
+				if ( value instanceof LNumber )
+					return 2;
+				return 4;
+			}
+		};
+		Coercion charCoercion = new Coercion() {
+			public Object coerce(LValue value) {
+				return value.toJavaChar();
+			} 
+			public int score(LValue value) {
+				if ( value instanceof LInteger )
+					return 1;
+				if ( value instanceof LNumber )
+					return 2;
+				return 4;
+			}
+		};
+		Coercion shortCoercion = new Coercion() {
+			public Object coerce(LValue value) {
+				return value.toJavaShort();
+			} 
+			public int score(LValue value) {
+				if ( value instanceof LInteger )
+					return 1;
+				if ( value instanceof LNumber )
+					return 2;
+				return 4;
+			}
+		};
 		Coercion intCoercion = new Coercion() {
 			public Object coerce(LValue value) {
 				return new Integer( value.toJavaInt() );
@@ -71,6 +107,18 @@ public class CoerceLuaToJava {
 				return 4;
 			}
 		};
+		Coercion longCoercion = new Coercion() {
+			public Object coerce(LValue value) {
+				return value.toJavaLong();
+			} 
+			public int score(LValue value) {
+				if ( value instanceof LInteger )
+					return 1;
+				if ( value instanceof LNumber )
+					return 2;
+				return 4;
+			}
+		};
 		Coercion doubleCoercion = new Coercion() {
 			public Object coerce(LValue value) {
 				return new Double( value.toJavaDouble() );
@@ -80,7 +128,7 @@ public class CoerceLuaToJava {
 					return 0;
 				if ( value instanceof LNumber )
 					return 1;
-				if ( value instanceof LBoolean || value.isNil() )
+				if ( value instanceof LBoolean )
 					return 2;
 				return 4;
 			}
@@ -119,14 +167,16 @@ public class CoerceLuaToJava {
 		};
 		COERCIONS.put( Boolean.TYPE, boolCoercion );
 		COERCIONS.put( Boolean.class, boolCoercion );
-		COERCIONS.put( Byte.TYPE, intCoercion );
-		COERCIONS.put( Byte.class, intCoercion );
-		COERCIONS.put( Short.TYPE, intCoercion );
-		COERCIONS.put( Short.class, intCoercion );
+		COERCIONS.put( Byte.TYPE, byteCoercion );
+		COERCIONS.put( Byte.class, byteCoercion );
+		COERCIONS.put( Character.TYPE, charCoercion );
+		COERCIONS.put( Character.class, charCoercion );
+		COERCIONS.put( Short.TYPE, shortCoercion );
+		COERCIONS.put( Short.class, shortCoercion );
 		COERCIONS.put( Integer.TYPE, intCoercion );
 		COERCIONS.put( Integer.class, intCoercion );
-		COERCIONS.put( Long.TYPE, intCoercion );
-		COERCIONS.put( Long.class, intCoercion );
+		COERCIONS.put( Long.TYPE, longCoercion );
+		COERCIONS.put( Long.class, longCoercion );
 		COERCIONS.put( Double.TYPE, doubleCoercion );
 		COERCIONS.put( Double.class, doubleCoercion );
 		COERCIONS.put( String.class, stringCoercion );
diff --git a/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/LuajavaLib.java b/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/LuajavaLib.java
index 01926d59..8a2cc7aa 100644
--- a/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/LuajavaLib.java
+++ b/src/j2se/org/luaj/lib/j2se/LuajavaLib.java
@@ -52,15 +52,17 @@ public final class LuajavaLib extends LFunction {
 		globals.put( "luajava", luajava );
 	}
 
-	private static final int NEWINSTANCE  = 0;
-	private static final int BINDCLASS    = 1;
-	private static final int NEW          = 2;
-	private static final int CREATEPROXY  = 3;
-	private static final int LOADLIB      = 4;
+	private static final int INIT			= 0;
+	private static final int BINDCLASS		= 1;
+	private static final int NEWINSTANCE	= 2;
+	private static final int NEW			= 3;
+	private static final int CREATEPROXY	= 4;
+	private static final int LOADLIB		= 5;
 	
