diff --git a/backends/backends.go b/backends/backends.go
index 6a5b1517cf..05b6675d1c 100644
--- a/backends/backends.go
+++ b/backends/backends.go
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ func New() *beam.Object {
 	backends.Bind("orchard", Orchard())
 	backends.Bind("aggregate", Aggregate())
 	backends.Bind("shipyard", Shipyard())
+	backends.Bind("tutum", Tutum())
 	return beam.Obj(backends)
 }
diff --git a/backends/tutum.go b/backends/tutum.go
index 0f2800b27c..dc83e56633 100644
--- a/backends/tutum.go
+++ b/backends/tutum.go
@@ -3,223 +3,218 @@ package backends
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/docker/libswarm/beam"
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/engine"
-	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/runconfig"
 	"github.com/tutumcloud/go-tutum"
-	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 var (
-	tutumConnector        = "docker.tutum.co:49460"
+	tutumConnectorHost    = "https://docker.tutum.co:49460"
 	tutumConnectorVersion = "v1.11"
 )
 
-func Tutum() engine.Installer {
-	return &tutumBackend{}
+func Tutum() beam.Sender {
+	backend := beam.NewServer()
+	backend.OnSpawn(beam.Handler(func(ctx *beam.Message) error {
+		if len(ctx.Args) == 2 {
+			tutum.User = ctx.Args[0]
+			tutum.ApiKey = ctx.Args[1]
+		}
+		if !tutum.IsAuthenticated() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("You need to provide your Tutum credentials in ~/.tutum or environment variables TUTUM_USER and TUTUM_APIKEY")
+		}
+		tutumDockerConnector, err := newConnector(tutumConnectorHost, tutumConnectorVersion)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%v", err)
+		}
+		t := &tutumBackend{
+			tutumDockerConnector: tutumDockerConnector,
+			Server:               beam.NewServer(),
+		}
+		t.Server.OnAttach(beam.Handler(t.attach))
+		t.Server.OnStart(beam.Handler(t.ack))
+		t.Server.OnLs(beam.Handler(t.ls))
+		t.Server.OnSpawn(beam.Handler(t.spawn))
+		_, err = ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack, Ret: t.Server})
+		return err
+	}))
+	return backend
 }
 
 type tutumBackend struct {
+	tutumDockerConnector *tutumDockerConnector
+	*beam.Server
 }
 
-func (t *tutumBackend) Install(eng *engine.Engine) error {
-	eng.Register("tutum", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-		if len(job.Args) == 1 {
-			tutumConnector = job.Args[0]
+func (t *tutumBackend) attach(ctx *beam.Message) error {
+	if ctx.Args[0] == "" {
+		ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack, Ret: t.Server})
+		for {
+			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 		}
-		if !tutum.IsAuthenticated() {
-			return job.Errorf("You need to provide your Tutum credentials in ~/.tutum or environment variables TUTUM_USER and TUTUM_APIKEY")
-		}
-		job.Eng.Register("containers", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
-			path := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"/containers/json?all=%s&limit=%s",
-				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("all")),
-				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("limit")),
-			)
-			resp, err := tutumConnectorCall("GET", path, "")
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: get: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			c := engine.NewTable("Created", 0)
-			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: read body: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			if _, err := c.ReadListFrom(body); err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: readlist: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			c.WriteListTo(job.Stdout)
-			return engine.StatusOK
-		})
-		job.Eng.Register("create", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
-			path := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"/containers/create",
-			)
-			config := runconfig.ContainerConfigFromJob(job)
-			data, err := json.Marshal(config)
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: json marshal: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			resp, err := tutumConnectorCall("POST", path, string(data))
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: post: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: read body: %#v", path, err)
-			}
-			var containerOut struct {
-				Id       string
-				Warnings []string
-			}
-			err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &containerOut)
-			_, err = job.Printf("%s\n", containerOut.Id)
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: write body: %#v", path, err)
-			}
-			log.Printf("%s", string(body))
-			return engine.StatusOK
-		})
-		job.Eng.Register("container_delete", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
-			path := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"/containers/%s?force=%s",
-				job.Args[0],
-				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("forceRemove")),
-			)
-			_, err := tutumConnectorCall("DELETE", path, "")
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: delete: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			return engine.StatusOK
-		})
-		job.Eng.Register("start", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
-			path := fmt.Sprintf("/containers/%s/start", job.Args[0])
-			config := runconfig.ContainerConfigFromJob(job)
-			data, err := json.Marshal(config)
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: json marshal: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			_, err = tutumConnectorCall("POST", path, string(data))
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: post: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			return engine.StatusOK
-		})
-		job.Eng.Register("stop", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
-			path := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"/containers/%s/stop?t=%s",
-				job.Args[0],
-				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("t")),
-			)
-			_, err := tutumConnectorCall("POST", path, "")
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: post: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			return engine.StatusOK
-		})
-		job.Eng.Register("kill", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
-			path := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"/containers/%s/kill?signal=%s",
-				job.Args[0],
-				job.Args[1],
-			)
-			_, err := tutumConnectorCall("POST", path, "")
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: post: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			return engine.StatusOK
-		})
-		job.Eng.Register("restart", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
-			path := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"/containers/%s/restart?t=%s",
-				job.Args[0],
-				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("t")),
-			)
-			_, err := tutumConnectorCall("POST", path, "")
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: post: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			return engine.StatusOK
-		})
-		job.Eng.Register("inspect", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
-			path := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"/containers/%s/json",
-				job.Args[0],
-			)
-			resp, err := tutumConnectorCall("GET", path, "")
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: get: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			_, err = io.Copy(job.Stdout, resp.Body)
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: copy stream: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			return engine.StatusOK
-		})
-		job.Eng.Register("logs", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
-			path := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"/containers/%s/logs?stdout=%s&stderr=%s",
-				job.Args[0],
-				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("stdout")),
-				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("stderr")),
-			)
-			resp, err := tutumConnectorCall("GET", path, "")
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: get: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			_, err = io.Copy(job.Stdout, resp.Body)
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: copy stream: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			return engine.StatusOK
-		})
-		job.Eng.Register("version", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
-			path := "/version"
-			resp, err := tutumConnectorCall("GET", path, "")
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: get: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			_, err = io.Copy(job.Stdout, resp.Body)
-			if err != nil {
-				return job.Errorf("%s: copy stream: %v", path, err)
-			}
-			return engine.StatusOK
-		})
-		job.Eng.RegisterCatchall(func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
-			return job.Errorf("Operation not yet supported: %s", job.Name)
-		})
-		return engine.StatusOK
-	})
+	} else {
+		c := t.newContainer(ctx.Args[0])
+		ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack, Ret: c})
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func tutumConnectorCall(method, path, body string) (*http.Response, error) {
-	apiPath := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"/%s%s",
-		tutumConnectorVersion,
-		path,
-	)
-	u, err := url.Parse(apiPath)
+func (t *tutumBackend) ack(ctx *beam.Message) error {
+	ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack, Ret: t.Server})
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *tutumBackend) ls(ctx *beam.Message) error {
+	resp, err := t.tutumDockerConnector.call("GET", "/containers/json", "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: get: %v", t.tutumDockerConnector.URL.String(), err)
+	}
+	c := engine.NewTable("Created", 0)
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: read body: %v", t.tutumDockerConnector.URL.String(), err)
+	}
+	if _, err := c.ReadListFrom(body); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: readlist: %v", t.tutumDockerConnector.URL.String(), err)
+	}
+	ids := []string{}
+	for _, env := range c.Data {
+		ids = append(ids, env.GetList("Id")[0])
+	}
+	if _, err := ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Set, Args: ids}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: send response: %v", t.tutumDockerConnector.URL.String(), err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *tutumBackend) spawn(ctx *beam.Message) error {
+	if len(ctx.Args) != 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("tutum: spawn takes exactly 1 argument, got %d", len(ctx.Args))
+	}
+	resp, err := t.tutumDockerConnector.call("POST", "/containers/create", ctx.Args[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	respBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != 201 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected status code 201, got %d:\n%s", resp.StatusCode, respBody)
+	}
+	var respJson struct{ Id string }
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(respBody, &respJson); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	c := t.newContainer(respJson.Id)
+	if _, err = ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack, Ret: c}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *tutumBackend) newContainer(id string) beam.Sender {
+	c := &tutumContainer{tutumBackend: t, id: id}
+	instance := beam.NewServer()
+	instance.OnGet(beam.Handler(c.get))
+	instance.OnStart(beam.Handler(c.start))
+	instance.OnStop(beam.Handler(c.stop))
+	return instance
+}
+
+type tutumContainer struct {
+	tutumBackend *tutumBackend
+	id           string
+}
+
+func (c *tutumContainer) get(ctx *beam.Message) error {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("/containers/%s/json", c.id)
+	resp, err := c.tutumBackend.tutumDockerConnector.call("GET", path, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	respBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	fmt.Printf("%s", respBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s", respBody)
+	}
+	if _, err := ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Set, Args: []string{string(respBody)}}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *tutumContainer) start(ctx *beam.Message) error {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("/containers/%s/start", c.id)
+	resp, err := c.tutumBackend.tutumDockerConnector.call("POST", path, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	respBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != 204 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected status code 204, got %d:\n%s", resp.StatusCode, respBody)
+	}
+	if _, err := ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *tutumContainer) stop(ctx *beam.Message) error {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("/containers/%s/stop", c.id)
+	resp, err := c.tutumBackend.tutumDockerConnector.call("POST", path, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	respBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != 204 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected status code 204, got %d:\n%s", resp.StatusCode, respBody)
+	}
+	if _, err := ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type tutumDockerConnector struct {
+	URL     *url.URL
+	version string
+}
+
+func newConnector(peer, version string) (*tutumDockerConnector, error) {
+	u, err := url.Parse(peer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	u.Host = tutumConnector
-	u.Scheme = "https"
-	log.Printf("[tutum] >> Calling connector: %s %s", method, path)
+	c := &tutumDockerConnector{
+		URL:     u,
+		version: version,
+	}
+	return c, nil
+}
+
+func (c *tutumDockerConnector) call(method, path, body string) (*http.Response, error) {
+	path = fmt.Sprintf("/%s%s", c.version, path)
+	u, err := url.Parse(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	u.Host = c.URL.Host
+	u.Scheme = c.URL.Scheme
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, u.String(), strings.NewReader(body))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -230,7 +225,6 @@ func tutumConnectorCall(method, path, body string) (*http.Response, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	log.Printf("[tutum] << Response: %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
 		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/swarmd/Godeps/Godeps.json b/swarmd/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 22c8bc02f3..513fdff52b 100644
--- a/swarmd/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/swarmd/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/tutumcloud/go-tutum",
-			"Rev": "d826286d2e5882428c8163ab44261987bea85a44"
+			"Rev": "c07f413c4e14bcc40f5bb9c6dbe40ec2289fa234"
 		},
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud",