diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 100e670..a63229b 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 include LICENSE
 recursive-include src/authority/templates/authority *
+recursive-include src/authority/templates/admin *
diff --git a/example/exampleapp/permissions.py b/example/exampleapp/permissions.py
index 8ed6166..72263a1 100644
--- a/example/exampleapp/permissions.py
+++ b/example/exampleapp/permissions.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from django.contrib.flatpages.models import FlatPage
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-from authority import permissions
+import authority
+from authority.permissions import BasePermission
 
-class FlatPagePermission(permissions.BasePermission):
+class FlatPagePermission(BasePermission):
     """
     This class contains a bunch of checks:
     
@@ -39,12 +40,13 @@ class FlatPagePermission(permissions.BasePermission):
         {% endifhasperm %}
 
     """
-    model = FlatPage
     label = 'flatpage_permission'
     checks = ('review', 'top_secret')
 
-    def top_secret(self, flatpage=None):
+    def top_secret(self, flatpage=None, lala=None):
         if flatpage and flatpage.registration_required:
             return self.browse_flatpage(obj=flatpage)
         return False
     top_secret.short_description=_('Is allowed to see top secret flatpages')
+
+authority.register(FlatPage, FlatPagePermission)
diff --git a/example/exampleapp/views.py b/example/exampleapp/views.py
index 2727727..8b02090 100644
--- a/example/exampleapp/views.py
+++ b/example/exampleapp/views.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ from django.contrib.flatpages.models import FlatPage
 
 from authority.decorators import permission_required, permission_required_or_403
 
-@permission_required_or_403('flatpage_permission.top_secret', # use this to return a 403 page
-    (FlatPage, 'url__contains', 'url'), (FlatPage, 'url__contains', 'lala'))
 # @permission_required('flatpage_permission.top_secret',
 #     (FlatPage, 'url__contains', 'url'), (FlatPage, 'url__contains', 'lala'))
-#@permission_required_or_403('flatpages.add_flatpage')
+# use this to return a 403 page:
+@permission_required_or_403('flatpage_permission.top_secret',
+    (FlatPage, 'url__contains', 'url'), 'lala')
 def top_secret(request, url, lala=None):
     """
     A wrapping view that performs the permission check given in the decorator
diff --git a/example/urls.py b/example/urls.py
index 6c33bf8..86fc631 100644
--- a/example/urls.py
+++ b/example/urls.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     #('^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
     (r'^perms/', include('authority.urls')),
     (r'^accounts/login/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.login'),
-    url(r'^(?P<url>[\/0-9A-Za-z]+)$', 'example.exampleapp.views.top_secret'),
+    url(r'^(?P<url>[\/0-9A-Za-z]+)$', 'example.exampleapp.views.top_secret', {'lala': 'oh yeah!'}),
 )
 
 if settings.DEBUG:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 86a1000..57b4558 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
+import os
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+def read(fname):
+    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
+
 setup(
     name='django-authority',
-    version='0.0.1',
+    version='0.1',
     description="A Django app that provides generic per-object-permissions for Django's auth app.",
-    long_description=open('README').read(),
+    long_description=read('README'),
     author='Jannis Leidel',
     author_email='jannis@leidel.info',
+    license='BSD',
     url='http://bitbucket.org/jezdez/django-authority/',
+    download_url='http://bitbucket.org/jezdez/django-authority/downloads/',
     packages=find_packages('src'),
     package_dir = {'': 'src'},
     classifiers=[
@@ -22,6 +28,8 @@ setup(
     package_data = {
         'authority': [
             'templates/authority/*.html',
+            'templates/admin/edit_inline/action_tabular.html',
+            'templates/admin/permission_change_form.html',
         ]
     },
     zip_safe=False,
diff --git a/src/authority/__init__.py b/src/authority/__init__.py
index bb2f74f..5db95f3 100644
--- a/src/authority/__init__.py
+++ b/src/authority/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import sys
+from authority.sites import site, get_check, get_choices_for, register, unregister
+
 LOADING = False
 
 def autodiscover():
diff --git a/src/authority/actions.py b/src/authority/actions.py
index 4dd8be0..a6d9726 100644
--- a/src/authority/actions.py
+++ b/src/authority/actions.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.forms.formsets import all_valid
+from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
 
