diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/DispatcherServlet.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/DispatcherServlet.java
index 6ed70ef5..8b10de7d 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/DispatcherServlet.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/DispatcherServlet.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: DispatcherServlet.java,v 1.1 2001/02/15 01:44:34 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: DispatcherServlet.java,v 1.2 2001/02/16 03:27:54 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.webmacro;
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class DispatcherServlet extends WMServlet
     public void start ()
 	throws ServletException
     {
-	// Log.log.info("Initializing dispatcher servlet.");
+	// Log.info("Initializing dispatcher servlet.");
 
 	// first load the properties file
 	Properties props = null;
@@ -129,15 +129,14 @@ public class DispatcherServlet extends WMServlet
 	    props = ConfigUtil.loadProperties("dispatcher.properties", cld);
 
 	} catch (IOException ioe) {
-	    Log.log.warning("Failure trying to load " +
-			    "'dispatcher.properties': " + ioe);
+	    Log.warning("Failure trying to load 'dispatcher.properties': " +
+			ioe);
 	}
 
 	if (props == null) {
-	    Log.log.warning("Unable to load properties for " +
-			    "dispatcher servlet.");
-	    Log.log.warning("Make sure 'dispatcher.properties' file " +
-			    "exists somewhere in your classpath.");
+	    Log.warning("Unable to load properties for dispatcher servlet.");
+	    Log.warning("Make sure 'dispatcher.properties' file exists " +
+			"somewhere in your classpath.");
 	    props = new Properties();
 	}
 
@@ -152,13 +151,13 @@ public class DispatcherServlet extends WMServlet
 
 		// make sure we're not missing anything
 		if (baseURI == null) {
-		    Log.log.warning("Application '" + appid +
-				    "' missing base_uri specification.");
+		    Log.warning("Application '" + appid + "' missing " +
+				"base_uri specification.");
 		    continue;
 		}
 		if (basePkg == null) {
-		    Log.log.warning("Application '" + appid +
-				    "' missing base_pkg specification.");
+		    Log.warning("Application '" + appid + "' missing " +
+				"base_pkg specification.");
 		    continue;
 		}
 
@@ -178,6 +177,10 @@ public class DispatcherServlet extends WMServlet
 	    throw new HandlerException("Unable to load template: " + e);
 	}
 
+	// assume an HTML response unless otherwise massaged by the data
+	// populator
+	ctx.getResponse().setContentType("text/html");
+
 	// then we populate the context with data
 	try {
 	    ContextPopulator pop = selectPopulator(ctx);
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ public class DispatcherServlet extends WMServlet
 	throws NotFoundException
     {
 	String path = cleanupURI(ctx.getRequest().getRequestURI());
-	// Log.log.info("Loading template [path=" + path + "].");
+	// Log.info("Loading template [path=" + path + "].");
 	return getTemplate(path);
     }
 
@@ -234,7 +237,7 @@ public class DispatcherServlet extends WMServlet
     {
 	String path = cleanupURI(ctx.getRequest().getRequestURI());
 	String pclass = null;
-	// Log.log.info("Loading populator [path=" + path + "].");
+	// Log.info("Loading populator [path=" + path + "].");
 
 	// try to locate an application that matches this URI
 	for (int i = 0; i < _apps.size(); i++) {
@@ -258,9 +261,9 @@ public class DispatcherServlet extends WMServlet
 		pop = (ContextPopulator)pcl.newInstance();
 
 	    } catch (Throwable t) {
-		Log.log.warning("Unable to instantiate populator for " +
-				"matching application [path=" + path +
-				", pclass=" + pclass + ", error=" + t + "].");
+		Log.warning("Unable to instantiate populator for " +
+			    "matching application [path=" + path +
+			    ", pclass=" + pclass + ", error=" + t + "].");
 		// use a dummy in it's place so that we don't sit around
 		// all day freaking out about our inability to instantiate
 		// the proper populator class
@@ -288,7 +291,7 @@ public class DispatcherServlet extends WMServlet
 
 	int sidx = uri.indexOf("/", dsidx + 2);
 	if (sidx == -1) {
-	    Log.log.warning("Malformed URI?! [uri=" + uri + "].");
+	    Log.warning("Malformed URI?! [uri=" + uri + "].");
 	    return "/";
 	}
 
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/ExceptionMap.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/ExceptionMap.java
index ff5afbee..7c88c566 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/ExceptionMap.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/ExceptionMap.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ExceptionMap.java,v 1.2 2001/02/15 01:44:34 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: ExceptionMap.java,v 1.3 2001/02/16 03:27:54 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.webmacro;
 
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ public class ExceptionMap
 	ClassLoader cld = ExceptionMap.class.getClassLoader();
 	InputStream config = ConfigUtil.getStream(PROPS_NAME, cld);
 	if (config == null) {
-	    Log.log.warning("Unable to load " + PROPS_NAME +
-			    " from CLASSPATH.");
+	    Log.warning("Unable to load " + PROPS_NAME + " from CLASSPATH.");
 
 	} else {
 	    // otherwise process ye old config file.
@@ -101,9 +100,9 @@ public class ExceptionMap
 			_keys.set(i, cl);
 
 		    } catch (Throwable t) {
-			Log.log.warning("Unable to resolve exception " +
-					"class. [class=" + exclass +
-					", error=" + t + "].");
+			Log.warning("Unable to resolve exception class. " +
+				    "[class=" + exclass +
+				    ", error=" + t + "].");
 			_keys.remove(i);
 			_values.remove(i);
 			i--; // back on up a notch
@@ -111,8 +110,7 @@ public class ExceptionMap
 		}
 
 	    } catch (IOException ioe) {
-		Log.log.warning("Error reading exception mapping file: " +
-				ioe);
+		Log.warning("Error reading exception mapping file: " + ioe);
 	    }
 	}
     }
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/Log.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/Log.java
index 7898992d..6aca94b3 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/Log.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/webmacro/Log.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: Log.java,v 1.1 2001/02/13 20:00:28 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: Log.java,v 1.2 2001/02/16 03:27:54 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.webmacro;
 
@@ -11,4 +11,22 @@ public class Log
 {
     public static com.samskivert.util.Log log =
 	new com.samskivert.util.Log("com.samskivert.webmacro");
+
+    /** Convenience function. */
+    public static void debug (String message)
+    {
+	log.debug(message);
+    }
+
+    /** Convenience function. */
+    public static void info (String message)
+    {
+	log.info(message);
+    }
+
+    /** Convenience function. */
+    public static void warning (String message)
+    {
+	log.warning(message);
+    }
 }