fix for hanging  unit tests
diff --git a/openstack/storage/v1/containers/requests.go b/openstack/storage/v1/containers/requests.go
index 3a6a265..35bc1af 100644
--- a/openstack/storage/v1/containers/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/storage/v1/containers/requests.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 		OkCodes:     []int{201, 204},
 	})
 	if err == nil {
-		container = Container{"name": containerName}
+		container = Container{Name: containerName}
 	}
 	return container, err
 }
diff --git a/openstack/storage/v1/containers/requests_test.go b/openstack/storage/v1/containers/requests_test.go
index 3b59e00..93747be 100644
--- a/openstack/storage/v1/containers/requests_test.go
+++ b/openstack/storage/v1/containers/requests_test.go
@@ -33,14 +33,29 @@
 		testhelper.TestHeader(t, r, "Accept", "application/json")
 
 		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, `[{'count': 0,'bytes': 0,'name': 'janeausten'},{'count': 1,'bytes': 14,'name': 'marktwain'}]`)
+		r.ParseForm()
+		marker := r.Form.Get("marker")
+		switch marker {
+		case "":
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, `[
+				{
+					"count": 0,
+					"bytes": 0,
+					"name": "janeausten"
+				},
+				{
+					"count": 1,
+					"bytes": 14,
+					"name": "marktwain"
+				}
+			]`)
+		default:
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected marker: [%s]", marker)
+		}
 	})
 
 	client := serviceClient()
-	count := 0
 	List(client, ListOpts{Full: true}).EachPage(func(page pagination.Page) (bool, error) {
-		count++
 		actual, err := ExtractInfo(page)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Failed to extract container info: %v", err)
@@ -49,14 +64,14 @@
 
 		expected := []Container{
 			Container{
-				"count": 0,
-				"bytes": 0,
-				"name":  "janeausten",
+				Count: 0,
+				Bytes: 0,
+				Name:  "janeausten",
 			},
 			Container{
-				"count": 1,
-				"bytes": 14,
-				"name":  "marktwain",
+				Count: 1,
+				Bytes: 14,
+				Name:  "marktwain",
 			},
 		}
 
@@ -64,10 +79,6 @@
 
 		return true, nil
 	})
-
-	if count != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 1 page, got %d", count)
-	}
 }
 
 func TestListContainerNames(t *testing.T) {
@@ -85,9 +96,7 @@
 	})
 
 	client := serviceClient()
-	count := 0
 	List(client, ListOpts{Full: false}).EachPage(func(page pagination.Page) (bool, error) {
-		count++
 		actual, err := ExtractNames(page)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Failed to extract container names: %v", err)
@@ -100,10 +109,6 @@
 
 		return true, nil
 	})
-
-	if count != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected 0 pages, got %d", count)
-	}
 }
 
 func TestCreateContainer(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/openstack/storage/v1/containers/results.go b/openstack/storage/v1/containers/results.go
index 6a93b4d..283e44a 100644
--- a/openstack/storage/v1/containers/results.go
+++ b/openstack/storage/v1/containers/results.go
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 	"strings"
 )
 
-type Container map[string]interface{}
+type Container struct {
+	Bytes int
+	Count int
+	Name  string
+}
 
 type commonResult struct {
 	gophercloud.CommonResult
@@ -79,7 +83,11 @@
 	untyped := page.(ContainerPage).Body.([]interface{})
 	results := make([]Container, len(untyped))
 	for index, each := range untyped {
-		results[index] = Container(each.(map[string]interface{}))
+		container := each.(map[string]interface{})
+		err := mapstructure.Decode(container, results[index])
+		if err != nil {
+			return results, err
+		}
 	}
 	return results, nil
 }
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@
 
 		names := make([]string, 0, len(parsed))
 		for _, container := range parsed {
-			names = append(names, container["name"].(string))
+			names = append(names, container.Name)
 		}
 		return names, nil
 	case strings.HasPrefix(ct, "text/plain"):
diff --git a/openstack/storage/v1/objects/requests_test.go b/openstack/storage/v1/objects/requests_test.go
index c3047c6..6fe4d30 100644
--- a/openstack/storage/v1/objects/requests_test.go
+++ b/openstack/storage/v1/objects/requests_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/pagination"
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@
 	tokenId = "abcabcabcabc"
 )
 
