diff --git a/.ci/travis.sh b/.ci/travis.sh
index bff111d15..de3cc7fcb 100755
--- a/.ci/travis.sh
+++ b/.ci/travis.sh
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ function isMasterOrDevelop() {
 }
 
 # Required for ~/.ivy2/local repo tests
-~/sbt coreJVM/publishLocal simple-web-server/publishLocal
+~/sbt coreJVM/publishLocal http-server/publishLocal
 
 # Required for HTTP authentication tests
 ./coursier launch \
-  io.get-coursier:simple-web-server_2.11:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT \
+  io.get-coursier:http-server-java7_2.11:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT \
   -r http://dl.bintray.com/scalaz/releases \
   -- \
     -d tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com \
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 8a39062dd..d3609cd8e 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ install:
   - cmd: SET SBT_OPTS=-XX:MaxPermSize=2g -Xmx4g
   - cmd: SET COURSIER_NO_TERM=1
 build_script:
-  - sbt ++2.11.8 clean compile coreJVM/publishLocal simple-web-server/publishLocal
+  - sbt ++2.11.8 clean compile coreJVM/publishLocal http-server/publishLocal
   - sbt ++2.10.6 clean compile
   - sbt ++2.10.6 coreJVM/publishLocal cache/publishLocal # to make the scripted tests happy
 test_script:
-  - ps: Start-Job { & java -jar -noverify C:\projects\coursier\coursier launch -r http://dl.bintray.com/scalaz/releases io.get-coursier:simple-web-server_2.11:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT -- -d /C:/projects/coursier/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com -u user -P pass -r realm -v }
+  - ps: Start-Job { & java -jar -noverify C:\projects\coursier\coursier launch -r http://dl.bintray.com/scalaz/releases io.get-coursier:http-server-java7_2.11:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT -- -d /C:/projects/coursier/tests/jvm/src/test/resources/test-repo/http/abc.com -u user -P pass -r realm -v }
   - sbt ++2.11.8 testsJVM/test # Would node be around for testsJS/test?
   - sbt ++2.10.6 testsJVM/test plugin/scripted
 cache:
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 4a590b795..7c3e04dea 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -552,10 +552,11 @@ lazy val plugin = project
 
 val http4sVersion = "0.8.6"
 
-lazy val `simple-web-server` = project
+lazy val `http-server` = project
   .settings(commonSettings)
   .settings(packAutoSettings)
   .settings(
+    name := "http-server-java7",
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
       "org.http4s" %% "http4s-blazeserver" % http4sVersion,
       "org.http4s" %% "http4s-dsl" % http4sVersion,
@@ -565,7 +566,7 @@ lazy val `simple-web-server` = project
   )
 
 lazy val `coursier` = project.in(file("."))
-  .aggregate(coreJvm, coreJs, `fetch-js`, testsJvm, testsJs, cache, bootstrap, cli, plugin, web, doc, `simple-web-server`)
+  .aggregate(coreJvm, coreJs, `fetch-js`, testsJvm, testsJs, cache, bootstrap, cli, plugin, web, doc, `http-server`)
   .settings(commonSettings)
   .settings(noPublishSettings)
   .settings(releaseSettings)
diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Bootstrap.scala b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Bootstrap.scala
index 1288cc0b5..43849fa8e 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Bootstrap.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Bootstrap.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ case class Bootstrap(
     if (options.downloadDir.isEmpty)
       helper.baseDependencies.headOption match {
         case Some(dep) =>
-          s"\\$$HOME/.coursier/bootstrap/${dep.module.organization}/${dep.module.name}"
+          s"$${user.home}/.coursier/bootstrap/${dep.module.organization}/${dep.module.name}"
         case None =>
           Console.err.println("Error: no dependencies specified.")
           sys.exit(255)
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ case class Bootstrap(
     }
 
 
-  val isolatedDeps = options.isolated.isolatedDeps(options.common.defaultArtifactType)
+  val isolatedDeps = options.isolated.isolatedDeps(
+    options.common.defaultArtifactType,
+    options.common.scalaVersion
+  )
 
   val (_, isolatedArtifactFiles) =
     options.isolated.targets.foldLeft((Vector.empty[String], Map.empty[String, (Seq[String], Seq[File])])) {
diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
index 922df15ae..b8d9cdf18 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Helper.scala
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ class Helper(
 
 
   val (modVerCfgErrors, moduleVersionConfigs) =
-    Parse.moduleVersionConfigs(rawDependencies)
+    Parse.moduleVersionConfigs(rawDependencies, scalaVersion)
   val (intransitiveModVerCfgErrors, intransitiveModuleVersionConfigs) =
-    Parse.moduleVersionConfigs(intransitive)
+    Parse.moduleVersionConfigs(intransitive, scalaVersion)
 
   prematureExitIf(modVerCfgErrors.nonEmpty) {
     s"Cannot parse dependencies:\n" + modVerCfgErrors.map("  "+_).mkString("\n")
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class Helper(
   }
 
 
-  val (forceVersionErrors, forceVersions0) = Parse.moduleVersions(forceVersion)
+  val (forceVersionErrors, forceVersions0) = Parse.moduleVersions(forceVersion, scalaVersion)
 
   prematureExitIf(forceVersionErrors.nonEmpty) {
     s"Cannot parse forced versions:\n" + forceVersionErrors.map("  "+_).mkString("\n")
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class Helper(
     grouped.map { case (mod, versions) => mod -> versions.last }
   }
 
-  val (excludeErrors, excludes0) = Parse.modules(exclude)
+  val (excludeErrors, excludes0) = Parse.modules(exclude, scalaVersion)
 
   prematureExitIf(excludeErrors.nonEmpty) {
     s"Cannot parse excluded modules:\n" +
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ class Helper(
       (parentLoader0, files0)
     else {
 
-      val isolatedDeps = isolated.isolatedDeps(common.defaultArtifactType)
+      val isolatedDeps = isolated.isolatedDeps(common.defaultArtifactType, common.scalaVersion)
 
       val (isolatedLoader, filteredFiles0) = isolated.targets.foldLeft((parentLoader0, files0)) {
         case ((parent, files0), target) =>
diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Options.scala b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Options.scala
index d084f3e8c..564113d2d 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Options.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala-2.11/coursier/cli/Options.scala
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ case class CommonOptions(
   @Value("organization:name")
   @Short("E")
     exclude: List[String],
+  @Help("Default scala version")
+  @Short("e")
+    scalaVersion: String = scala.util.Properties.versionNumberString,
   @Help("Add intransitive dependencies")
     intransitive: List[String],
   @Help("Classifiers that should be fetched")
@@ -137,9 +140,9 @@ case class IsolatedLoaderOptions(
     target -> dep
   }
 
-  lazy val isolatedModuleVersions = rawIsolated.groupBy { case (t, _) => t }.map {
+  def isolatedModuleVersions(defaultScalaVersion: String) = rawIsolated.groupBy { case (t, _) => t }.map {
     case (t, l) =>
-      val (errors, modVers) = Parse.moduleVersions(l.map { case (_, d) => d })
+      val (errors, modVers) = Parse.moduleVersions(l.map { case (_, d) => d }, defaultScalaVersion)
 
       if (errors.nonEmpty) {
         errors.foreach(Console.err.println)
@@ -149,8 +152,8 @@ case class IsolatedLoaderOptions(
       t -> modVers
   }
 