 try:
     from django.contrib.admin import actions
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ def edit_permissions(modeladmin, request, queryset):
         if all_valid(formsets):
             for formset in formsets:
                 formset.save()
-        return None
+        # redirect to full request path to make sure we keep filter
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(request.get_full_path())
 
     context = {
         'errors': ActionErrorList(formsets),
diff --git a/src/authority/admin.py b/src/authority/admin.py
index b4d0b3a..34963f5 100644
--- a/src/authority/admin.py
+++ b/src/authority/admin.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from authority.models import Permission
-from authority import permissions
 from authority.widgets import GenericForeignKeyRawIdWidget
+from authority import get_choices_for
 
 class PermissionInline(generic.GenericTabularInline):
     model = Permission
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class PermissionInline(generic.GenericTabularInline):
 
     def formfield_for_dbfield(self, db_field, **kwargs):
         if db_field.name == 'codename':
-            perm_choices = permissions.registry.get_choices_for(self.parent_model)
+            perm_choices = get_choices_for(self.parent_model)
             kwargs['label'] = _('permission')
             kwargs['widget'] = forms.Select(choices=perm_choices)
             return db_field.formfield(**kwargs)
diff --git a/src/authority/decorators.py b/src/authority/decorators.py
index e587ac8..64e9b43 100644
--- a/src/authority/decorators.py
+++ b/src/authority/decorators.py
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME
 
-from authority import permissions
+from authority import permissions, get_check
 from authority.views import permission_denied
 
-def permission_required(perm, *model_lookups, **kwargs):
+def permission_required(perm, *lookup_variables, **kwargs):
     """
     Decorator for views that checks whether a user has a particular permission
     enabled, redirecting to the log-in page if necessary.
@@ -20,30 +20,36 @@ def permission_required(perm, *model_lookups, **kwargs):
     redirect_to_login = kwargs.pop('redirect_to_login', True)
     def decorate(view_func):
         def decorated(request, *args, **kwargs):
-            objs = []
             if request.user.is_authenticated():
-                for model, lookup, varname in model_lookups:
-                    if varname not in kwargs:
-                        continue
-                    value = kwargs.get(varname, None)
-                    if value is None:
-                        continue
-                    if isinstance(model, basestring):
-                        model_class = get_model(*model.split("."))
-                    else:
-                        model_class = model
-                    if model_class is None:
-                        raise ValueError(
-                            "The given argument '%s' is not a valid model." % model)
-                    if inspect.isclass(model_class) and \
-                            not issubclass(model_class, Model):
-                        raise ValueError(
-                            'The argument %s needs to be a model.' % model)
-                    objs.append(get_object_or_404(model_class, **{lookup: value}))
-                check = permissions.registry.get_check(request.user, perm)
+                params = []
+                for lookup_variable in lookup_variables:
+                    if isinstance(lookup_variable, basestring):
+                        value = kwargs.get(lookup_variable, None)
+                        if value is None:
+                            continue
+                        params.append(value)
+                    elif isinstance(lookup_variable, (tuple, list)):
+                        model, lookup, varname = lookup_variable
+                        value = kwargs.get(varname, None)
+                        if value is None:
+                            continue
+                        if isinstance(model, basestring):
+                            model_class = get_model(*model.split("."))
+                        else:
+                            model_class = model
+                        if model_class is None:
+                            raise ValueError(
+                                "The given argument '%s' is not a valid model." % model)
+                        if (inspect.isclass(model_class) and
+                                not issubclass(model_class, Model)):
+                            raise ValueError(
+                                'The argument %s needs to be a model.' % model)
+                        obj = get_object_or_404(model_class, **{lookup: value})
+                        params.append(obj)
+                check = get_check(request.user, perm)
                 granted = False
                 if check is not None:
-                    granted = check(*objs)
+                    granted = check(*params)
                 if granted or request.user.has_perm(perm):
                     return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
             if redirect_to_login:
diff --git a/src/authority/forms.py b/src/authority/forms.py
index 293eb4e..21e811d 100644
--- a/src/authority/forms.py
+++ b/src/authority/forms.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group
 
