diff --git a/src/OSC.jl b/src/OSC.jl
index 366661c..7dba2b4 100644
--- a/src/OSC.jl
+++ b/src/OSC.jl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 module OSC
+import Base.show
 macro incfp(x) quote begin
             local gensym_ = $(esc(x))
             $(esc(x)) = $(esc(x))+1
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ end
 function vsosc_null(address::ASCIIString,
                     arguments::ASCIIString,
                     args...)
-    pos::Int  = length(address)
+    pos::Int  = length(address)+1
     pos       = align(pos)
     pos      += 1+length(arguments)
     pos       = align(pos)
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ function vsosc_null(address::ASCIIString,
         end #other args classes are ignored
     end
 
-    return pos;
+    return pos-1;
 end
 
 function rtosc_amessage(buffer::Array{Uint8},
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ function rtosc_amessage(buffer::Array{Uint8},
     return pos-1;
 end
 
+OscMsg(address, arguments, args...) = message(address, arguments, args...)
+
 function message(address::ASCIIString,
                  arguments::ASCIIString,
                  args...)
@@ -273,15 +276,15 @@ end
 
 getindex(msg::OscMsg, idx::Int) = rtosc_argument(msg, idx)
 
-function show(msg::OscMsg)
-    println("OSC Message to ", stringify(msg.data))
-    println("    Arguments:");
+function show(io::IO, msg::OscMsg)
+    println(io, "OSC Message to ", stringify(msg.data))
+    println(io, "    Arguments:");
     for i=1:narguments(msg)
-        showField(msg,i)
+        showField(io, msg,i)
     end
 end
 
-function showField(msg::OscMsg, arg_id)
+function showField(io::IO, msg::OscMsg, arg_id)
     map = ['i' Int32; 'f' Float32; 's' String; 'b' :Blob; 'h' Int32; 't' Uint64;
     'd' Float64; 'S' Symbol; 'c' Char; 'r' :RBG; 'm' :Midi; 'T' true;
     'F' false; 'N' Nothing]
@@ -292,11 +295,14 @@ function showField(msg::OscMsg, arg_id)
     if(issubtype(typeof(value), Array))
         value = value'
     end
-    @printf("    #%2d %c:", arg_id, typeChar);
+    @printf(io, "    #%2d %c:", arg_id, typeChar);
     print(dict[typeChar]," - ", value)
     if(!issubtype(typeof(value), Array))
         println()
     end
 
 end
+
+export OscMsg
+
 end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 128ea74..9625200 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Base.Test
 require("OSC")
+using OSC
 
 test_type = length(ARGS) == 1 ? ARGS[1] : "ALL"
 
@@ -36,9 +37,8 @@ function test_it_fat()
     #nil
     #inf
 
-    msg = OSC.message("/dest",
-    "[ifsbhtdScrmTFNI]", i,f,s,b,h,t,d,S,c,r,m);
-    OSC.show(msg)
+    msg = OscMsg("/dest", "[ifsbhtdScrmTFNI]", i,f,s,b,h,t,d,S,c,r,m);
+    show(msg)
 
     #println(string(map(x->(hex(x,2)), buffer[1:len])...))
     #println(string(map(x->(isprint(char(x&0x7f)) ? string(char(x&0x7f)," ") : ". "), buffer[1:len])...))
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ function test_it_fat()
 end
 
 function test_it_osc_spec()
-    buffer::Array{Uint8} = Array(Uint8, 256)
     println("Starting OSC Spec...")
     message_one::Array{Uint8} = [
     0x2f, 0x6f, 0x73, 0x63,
@@ -76,37 +75,36 @@ function test_it_osc_spec()
     ];
 
     message_two::Array{Uint8} = [
-    0x2f, 0x66, 0x6f, 0x6f,
-    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+    0x2f, 0x66, 0x6f, 0x6f, #4
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, #8
     0x2c, 0x69, 0x69, 0x73,
-    0x66, 0x66, 0x00, 0x00,
+    0x66, 0x66, 0x00, 0x00, #16
     0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0xe8,
     0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
     0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c,
-    0x6f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-    0x3f, 0x9d, 0xf3, 0xb6,
-    0x40, 0xb5, 0xb2, 0x2d,
+    0x6f, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, #32
+    0x3f, 0x9d, 0xf3, 0xb6, #36
+    0x40, 0xb5, 0xb2, 0x2d, #40
     ];
 
-    len=OSC.rtosc_amessage(buffer, 256, "/oscillator/4/frequency", "f", float32(440.0))
+    osc=OscMsg("/oscillator/4/frequency", "f", float32(440.0))
 
-    println(string(map(x->(hex(x,2)), buffer[1:len])...))
+    println(string(map(x->(hex(x,2)), osc.data)...))
     println(string(map(x->(hex(x,2)), message_one)...))
-    println(string(map(x->(isprint(char(x&0x7f)) ? string(char(x&0x7f)," ") : ". "), buffer[1:len])...))
+    println(string(map(x->(isprint(char(x&0x7f)) ? string(char(x&0x7f)," ") : ". "), osc.data)...))
     println(string(map(x->(isprint(char(x&0x7f)) ? string(char(x&0x7f)," ") : ". "), message_one)...))
-    @test len == length(message_one)
-    @test buffer[1:length(message_one)] == message_one
-    OSC.show(OSC.OscMsg(buffer))
+    @test length(osc.data) == length(message_one)
+    @test osc.data == message_one
+    show(osc)
 
-    len = OSC.rtosc_amessage(buffer, 256, "/foo", "iisff",
-                         int32(1000), int32(-1), "hello", float32(1.234), float32(5.678))
-    println(string(map(x->(hex(x,2)), buffer[1:len])...))
+    osc = OscMsg("/foo", "iisff", int32(1000), int32(-1), "hello", float32(1.234), float32(5.678))
+    println(string(map(x->(hex(x,2)), osc.data)...))
     println(string(map(x->(hex(x,2)), message_two)...))
-    println(string(map(x->(isprint(char(x&0x7f)) ? string(char(x&0x7f)," ") : ". "), buffer[1:len])...))
+    println(string(map(x->(isprint(char(x&0x7f)) ? string(char(x&0x7f)," ") : ".  "), osc.data)...))
     println(string(map(x->(isprint(char(x&0x7f)) ? string(char(x&0x7f)," ") : ". "), message_two)...))
-    @test len == length(message_two)
-    @test buffer[1:len] == message_two
-    OSC.show(OSC.OscMsg(buffer))
+    @test length(osc.data) == length(message_two)
+    @test osc.data == message_two
+    show(osc)
 end
 
 if test_type in ["ALL", "TEST", "INSTALL"]