diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index ddcc6cab..5acdff3d 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ type Container struct {
 	WorkingDir       string          `json:"working_dir,omitempty"`       // current working directory
 	Env              []string        `json:"environment,omitempty"`       // environment to set
 	Tty              bool            `json:"tty,omitempty"`               // setup a proper tty or not
-	Namespaces       Namespaces      `json:"namespaces,omitempty"`        // namespaces to apply
-	CapabilitiesMask Capabilities    `json:"capabilities_mask,omitempty"` // capabilities to drop
+	Namespaces       map[string]bool `json:"namespaces,omitempty"`        // namespaces to apply
+	CapabilitiesMask map[string]bool `json:"capabilities_mask,omitempty"` // capabilities to drop
 	Networks         []*Network      `json:"networks,omitempty"`          // nil for host's network stack
 	Cgroups          *cgroups.Cgroup `json:"cgroups,omitempty"`           // cgroups
 	Context          Context         `json:"context,omitempty"`           // generic context for specific options (apparmor, selinux)
diff --git a/container.json b/container.json
index 20c11219..33d79600 100644
--- a/container.json
+++ b/container.json
@@ -1,151 +1,62 @@
 {
-   "mounts" : [
-      {
-         "type" : "devtmpfs"
-      }
-   ],
-   "tty" : true,
-   "environment" : [
-      "HOME=/",
-      "PATH=PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin",
-      "container=docker",
-      "TERM=xterm-256color"
-   ],
-   "hostname" : "koye",
-   "cgroups" : {
-      "parent" : "docker",
-      "name" : "docker-koye"
-   },
-   "capabilities_mask" : [
-      {
-         "value" : 8,
-         "key" : "SETPCAP",
-         "enabled" : false
+  "namespaces": {
+    "NEWNET": true,
+    "NEWPID": true,
+    "NEWIPC": true,
+    "NEWUTS": true,
+    "NEWNS": true
+  },
+  "networks": [
+    {
+      "gateway": "localhost",
+      "type": "loopback",
+      "address": "127.0.0.1/0",
+      "mtu": 1500
+    },
+    {
+      "gateway": "172.17.42.1",
+      "context": {
+        "prefix": "veth",
+        "bridge": "docker0"
       },
-      {
-         "enabled" : false,
-         "value" : 16,
-         "key" : "SYS_MODULE"
-      },
-      {
-         "value" : 17,
-         "key" : "SYS_RAWIO",
-         "enabled" : false
-      },
-      {
-         "key" : "SYS_PACCT",
-         "value" : 20,
-         "enabled" : false
-      },
-      {
-         "value" : 21,
-         "key" : "SYS_ADMIN",
-         "enabled" : false
-      },
-      {
-         "value" : 23,
-         "key" : "SYS_NICE",
-         "enabled" : false
-      },
-      {
-         "value" : 24,
-         "key" : "SYS_RESOURCE",
-         "enabled" : false
-      },
-      {
-         "key" : "SYS_TIME",
-         "value" : 25,
-         "enabled" : false
-      },
-      {
-         "enabled" : false,
-         "value" : 26,
-         "key" : "SYS_TTY_CONFIG"
-      },
-      {
-         "key" : "AUDIT_WRITE",
-         "value" : 29,
-         "enabled" : false
-      },
-      {
-         "value" : 30,
-         "key" : "AUDIT_CONTROL",
-         "enabled" : false
-      },
-      {
-         "enabled" : false,
-         "key" : "MAC_OVERRIDE",
-         "value" : 32
-      },
-      {
-         "enabled" : false,
-         "key" : "MAC_ADMIN",
-         "value" : 33
-      },
-      {
-         "key" : "NET_ADMIN",
-         "value" : 12,
-         "enabled" : false
-      },
-      {
-         "value" : 27,
-         "key" : "MKNOD",
-         "enabled" : true
-      },
-      {
-         "value" : 34,
-         "key" : "SYSLOG",
-         "enabled" : false
-      }
-   ],
-   "networks" : [
-      {
-         "mtu" : 1500,
-         "address" : "127.0.0.1/0",
-         "type" : "loopback",
-         "gateway" : "localhost"
-      },
-      {
-         "mtu" : 1500,
