diff --git a/functional/tests/test_object.py b/functional/tests/test_object.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..396f0cb7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/functional/tests/test_object.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import uuid
+
+from functional.common import test
+
+BASIC_LIST_HEADERS = ['Name']
+CONTAINER_FIELDS = ['account', 'container', 'x-trans-id']
+OBJECT_FIELDS = ['object', 'container', 'etag']
+
+
+class ObjectV1Tests(test.TestCase):
+    """Functional tests for Object V1 commands. """
+
+    CONTAINER_NAME = uuid.uuid4().hex
+    OBJECT_NAME = uuid.uuid4().hex
+
+    # NOTE(stevemar): Not using setUp since we only want this to run once
+    with open(OBJECT_NAME, 'w') as f:
+        f.write('test content')
+
+    def test_container_create(self):
+        raw_output = self.openstack('container create ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME)
+        items = self.parse_listing(raw_output)
+        self.assert_show_fields(items, CONTAINER_FIELDS)
+
+    def test_container_delete(self):
+        container_tmp = uuid.uuid4().hex
+        self.openstack('container create ' + container_tmp)
+        raw_output = self.openstack('container delete ' + container_tmp)
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(raw_output))
+
+    def test_container_list(self):
+        raw_output = self.openstack('container list')
+        items = self.parse_listing(raw_output)
+        self.assert_table_structure(items, BASIC_LIST_HEADERS)
+
+    def test_container_show(self):
+        self.openstack('container show ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME)
+        # TODO(stevemar): Assert returned fields
+
+    def test_container_save(self):
+        self.openstack('container save ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME)
+        # TODO(stevemar): Assert returned fields
+
+    def test_object_create(self):
+        raw_output = self.openstack('object create ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME
+                                    + ' ' + self.OBJECT_NAME)
+        items = self.parse_listing(raw_output)
+        self.assert_show_fields(items, OBJECT_FIELDS)
+
+    def test_object_delete(self):
+        raw_output = self.openstack('object delete ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME
+                                    + ' ' + self.OBJECT_NAME)
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(raw_output))
+
+    def test_object_list(self):
+        raw_output = self.openstack('object list ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME)
+        items = self.parse_listing(raw_output)
+        self.assert_table_structure(items, BASIC_LIST_HEADERS)
+
+    def test_object_save(self):
+        self.openstack('object create ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME
+                       + ' ' + self.OBJECT_NAME)
+        self.openstack('object save ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME
+                       + ' ' + self.OBJECT_NAME)
+        # TODO(stevemar): Assert returned fields
+
+    def test_object_save_with_filename(self):
+        self.openstack('object create ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME
+                       + ' ' + self.OBJECT_NAME)
+        self.openstack('object save ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME
+                       + ' ' + self.OBJECT_NAME + ' --file tmp.txt')
+        # TODO(stevemar): Assert returned fields
+
+    def test_object_show(self):
+        self.openstack('object create ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME
+                       + ' ' + self.OBJECT_NAME)
+        self.openstack('object show ' + self.CONTAINER_NAME
+                       + ' ' + self.OBJECT_NAME)
+        # TODO(stevemar): Assert returned fields
diff --git a/openstackclient/api/object_store_v1.py b/openstackclient/api/object_store_v1.py
index f938b55ed5..57db906398 100644
--- a/openstackclient/api/object_store_v1.py
+++ b/openstackclient/api/object_store_v1.py
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ class APIv1(api.BaseAPI):
         if container is None or object is None:
             return None
 
+        params['format'] = 'json'
         if all_data:
             data = listing = self.object_list(
                 container=container,
@@ -280,7 +281,6 @@ class APIv1(api.BaseAPI):
                     data.extend(listing)
             return data
 
-        params = {}
         if limit:
             params['limit'] = limit
         if marker:
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ class APIv1(api.BaseAPI):
         )
         if response.status_code == 200:
             if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(file)):
-                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(file))
+                if len(os.path.dirname(file)) > 0:
+                    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(file))
             with open(file, 'wb') as f:
                 for chunk in response.iter_content():
                     f.write(chunk)
diff --git a/openstackclient/object/client.py b/openstackclient/object/client.py
index 887aa85b8e..1ac905c33e 100644
--- a/openstackclient/object/client.py
+++ b/openstackclient/object/client.py
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ API_VERSIONS = {
 def make_client(instance):
     """Returns an object-store API client."""
 
-    object_client = utils.get_client_class(
-        API_NAME,
-        instance._api_version[API_NAME],
-        API_VERSIONS)
-    LOG.debug('Instantiating object client: %s', object_client)
-
     if instance._url:
         endpoint = instance._url
     else: