diff --git a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/exceptionmappers/HttpRedirectException.java b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/exceptionmappers/HttpRedirectException.java
index 7bdabd4..b1d15e7 100644
--- a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/exceptionmappers/HttpRedirectException.java
+++ b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/exceptionmappers/HttpRedirectException.java
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ public class HttpRedirectException extends RuntimeException {
     @Getter @Setter private int status = HttpStatusCodes.FOUND;
     @Getter @Setter private String location = "/";
 
+    public HttpRedirectException (String location) { this.location = location; }
+
 }
diff --git a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/resources/ResourceUtil.java b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/resources/ResourceUtil.java
index 5371b28..8e22f70 100644
--- a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/resources/ResourceUtil.java
+++ b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/resources/ResourceUtil.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.cobbzilla.wizard.api.ApiException;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.api.ForbiddenException;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.api.NotFoundException;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.api.ValidationException;
+import org.cobbzilla.wizard.exceptionmappers.HttpRedirectException;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.stream.ByteStreamingOutput;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.stream.FileStreamingOutput;
 import org.cobbzilla.wizard.stream.SendableResource;
@@ -123,6 +124,11 @@ public class ResourceUtil {
         return Response.status(status).header(LOCATION, location).build();
     }
 
+    public static Response forceRedirect (String location) { return forceRedirect(FOUND, location); }
+    public static Response forceRedirect (int status, String location) {
+        throw new HttpRedirectException(status, location);
+    }
+
     public static Response forbidden() { return status(FORBIDDEN); }
     public static ResourceHttpException forbiddenEx() { return new ResourceHttpException(FORBIDDEN); }
 
diff --git a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/server/RestServerBase.java b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/server/RestServerBase.java
index 27ced6f..7f90122 100644
--- a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/server/RestServerBase.java
+++ b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/server/RestServerBase.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.glassfish.jersey.media.multipart.MultiPartFeature;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.message.internal.StreamingOutputProvider;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ContainerFactory;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ServerProperties;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.*;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.network.NetworkUtil.IPv4_ALL_ADDRS;
-import static org.cobbzilla.util.reflect.ReflectionUtil.copy;
-import static org.cobbzilla.util.reflect.ReflectionUtil.forNames;
+import static org.cobbzilla.util.reflect.ReflectionUtil.*;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.string.StringUtil.EMPTY_ARRAY;
 import static org.cobbzilla.util.system.Sleep.sleep;
 
@@ -277,6 +277,14 @@ public abstract class RestServerBase<C extends RestServerConfiguration> implemen
         if (jerseyConfiguration.hasProviderPackages()) {
             for (Class c : findClassesWithAnnotation(jerseyConfiguration.getProviderPackages(), Provider.class)) rc.register(c);
         }
+        if (jerseyConfiguration.hasServerProperties()) {
+            final Map<String, Object> props = new HashMap<>();
+            for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : jerseyConfiguration.getServerProperties().entrySet()) {
+                final String realKey = constValue(ServerProperties.class, entry.getKey());
+                props.put(realKey != null ? realKey : entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+            }
+            rc.setProperties(props);
+        }
 
         configuration.setValidator(new Validator());
         rc.register(new JacksonMessageBodyProvider(getObjectMapper(), configuration.getValidator()));
diff --git a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/server/config/JerseyConfiguration.java b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/server/config/JerseyConfiguration.java
index 281584f..a093f15 100644
--- a/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/server/config/JerseyConfiguration.java
+++ b/wizard-server/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/wizard/server/config/JerseyConfiguration.java
@@ -3,17 +3,24 @@ package org.cobbzilla.wizard.server.config;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.cobbzilla.util.daemon.ZillaRuntime.empty;
+
 public class JerseyConfiguration {
 
     @Getter @Setter private String[] resourcePackages;
 
     @Getter @Setter private String[] providerPackages;
-    public boolean hasProviderPackages () { return providerPackages != null && providerPackages.length > 0; }
+    public boolean hasProviderPackages () { return !empty(providerPackages); }
 
     @Getter @Setter private String[] requestFilters;
-    public boolean hasRequestFilters() { return requestFilters != null && requestFilters.length > 0; }
+    public boolean hasRequestFilters() { return !empty(requestFilters); }
 
     @Getter @Setter private String[] responseFilters;
-    public boolean hasResponseFilters() { return responseFilters != null && responseFilters.length > 0; }
+    public boolean hasResponseFilters() { return !empty(responseFilters); }
+
+    @Getter @Setter private Map<String, Object> serverProperties;
+    public boolean hasServerProperties () { return !empty(serverProperties); }
 
 }