diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c32a219..d987d80 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
-# doge_api
+# doge_papi
 
 ## Description
-doge_api is a minimal Ruby wrapper for DogeAPI.
+doge_papi is a minimal Ruby wrapper for DogeAPI and DogeChain that takes care of parsing the DogeAPI and DogeChain outputs into proper Ruby objects (integers, floats, arrays, etc.), a fork of even more minimal [tekknolagi/doge_api](https://github.com/tekknolagi/doge_api)
 
 ## Installation
 Just run `gem install doge_api` and you're all set.
 
-If you want to use this as part of a package, just add:
-<pre>
-gem 'doge_api'
-</pre>
-to your Gemfile.
-
 ## Usage
 Check `test.rb` for some examples.
 
 ## License
-This teeny-tiny project is under the MIT license.
-
-## Badges and things
-[![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/doge_api.png)](http://badge.fury.io/rb/doge_api)
-[![Google Analytics](https://ga-beacon.appspot.com/UA-47678422-2/tekknolagi/doge_api)](https://ga-beacon.appspot.com/)
\ No newline at end of file
+This project is under the MIT license.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doge_api.gemspec b/doge_api.gemspec
deleted file mode 100644
index 954eba8..0000000
--- a/doge_api.gemspec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.name = 'doge_api'
-  s.version = '0.0.5'
-  s.date = '2014-01-26'
-  s.summary = 'Ruby wrapper for DogeAPI.com and DogeChain.info'
-  s.authors = ['Maxwell Bernstein']
-  s.email = 'dogeapi@bernsteinbear.com'
-  s.files = ['lib/doge_api.rb', 'lib/doge/api.rb', 'lib/doge/chain.rb']
-  s.homepage = 'http://github.com/tekknolagi/doge_api'
-  s.license = 'MIT'
-end
diff --git a/lib/doge/api.rb b/lib/doge/api.rb
index 55acbef..22fdf21 100644
--- a/lib/doge/api.rb
+++ b/lib/doge/api.rb
@@ -1,28 +1,46 @@
-require 'uri'
-require 'open-uri'
-
-module DogeApi
+module DogePapi
   class DogeApi
     attr_accessor :api_key
 
-    def initialize(api_key)
+    BASE_URI = URI.parse 'https://www.dogeapi.com/wow'
+
+    CALLS_RETURNING_INTEGER = [:get_current_block]
+    CALLS_RETURNING_FLOAT   = [
+                                :get_balance          ,
+                                :get_address_received ,
+                                :get_difficulty       ,
+                                :get_current_price
+                              ]
+    CALLS_RETURNING_JSON    = [:get_my_addresses]
+
+    def initialize api_key
       @api_key = api_key
-      @base_uri = URI.parse('https://www.dogeapi.com/wow')
     end
 
-    def build_uri(m, args)
-      uri = @base_uri
-      params = args.merge(:a => m, :api_key => @api_key)
-      uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
+    def build_uri m, args
+      uri       = BASE_URI
+      params    = args.merge a: m, api_key: @api_key
+      uri.query = URI.encode_www_form params
       uri
     end
 
-    def fetch_uri(uri)
+    def fetch_uri uri
       uri.open.read
     end
 
-    def method_missing(m, args = {}, &block)
-      fetch_uri build_uri(m, args)
+    def method_missing m, args = {}, &block
+      output = fetch_uri build_uri(m, args)
+      if CALLS_RETURNING_JSON.include? m
+        output = JSON.parse output
+      else
+        # Doge API wraps everything in double quotes,
+        # so we need to get rid of them first.
+        #
+        output.tr! '"', ''
+        output = output.to_i if CALLS_RETURNING_INTEGER.include? m
+        output = output.to_f if CALLS_RETURNING_FLOAT.include? m
+      end
+      output
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/doge/chain.rb b/lib/doge/chain.rb
index 0c5ef61..e3b3e7c 100644
--- a/lib/doge/chain.rb
+++ b/lib/doge/chain.rb
@@ -1,24 +1,33 @@
-require 'uri'
-require 'open-uri'
-
-module DogeApi
+module DogePapi
   class DogeChain
-    def initialize
-      @base_uri = 'http://dogechain.info/chain/Dogecoin/q'
-    end
 
-    def build_uri(m, params)
+    BASE_URI = 'http://dogechain.info/chain/Dogecoin/q'
+
+    CALLS_RETURNING_INTEGER = [:getblockcount]
+    CALLS_RETURNING_FLOAT   = [
+                                :addressbalance       ,
+                                :getdifficulty        ,
+                                :getreceivedbyaddress ,
+                                :getsentbyaddress     ,
+                                :totalbc
+                              ]
+    CALLS_RETURNING_JSON    = [:transactions]
+
+    def build_uri m, params
       list = params.join '/'
-      uri = URI.parse("#{@base_uri}/#{m}/#{list}")
-      uri
+      URI.parse "#{BASE_URI}/#{m}/#{list}"
     end
 
-    def fetch_uri(uri)
+    def fetch_uri uri
       uri.open.read
     end
 
-    def method_missing(m, *args, &block)
-      fetch_uri build_uri(m, args)
+    def method_missing m, *args, &block
+      output = fetch_uri build_uri(m, args)
+      output = output.to_i        if CALLS_RETURNING_INTEGER.include? m
+      output = output.to_f        if CALLS_RETURNING_FLOAT.include? m
+      output = JSON.parse(output) if CALLS_RETURNING_JSON.include? m
+      output
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/doge_api.rb b/lib/doge_api.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f831b3b..0000000
--- a/lib/doge_api.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-require_relative 'doge/api'
-require_relative 'doge/chain'
diff --git a/lib/doge_papi.rb b/lib/doge_papi.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae3f340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/doge_papi.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+require 'uri'
+require 'open-uri'
+require 'json'
+
+require_relative 'doge/api'
+require_relative 'doge/chain'
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diff --git a/test.rb b/test.rb
index 23b87f9..979c901 100644
--- a/test.rb
+++ b/test.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 $my_address = 'DBv97MSG4gNjcGoHCMX1nfanLjzBgVERi9'
 $my_api_address = 'DPf8M6McXUZW5zDxwAKXAfid4A78P8o21M'
 
-doge_api = DogeApi::DogeApi.new($my_api_key)
+doge_api = DogePapi::DogeApi.new($my_api_key)
 doge_api.get_balance
 doge_api.withdraw :amount => 5, :payment_address => $my_address
 doge_api.get_new_address :address_label => 'my pretty address'
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 doge_api.get_current_block
 doge_api.get_current_price
 
-doge_chain = DogeApi::DogeChain.new
+doge_chain = DogePapi::DogeChain.new
 doge_chain.addressbalance $my_address
 doge_chain.addresstohash $my_address
 doge_chain.checkaddress $my_address