-  def isolatedDeps(defaultArtifactType: String) =
-    isolatedModuleVersions.map {
+  def isolatedDeps(defaultArtifactType: String, defaultScalaVersion: String) =
+    isolatedModuleVersions(defaultScalaVersion).map {
       case (t, l) =>
         t -> l.map {
           case (mod, ver) =>
diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala
index 14a79d052..dd2bb7435 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/coursier/util/Parse.scala
@@ -11,18 +11,37 @@ import scalaz.Scalaz.ToEitherOps
 
 object Parse {
 
+  private def defaultScalaVersion = scala.util.Properties.versionNumberString
+
+  @deprecated("use the variant accepting a default scala version")
+  def module(s: String): Either[String, Module] =
+    module(s, defaultScalaVersion)
+
   /**
     * Parses a module like
     *   org:name
     *  possibly with attributes, like
     *    org:name;attr1=val1;attr2=val2
+    *
+    * Two semi-columns after the org part is interpreted as a scala module. E.g. if
+    * `defaultScalaVersion` is `"2.11.x"`, org::name:ver is equivalent to org:name_2.11:ver.
     */
-  def module(s: String): Either[String, Module] = {
+  def module(s: String, defaultScalaVersion: String): Either[String, Module] = {
 
-    val parts = s.split(":", 2)
+    val parts = s.split(":", 3)
 
-    parts match {
+    val values = parts match {
       case Array(org, rawName) =>
+        Right((org, rawName, ""))
+      case Array(org, "", rawName) =>
+        Right((org, rawName, "_" + defaultScalaVersion.split('.').take(2).mkString(".")))
+      case _ =>
+        Left(s"malformed module: $s")
+    }
+
+    values.right.flatMap {
+      case (org, rawName, suffix) =>
+
         val splitName = rawName.split(';')
 
         if (splitName.tail.exists(!_.contains("=")))
@@ -33,11 +52,8 @@ object Parse {
             case Array(key, value) => key -> value
           }.toMap
 
-          Right(Module(org, name, attributes))
+          Right(Module(org, name + suffix, attributes))
         }
-
-      case _ =>
-        Left(s"malformed module: $s")
     }
   }
 
@@ -55,13 +71,21 @@ object Parse {
     (errors, values)
   }
 
+  @deprecated("use the variant accepting a default scala version")
+  def modules(l: Seq[String]): (Seq[String], Seq[Module]) =
+    modules(l, defaultScalaVersion)
+
   /**
     * Parses a sequence of coordinates.
     *
     * @return Sequence of errors, and sequence of modules/versions
     */
-  def modules(l: Seq[String]): (Seq[String], Seq[Module]) =
-    valuesAndErrors(module, l)
+  def modules(l: Seq[String], defaultScalaVersion: String): (Seq[String], Seq[Module]) =
+    valuesAndErrors(module(_, defaultScalaVersion), l)
+
+  @deprecated("use the variant accepting a default scala version")
+  def moduleVersion(s: String): Either[String, (Module, String)] =
+    moduleVersion(s, defaultScalaVersion)
 
   /**
     * Parses coordinates like
@@ -69,21 +93,30 @@ object Parse {
     *  possibly with attributes, like
     *    org:name;attr1=val1;attr2=val2:version
     */
-  def moduleVersion(s: String): Either[String, (Module, String)] = {
+  def moduleVersion(s: String, defaultScalaVersion: String): Either[String, (Module, String)] = {
 
-    val parts = s.split(":", 3)
+    val parts = s.split(":", 4)
 
     parts match {
       case Array(org, rawName, version) =>
-         module(s"$org:$rawName")
+         module(s"$org:$rawName", defaultScalaVersion)
            .right
            .map((_, version))
 
+      case Array(org, "", rawName, version) =>
+        module(s"$org::$rawName", defaultScalaVersion)
+          .right
+          .map((_, version))
+
       case _ =>
         Left(s"Malformed dependency: $s")
     }
   }
 
+  @deprecated("use the variant accepting a default scala version")
+  def moduleVersionConfig(s: String): Either[String, (Module, String, Option[String])] =
+    moduleVersionConfig(s, defaultScalaVersion)
+
   /**
     * Parses coordinates like
     *   org:name:version
@@ -94,18 +127,28 @@ object Parse {
     *  or
     *   org:name;attr1=val1;attr2=val2:version:config
     */
-  def moduleVersionConfig(s: String): Either[String, (Module, String, Option[String])] = {
+  def moduleVersionConfig(s: String, defaultScalaVersion: String): Either[String, (Module, String, Option[String])] = {
 
-    val parts = s.split(":", 4)
+    val parts = s.split(":", 5)
 
     parts match {
+      case Array(org, "", rawName, version, config) =>
+        module(s"$org::$rawName", defaultScalaVersion)
+          .right
+          .map((_, version, Some(config)))
+
+      case Array(org, "", rawName, version) =>
+        module(s"$org::$rawName", defaultScalaVersion)
+          .right
+          .map((_, version, None))
+
       case Array(org, rawName, version, config) =>
-        module(s"$org:$rawName")
+        module(s"$org:$rawName", defaultScalaVersion)
           .right
           .map((_, version, Some(config)))
 
       case Array(org, rawName, version) =>
-        module(s"$org:$rawName")
+        module(s"$org:$rawName", defaultScalaVersion)
           .right
           .map((_, version, None))
 
@@ -114,21 +157,29 @@ object Parse {
     }
   }
 
+  @deprecated("use the variant accepting a default scala version")
+  def moduleVersions(l: Seq[String]): (Seq[String], Seq[(Module, String)]) =
+    moduleVersions(l, defaultScalaVersion)
+
   /**
     * Parses a sequence of coordinates.
     *
     * @return Sequence of errors, and sequence of modules / versions
     */
-  def moduleVersions(l: Seq[String]): (Seq[String], Seq[(Module, String)]) =
-    valuesAndErrors(moduleVersion, l)
+  def moduleVersions(l: Seq[String], defaultScalaVersion: String): (Seq[String], Seq[(Module, String)]) =
+    valuesAndErrors(moduleVersion(_, defaultScalaVersion), l)
+
+  @deprecated("use the variant accepting a default scala version")
+  def moduleVersionConfigs(l: Seq[String]): (Seq[String], Seq[(Module, String, Option[String])]) =
+    moduleVersionConfigs(l, defaultScalaVersion)
 
   /**
     * Parses a sequence of coordinates having an optional configuration.
     *
     * @return Sequence of errors, and sequence of modules / versions / optional configurations
     */
-  def moduleVersionConfigs(l: Seq[String]): (Seq[String], Seq[(Module, String, Option[String])]) =
-    valuesAndErrors(moduleVersionConfig, l)
+  def moduleVersionConfigs(l: Seq[String], defaultScalaVersion: String): (Seq[String], Seq[(Module, String, Option[String])]) =
+    valuesAndErrors(moduleVersionConfig(_, defaultScalaVersion), l)
 
   def repository(s: String): String \/ Repository =
     if (s == "central")
diff --git a/simple-web-server/src/main/scala/coursier/SimpleHttpServer.scala b/http-server/src/main/scala/coursier/HttpServer.scala
similarity index 98%
rename from simple-web-server/src/main/scala/coursier/SimpleHttpServer.scala
rename to http-server/src/main/scala/coursier/HttpServer.scala
index ef52696d5..b6cdbbf6d 100644
--- a/simple-web-server/src/main/scala/coursier/SimpleHttpServer.scala
+++ b/http-server/src/main/scala/coursier/HttpServer.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
 import scalaz.concurrent.Task
 
-case class SimpleHttpServerApp(
+case class HttpServerApp(
   @ExtraName("d")
   @ValueDescription("served directory")
     directory: String,
@@ -219,4 +219,4 @@ case class SimpleHttpServerApp(
 
 }
 
-object SimpleHttpServer extends AppOf[SimpleHttpServerApp]
+object HttpServer extends AppOf[HttpServerApp]