diff --git a/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v b/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
index 5a7cb363ba..0f10ce8bde 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ pub fn v_build_failing_skipped(zargs string, folder string, skipped []string) bo
 	mut mains := []string{}
 	for f in files {
 		if !f.contains('modules') && !f.contains('preludes') {
-			if f.contains('life_gg') || f.contains('/graph.v') || f.contains('/vweb/') || f.contains('/pg/') || f.contains('rune.v') || f.contains('/pico') {
+			if f.contains('life_gg') || f.contains('/graph.v') || f.contains('/vweb/') || f.contains('/pg/') || f.contains('rune.v') {
 				continue
 
 			}
diff --git a/examples/pico/pico.v b/examples/pico/pico.v
index 43b430fdae..77c2bdec89 100644
--- a/examples/pico/pico.v
+++ b/examples/pico/pico.v
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ fn hello_response() string {
 fn callback(req picohttpparser.Request, mut res picohttpparser.Response) {
 	if picohttpparser.cmpn(req.method, 'GET ', 4) {
 		if picohttpparser.cmp(req.path, '/t') {
-			res.http_ok().header_server().header_date().plain().body(hello_response())
+			res.http_ok()
+			res.header_server()
+			res.header_date()
+			res.plain()
+			res.body(hello_response())
 		}
 		else if picohttpparser.cmp(req.path, '/j') {
-			res.http_ok().header_server().header_date().json().body(json_response())
+			res.http_ok()
+			res.header_server()
+			res.header_date()
+			res.json()
+			res.body(json_response())
 		}
 		else {
 			res.http_404()
diff --git a/thirdparty/picohttpparser/src/picohttpparser.h b/thirdparty/picohttpparser/src/picohttpparser.h
index 0849f8449d..8121b128f1 100644
--- a/thirdparty/picohttpparser/src/picohttpparser.h
+++ b/thirdparty/picohttpparser/src/picohttpparser.h
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* contains name and value of a header (name == NULL if is a continuing line
  * of a multiline header */
-struct phr_header {
+typedef struct phr_header {
     const char *name;
     size_t name_len;
     const char *value;
     size_t value_len;
-};
+}phr_header;
 
 /* returns number of bytes consumed if successful, -2 if request is partial,
  * -1 if failed */
diff --git a/vlib/picoev/picoev.v b/vlib/picoev/picoev.v
index cb25a6d641..1b46f203ab 100644
--- a/vlib/picoev/picoev.v
+++ b/vlib/picoev/picoev.v
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ mut:
 
 struct C.sockaddr_storage {}
 
+fn C.atoi() int
+fn C.strncasecmp() int
 fn C.socket() int
 fn C.setsockopt() int
 fn C.htonl() int
@@ -51,14 +53,14 @@ fn C.getaddrinfo() int
 fn C.connect() int
 fn C.send() int
 fn C.recv() int
-fn C.read() int
+//fn C.read() int
 fn C.shutdown() int
-fn C.close() int
+//fn C.close() int
 fn C.ntohs() int
 fn C.getsockname() int
 
 fn C.fcntl() int
-fn C.write() int
+//fn C.write() int
 
 struct C.picoev_loop {}
 
@@ -148,14 +150,28 @@ fn rw_callback(loop &C.picoev_loop, fd, events int, cb_arg voidptr) {
 			}
 			mut req := picohttpparser.Request{}
 			for {
-				pret := req.parse_request_path_pipeline(s)
+				pret := req.parse_request(s, 100)
 				if pret <= 0 && s.len > 0 {
 					C.memmove(buf, s.str, s.len)
 					p.idx[fd] = s.len
-					p.oidx[fd] = int(res.buf - res.buf_start)
+					p.oidx[fd] = int(res.buf) - int(res.buf_start)
 					break
 				}
-				p.cb(req, mut res)
+				if req.method.str[0]==`p` || req.method.str[0]==`P` || req.method.str[0]==`d` || req.method.str[0]==`D`  {
+				  mut j := 0
+					for {
+						if j == req.num_headers {
+							break
+						}
+						if req.headers[j].name_len == 14 && C.strncasecmp(req.headers[j].name, "content-length", 14) == 0 {
+							//cont_length := C.atoi(tos(req.headers[j].value, req.headers[j].value_len).str)
+							//println('$cont_length')
+							//TODO need to maintain state of incomplete request to collect body later
+						}
+						j = j+1
+					}
+				}
+				p.cb(req, mut &res)
 				if pret >= s.len {
 					p.idx[fd] = 0
 					p.oidx[fd] = 0
@@ -218,7 +234,7 @@ pub fn new(port int, cb voidptr) &Picoev {
 	}
 	C.picoev_add(loop, fd, C.PICOEV_READ, 0, accept_callback, pv)
 
-	go update_date(pv)
+	go update_date(mut pv)
 
 	return pv
 }
diff --git a/vlib/picohttpparser/request.v b/vlib/picohttpparser/request.v
index 8aff6c3bfe..9d8a182dd5 100644
--- a/vlib/picohttpparser/request.v
+++ b/vlib/picohttpparser/request.v
@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@ pub struct Request {
 pub mut:
 	method string
 	path string
-	headers &C.phr_header_t
+	headers[100] C.phr_header
 	num_headers u64
+	body string
 }
 
 
 
 
 [inline]
-pub fn (mut r Request) parse_request(s string, headers &C.phr_header_t, max_headers int) int {
+pub fn (mut r Request) parse_request(s string, max_headers int) int {
 	method_len := u64(0)
 	path_len := u64(0)
 	minor_version := 0
@@ -23,13 +24,12 @@ pub fn (mut r Request) parse_request(s string, headers &C.phr_header_t, max_head
 		&r.method, &method_len,
 		&r.path, &path_len,
 		&minor_version,
-		headers, &num_headers,
+		r.headers, &num_headers,
 		0
 	)
 	if pret > 0 {
 		r.method = tos(r.method.str, int(method_len))
 		r.path = tos(r.path.str, int(path_len))
-		r.headers = headers
 		r.num_headers = num_headers
 	}
 	return pret
diff --git a/vlib/picohttpparser/response.v b/vlib/picohttpparser/response.v
index dcc44a830a..bf4642bc3b 100644
--- a/vlib/picohttpparser/response.v
+++ b/vlib/picohttpparser/response.v
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pub fn (mut r Response) raw(response string) {
 
 [inline]
 pub fn (mut r Response) end() int {
-	n := int(r.buf - r.buf_start)
+	n := int(r.buf) - int(r.buf_start)
 	if C.write(r.fd, r.buf_start, n) != n {
 		return -1
 	}