-	private static final String[] NAMES = { 
-		"newInstance", 
+	private static final String[] NAMES = {
+		"luajava",
 		"bindClass", 
+		"newInstance", 
 		"new", 
 		"createProxy", 
 		"loadLib" };
@@ -68,6 +70,10 @@ public final class LuajavaLib extends LFunction {
 	private static final Map classMetatables = new HashMap(); 
 	
 	private int id;
+
+	public LuajavaLib() {		
+	}
+	
 	private LuajavaLib( int id ) {			
 		this.id = id;
 	}
@@ -80,6 +86,9 @@ public final class LuajavaLib extends LFunction {
 	public boolean luaStackCall(LuaState vm) {
 		String className;
 		switch ( id ) {
+		case INIT:
+			install(vm._G);
+			break;
 		case BINDCLASS:
 			className = vm.tostring(2);
 			try {
@@ -91,10 +100,11 @@ public final class LuajavaLib extends LFunction {
 			}
 			break;
 		case NEWINSTANCE:
-			className = vm.tostring(2);
+		case NEW:
 			try {
 				// get constructor
-				Class clazz = Class.forName(className);
+				LValue c = vm.topointer(2); 
+				Class clazz = (id==NEWINSTANCE? Class.forName(c.toJavaString()): (Class) c.toJavaInstance());
 				ParamsList params = new ParamsList( vm );
 				Constructor con = resolveConstructor( clazz, params );
 
@@ -110,6 +120,28 @@ public final class LuajavaLib extends LFunction {
 				throw new LuaErrorException(e);
 			}
 			break;
+		case CREATEPROXY:
+			break;
+		case LOADLIB:
+			try {
+				// get constructor
+				String classname = vm.tostring(2);
+				String methodname = vm.tostring(3);
+				Class clazz = Class.forName(classname);
+				Method method = clazz.getMethod(methodname, new Class[] { LuaState.class });
+				Object result = method.invoke(clazz, new Object[] { vm });
+				if ( result instanceof Integer ) {
+					int nresults = ((Integer)result).intValue();
+					int nremove = vm.gettop() - nresults;
+					for ( int i=0; i<nremove; i++ )
+						vm.remove(1);
+				} else {
+					vm.resettop();
+				}
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				throw new LuaErrorException(e);
+			}
+			break;
 		default:
 			throw new LuaErrorException("not yet supported: "+this);
 		}
@@ -121,7 +153,7 @@ public final class LuajavaLib extends LFunction {
 		public final Class[] classes;
 		public int hash;
 		ParamsList( LuaState vm ) {
-			int n = vm.gettop()-2;
+			int n = Math.max(vm.gettop()-2,0);
 			values = new LValue[n];
 			classes = new Class[n];
 			for ( int i=0; i<n; i++ ) {
@@ -140,21 +172,22 @@ public final class LuajavaLib extends LFunction {
 		}
 	}
 		
-	static LUserData toUserdata(final Object instance, final Class clazz) {
+	static LUserData toUserdata(Object instance, final Class clazz) {
 		LTable mt = (LTable) classMetatables.get(clazz);
 		if ( mt == null ) {
 			mt = new LTable();
 			mt.put( LValue.TM_INDEX, new LFunction() {
 				public boolean luaStackCall(LuaState vm) {
+					LValue table = vm.topointer(2);
 					LValue key = vm.topointer(3);
 					final String s = key.toJavaString();
 					vm.resettop();
 					try {
 						Field f = clazz.getField(s);
-						Object o = f.get(instance);
+						Object o = f.get(table.toJavaInstance());
 						vm.pushlvalue( CoerceJavaToLua.coerce( o ) );
 					} catch (NoSuchFieldException nsfe) {
-						vm.pushlvalue( new LMethod(instance,clazz,s) );
+						vm.pushlvalue( new LMethod(clazz,s) );
 					} catch (Exception e) {
 						throw new LuaErrorException(e);
 					}
@@ -163,13 +196,14 @@ public final class LuajavaLib extends LFunction {
 			});
 			mt.put( LValue.TM_NEWINDEX, new LFunction() {
 				public boolean luaStackCall(LuaState vm) {
+					LValue table = vm.topointer(2);
 					LValue key = vm.topointer(3);
 					LValue val = vm.topointer(4);
 					String s = key.toJavaString();
 					try {
 						Field f = clazz.getField(s);
 						Object v = CoerceLuaToJava.coerceArg(val, f.getType());
-						f.set(instance,v);
+						f.set(table.toJavaInstance(),v);
 						vm.resettop();
 					} catch (Exception e) {
 						throw new LuaErrorException(e);
@@ -183,11 +217,9 @@ public final class LuajavaLib extends LFunction {
 	}
 	
 	private static final class LMethod extends LFunction {
-		private final Object instance;
 		private final Class clazz;
 		private final String s;
-		private LMethod(Object instance, Class clazz, String s) {
-			this.instance = instance;
+		private LMethod(Class clazz, String s) {
 			this.clazz = clazz;
 			this.s = s;
 		}
@@ -197,6 +229,7 @@ public final class LuajavaLib extends LFunction {
 		public boolean luaStackCall(LuaState vm) {
 			try {
 				// find the method 
+				Object instance = vm.touserdata(2);
 				ParamsList params = new ParamsList( vm );
 				Method meth = resolveMethod( clazz, s, params );
 
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 919953ad..bb7e0d2f 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version: 0.34
+version: 0.35
\ No newline at end of file