diff --git a/include/fc/variant.hpp b/include/fc/variant.hpp
index 11ab95a..ebb6934 100644
--- a/include/fc/variant.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/variant.hpp
@@ -93,10 +93,17 @@ namespace fc
    template<typename K, typename T>
    void from_variant( const variant& var, fc::flat_map<K,T>& vo );
 
+   template<typename T>
+   void to_variant( const std::map<string,T>& var,  variant& vo );
+   template<typename T>
+   void from_variant( const variant& var,  std::map<string,T>& vo );
+
    template<typename K, typename T>
    void to_variant( const std::map<K,T>& var,  variant& vo );
    template<typename K, typename T>
    void from_variant( const variant& var,  std::map<K,T>& vo );
+
+
    template<typename K, typename T>
    void to_variant( const std::multimap<K,T>& var,  variant& vo );
    template<typename K, typename T>
@@ -401,6 +408,8 @@ namespace fc
          vo.insert( itr->as< std::pair<K,T> >() );
 
    }
+
+
    template<typename K, typename T>
    void to_variant( const std::map<K, T>& var,  variant& vo )
    {
diff --git a/include/fc/variant_object.hpp b/include/fc/variant_object.hpp
index 5a39c80..99b0d86 100644
--- a/include/fc/variant_object.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/variant_object.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace fc
 {
+   using std::map;
    class mutable_variant_object;
    
    /**
@@ -66,6 +67,15 @@ namespace fc
 
       /** initializes the first key/value pair in the object */
       variant_object( string key, variant val );
+
+      template<typename T>
+      variant_object( const map<string,T>& values )
+      :_key_value( new std::vector<entry>() ) {
+         _key_value->reserve( values.size() );
+         for( const auto& item : values ) {
+            _key_value->emplace_back( entry( item.first, fc::variant(item.second) ) );
+         }
+      }
        
       template<typename T>
       variant_object( string key, T&& val )
@@ -196,6 +206,15 @@ namespace fc
 
       mutable_variant_object();
 
+      template<typename T>
+      mutable_variant_object( const map<string,T>& values )
+      :_key_value( new std::vector<entry>() ) {
+         _key_value->reserve( values.size() );
+         for( const auto& item : values ) {
+            _key_value->emplace_back( variant_object::entry( item.first, fc::variant(item.second) ) );
+         }
+      }
+
       /** initializes the first key/value pair in the object */
       mutable_variant_object( string key, variant val );
       template<typename T>
@@ -212,6 +231,8 @@ namespace fc
       mutable_variant_object& operator=( mutable_variant_object&& );
       mutable_variant_object& operator=( const mutable_variant_object& );
       mutable_variant_object& operator=( const variant_object& );
+
+
    private:
       std::unique_ptr< std::vector< entry > > _key_value;
       friend class variant_object;
@@ -221,4 +242,19 @@ namespace fc
    /** @ingroup Serializable */
    void from_variant( const variant& var,  mutable_variant_object& vo );
 
+   template<typename T>
+   void to_variant( const std::map<string, T>& var,  variant& vo )
+   {
+       vo = variant_object( var );
+   }
+
+   template<typename T>
+   void from_variant( const variant& var,  std::map<string, T>& vo )
+   {
+      const auto& obj = var.get_object();
+      vo.clear();
+      for( auto itr = obj.begin(); itr != obj.end(); ++itr )
+         vo[itr->key()] = itr->value().as<T>();
+   }
+
 } // namespace fc
diff --git a/src/rpc/websocket_api.cpp b/src/rpc/websocket_api.cpp
index 39381ab..df09a68 100644
--- a/src/rpc/websocket_api.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/websocket_api.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ std::string websocket_api_connection::on_message(
    const std::string& message,
    bool send_message /* = true */ )
 {
+   wdump((message));
    try
    {
       auto var = fc::json::from_string(message);
diff --git a/src/variant_object.cpp b/src/variant_object.cpp
index 6f3b1dc..38851b0 100644
--- a/src/variant_object.cpp
+++ b/src/variant_object.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ namespace fc
       return *this;
    }
 
+
    void to_variant( const variant_object& var,  variant& vo )
    {
       vo = variant(var);
diff --git a/vendor/websocketpp b/vendor/websocketpp
index 378437a..c5510d6 160000
--- a/vendor/websocketpp
+++ b/vendor/websocketpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 378437aecdcb1dfe62096ffd5d944bf1f640ccc3
+Subproject commit c5510d6de04917812b910a8dd44735c1f17061d9