diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ContentResult.cs b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ContentResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..825fdc219e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ContentResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using System;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Owin;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
+{
+    public class ContentResult : IActionResult
+    {
+        public string Content { get; set; }
+
+        public Encoding ContentEncoding { get; set; }
+
+        public string ContentType { get; set; }
+
+        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync(ControllerContext context)
+        {
+            if (context == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException("context");
+            }
+
+            IOwinResponse response = context.HttpContext.Response;
+
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(ContentType))
+            {
+                response.ContentType = ContentType;
+            }
+
+            //if (ContentEncoding != null)
+            //{
+            //    response.ContentEncoding = ContentEncoding;
+            //}
+
+            if (Content != null)
+            {
+                await response.WriteAsync(Content);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ControllerActionInvoker.cs b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ControllerActionInvoker.cs
index 1b9e1f0ce4..01b9b0bc33 100644
--- a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ControllerActionInvoker.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ControllerActionInvoker.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
@@ -17,16 +16,38 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
         public Task InvokeActionAsync(string actionName)
         {
-            var method = _context.Controller.GetType().GetMethod(actionName);
+            var method = _context.Controller.GetType().GetMethod(actionName, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.IgnoreCase);
 
             if (method == null)
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format("Could not find action method '{0}'", actionName));
             }
 
-            method.Invoke(_context.Controller, null);
+            object actionReturnValue = method.Invoke(_context.Controller, null); ;
 
-            return Task.FromResult(0);
+            IActionResult actionResult = CreateResult(actionReturnValue);
+
+            return actionResult.ExecuteResultAsync(_context);
+        }
+
+        private IActionResult CreateResult(object actionReturnValue)
+        {
+            IActionResult actionResult = actionReturnValue as IActionResult;
+
+            if (actionResult != null)
+            {
+                return actionResult;
+            }
+
+            if (actionReturnValue != null)
+            {
+                return new ContentResult
+                {
+                    Content = Convert.ToString(actionReturnValue, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
+                };
+            }
+
+            return new EmptyResult();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/DefaultControllerFactory.cs b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/DefaultControllerFactory.cs
index fe4dfca643..940e7026f0 100644
--- a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/DefaultControllerFactory.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/DefaultControllerFactory.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.CoreServices;
 using Microsoft.Owin;
 
@@ -17,6 +16,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 
         public object CreateController(IOwinContext context, string controllerName)
         {
+            if (!controllerName.EndsWith("Controller", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                controllerName += "Controller";
+            }
+
             foreach (var a in AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies())
             {
                 var type = a.GetType(controllerName) ?? 
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/EmptyResult.cs b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/EmptyResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fb3b3c890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/EmptyResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
+{
+    public class EmptyResult : IActionResult
+    {
+        private static readonly EmptyResult _singleton = new EmptyResult();
+
+        internal static EmptyResult Instance
+        {
+            get { return _singleton; }
+        }
+
+        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync(ControllerContext context)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/HttpStatusCodeResult.cs b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/HttpStatusCodeResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e0b21f657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/HttpStatusCodeResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
+{
+    public class HttpStatusCodeResult : IActionResult
+    {
+        private int _statusCode;
+
+        public HttpStatusCodeResult(int statusCode)
+        {
+            _statusCode = statusCode;
+        }
+
+        public async Task ExecuteResultAsync(ControllerContext context)
+        {
+            context.HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = _statusCode;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IActionResult.cs b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IActionResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac6ef59247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IActionResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
+{
+    public interface IActionResult
+    {
+        Task ExecuteResultAsync(ControllerContext context);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IController.cs b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IController.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 69ceefd322..0000000000
--- a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IController.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.Owin;
-
-namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
-{
-    public interface IController
-    {
-        Task Execute(IOwinContext context);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.csproj b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.csproj
index 6aa3dbc0a7..3be7e25b31 100644
--- a/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.csproj
+++ b/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.csproj
@@ -40,14 +40,17 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="ContentResult.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="EmptyResult.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="IActionResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ControllerActionInvoker.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ControllerActionInvokerFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ControllerContext.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DefaultControllerFactory.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="HttpStatusCodeResult.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IActionInvoker.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IActionInvokerFactory.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="IController.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IControllerFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MvcHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MvcServices.cs" />
diff --git a/MvcSample/HomeController.cs b/MvcSample/HomeController.cs
index 8d4fa21623..2e38aa8384 100644
--- a/MvcSample/HomeController.cs
+++ b/MvcSample/HomeController.cs
@@ -8,5 +8,13 @@ namespace MvcSample
         {
             return "Hello World";
         }
+
+        public IActionResult Something()
+        {
+            return new ContentResult
+            {
+                Content = "Hello World"
+            };
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MvcSample/Startup.cs b/MvcSample/Startup.cs
index 42bff2320f..216d97a5a4 100644
--- a/MvcSample/Startup.cs
+++ b/MvcSample/Startup.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ namespace MvcSample
     {
         public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
         {
+            app.UseErrorPage();
+
             var handler = new MvcHandler();
 
             // Pretending to be routing