+from authority import permissions, get_choices_for
 from authority.models import Permission
-from authority import permissions
 
 class BasePermissionForm(forms.ModelForm):
     codename = forms.CharField(label=_('Permission'))
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class BasePermissionForm(forms.ModelForm):
         if obj and perm:
             self.base_fields['codename'].widget = forms.HiddenInput()
         elif obj and not perm:
-            perm_choices = permissions.registry.get_choices_for(self.obj)
+            perm_choices = get_choices_for(self.obj)
             self.base_fields['codename'].widget = forms.Select(choices=perm_choices)
         super(BasePermissionForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/src/authority/models.py b/src/authority/models.py
index 29d13e6..4b943e6 100644
--- a/src/authority/models.py
+++ b/src/authority/models.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Group
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
 from authority.managers import PermissionManager
 
 class Permission(models.Model):
diff --git a/src/authority/permissions.py b/src/authority/permissions.py
index 3b85f15..27903a1 100644
--- a/src/authority/permissions.py
+++ b/src/authority/permissions.py
@@ -1,59 +1,11 @@
 from inspect import getmembers, ismethod
-from django.db.models.base import ModelBase
-from django.db.models.fields import BLANK_CHOICE_DASH
-from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+from django.db.models import Q
+from django.db.models.base import Model, ModelBase
 from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from authority.models import Permission
 
-class AlreadyRegistered(Exception):
-    pass
-
-class NotRegistered(Exception):
-    pass
-
-class PermissionRegistry(dict):
-    """
-    A dictionary that contains permission instances and their labels.
-    """
-    _choices = {}
-    def get_permission_by_label(self, label):
-        for perm_cls, perm_label in self.items():
-            if perm_label == label:
-                return perm_cls
-        return None
-
-    def get_check(self, user, label):
-        perm_label, check_name = label.split('.')
-        perm_cls = self.get_permission_by_label(perm_label)
-        if perm_cls is None:
-            return None
-        perm_instance = perm_cls(user)
-        return getattr(perm_instance, check_name, None)
-
-    def get_permissions_by_model(self, model):
-        return [perm for perm in self if perm.model == model]
-
-    def get_choices_for(self, obj, default=BLANK_CHOICE_DASH):
-        model_cls = obj
-        if not isinstance(obj, ModelBase):
-            model_cls = obj.__class__
-        if model_cls in self._choices:
-            choices = self._choices[model_cls]
-        else:
-            choices = [] + default
-            for perm in self.get_permissions_by_model(model_cls):
-                for name, check in getmembers(perm, ismethod):
-                    if name in perm.checks:
-                        signature = '%s.%s' % (perm.label, name)
-                        label = getattr(check, 'short_description', signature)
-                        choices.append((signature, label))
-            self._choices[model_cls] = choices
-        return choices
-
-registry = PermissionRegistry()
-
 class PermissionMetaclass(type):
     """
     Used to generate the default set of permission checks "add", "change" and
@@ -62,61 +14,15 @@ class PermissionMetaclass(type):
     def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
         new_class = super(
             PermissionMetaclass, cls).__new__(cls, name, bases, attrs)
-        if new_class.__name__ == "BasePermission":
-            return new_class
-        if not new_class.model:
-            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
-                "Permission %s requires a model attribute." % new_class)
         if not new_class.label:
             new_class.label = "%s_permission" % new_class.__name__.lower()
         new_class.label = slugify(new_class.label)
-        if new_class in registry:
-            raise AlreadyRegistered(
-                "The permission %s is already registered" % new_class)
-        if new_class.label in registry.values():
-            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
-                "The name of %s conflicts with %s" % \
-                    (new_class, registry[new_class.label]))
-        registry[new_class] = new_class.label
         if new_class.checks is None:
             new_class.checks = []
         # force check names to be lower case
         new_class.checks = [check.lower() for check in new_class.checks]
-        generic_checks = ['add', 'browse', 'change', 'delete']
-        for check_name in new_class.checks:
-            check_func = getattr(new_class, check_name, None)
-            if check_func is not None:
-                func = new_class.create_check(check_name, check_func)
-                func.__name__ = check_name
-                func.short_description = getattr(check_func, 'short_description',
-                    _("%(object_name)s permission '%(check)s'") % {
-                        'object_name': new_class.model._meta.object_name,
-                        'check': check_name})
-                setattr(new_class, check_name, func)
-            else:
-                generic_checks.append(check_name)
-        for check_name in generic_checks:
-            func = new_class.create_check(check_name, generic=True)
-            object_name = new_class.model._meta.object_name
-            func_name = "%s_%s" % (check_name, object_name.lower())
-            func.short_description = _("Can %(check)s this %(object_name)s") % {
-                'object_name': new_class.model._meta.object_name.lower(),
-                'check': check_name}
-            func.check_name = check_name
-            if func_name not in new_class.checks:
-                new_class.checks.append(func_name)
-            setattr(new_class, func_name, func)
         return new_class
 
