diff --git a/examples/charts/replicatedservice-3.tgz b/examples/charts/replicatedservice-3.tgz
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/examples/charts/replicatedservice-v3.tgz b/examples/charts/replicatedservice-v3.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/examples/charts/replicatedservice/Chart.yaml b/examples/charts/replicatedservice/Chart.yaml
index 869ebea4d..2790b9c9d 100644
--- a/examples/charts/replicatedservice/Chart.yaml
+++ b/examples/charts/replicatedservice/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: replicatedservice
 description: Port of the replicatedservice template from kubernetes/charts
-version: 3
+version: "3"
+home: ""
 expander:
   name: Expandybird
   entrypoint: templates/replicatedservice.py
-schema: templates/replicatedservice.py.schema
diff --git a/pkg/chart/chart.go b/pkg/chart/chart.go
index 4a3281745..d36c15f1e 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/chart.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/chart.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
-	"encoding/base64"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -412,16 +411,16 @@ func (c *Chart) loadMember(filename string) (*Member, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	path := strings.TrimPrefix(filename, dir)
-	content := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
+	path = strings.TrimLeft(path, "/")
 	result := &Member{
 		Path:    path,
-		Content: []byte(content),
+		Content: content,
 	}
 
 	return result, nil
diff --git a/pkg/chart/chart_test.go b/pkg/chart/chart_test.go
index c8a5d6f78..b4f93a2b9 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/chart_test.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/chart_test.go
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 package chart
 
 import (
-	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/kubernetes/helm/pkg/log"
+	"github.com/kubernetes/helm/pkg/util"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ func findMember(root, path string, members []*Member) error {
 	for _, member := range members {
 		if member.Path == path {
 			filename := filepath.Join(root, path)
-			if err := compareContent(filename, string(member.Content)); err != nil {
+			if err := compareContent(filename, member.Content); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
@@ -233,20 +234,52 @@ func TestLoadMember(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	filename := filepath.Join(c.loader.dir(), testmember)
-	if err := compareContent(filename, string(member.Content)); err != nil {
+	if err := compareContent(filename, member.Content); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
 
-func compareContent(filename, content string) error {
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+func TestLoadContent(t *testing.T) {
+	c, err := LoadDir(testdir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to load chart: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	content, err := c.LoadContent()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to load chart content: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	want := c.Chartfile()
+	have := content.Chartfile
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(want, have) {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected chart file\nwant:\n%s\nhave:\n%s\n",
+			util.ToYAMLOrError(want), util.ToYAMLOrError(have))
+	}
+
+	for _, member := range content.Members {
+		have := member.Content
+		wantMember, err := c.LoadMember(member.Path)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Failed to load chart member: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		t.Logf("%s:\n%s\n\n", member.Path, member.Content)
+		want := wantMember.Content
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(want, have) {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected chart member %s\nwant:\n%v\nhave:\n%v\n", member.Path, want, have)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func compareContent(filename string, content []byte) error {
+	compare, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Cannot read test file %s: %s", filename, err)
 	}
 
-	compare := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
-	if content != compare {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Expected member content\n%v\ngot\n%v", []byte(compare), []byte(content))
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(compare, content) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Expected member content\n%v\ngot\n%v", compare, content)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/expansion/service.go b/pkg/expansion/service.go
index e7c135b75..8a589a063 100644
--- a/pkg/expansion/service.go
+++ b/pkg/expansion/service.go
@@ -49,14 +49,18 @@ func NewService(address string, port int, backend Expander) *Service {
 			badRequest(resp, err.Error())
 			return
 		}
+
+		reqMsg := fmt.Sprintf("\nhandling request:\n%s\n", util.ToYAMLOrError(request))
+		util.LogHandlerText("expansion service", reqMsg)
 		response, err := backend.ExpandChart(request)
 		if err != nil {
 			badRequest(resp, fmt.Sprintf("error expanding chart: %s", err))
 			return
 		}
+
 		util.LogHandlerExit("expansion service", http.StatusOK, "OK", resp.ResponseWriter)
-		message := fmt.Sprintf("\nResources:\n%s\n", response.Resources)
-		util.LogHandlerText("expansion service", message)
+		respMsg := fmt.Sprintf("\nreturning response:\n%s\n", util.ToYAMLOrError(response.Resources))
+		util.LogHandlerText("expansion service", respMsg)
 		resp.WriteEntity(response)
 	}
 	webService.Route(