diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobResult.java b/core/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobResult.java
index 43035ab10ac..2056b7552ff 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobResult.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobResult.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class AsyncJobResult {
 	}
 	
 	public void setResultObject(Object result) {
-		this.result = SerializerHelper.toSerializedString(result);
+		this.result = SerializerHelper.toSerializedStringOld(result);
 	}
 	
 	public String toString() {
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/serializer/SerializerHelper.java b/core/src/com/cloud/serializer/SerializerHelper.java
index a66303b1894..f26dc2466e4 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/serializer/SerializerHelper.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/serializer/SerializerHelper.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import com.google.gson.Gson;
 public class SerializerHelper {
     public static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(SerializerHelper.class.getName());
 	
-	public static String toSerializedString(Object result) {
+	public static String toSerializedStringOld(Object result) {
 		if(result != null) {
 			Class<?> clz = result.getClass();
 	    	Gson gson = GsonHelper.getBuilder().create();
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ public class SerializerHelper {
 		} 
 		return null;
 	}
+
+	// FIXME:  what about XML response?
+	public static String toSerializedString(Object result) {
+        if (result != null) {
+            Gson gson = GsonHelper.getBuilder().create();
+            
+            return gson.toJson(result); 
+        } 
+        return null;
+    }
 	
 	public static Object fromSerializedString(String result) {
 		try {
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java
index 45936301551..282cdad36ce 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java
@@ -102,8 +102,12 @@ public class ApiDispatcher {
 
         try {
             Method method = mgr.getClass().getMethod(methodName, cmd.getClass());
-            method.invoke(mgr, cmd);
-            return cmd.getId();
+            Object dbObject = method.invoke(mgr, cmd);
+
+            Method getIdMethod = dbObject.getClass().getMethod("getId");
+            Object id = getIdMethod.invoke(dbObject);
+            
+            return (Long)id;
         } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
             s_logger.warn("Exception executing method " + methodName + " for command " + cmd.getClass().getSimpleName(), nsme);
             throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to execute method " + methodName + " for command " + cmd.getClass().getSimpleName() + ", unable to find implementation.");
@@ -148,7 +152,8 @@ public class ApiDispatcher {
 
         try {
             Method method = mgr.getClass().getMethod(methodName, cmd.getClass());
-            method.invoke(mgr, cmd);
+            Object result = method.invoke(mgr, cmd);
+            cmd.setResponseObject(result);
         } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
             s_logger.warn("Exception executing method " + methodName + " for command " + cmd.getClass().getSimpleName(), nsme);
             throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to execute method " + methodName + " for command " + cmd.getClass().getSimpleName() + ", unable to find implementation.");
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/BaseAsyncCmd.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/BaseAsyncCmd.java
index d65bd4d1eaa..2baaf898a6e 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/BaseAsyncCmd.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/BaseAsyncCmd.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public abstract class BaseAsyncCmd extends BaseCmd {
     private Long startEventId;
 
     public String getResponse(long jobId) {
+        // FIXME:  We need a generic response object here, see BaseAsyncCreateCmd
         return SerializerHelper.toSerializedString(Long.valueOf(jobId));
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
index 22ce5de66cd..6d1f889c893 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
@@ -151,8 +151,11 @@ public class AsyncJobManagerImpl implements AsyncJobManager {
     		job.setInstanceId(null);
 
     		// FIXME:  do we need to re-serialize here?
-    		if(resultObject != null)
-    			job.setResult(SerializerHelper.toSerializedString(resultObject));
+    		if (resultObject != null) {
+//                job.setResult(SerializerHelper.toSerializedString(resultObject));
+                job.setResult((String)resultObject);
+    		}
+
     		job.setLastUpdated(DateUtil.currentGMTTime());
     		_jobDao.update(jobId, job);
     		txt.commit();