diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4c3773f3..d6cfb95a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Actix web is licensed under the [Apache-2.0 license](http://opensource.org/licen
   * Transparent content compression/decompression (br, gzip, deflate)
   * Configurable request routing
   * Multipart streams
-  * Middlewares
+  * Middlewares (Logger, Session included)
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/src/httprequest.rs b/src/httprequest.rs
index f2c1d6012..3c0f6edcb 100644
--- a/src/httprequest.rs
+++ b/src/httprequest.rs
@@ -75,13 +75,8 @@ impl HttpRequest<()> {
         )
     }
 
-    /// Construct request for error response.
-    pub(crate) fn for_error() -> HttpRequest {
-        HttpRequest(Rc::new(HttpMessage::default()), Rc::new(()))
-    }
-
     /// Construct new http request with state.
-    pub(crate) fn with_state<S>(self, state: Rc<S>) -> HttpRequest<S> {
+    pub fn with_state<S>(self, state: Rc<S>) -> HttpRequest<S> {
         HttpRequest(self.0, state)
     }
 }
@@ -345,6 +340,14 @@ impl<S> HttpRequest<S> {
     }
 }
 
+impl Default for HttpRequest<()> {
+
+    /// Construct default request
+    fn default() -> HttpRequest {
+        HttpRequest(Rc::new(HttpMessage::default()), Rc::new(()))
+    }
+}
+
 impl<S> Clone for HttpRequest<S> {
     fn clone(&self) -> HttpRequest<S> {
         HttpRequest(Rc::clone(&self.0), Rc::clone(&self.1))
diff --git a/src/pipeline.rs b/src/pipeline.rs
index 218755ba2..7723cefa8 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.rs
+++ b/src/pipeline.rs
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ impl Pipeline {
                     Pipeline(PipelineState::Starting(res)),
                 Err(err) =>
                     Pipeline(PipelineState::Error(
-                        Box::new((Task::reply(err), HttpRequest::for_error()))))
+                        Box::new((Task::reply(err), HttpRequest::default()))))
             }
         }
     }
 
     pub fn error<R: Into<HttpResponse>>(resp: R) -> Self {
-        Pipeline(PipelineState::Error(Box::new((Task::reply(resp), HttpRequest::for_error()))))
+        Pipeline(PipelineState::Error(Box::new((Task::reply(resp), HttpRequest::default()))))
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn disconnected(&mut self) {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl Pipeline {
                             self.0 = PipelineState::Handle(h),
                         Err(err) =>
                             self.0 = PipelineState::Error(
-                                Box::new((Task::reply(err), HttpRequest::for_error())))
+                                Box::new((Task::reply(err), HttpRequest::default())))
                     }
                 }
                 PipelineState::Handle(mut st) => {