diff --git a/lib/http_parser.cpp b/lib/http_parser.cpp
index 30b58bf6..d9742f7e 100644
--- a/lib/http_parser.cpp
+++ b/lib/http_parser.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ void HTTP::Parser::CleanPreserveHeaders() {
 /// Sets the neccesary headers to allow Cross Origin Resource Sharing with all domains.
 void HTTP::Parser::setCORSHeaders(){
   SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
-  SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST");
-  SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Content-Type, X-Requested-With");
   SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", "true");
+  SetHeader("Access-Control-Expose-Headers", "*");
+  SetHeader("Access-Control-Max-Age", "600");
+  SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET, POST, OPTIONS, HEAD");
+  SetHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "*");
+  SetHeader("Access-Control-Request-Method", "GET");
+  SetHeader("Access-Control-Request-Headers", "*");  
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/output/output_hds.cpp b/src/output/output_hds.cpp
index 3f08acb4..c17ca117 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hds.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_hds.cpp
@@ -192,15 +192,22 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutHDS::onHTTP(){
+    std::string method = H.method;
 
     if (H.url.find(".abst") != std::string::npos){
       initialize();
       std::string streamID = H.url.substr(streamName.size() + 10);
       streamID = streamID.substr(0, streamID.find(".abst"));
       H.Clean();
-      H.SetBody(dynamicBootstrap(atoll(streamID.c_str())));
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "binary/octet");
       H.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
+      H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
+      H.SetBody(dynamicBootstrap(atoll(streamID.c_str())));
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
       H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
       return;
@@ -221,6 +228,7 @@ namespace Mist {
       unsigned int mslen = 0;
       if (fragNum < (unsigned int)myMeta.tracks[tid].missedFrags){
         H.Clean();
+        H.setCORSHeaders();
         H.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be served.\n");
         H.SendResponse("412", "Fragment out of range", myConn);
         H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
@@ -252,6 +260,12 @@ namespace Mist {
       
       H.Clean();
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp4");
+      H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       H.StartResponse(H, myConn);
       //send the bootstrap
       std::string bootstrap = dynamicBootstrap(tid);
@@ -280,6 +294,12 @@ namespace Mist {
       H.Clean();
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
       H.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
+      H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       H.SetBody(dynamicIndex());
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
     }
diff --git a/src/output/output_hls.cpp b/src/output/output_hls.cpp
index d9a2adbe..4a945088 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hls.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_hls.cpp
@@ -158,28 +158,25 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutHLS::onHTTP(){
+    std::string method = H.method;
+      
+    
     if (H.url == "/crossdomain.xml"){
       H.Clean();
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
       H.SetHeader("Server", "MistServer/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
       H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       H.SetBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM \"http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd\"><cross-domain-policy><allow-access-from domain=\"*\" /><site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies=\"all\"/></cross-domain-policy>");
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
       H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
       return;
     } //crossdomain.xml
     
-    if (H.method == "OPTIONS"){
-      H.Clean();
-      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream");
-      H.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
-      H.setCORSHeaders();
-      H.SetBody("");
-      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
-      H.Clean();
-      return;
-    }
-    
     if (H.url.find("hls") == std::string::npos){
       myConn.close();
       return;
@@ -202,6 +199,7 @@ namespace Mist {
         if (sscanf(tmpStr.c_str(), "/%u/%llu_%llu.ts", &vidTrack, &from, &until) != 3){
           DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_MEDIUM, "Could not parse URL: %s", H.getUrl().c_str());
           H.Clean();
+          H.setCORSHeaders();
           H.SetBody("The HLS URL wasn't understood - what did you want, exactly?\n");
           myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("404", "URL mismatch"));
           H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
@@ -234,6 +232,7 @@ namespace Mist {
         }while (myConn && seekable > 0);
         if (seekable < 0){
           H.Clean();
+          H.setCORSHeaders();
           H.SetBody("The requested fragment is no longer kept in memory on the server and cannot be served.\n");
           myConn.SendNow(H.BuildResponse("412", "Fragment out of range"));
           H.Clean(); //clean for any possible next requests
@@ -246,8 +245,14 @@ namespace Mist {
       ts_from = from;
       lastVid = from * 90;
       
