diff --git a/cmd/helm/delete.go b/cmd/helm/delete.go
index f65b9d4d8..e339dd227 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/delete.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type deleteCmd struct {
 	disableHooks bool
 	purge        bool
 	timeout      int64
+	namespace    string
 
 	out    io.Writer
 	client helm.Interface
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ func newDeleteCmd(c helm.Interface, out io.Writer) *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	f := cmd.Flags()
+	f.StringVar(&del.namespace, "namespace", "default", "namespace to uninstall the release")
 	f.BoolVar(&del.dryRun, "dry-run", false, "simulate a delete")
 	f.BoolVar(&del.disableHooks, "no-hooks", false, "prevent hooks from running during deletion")
 	f.BoolVar(&del.purge, "purge", false, "remove the release from the store and make its name free for later use")
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ func (d *deleteCmd) run() error {
 		helm.DeletePurge(d.purge),
 		helm.DeleteTimeout(d.timeout),
 	}
-	res, err := d.client.DeleteRelease(d.name, opts...)
+	res, err := d.client.DeleteRelease(d.name, d.namespace, opts...)
 	if res != nil && res.Info != "" {
 		fmt.Fprintln(d.out, res.Info)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/install.go b/cmd/helm/install.go
index 86ff15efe..0f375dd79 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/install.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/install.go
@@ -204,12 +204,16 @@ func (i *installCmd) run() error {
 		return prettyError(err)
 	}
 
-	rel := res.GetRelease()
+
+/*	rel := res.GetRelease()
+	if rel == nil {
+		return nil
+	}*/
+	rel := res.Release
 	if rel == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 	i.printRelease(rel)
-
 	// If this is a dry run, we can't display status.
 	if i.dryRun {
 		return nil
diff --git a/pkg/helm/client.go b/pkg/helm/client.go
index 7b294b118..de812fa93 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/client.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/client.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (h *Client) InstallRelease(chstr, ns string, opts ...InstallOption) (*rls.I
 }
 
 // DeleteRelease uninstalls a named release and returns the response.
-func (h *Client) DeleteRelease(rlsName string, opts ...DeleteOption) (*rls.UninstallReleaseResponse, error) {
+func (h *Client) DeleteRelease(rlsName string, namespace string, opts ...DeleteOption) (*rls.UninstallReleaseResponse, error) {
 	// apply the uninstall options
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(&h.opts)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (h *Client) DeleteRelease(rlsName string, opts ...DeleteOption) (*rls.Unins
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	return h.delete(ctx, req)
+	return h.delete(ctx, namespace, req)
 }
 
 // UpdateRelease updates a release to a new/different chart
@@ -279,12 +279,13 @@ func (h *Client) install(ctx context.Context, req *rls.InstallReleaseRequest) (*
 				return rlc.InstallRelease(ctx, req)*/
 	resp := &rls.InstallReleaseResponse{}
 	releaseObj := makeReleaseObject(req)
+	releaseObj.Spec.Version = 1
 	release := new(hapi.Release)
 	client, err := getRESTClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		return resp, err
 	}
-	err = client.RESTClient().Post().Namespace(releaseObj.Namespace).Resource("releases").Body(releaseObj).Do().Into(release)
+	err = client.RESTClient().Post().Namespace(req.Namespace).Resource("releases").Body(releaseObj).Do().Into(release)
 	if err != nil {
 		return resp, err
 	}
@@ -302,19 +303,19 @@ func (h *Client) install(ctx context.Context, req *rls.InstallReleaseRequest) (*
 }
 
 // Executes tiller.UninstallRelease RPC.
-func (h *Client) delete(ctx context.Context, req *rls.UninstallReleaseRequest) (*rls.UninstallReleaseResponse, error) {
-	/*		c, err := grpc.Dial(h.opts.host, grpc.WithInsecure())
+func (h *Client) delete(ctx context.Context,namespace string, req *rls.UninstallReleaseRequest) (*rls.UninstallReleaseResponse, error) {
+			c, err := grpc.Dial(h.opts.host, grpc.WithInsecure())
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			defer c.Close()
 
 			rlc := rls.NewReleaseServiceClient(c)
-			return rlc.UninstallRelease(ctx, req)*/
+			return rlc.UninstallRelease(ctx, req)
 	resp := &rls.UninstallReleaseResponse{}
 	client, err := getRESTClient()
 	// TODO handle response
-	err = client.RESTClient().Delete().Namespace("default").Resource("releases").Name(req.Name).Do().Error() // TODO handle namespace
+	err = client.RESTClient().Delete().Namespace(namespace).Resource("releases").Name(req.Name).Do().Error() // TODO handle namespace
 	if err != nil {
 		return resp, err
 	}
@@ -395,14 +396,48 @@ func (h *Client) rollback(ctx context.Context, req *rls.RollbackReleaseRequest)
 
 // Executes tiller.GetReleaseStatus RPC.
 func (h *Client) status(ctx context.Context, req *rls.GetReleaseStatusRequest) (*rls.GetReleaseStatusResponse, error) {
-	c, err := grpc.Dial(h.opts.host, grpc.WithInsecure())
+/*	c, err := grpc.Dial(h.opts.host, grpc.WithInsecure())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer c.Close()
 
 	rlc := rls.NewReleaseServiceClient(c)
-	return rlc.GetReleaseStatus(ctx, req)
+	return rlc.GetReleaseStatus(ctx, req)*/
+	resp := &rls.GetReleaseStatusResponse{}
+	client, err := getRESTClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return resp, err
+	}
+	release := new(hapi.Release)
+	err = client.RESTClient().Get().Namespace("default").Resource("releases").Name(req.Name).Do().Into(release) // TODO handle namespace
+	if err != nil {
+		return resp, err
+	}
+	v := release.Spec.Version
+	releaseVersion := new(hapi.ReleaseVersion)
+	name := req.Name + "-v" + strconv.Itoa(int(v))
+	duration :=time.Duration(5) * time.Second
+	for i:=0;i<=10;i++ {
+		time.Sleep(duration)
+		err = client.RESTClient().Get().Namespace("default").Resource("releaseversions").Name(name).Do().Into(releaseVersion) // TODO handle namespace
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}else {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return resp, err
+	}
+	resp.Name = release.Name
+	resp.Namespace = release.Namespace
+	resp.Info = new(rs.Info)
+	resp.Info.Status = releaseVersion.Status.Status
+/*	*resp.Info.FirstDeployed = releaseVersion.Status.FirstDeployed //TODO
+	*resp.Info.LastDeployed = releaseVersion.Status.LastDeployed
+	*resp.Info.Deleted = releaseVersion.Status.Deleted*/
+	return resp, nil
 }
 
 // Executes tiller.GetReleaseContent RPC.
diff --git a/pkg/helm/interface.go b/pkg/helm/interface.go
index 5c6921afe..a4e3d0601 100644
--- a/pkg/helm/interface.go
+++ b/pkg/helm/interface.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 type Interface interface {
 	ListReleases(opts ...ReleaseListOption) (*rls.ListReleasesResponse, error)
 	InstallRelease(chStr, namespace string, opts ...InstallOption) (*rls.InstallReleaseResponse, error)
-	DeleteRelease(rlsName string, opts ...DeleteOption) (*rls.UninstallReleaseResponse, error)
+	DeleteRelease(rlsName string, namespace string, opts ...DeleteOption) (*rls.UninstallReleaseResponse, error)
 	ReleaseStatus(rlsName string, opts ...StatusOption) (*rls.GetReleaseStatusResponse, error)
 	UpdateRelease(rlsName, chStr string, opts ...UpdateOption) (*rls.UpdateReleaseResponse, error)
 	RollbackRelease(rlsName string, opts ...RollbackOption) (*rls.RollbackReleaseResponse, error)
diff --git a/tillerc/api/types.go b/tillerc/api/types.go
index b9184b0bd..9cb4adcfe 100644
--- a/tillerc/api/types.go
+++ b/tillerc/api/types.go
@@ -92,18 +92,18 @@ type ReleaseList struct {
 type ReleaseVersion struct {
 	unversioned.TypeMeta `json:",inline,omitempty"`
 	api.ObjectMeta       `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
-	Spec                 ReleaseVersionSpec   `json:"spec,omitempty"`
-	Status               ReleaseVersionStatus `json:"status,omitempty"`
+	Spec                 ReleaseVersionSpec `json:"spec,omitempty"`
+	Status               ReleaseStatus      `json:"status,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ReleaseVersionSpec struct {
 	ReleaseSpec ReleaseSpec `json:"inline,omitempty"`
 }
 
-type ReleaseVersionStatus struct {
+/*type ReleaseVersionStatus struct {
 	Status   *hapi_release.Status `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=status" json:"status,omitempty"`
 	Deployed unversioned.Time     `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=deployed" json:"deployed,omitempty"`
-}
+}*/
 
 type ReleaseVersionList struct {
 	unversioned.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`