-var metadata = map[string]string{"gophercloud-test": "objects"}
+var metadata = map[string]string{"Gophercloud-Test": "objects"}
 
 func serviceClient() *gophercloud.ServiceClient {
 	return &gophercloud.ServiceClient{
@@ -55,14 +56,18 @@
 		testhelper.TestHeader(t, r, "X-Auth-Token", tokenId)
 
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, `[{'hash': '451e372e48e0f6b1114fa0724aa79fa1','last_modified': '2014-01-15T16:41:49.390270','bytes': 14,'name': 'goodbye','content_type': 'application/octet-stream'}]`)
+		r.ParseForm()
+		marker := r.Form.Get("marker")
+		switch marker {
+		case "":
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, `[{'hash': '451e372e48e0f6b1114fa0724aa79fa1','last_modified': '2009-11-10 23:00:00 +0000 UTC','bytes': 14,'name': 'goodbye','content_type': 'application/octet-stream'}]`)
+		default:
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected marker: [%s]", marker)
+		}
 	})
 
 	client := serviceClient()
-	count := 0
 	List(client, "testContainer", ListOpts{Full: true}).EachPage(func(page pagination.Page) (bool, error) {
-		count++
 		actual, err := ExtractInfo(page)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Failed to extract object info: %v", err)
@@ -71,11 +76,11 @@
 
 		expected := []Object{
 			Object{
-				"hash":          "451e372e48e0f6b1114fa0724aa79fa1",
-				"last_modified": "2014-01-15T16:41:49.390270",
-				"bytes":         14,
-				"name":          "goodbye",
-				"content_type":  "application/octet-stream",
+				Hash:         "451e372e48e0f6b1114fa0724aa79fa1",
+				LastModified: time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+				Bytes:        14,
+				Name:         "goodbye",
+				ContentType:  "application/octet-stream",
 			},
 		}
 
@@ -83,10 +88,6 @@
 
 		return true, nil
 	})
-
-	if count != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 1 page, got %d", count)
-	}
 }
 
 func TestListObjectNames(t *testing.T) {
@@ -104,9 +105,7 @@
 	})
 
 	client := serviceClient()
-	count := 0
 	List(client, "testContainer", ListOpts{}).EachPage(func(page pagination.Page) (bool, error) {
-		count++
 		actual, err := ExtractNames(page)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("Failed to extract object names: %v", err)
@@ -119,11 +118,8 @@
 
 		return true, nil
 	})
-
-	if count != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected 0 pages, got %d", count)
-	}
 }
+
 func TestCreateObject(t *testing.T) {
 	testhelper.SetupHTTP()
 	defer testhelper.TeardownHTTP()
@@ -207,6 +203,7 @@
 		testhelper.TestMethod(t, r, "HEAD")
 		testhelper.TestHeader(t, r, "X-Auth-Token", tokenId)
 		testhelper.TestHeader(t, r, "Accept", "application/json")
+		w.Header().Add("X-Object-Meta-Gophercloud-Test", "objects")
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 	})
 
diff --git a/openstack/storage/v1/objects/results.go b/openstack/storage/v1/objects/results.go
index 8808d03..529bbd9 100644
--- a/openstack/storage/v1/objects/results.go
+++ b/openstack/storage/v1/objects/results.go
@@ -5,12 +5,20 @@
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/pagination"
 )
 
 // Object is a structure that holds information related to a storage object.
-type Object map[string]interface{}
+type Object struct {
+	Bytes        int       `json:"bytes"`
+	ContentType  string    `json:"content_type"`
+	Hash         string    `json:"hash"`
+	LastModified time.Time `json:"last_modified"`
+	Name         string    `json:"name"`
+}
 
 // ListResult is a single page of objects that is returned from a call to the List function.
 type ObjectPage struct {
@@ -55,7 +63,12 @@
 	untyped := page.(ObjectPage).Body.([]interface{})
 	results := make([]Object, len(untyped))
 	for index, each := range untyped {
-		results[index] = Object(each.(map[string]interface{}))
+		object := each.(map[string]interface{})
+		err := mapstructure.Decode(object, results[index])
+		if err != nil {
+			return results, err
+		}
+
 	}
 	return results, nil
 }
@@ -74,7 +87,7 @@
 
 		names := make([]string, 0, len(parsed))
 		for _, object := range parsed {
-			names = append(names, object["name"].(string))
+			names = append(names, object.Name)
 		}
 		return names, nil
 	case strings.HasPrefix(ct, "text/plain"):