diff --git a/src/worker/meta-worker.js b/src/worker/meta-worker.js
index 94c9793b3..1432eab70 100644
--- a/src/worker/meta-worker.js
+++ b/src/worker/meta-worker.js
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ onmessage = function(evt) {
             
             if(m.onrequest && evt.data && evt.data.message === "systemjs-worker-request") {
               try {
-                let result = await m.onrequest(evt.data)
+                let result = await m.onrequest(...evt.data.arguments)
                   // console.log("ON MESSAGE result " + result)
                 return postMessage({message: "systemjs-worker-response", 
-                                    name: evt.data.name, id: evt.data.id, response: result})  
+                                    id: evt.data.id, response: result})  
               } catch(e) {
                 return postMessage({message: "systemjs-worker-response", 
-                                    name: "error", id: evt.data.id, response: "" + e})  
+                                    error: "" + e, id: evt.data.id})  
               }
             }
             
diff --git a/src/worker/systemjs-worker.js b/src/worker/systemjs-worker.js
index a50e4e807..81bf41282 100644
--- a/src/worker/systemjs-worker.js
+++ b/src/worker/systemjs-worker.js
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ export default class SystemjsWorker {
     /*MD The meta-worker is the actual worker, that is generic will load the actual systemjs module, which contains the client code MD*/
     this.idCounter = 1
     this.resolveRequestForId = new Map()
+    
+    this.timeout=1000
+    
     this.metaworker = new Worker("src/worker/meta-worker.js");  
     /*MD ## bootstrap onmessage MD*/    
     // console.log("sytemjs-worker new: " + url)
@@ -75,26 +78,26 @@ export default class SystemjsWorker {
     console.log("handleRequest ", msg)
     var resolve = this.resolveRequestForId.get(msg.id)
     if (!resolve) {
-      throw new Error("No resolve func for message " + msg.name + ", " + msg.id + ", " + msg.response)
+      throw new Error("No resolve func for message " + msg.id + ", " + msg.response)
     }
     this.resolveRequestForId.set(msg.id, null)
     resolve(msg.response)
   }
   
-  async request(name, data, timeout=1000) {
-    
+  async postRequest(...data) {
+   
     var id = this.newId()
     var promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       this.resolveRequestForId.set(id, resolve)
-      this.postMessage({message: "systemjs-worker-request", id: id, name: name, arguments: data})
+      this.postMessage({message: "systemjs-worker-request", id: id, arguments: data})
       var start = performance.now()
-      if (timeout === Infinity || timeout < 0 || timeout === null || timeout === undefined) {
+      if (this.timeout === Infinity || this.timeout < 0 || this.timeout === null || this.timeout === undefined) {
         // do nothing
       } else {
         setTimeout(() => {
           var unhandledRequestResolve = this.resolveRequestForId.get(id)
           if (unhandledRequestResolve) reject({error: "request timeout after " + (performance.now() - start) + "ms"})
-        }, timeout)
+        }, this.timeout)
       }
     })
     return promise
diff --git a/test/worker/systemjs-worker-test-sum-request-worker.js b/test/worker/systemjs-worker-test-sum-request-worker.js
index e03e25fe7..224795ab1 100644
--- a/test/worker/systemjs-worker-test-sum-request-worker.js
+++ b/test/worker/systemjs-worker-test-sum-request-worker.js
@@ -1,26 +1,12 @@
 
 
 
-export async function onrequest(msg) {  
-  if (msg.name === "sum") {
-    var array = msg.arguments
-    let result = array[0] + array[1]
+export async function onrequest(name, a, b) {  
+  if (name === "sum") {
+    let result = a + b
     
     return result
   }
-  throw new Error("request not understood: " + msg)
+  throw new Error("request not understood: " + arguments)
 }
 
-
-// export function onmessage(evt) {
-//   if(evt.data && evt.data.message === "systemjs-worker-request") {
-//     if (evt.data.name === "sum") {
-//       var array = evt.data.arguments
-//       let result = array[0] + array[1]
-//       // console.log("ON MESSAGE result " + result)
-//       return postMessage({message: "systemjs-worker-response", name: evt.data.name, id: evt.data.id, response: result})  
-//     }
-//     return postMessage({error: "unhandled systemjs-worker-request " + evt})
-//   }
-//   return postMessage({error: "could not handle message " + evt})
-// }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/worker/systemjs-worker-test.js b/test/worker/systemjs-worker-test.js
index f55323e6b..acf1b7f52 100644
--- a/test/worker/systemjs-worker-test.js
+++ b/test/worker/systemjs-worker-test.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('SystemJSWorker', () => {
     
     it('sums', async () => {
       
-      var result = await myworker.request("sum", [3, 4]);
+      var result = await myworker.postRequest("sum", 3, 4);
 
       expect(result, "result").equals(7)  
     })