-    def _create_check(cls, check_name, check_func=None, generic=False):
-        def check(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            granted = self.can(check_name, generic, *args, **kwargs)
-            if check_func and not granted:
-                return check_func(self, *args, **kwargs)
-            return granted
-        return check
-    create_check = classmethod(_create_check)
-
 class BasePermission(object):
     """
     Base Permission class to be used to define app permissions.
@@ -125,7 +31,7 @@ class BasePermission(object):
 
     checks = ()
     label = None
-    model = None
+    generic_checks = ['add', 'browse', 'change', 'delete']
 
     def __init__(self, user=None, group=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.user = user
@@ -168,6 +74,9 @@ class BasePermission(object):
             args = [self.model]
         perms = False
         for obj in args:
+            # skip this obj if it's not a model class or instance
+            if not isinstance(obj, (ModelBase, Model)):
+                continue
             # first check Django's permission system
             if self.user:
                 perm = '%s.%s' % (obj._meta.app_label, check.lower())
@@ -177,6 +86,7 @@ class BasePermission(object):
             perm = '%s.%s' % (self.label, check.lower())
             if generic:
                 perm = '%s_%s' % (perm, obj._meta.object_name.lower())
+            # then check authority's per object permissions
             if not isinstance(obj, ModelBase) and isinstance(obj, self.model):
                 # only check the authority if obj is not a model class
                 perms = perms or self.has_perm(perm, obj)
diff --git a/src/authority/sites.py b/src/authority/sites.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebba324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/authority/sites.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+from inspect import getmembers, ismethod
+from django.db.models.base import ModelBase
+from django.db.models.fields import BLANK_CHOICE_DASH
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+
+from authority.permissions import BasePermission
+
+class AlreadyRegistered(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class NotRegistered(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class PermissionSite(object):
+    """
+    A dictionary that contains permission instances and their labels.
+    """
+    _registry = {}
+    _choices = {}
+
+    def get_permission_by_label(self, label):
+        for perm_cls in self._registry.values():
+            if perm_cls.label == label:
+                return perm_cls
+        return None
+
+    def get_permissions_by_model(self, model):
+        return [perm for perm in self._registry.values() if perm.model == model]
+
+    def get_check(self, user, label):
+        perm_label, check_name = label.split('.')
+        perm_cls = self.get_permission_by_label(perm_label)
+        if perm_cls is None:
+            return None
+        perm_instance = perm_cls(user)
+        return getattr(perm_instance, check_name, None)
+
+    def get_labels(self):
+        return [perm.label for perm in self._registry.values()]
+
+    def get_choices_for(self, obj, default=BLANK_CHOICE_DASH):
+        model_cls = obj
+        if not isinstance(obj, ModelBase):
+            model_cls = obj.__class__
+        if model_cls in self._choices:
+            return self._choices[model_cls]
+        choices = [] + default
+        for perm in self.get_permissions_by_model(model_cls):
+            for name, check in getmembers(perm, ismethod):
+                if name in perm.checks:
+                    signature = '%s.%s' % (perm.label, name)
+                    label = getattr(check, 'short_description', signature)
+                    choices.append((signature, label))
+        self._choices[model_cls] = choices
+        return choices
+
+    def register(self, model_or_iterable, permission_class=None, **options):
+        if not permission_class:
+            permission_class = BasePermission
+
+        if isinstance(model_or_iterable, ModelBase):
+            model_or_iterable = [model_or_iterable]
+
+        if permission_class.label in self.get_labels():
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+                "The name of %s conflicts with %s" % (permission_class,
+                     self.get_permission_by_label(permission_class.label)))
+
+        for model in model_or_iterable:
+            if model in self._registry:
+                raise AlreadyRegistered(
+                    'The model %s is already registered' % model.__name__)
+            if options:
+                options['__module__'] = __name__
+                permission_class = type("%sPermission" % model.__name__,
+                    (permission_class,), options)
+
+            permission_class.model = model
+            self.setup(model, permission_class)
+            self._registry[model] = permission_class
+
+    def unregister(self, model_or_iterable):
+        if isinstance(model_or_iterable, ModelBase):
+            model_or_iterable = [model_or_iterable]
+        for model in model_or_iterable:
+            if model not in self._registry:
+                raise NotRegistered('The model %s is not registered' % model.__name__)
+            del self._registry[model]
+
+    def setup(self, model, permission):
+        for check_name in permission.checks:
+            check_func = getattr(permission, check_name, None)
+            if check_func is not None:
+                func = self.create_check(check_name, check_func)
+                func.__name__ = check_name
+                func.short_description = getattr(check_func, 'short_description',
+                    _("%(object_name)s permission '%(check)s'") % {
+                        'object_name': model._meta.object_name,
+                        'check': check_name})
+                setattr(permission, check_name, func)
+            else:
+                permission.generic_checks.append(check_name)
+        for check_name in permission.generic_checks:
+            func = self.create_check(check_name, generic=True)
+            object_name = model._meta.object_name
+            func_name = "%s_%s" % (check_name, object_name.lower())
+            func.short_description = _("Can %(check)s this %(object_name)s") % {
+                'object_name': model._meta.object_name.lower(),
+                'check': check_name}
+            func.check_name = check_name
+            if func_name not in permission.checks:
+                permission.checks.append(func_name)
+            setattr(permission, func_name, func)
+
+    def create_check(self, check_name, check_func=None, generic=False):
+        def check(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            granted = self.can(check_name, generic, *args, **kwargs)
+            if check_func and not granted:
+                return check_func(self, *args, **kwargs)
+            return granted
+        return check
+
+site = PermissionSite()
+get_check = site.get_check
+get_choices_for = site.get_choices_for
+register = site.register
+unregister = site.unregister
diff --git a/src/authority/templatetags/permissions.py b/src/authority/templatetags/permissions.py
index 87802b7..59ffc38 100644
--- a/src/authority/templatetags/permissions.py
+++ b/src/authority/templatetags/permissions.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User, AnonymousUser
 
-from authority import permissions
+from authority import permissions, get_check
 from authority.models import Permission
 from authority.views import add_url_for_obj
 from authority.forms import UserPermissionForm
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ComparisonNode(ResolverNode):
                         objs.append(self.resolve(obj, context))
             else:
                 objs = None
-            check = permissions.registry.get_check(user, perm)
+            check = get_check(user, perm)
             if check is not None:
                 if check(*objs):
                     # return True if check was successful
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def do_if_has_perm(parser, token):
             meh
         {% endifhasperm %}
 
-        {% if hasperm "poll_permission.can_change" request.user %}
+        {% if hasperm "poll_permission.change_poll" request.user %}
             lalala
         {% else %}
             meh
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class PermissionForObjectNode(ResolverNode):
         user = self.resolve(self.user, context)
         granted = False
         if not isinstance(user, AnonymousUser):
-            check = permissions.registry.get_check(user, perm)
+            check = get_check(user, perm)
             if check is not None:
                 granted = check(*objs)
         context[var_name] = granted
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ def get_permission(parser, token):
 
         {% get_permission [permission_label].[check_name] for [user] and [objs] as [varname] %}
 
-        {% get_permission "poll_permission.can_change" for request.user and poll as "is_allowed" %}
-        {% get_permission "poll_permission.can_change" for request.user and poll,second_poll as "is_allowed" %}
+        {% get_permission "poll_permission.change_poll" for request.user and poll as "is_allowed" %}
+        {% get_permission "poll_permission.change_poll" for request.user and poll,second_poll as "is_allowed" %}
         
         {% if is_allowed %}
             I've got ze power to change ze pollllllzzz. Muahahaa.