+      H.Clean();
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/mp2t");
       H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       H.StartResponse(H, myConn, VLCworkaround);
 
       unsigned int fragCounter = myMeta.tracks[vidTrack].missedFrags;
@@ -275,6 +280,11 @@ namespace Mist {
       }
       H.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
       H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       std::string manifest;
       if (request.find("/") == std::string::npos){
         manifest = liveIndex();
diff --git a/src/output/output_hss.cpp b/src/output/output_hss.cpp
index 1ce17bd4..4b5dc62d 100644
--- a/src/output/output_hss.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_hss.cpp
@@ -528,12 +528,11 @@ namespace Mist {
 
 
   void OutHSS::onHTTP() {
-    if (H.method == "OPTIONS"){
+    if ((H.method == "OPTIONS" || H.method == "HEAD") && H.url.find("Manifest") == std::string::npos){
       H.Clean();
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/octet-stream");
       H.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
       H.setCORSHeaders();
-      H.SetBody("");
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
       H.Clean();
       return;
@@ -546,6 +545,10 @@ namespace Mist {
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
       H.SetHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
       H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(H.method == "OPTIONS" || H.method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        return;
+      }
       std::string manifest = smoothIndex();
       H.SetBody(manifest);
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
diff --git a/src/output/output_http_internal.cpp b/src/output/output_http_internal.cpp
index e66539f7..521140bf 100644
--- a/src/output/output_http_internal.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_http_internal.cpp
@@ -160,13 +160,21 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
   
   void OutHTTP::onHTTP(){
+    std::string method = H.method;
+    
     if (H.url == "/crossdomain.xml"){
       H.Clean();
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
       H.SetHeader("Server", "MistServer/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
       H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       H.SetBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM \"http://www.adobe.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd\"><cross-domain-policy><allow-access-from domain=\"*\" /><site-control permitted-cross-domain-policies=\"all\"/></cross-domain-policy>");
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      H.Clean();
       return;
     } //crossdomain.xml
     
@@ -175,8 +183,14 @@ namespace Mist {
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml");
       H.SetHeader("Server", "MistServer/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
       H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       H.SetBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><access-policy><cross-domain-access><policy><allow-from http-methods=\"*\" http-request-headers=\"*\"><domain uri=\"*\"/></allow-from><grant-to><resource path=\"/\" include-subpaths=\"true\"/></grant-to></policy></cross-domain-access></access-policy>");
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      H.Clean();
       return;
     } //clientaccesspolicy.xml
     
@@ -213,8 +227,15 @@ namespace Mist {
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "image/x-icon");
       H.SetHeader("Server", "MistServer/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
       H.SetHeader("Content-Length", icon_len);
+      H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
       myConn.SendNow((const char*)icon_data, icon_len);
+      H.Clean();
       return;
     }
     
@@ -224,6 +245,11 @@ namespace Mist {
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/html");
       H.SetHeader("Server", "MistServer/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
       H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       H.SetBody("<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Stream "+streamName+"</title><style>BODY{color:white;background:black;}</style></head><body><script src=\"embed_"+streamName+".js\"></script></body></html>");
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
       return;
@@ -276,8 +302,14 @@ namespace Mist {
       H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/smil");
       H.SetHeader("Server", "MistServer/" PACKAGE_VERSION);
       H.setCORSHeaders();
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       H.SetBody("<smil>\n  <head>\n    <meta base='rtmp://" + host + ":" + port + url_rel + "' />\n  </head>\n  <body>\n    <switch>\n"+trackSources+"    </switch>\n  </body>\n</smil>");
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      H.Clean();
       return;
     }
     