-         "address" : "172.17.42.2/16",
-         "type" : "veth",
-         "context" : {
-            "bridge" : "docker0",
-            "prefix" : "veth"
-         },
-         "gateway" : "172.17.42.1"
-      }
-   ],
-   "namespaces" : [
-      {
-         "key" : "NEWNS",
-         "value" : 131072,
-         "enabled" : true,
-         "file" : "mnt"
-      },
-      {
-         "key" : "NEWUTS",
-         "value" : 67108864,
-         "enabled" : true,
-         "file" : "uts"
-      },
-      {
-         "enabled" : true,
-         "file" : "ipc",
-         "key" : "NEWIPC",
-         "value" : 134217728
-      },
-      {
-         "file" : "pid",
-         "enabled" : true,
-         "value" : 536870912,
-         "key" : "NEWPID"
-      },
-      {
-         "enabled" : true,
-         "file" : "net",
-         "key" : "NEWNET",
-         "value" : 1073741824
-      }
-   ]
+      "type": "veth",
+      "address": "172.17.42.2/16",
+      "mtu": 1500
+    }
+  ],
+  "capabilities_mask": {
+    "SYSLOG": false,
+    "MKNOD": true,
+    "NET_ADMIN": false,
+    "MAC_ADMIN": false,
+    "MAC_OVERRIDE": false,
+    "AUDIT_CONTROL": false,
+    "AUDIT_WRITE": false,
+    "SYS_TTY_CONFIG": false,
+    "SETPCAP": false,
+    "SYS_MODULE": false,
+    "SYS_RAWIO": false,
+    "SYS_PACCT": false,
+    "SYS_ADMIN": false,
+    "SYS_NICE": false,
+    "SYS_RESOURCE": false,
+    "SYS_TIME": false
+  },
+  "cgroups": {
+    "name": "docker-koye",
+    "parent": "docker"
+  },
+  "hostname": "koye",
+  "environment": [
+    "HOME=/",
+    "PATH=PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin",
+    "container=docker",
+    "TERM=xterm-256color"
+  ],
+  "tty": true,
+  "mounts": [
+    {
+      "type": "devtmpfs"
+    }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/container_test.go b/container_test.go
index d710a6a5..c02385af 100644
--- a/container_test.go
+++ b/container_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func TestContainerJsonFormat(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var container *Container
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(f).Decode(&container); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("failed to decode container config")
+		t.Fatalf("failed to decode container config: %s", err)
 	}
 	if container.Hostname != "koye" {
 		t.Log("hostname is not set")
@@ -27,32 +27,32 @@ func TestContainerJsonFormat(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 
-	if !container.Namespaces.Contains("NEWNET") {
+	if !container.Namespaces["NEWNET"] {
 		t.Log("namespaces should contain NEWNET")
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 
-	if container.Namespaces.Contains("NEWUSER") {
+	if container.Namespaces["NEWUSER"] {
 		t.Log("namespaces should not contain NEWUSER")
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 
-	if !container.CapabilitiesMask.Contains("SYS_ADMIN") {
+	if _, exists := container.CapabilitiesMask["SYS_ADMIN"]; !exists {
 		t.Log("capabilities mask should contain SYS_ADMIN")
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 
-	if container.CapabilitiesMask.Get("SYS_ADMIN").Enabled {
+	if container.CapabilitiesMask["SYS_ADMIN"] {
 		t.Log("SYS_ADMIN should not be enabled in capabilities mask")
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 
-	if !container.CapabilitiesMask.Get("MKNOD").Enabled {
+	if !container.CapabilitiesMask["MKNOD"] {
 		t.Log("MKNOD should be enabled in capabilities mask")
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 
-	if container.CapabilitiesMask.Contains("SYS_CHROOT") {
+	if container.CapabilitiesMask["SYS_CHROOT"] {
 		t.Log("capabilities mask should not contain SYS_CHROOT")
 		t.Fail()
 	}
diff --git a/nsinit/exec.go b/nsinit/exec.go
index 8886efeb..5d0d772a 100644
--- a/nsinit/exec.go
+++ b/nsinit/exec.go
@@ -159,10 +159,12 @@ func InitializeNetworking(container *libcontainer.Container, nspid int, pipe *Sy
 
 // GetNamespaceFlags parses the container's Namespaces options to set the correct
 // flags on clone, unshare, and setns
-func GetNamespaceFlags(namespaces libcontainer.Namespaces) (flag int) {
-	for _, ns := range namespaces {
-		if ns.Enabled {
-			flag |= ns.Value
+func GetNamespaceFlags(namespaces map[string]bool) (flag int) {
+	for key, enabled := range namespaces {
+		if enabled {
+			if ns := libcontainer.GetNamespace(key); ns != nil {
+				flag |= ns.Value
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return flag
diff --git a/nsinit/execin.go b/nsinit/execin.go
index 608437f8..40b95093 100644
--- a/nsinit/execin.go
+++ b/nsinit/execin.go
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ func ExecIn(container *libcontainer.Container, nspid int, args []string) (int, e
 		return -1, err
 	}
 
-	for _, nsv := range container.Namespaces {
+	for key, enabled := range container.Namespaces {
 		// skip the PID namespace on unshare because it it not supported
-		if nsv.Enabled && nsv.Key != "NEWPID" {
-			if err := system.Unshare(nsv.Value); err != nil {
-				return -1, err
+		if enabled && key != "NEWPID" {
+			if ns := libcontainer.GetNamespace(key); ns != nil {
+				if err := system.Unshare(ns.Value); err != nil {
+					return -1, err
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ func ExecIn(container *libcontainer.Container, nspid int, args []string) (int, e
 
 	// if the container has a new pid and mount namespace we need to
 	// remount proc and sys to pick up the changes
-	if container.Namespaces.Contains("NEWNS") && container.Namespaces.Contains("NEWPID") {
+	if container.Namespaces["NEWNS"] && container.Namespaces["NEWPID"] {
 		pid, err := system.Fork()
 		if err != nil {
 			return -1, err
@@ -102,13 +104,18 @@ dropAndExec:
 }
 
 func getNsFds(pid int, container *libcontainer.Container) ([]uintptr, error) {
-	fds := make([]uintptr, len(container.Namespaces))
-	for i, ns := range container.Namespaces {
-		f, err := os.OpenFile(filepath.Join("/proc/", strconv.Itoa(pid), "ns", ns.File), os.O_RDONLY, 0)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fds, err
+	fds := []uintptr{}
+
+	for key, enabled := range container.Namespaces {
+		if enabled {
+			if ns := libcontainer.GetNamespace(key); ns != nil {
+				f, err := os.OpenFile(filepath.Join("/proc/", strconv.Itoa(pid), "ns", ns.File), os.O_RDONLY, 0)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fds, err
+				}
+				fds = append(fds, f.Fd())
+			}
 		}
-		fds[i] = f.Fd()
 	}
 	return fds, nil
 }
diff --git a/nsinit/unsupported.go b/nsinit/unsupported.go
index f213f2ec..929b3dba 100644
--- a/nsinit/unsupported.go
+++ b/nsinit/unsupported.go
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ func SetupCgroups(container *libcontainer.Container, nspid int) (cgroups.ActiveC
 	return nil, libcontainer.ErrUnsupported
 }
 
-func GetNamespaceFlags(namespaces libcontainer.Namespaces) (flag int) {
+func GetNamespaceFlags(namespaces map[string]bool) (flag int) {
 	return 0
 }
diff --git a/security/capabilities/capabilities.go b/security/capabilities/capabilities.go
index 4b81e708..ad13e672 100644
--- a/security/capabilities/capabilities.go
+++ b/security/capabilities/capabilities.go
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package capabilities
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/libcontainer"
 	"github.com/syndtr/gocapability/capability"
-	"os"
 )
 
 // DropCapabilities drops capabilities for the current process based
@@ -26,9 +27,11 @@ func DropCapabilities(container *libcontainer.Container) error {
 // getCapabilitiesMask returns the specific cap mask values for the libcontainer types
 func getCapabilitiesMask(container *libcontainer.Container) []capability.Cap {
 	drop := []capability.Cap{}
-	for _, c := range container.CapabilitiesMask {
-		if !c.Enabled {
-			drop = append(drop, c.Value)
+	for key, enabled := range container.CapabilitiesMask {
+		if !enabled {
+			if c := libcontainer.GetCapability(key); c != nil {
+				drop = append(drop, c.Value)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return drop
diff --git a/types.go b/types.go
index f5fe6cff..8f056c81 100644
--- a/types.go
+++ b/types.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package libcontainer
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+
 	"github.com/syndtr/gocapability/capability"
 )
 
@@ -38,31 +39,30 @@ var (
 	namespaceList = Namespaces{}
 
 	capabilityList = Capabilities{
-		{Key: "SETPCAP", Value: capability.CAP_SETPCAP, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "SYS_MODULE", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_MODULE, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "SYS_RAWIO", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_RAWIO, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "SYS_PACCT", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_PACCT, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "SYS_ADMIN", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_ADMIN, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "SYS_NICE", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_NICE, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "SYS_RESOURCE", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_RESOURCE, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "SYS_TIME", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_TIME, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "SYS_TTY_CONFIG", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "MKNOD", Value: capability.CAP_MKNOD, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "AUDIT_WRITE", Value: capability.CAP_AUDIT_WRITE, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "AUDIT_CONTROL", Value: capability.CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "MAC_OVERRIDE", Value: capability.CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "MAC_ADMIN", Value: capability.CAP_MAC_ADMIN, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "NET_ADMIN", Value: capability.CAP_NET_ADMIN, Enabled: false},
-		{Key: "SYSLOG", Value: capability.CAP_SYSLOG, Enabled: false},
+		{Key: "SETPCAP", Value: capability.CAP_SETPCAP},
+		{Key: "SYS_MODULE", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_MODULE},
+		{Key: "SYS_RAWIO", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_RAWIO},
+		{Key: "SYS_PACCT", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_PACCT},
+		{Key: "SYS_ADMIN", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_ADMIN},
+		{Key: "SYS_NICE", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_NICE},
+		{Key: "SYS_RESOURCE", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_RESOURCE},
+		{Key: "SYS_TIME", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_TIME},
+		{Key: "SYS_TTY_CONFIG", Value: capability.CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG},
+		{Key: "MKNOD", Value: capability.CAP_MKNOD},
+		{Key: "AUDIT_WRITE", Value: capability.CAP_AUDIT_WRITE},
+		{Key: "AUDIT_CONTROL", Value: capability.CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL},
+		{Key: "MAC_OVERRIDE", Value: capability.CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE},
+		{Key: "MAC_ADMIN", Value: capability.CAP_MAC_ADMIN},
+		{Key: "NET_ADMIN", Value: capability.CAP_NET_ADMIN},
+		{Key: "SYSLOG", Value: capability.CAP_SYSLOG},
 	}
 )
 
 type (
 	Namespace struct {
-		Key     string `json:"key,omitempty"`
-		Enabled bool   `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
-		Value   int    `json:"value,omitempty"`
-		File    string `json:"file,omitempty"`
+		Key   string `json:"key,omitempty"`
+		Value int    `json:"value,omitempty"`
+		File  string `json:"file,omitempty"`
 	}
 	Namespaces []*Namespace
 )
@@ -98,9 +98,8 @@ func (n Namespaces) Get(ns string) *Namespace {
 
 type (
 	Capability struct {
-		Key     string         `json:"key,omitempty"`
-		Enabled bool           `json:"enabled"`
-		Value   capability.Cap `json:"value,omitempty"`
+		Key   string         `json:"key,omitempty"`
+		Value capability.Cap `json:"value,omitempty"`
 	}
 	Capabilities []*Capability
 )
diff --git a/types_linux.go b/types_linux.go
index 1f937e0c..c14531df 100644
--- a/types_linux.go
+++ b/types_linux.go
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import (
 
 func init() {
 	namespaceList = Namespaces{
-		{Key: "NEWNS", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWNS, File: "mnt", Enabled: true},
-		{Key: "NEWUTS", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWUTS, File: "uts", Enabled: true},
-		{Key: "NEWIPC", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWIPC, File: "ipc", Enabled: true},
-		{Key: "NEWUSER", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWUSER, File: "user", Enabled: true},
-		{Key: "NEWPID", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWPID, File: "pid", Enabled: true},
-		{Key: "NEWNET", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWNET, File: "net", Enabled: true},
+		{Key: "NEWNS", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWNS, File: "mnt"},
+		{Key: "NEWUTS", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWUTS, File: "uts"},
+		{Key: "NEWIPC", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWIPC, File: "ipc"},
+		{Key: "NEWUSER", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWUSER, File: "user"},
+		{Key: "NEWPID", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWPID, File: "pid"},
+		{Key: "NEWNET", Value: syscall.CLONE_NEWNET, File: "net"},
 	}
 }