diff --git a/src/cbaselib.c b/src/cbaselib.c
index 171c47d..1f38d09 100644
--- a/src/cbaselib.c
+++ b/src/cbaselib.c
@@ -42,14 +42,24 @@ CValue cosmoB_dgetProto(CState *state, int nargs, CValue *args) {
 }
 
 void cosmoB_loadDebug(CState *state) {
-    cosmoV_pushString(state, "getProto"); // key
+    // make __getter object for debug proto
+    cosmoV_pushString(state, "__getter");
+
+    // key & value pair
+    cosmoV_pushString(state, "__proto"); // key
     cosmoV_pushCFunction(state, cosmoB_dgetProto); // value
 
-    // another key & value
-    cosmoV_pushString(state, "setProto");
+    cosmoV_makeObject(state, 1);
+
+    // make __setter object
+    cosmoV_pushString(state, "__setter");
+
+    cosmoV_pushString(state, "__proto");
     cosmoV_pushCFunction(state, cosmoB_dsetProto);
 
-    // we call makeObject leting it know there are 2 sets of key & value pairs on the stack (4 values total)
+    cosmoV_makeObject(state, 1);
+
+    // we call makeObject leting it know there are 2 sets of key & value pairs on the stack
     cosmoV_makeObject(state, 2);
 
     // set debug proto to the debug object
diff --git a/src/cobj.c b/src/cobj.c
index 8daa5ba..dc3ad72 100644
--- a/src/cobj.c
+++ b/src/cobj.c
@@ -206,10 +206,19 @@ CObjString *cosmoO_allocateString(CState *state, const char *str, size_t sz, uin
 bool cosmoO_getObject(CState *state, CObjObject *object, CValue key, CValue *val) {
     if (!cosmoT_get(&object->tbl, key, val)) { // if the field doesn't exist in the object, check the proto
         if (object->proto != NULL) { // sanity check
-            // first though, check for a member of the proto object, if it fails then lookup __index
+            // first though, check for a member of the proto object, if it fails then lookup __getters
             if (cosmoO_getObject(state, object->proto, key, val))
                 return true;
 
+            // if this fails or the key isn't in that table then we default to __index
+            if (cosmoO_getIString(state, object->proto, ISTRING_GETTER, val) && IS_OBJECT(*val) && cosmoO_getObject(state, cosmoV_readObject(*val), key, val)) {
+                cosmoV_pushValue(state, *val); // push function
+                cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(object)); // push object
+                cosmoV_call(state, 1); // call the function with the 1 argument
+                *val = *cosmoV_pop(state); // set value to the return value of __index
+                return true;
+            }
+
             // then check for __index, if that exists, call it
             if (cosmoO_getIString(state, object->proto, ISTRING_INDEX, val)) {
                 cosmoV_pushValue(state, *val); // push function
@@ -229,16 +238,28 @@ bool cosmoO_getObject(CState *state, CObjObject *object, CValue key, CValue *val
 
 void cosmoO_setObject(CState *state, CObjObject *object, CValue key, CValue val) {
     CValue ret;
-    
-    // first check for __newindex in the prototype
-    if (object->proto != NULL && cosmoO_getIString(state, object->proto, ISTRING_NEWINDEX, &ret)) {
-        cosmoV_pushValue(state, ret); // push function
-        cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(object)); // push object
-        cosmoV_pushValue(state, key); // push key & value pair
-        cosmoV_pushValue(state, val);
-        cosmoV_call(state, 3);
-        cosmoV_pop(state); // pop return value
-        return;
+
+    // if there's a prototype, check for the tag methods!
+    if (object->proto != NULL) {
+        // first check for __setters
+        if (cosmoO_getIString(state, object->proto, ISTRING_SETTER, &ret) && IS_OBJECT(ret) && cosmoO_getObject(state, cosmoV_readObject(ret), key, &ret)) {
+            cosmoV_pushValue(state, ret); // push function
+            cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(object)); // push object
+            cosmoV_pushValue(state, val); // push new value
+            cosmoV_call(state, 2);
+            cosmoV_pop(state); // pop return value
+        }
+        
+        // then check for __newindex in the prototype
+        if (cosmoO_getIString(state, object->proto, ISTRING_NEWINDEX, &ret)) {
+            cosmoV_pushValue(state, ret); // push function
+            cosmoV_pushValue(state, cosmoV_newObj(object)); // push object
+            cosmoV_pushValue(state, key); // push key & value pair
+            cosmoV_pushValue(state, val);
+            cosmoV_call(state, 3);
+            cosmoV_pop(state); // pop return value
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     object->istringFlags = 0; // reset cache
diff --git a/src/cobj.h b/src/cobj.h
index b5905ef..3f7a25f 100644
--- a/src/cobj.h
+++ b/src/cobj.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ typedef struct CObjUpval {
 #undef CommonHeader
 
 #define IS_STRING(x)    isObjType(x, COBJ_STRING)
-#define IS_TABLE(x)     isObjType(x, COBJ_OBJECT)
+#define IS_OBJECT(x)    isObjType(x, COBJ_OBJECT)
 #define IS_FUNCTION(x)  isObjType(x, COBJ_FUNCTION)
 #define IS_CFUNCTION(x) isObjType(x, COBJ_CFUNCTION)
 #define IS_METHOD(x)    isObjType(x, COBJ_METHOD)
diff --git a/src/cstate.c b/src/cstate.c
index 5c8c647..e1fa1de 100644
--- a/src/cstate.c
+++ b/src/cstate.c
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ CState *cosmoV_newState() {
     state->iStrings[ISTRING_INDEX] = cosmoO_copyString(state, "__index", 7);
     state->iStrings[ISTRING_NEWINDEX] = cosmoO_copyString(state, "__newindex", 10);
 
+    // getters/setters
+    state->iStrings[ISTRING_GETTER] = cosmoO_copyString(state, "__getter", 8);
+    state->iStrings[ISTRING_SETTER] = cosmoO_copyString(state, "__setter", 8);
+
     return state;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cstate.h b/src/cstate.h
index 7dc7caf..ef55ede 100644
--- a/src/cstate.h
+++ b/src/cstate.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ typedef enum IStringEnum {
     ISTRING_EQUAL, // __equal
     ISTRING_INDEX, // __index
     ISTRING_NEWINDEX, // __newindex
+    ISTRING_GETTER, // __getter
+    ISTRING_SETTER, // __setter
     ISTRING_MAX
 } IStringEnum;