@@ -297,6 +329,11 @@ namespace Mist {
       }else{
         H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
       }
+      if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+        H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        H.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
       response = "// Generating info code for stream " + streamName + "\n\nif (!mistvideo){var mistvideo = {};}\n";
       JSON::Value json_resp;
       if (config->getString("nostreamtext") != ""){
@@ -430,6 +467,7 @@ namespace Mist {
       }
       H.SetBody(response);
       H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      H.Clean();
       return;
     } //embed code generator
   }
diff --git a/src/output/output_json.cpp b/src/output/output_json.cpp
index 1d6928ed..6a430e02 100644
--- a/src/output/output_json.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_json.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutJSON::sendHeader(){
+    std::string method = H.method;
+    H.Clean();
     H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/javascript");
     H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+    H.setCORSHeaders();
     H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
     sentHeader = true;
   }
@@ -46,6 +49,18 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutJSON::onHTTP(){
+    std::string method = H.method;
+    
+    H.Clean();
+    H.setCORSHeaders();
+    if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/javascript");
+      H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      H.Clean();
+      return;
+    }
+    
     first = true;
     jsonp = "";
     if (H.GetVar("callback") != ""){jsonp = H.GetVar("callback");}
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp b/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
index 7efd9d6d..18ff7e9f 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_flv.cpp
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutProgressiveFLV::sendHeader(){
+    
+    
     H.Clean();
     H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/x-flv");
     H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+    H.setCORSHeaders();
     H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
     myConn.SendNow(FLV::Header, 13);
     tag.DTSCMetaInit(myMeta, selectedTracks);
@@ -56,6 +59,18 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutProgressiveFLV::onHTTP(){
+    std::string method = H.method;
+    
+    H.Clean();
+    H.setCORSHeaders();
+    if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/x-flv");
+      H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      H.Clean();
+      return;
+    }
+    
     parseData = true;
     wantRequest = false;
   }
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp b/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
index 10569695..571f16bb 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_mp3.cpp
@@ -24,13 +24,32 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutProgressiveMP3::sendHeader(){
+    std::string method = H.method;
+    H.Clean();
     H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "audio/mpeg");
     H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+    H.setCORSHeaders();
+    if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      return;
+    }
     H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
     sentHeader = true;
   }
 
   void OutProgressiveMP3::onHTTP(){
+    std::string method = H.method;
+    
+    H.Clean();
+    H.setCORSHeaders();
+    if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "audio/mpeg");
+      H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      H.Clean();
+      return;
+    }
+    
     parseData = true;
     wantRequest = false;
   }
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp b/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
index da1ea1e4..f3aff008 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_mp4.cpp
@@ -604,6 +604,15 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutProgressiveMP4::onHTTP() {
+    if(H.method == "OPTIONS" || H.method == "HEAD"){
+      H.Clean();
+      H.setCORSHeaders();
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/MP4");
+      H.SetHeader("Accept-Ranges", "bytes, parsec");
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      return;
+    }
+
     /*LTS-START*/
     //allow setting of max lead time through buffer variable.
     //max lead time is set in MS, but the variable is in integer seconds for simplicity.
diff --git a/src/output/output_progressive_ogg.cpp b/src/output/output_progressive_ogg.cpp
index 006c5a8a..c081bd36 100644
--- a/src/output/output_progressive_ogg.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_progressive_ogg.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ namespace Mist {
     HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/ogg");
     HTTP_S.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
     myConn.SendNow(HTTP_S.BuildResponse("200", "OK")); //no SetBody = unknown length - this is intentional, we will stream the entire file
+    
 
     std::map<int, std::deque<std::string> > initData;
 
@@ -175,6 +176,16 @@ namespace Mist {
   void OutProgressiveOGG::onRequest(){
     if (HTTP_R.Read(myConn)){
       DEBUG_MSG(DLVL_DEVEL, "Received request %s", HTTP_R.getUrl().c_str());
+      
+      if (HTTP_R.method == "OPTIONS" || HTTP_R.method == "HEAD"){
+        HTTP_S.Clean();
+        HTTP_S.SetHeader("Content-Type", "video/ogg");
+        HTTP_S.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+        HTTP_S.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+        HTTP_S.Clean();
+        return;
+      }
+      
       if (HTTP_R.GetVar("audio") != ""){
         selectedTracks.insert(JSON::Value(HTTP_R.GetVar("audio")).asInt());
       }
diff --git a/src/output/output_srt.cpp b/src/output/output_srt.cpp
index 1f47f77b..ad5d6f3d 100644
--- a/src/output/output_srt.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output_srt.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ namespace Mist {
   }
 
   void OutProgressiveSRT::onHTTP(){
+    std::string method = H.method;
+    
+    H.Clean();
+    H.setCORSHeaders();
+    if(method == "OPTIONS" || method == "HEAD"){
+      H.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");
+      H.protocol = "HTTP/1.0";
+      H.SendResponse("200", "OK", myConn);
+      H.Clean();
+      return;
+    }
     lastNum = 0;
     webVTT = (H.url.find(".webvtt") != std::string::npos);
     if (H.GetVar("track") != ""){