diff --git a/examples/basic.rs b/examples/basic.rs
index 0650a078c..1b60cdf38 100644
--- a/examples/basic.rs
+++ b/examples/basic.rs
@@ -68,19 +68,13 @@ fn main() {
             SslAcceptorExt::accept_async(&acceptor, stream)
                 .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))
         })
-        // convert closure to a `NewService` and convert init error
-        .into_new_service().map_init_err(|_| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, ""))
+        // convert closure to a `NewService`
+        .into_new_service()
 
         // .and_then() combinator uses other service to convert incoming `Request` to a `Response`
         // and then uses that response as an input for next service.
         // in this case, on success we use `logger` service
-        .and_then(
-            // convert function to a Service and related NewService impl
-            logger.into_new_service()
-                // if service is a function actix-net generate NewService impl with InitError=(),
-                // but actix_net::Server requires io::Error as InitError,
-                // we need to convert it to a `io::Error`
-                .map_init_err(|_| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "")))
+        .and_then(logger)
 
         // next service uses two components, service state and service function
         // actix-net generates `NewService` impl that creates `ServiceState` instance for each new service
diff --git a/src/service.rs b/src/service.rs
index 930b7bdaa..e1440c6a2 100644
--- a/src/service.rs
+++ b/src/service.rs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-pub struct FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut, Cfg>
+pub struct FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, IErr, Fut, Cfg>
 where
     F: Fn(Req) -> Fut,
     Fut: IntoFuture<Item = Resp, Error = Err>,
@@ -172,10 +172,11 @@ where
     req: marker::PhantomData<Req>,
     resp: marker::PhantomData<Resp>,
     err: marker::PhantomData<Err>,
+    ierr: marker::PhantomData<IErr>,
     cfg: marker::PhantomData<Cfg>,
 }
 
-impl<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut, Cfg> FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut, Cfg>
+impl<F, Req, Resp, Err, IErr, Fut, Cfg> FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, IErr, Fut, Cfg>
 where
     F: Fn(Req) -> Fut + Clone,
     Fut: IntoFuture<Item = Resp, Error = Err>,
@@ -186,12 +187,13 @@ where
             req: marker::PhantomData,
             resp: marker::PhantomData,
             err: marker::PhantomData,
+            ierr: marker::PhantomData,
             cfg: marker::PhantomData,
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut, Cfg> NewService for FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut, Cfg>
+impl<F, Req, Resp, Err, IErr, Fut, Cfg> NewService for FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, IErr, Fut, Cfg>
 where
     F: Fn(Req) -> Fut + Clone,
     Fut: IntoFuture<Item = Resp, Error = Err>,
@@ -202,27 +204,27 @@ where
     type Error = Err;
     type Service = FnService<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut>;
     type Config = Cfg;
-    type InitError = ();
-    type Future = FutureResult<Self::Service, ()>;
+    type InitError = IErr;
+    type Future = FutureResult<Self::Service, Self::InitError>;
 
     fn new_service(&self, cfg: Cfg) -> Self::Future {
         future::ok(FnService::new(self.f.clone()))
     }
 }
 
-impl<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut, Cfg> IntoNewService<FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut, Cfg>>
+impl<F, Req, Resp, Err, IErr, Fut, Cfg> IntoNewService<FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, IErr, Fut, Cfg>>
     for F
 where
     F: Fn(Req) -> Fut + Clone + 'static,
     Fut: IntoFuture<Item = Resp, Error = Err>,
     Cfg: Clone,
 {
-    fn into_new_service(self) -> FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut, Cfg> {
+    fn into_new_service(self) -> FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, IErr, Fut, Cfg> {
         FnNewService::new(self)
     }
 }
 
-impl<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut, Cfg> Clone for FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, Fut, Cfg>
+impl<F, Req, Resp, Err, IErr, Fut, Cfg> Clone for FnNewService<F, Req, Resp, Err, IErr, Fut, Cfg>
 where
     F: Fn(Req) -> Fut + Clone,
     Fut: IntoFuture<Item = Resp, Error = Err>,