diff --git a/frontend/cs-hx.lisp b/frontend/cs-hx.lisp
index 92df45d..024b496 100644
--- a/frontend/cs-hx.lisp
+++ b/frontend/cs-hx.lisp
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 (defmethod response:render-content ((resp response) msg)
   ;(dom:render (dom:dlist nil (message:data msg))))
   (dom:render
-    (apply #'div nil
-      (util:loop-plist (message:data msg) k v collect (view-field k v)))))
+    (div nil (util:loop-plist (message:data msg) k v collect (view-field k v)))))
 
 (defun view-field (label value)
-  (div nil (label nil (string-downcase label)) value))
+  (div nil (label nil label) ": " value))
diff --git a/test/test-web.lisp b/test/test-web.lisp
index 7c8ea1b..e88fe76 100644
--- a/test/test-web.lisp
+++ b/test/test-web.lisp
@@ -54,4 +54,5 @@
 (deftest test-message (client)
   (let ((msg (message:create '(:test :data :field :info) :data '(:info "test data"))))
     (== (util:flatten-str (client:send-message client msg)) 
-        "<dl><dt>info</dt><dd>test data</dd></dl>")))
+        "<div><div><label>info</label>: test data</div></div>")))
+        ;"<dl><dt>info</dt><dd>test data</dd></dl>")))
diff --git a/web/dom.lisp b/web/dom.lisp
index 834ba20..2e8656a 100644
--- a/web/dom.lisp
+++ b/web/dom.lisp
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 ;;;; basic definitions
 
 (defgeneric put (s)
-  (:method ((s string))
-    (put-string s)))
+  (:method ((s string)) (put-string s))
+  (:method ((s symbol)) (put (string-downcase s)))
+  (:method ((s cons)) (dolist (e s) (put e))))
 
 (defclass element ()
   ((tag :reader tag :initarg :tag)
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@
 
 (defun dlist (attrs plist)
   (elem :dl attrs
-    ;(loop for (key val . r) on plist by #'cddr append 
     (util:loop-plist plist key val append
           (cons (element :dt nil (string-downcase key)) (dds nil val)))))