diff --git a/examples/multipart/src/main.rs b/examples/multipart/src/main.rs
index 1e20aca25..a1f31527d 100644
--- a/examples/multipart/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/multipart/src/main.rs
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ impl Actor for MyRoute {
 impl Route for MyRoute {
     type State = ();
 
-    fn request(req: &mut HttpRequest, payload: Payload,
-               ctx: &mut HttpContext<Self>) -> RouteResult<Self> {
+    fn request(mut req: HttpRequest, ctx: &mut HttpContext<Self>) -> RouteResult<Self> {
         println!("{:?}", req);
 
-        let multipart = req.multipart(payload)?;
+        let multipart = req.multipart()?;
 
         // get Multipart stream
         WrapStream::<MyRoute>::actstream(multipart)
diff --git a/examples/tls/src/main.rs b/examples/tls/src/main.rs
index 90fd11b1a..07d83b357 100644
--- a/examples/tls/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/tls/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::io::Read;
 use actix_web::*;
 
 /// somple handle
-fn index(req: &mut HttpRequest, _payload: Payload, state: &()) -> HttpResponse {
+fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
     println!("{:?}", req);
     httpcodes::HTTPOk
         .builder()
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fn main() {
             // register simple handler, handle all methods
             .handler("/index.html", index)
             // with path parameters
-            .resource("/", |r| r.handler(Method::GET, |req, _, _| {
+            .resource("/", |r| r.handler(Method::GET, |req| {
                 Ok(httpcodes::HTTPFound
                    .builder()
                    .header("LOCATION", "/index.html")
diff --git a/examples/websocket-chat/src/main.rs b/examples/websocket-chat/src/main.rs
index 14f93b915..fa9ceaef3 100644
--- a/examples/websocket-chat/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/websocket-chat/src/main.rs
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ impl Actor for WsChatSession {
 impl Route for WsChatSession {
     type State = WsChatSessionState;
 
-    fn request(req: &mut HttpRequest,
-               payload: Payload, ctx: &mut HttpContext<Self>) -> RouteResult<Self>
+    fn request(mut req: HttpRequest<WsChatSessionState>,
+               ctx: &mut HttpContext<Self>) -> RouteResult<Self>
     {
         // websocket handshakre, it may fail if request is not websocket request
         let resp = ws::handshake(&req)?;
         ctx.start(resp);
-        ctx.add_stream(ws::WsStream::new(payload));
+        ctx.add_stream(ws::WsStream::new(&mut req));
         Reply::async(
             WsChatSession {
                 id: 0,
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ fn main() {
 
     // Create Http server with websocket support
     HttpServer::new(
-        Application::builder("/", state)
+        Application::build("/", state)
             // redirect to websocket.html
             .resource("/", |r|
-                      r.handler(Method::GET, |req, payload, state| {
+                      r.handler(Method::GET, |req| {
                           Ok(httpcodes::HTTPFound
                              .builder()
                              .header("LOCATION", "/static/websocket.html")
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index 6aa93e4ae..6f02dccec 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ pub struct HttpContext<A> where A: Actor<Context=HttpContext<A>> + Route,
     address: ActorAddressCell<A>,
     stream: VecDeque<Frame>,
     wait: ActorWaitCell<A>,
+    app_state: Rc<<A as Route>::State>,
     disconnected: bool,
 }
 
@@ -101,9 +102,10 @@ impl<A> AsyncContextApi<A> for HttpContext<A> where A: Actor<Context=Self> + Rou
     }
 }
 
-impl<A> Default for HttpContext<A> where A: Actor<Context=Self> + Route {
+impl<A> HttpContext<A> where A: Actor<Context=Self> + Route {
 
-    fn default() -> HttpContext<A> {
+    pub fn new(state: Rc<<A as Route>::State>) -> HttpContext<A>
+    {
         HttpContext {
             act: None,
             state: ActorState::Started,
@@ -112,12 +114,10 @@ impl<A> Default for HttpContext<A> where A: Actor<Context=Self> + Route {
             address: ActorAddressCell::default(),
             wait: ActorWaitCell::default(),
             stream: VecDeque::new(),
+            app_state: state,
             disconnected: false,
         }
     }
-}
-
-impl<A> HttpContext<A> where A: Actor<Context=Self> + Route {
 
     pub(crate) fn set_actor(&mut self, act: A) {
         self.act = Some(act)
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ impl<A> HttpContext<A> where A: Actor<Context=Self> + Route {
 
 impl<A> HttpContext<A> where A: Actor<Context=Self> + Route {
 
+    /// Shared application state
+    pub fn state(&self) -> &<A as Route>::State {
+        &self.app_state
+    }
+
     /// Start response processing
     pub fn start<R: Into<HttpResponse>>(&mut self, response: R) {
         self.stream.push_back(Frame::Message(response.into()))
diff --git a/src/httprequest.rs b/src/httprequest.rs
index 720461151..25abc16c9 100644
--- a/src/httprequest.rs
+++ b/src/httprequest.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ impl<S> HttpRequest<S> {
         &self.1
     }
 
+    /// Clone application state
+    pub(crate) fn clone_state(&self) -> Rc<S> {
+        Rc::clone(&self.1)
+    }
+
     /// Protocol extensions.
     #[inline]
     pub fn extensions(&mut self) -> &mut Extensions {
@@ -287,8 +292,9 @@ impl<S> HttpRequest<S> {
     /// Return stream to process BODY as multipart.
     ///
     /// Content-type: multipart/form-data;
-    pub fn multipart(&self, payload: Payload) -> Result<Multipart, MultipartError> {
-        Ok(Multipart::new(Multipart::boundary(&self.0.headers)?, payload))
+    pub fn multipart(&mut self) -> Result<Multipart, MultipartError> {
+        let boundary = Multipart::boundary(&self.0.headers)?;
+        Ok(Multipart::new(boundary, self.take_payload()))
     }
 
     /// Parse `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` encoded body.
diff --git a/src/middlewares/logger.rs b/src/middlewares/logger.rs
index 1ab67e806..4b2d386d7 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/logger.rs
+++ b/src/middlewares/logger.rs
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ impl Logger {
 
 impl Middleware for Logger {
 
-    fn start(&self, mut req: HttpRequest) -> Started {
+    fn start(&self, req: &mut HttpRequest) -> Started {
         req.extensions().insert(StartTime(time::now()));
-        Started::Done(req)
+        Started::Done
     }
 
     fn finish(&self, req: &mut HttpRequest, resp: &HttpResponse) -> Finished {
@@ -299,14 +299,14 @@ mod tests {
 
         let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
         headers.insert(header::USER_AGENT, header::HeaderValue::from_static("ACTIX-WEB"));
-        let req = HttpRequest::new(
+        let mut req = HttpRequest::new(
             Method::GET, "/".to_owned(), Version::HTTP_11, headers, String::new(), Payload::empty());
         let resp = HttpResponse::builder(StatusCode::OK)
             .header("X-Test", "ttt")
             .force_close().body(Body::Empty).unwrap();
 
-        let mut req = match logger.start(req) {
-            Started::Done(req) => req,
+        match logger.start(&mut req) {
+            Started::Done => (),
             _ => panic!(),
         };
         match logger.finish(&mut req, &resp) {
diff --git a/src/middlewares/mod.rs b/src/middlewares/mod.rs
index 66913fa45..f9720db5c 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/mod.rs
+++ b/src/middlewares/mod.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ pub enum Started {
     /// Moddleware error
     Err(Error),
     /// Execution completed
-    Done(HttpRequest),
+    Done,
     /// New http response got generated. If middleware generates response
     /// handler execution halts.
-    Response(HttpRequest, HttpResponse),
+    Response(HttpResponse),
     /// Execution completed, runs future to completion.
-    Future(Box<Future<Item=(HttpRequest, Option<HttpResponse>), Error=Error>>),
+    Future(Box<Future<Item=Option<HttpResponse>, Error=Error>>),
 }
 
 /// Middleware execution result
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ pub trait Middleware {
 
     /// Method is called when request is ready. It may return
     /// future, which should resolve before next middleware get called.
-    fn start(&self, req: HttpRequest) -> Started {
-        Started::Done(req)
+    fn start(&self, req: &mut HttpRequest) -> Started {
+        Started::Done
     }
 
     /// Method is called when handler returns response,
diff --git a/src/middlewares/session.rs b/src/middlewares/session.rs
index c89817f91..8e7315af9 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/session.rs
+++ b/src/middlewares/session.rs
@@ -90,14 +90,15 @@ impl<T: SessionBackend> SessionStorage<T> {
 
 impl<T: SessionBackend> Middleware for SessionStorage<T> {
 
-    fn start(&self, mut req: HttpRequest) -> Started {
+    fn start(&self, req: &mut HttpRequest) -> Started {
+        let mut req = req.clone();
+
         let fut = self.0.from_request(&mut req)
-            .then(|res| {
+            .then(move |res| {
                 match res {
                     Ok(sess) => {
                         req.extensions().insert(Arc::new(SessionImplBox(Box::new(sess))));
-                        let resp: Option<HttpResponse> = None;
-                        FutOk((req, resp))
+                        FutOk(None)
                     },
                     Err(err) => FutErr(err)
                 }
diff --git a/src/pipeline.rs b/src/pipeline.rs
index 518a82130..218755ba2 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.rs
+++ b/src/pipeline.rs
@@ -146,13 +146,14 @@ impl Pipeline {
     }
 }
 
-type Fut = Box<Future<Item=(HttpRequest, Option<HttpResponse>), Error=Error>>;
+type Fut = Box<Future<Item=Option<HttpResponse>, Error=Error>>;
 
 /// Middlewares start executor
 struct Start {
     idx: usize,
     hnd: *mut Handler,
     disconnected: bool,
+    req: HttpRequest,
     fut: Option<Fut>,
     middlewares: Rc<Vec<Box<Middleware>>>,
 }
@@ -169,10 +170,11 @@ impl Start {
         Start {
             idx: 0,
             fut: None,
+            req: req,
             disconnected: false,
             hnd: handler as *const _ as *mut _,
             middlewares: mw,
-        }.start(req)
+        }.start()
     }
 
     fn disconnected(&mut self) {
@@ -187,43 +189,40 @@ impl Start {
         task
     }
 
-    fn start(mut self, mut req: HttpRequest) -> Result<StartResult, Error> {
+    fn start(mut self) -> Result<StartResult, Error> {
         let len = self.middlewares.len();
         loop {
             if self.idx == len {
-                let task = (unsafe{&*self.hnd})(req.clone());
+                let task = (unsafe{&*self.hnd})(self.req.clone());
                 return Ok(StartResult::Ready(
-                    Box::new(Handle::new(self.idx-1, req, self.prepare(task), self.middlewares))))
+                    Box::new(Handle::new(self.idx-1, self.req.clone(),
+                                         self.prepare(task), self.middlewares))))
             } else {
-                req = match self.middlewares[self.idx].start(req) {
-                    Started::Done(req) => {
-                        self.idx += 1;
-                        req
-                    }
-                    Started::Response(req, resp) => {
+                match self.middlewares[self.idx].start(&mut self.req) {
+                    Started::Done =>
+                        self.idx += 1,
+                    Started::Response(resp) =>
                         return Ok(StartResult::Ready(
                             Box::new(Handle::new(
-                                self.idx, req, self.prepare(Task::reply(resp)), self.middlewares))))
-                    },
-                    Started::Future(mut fut) => {
+                                self.idx, self.req.clone(),
+                                self.prepare(Task::reply(resp)), self.middlewares)))),
+                    Started::Future(mut fut) =>
                         match fut.poll() {
                             Ok(Async::NotReady) => {
                                 self.fut = Some(fut);
                                 return Ok(StartResult::NotReady(self))
                             }
-                            Ok(Async::Ready((req, resp))) => {
+                            Ok(Async::Ready(resp)) => {
                                 if let Some(resp) = resp {
                                     return Ok(StartResult::Ready(
                                         Box::new(Handle::new(
-                                            self.idx, req,
+                                            self.idx, self.req.clone(),
                                             self.prepare(Task::reply(resp)), self.middlewares))))
                                 }
                                 self.idx += 1;
-                                req
                             }
                             Err(err) => return Err(err)
-                        }
-                    },
+                        },
                     Started::Err(err) => return Err(err),
                 }
             }
@@ -235,28 +234,28 @@ impl Start {
         'outer: loop {
             match self.fut.as_mut().unwrap().poll() {
                 Ok(Async::NotReady) => return Ok(Async::NotReady),
-                Ok(Async::Ready((mut req, resp))) => {
+                Ok(Async::Ready(resp)) => {
                     self.idx += 1;
                     if let Some(resp) = resp {
                         return Ok(Async::Ready(Box::new(Handle::new(
-                            self.idx-1, req,
+                            self.idx-1, self.req.clone(),
                             self.prepare(Task::reply(resp)), Rc::clone(&self.middlewares)))))
                     }
                     if self.idx == len {
-                        let task = (unsafe{&*self.hnd})(req.clone());
+                        let task = (unsafe{&*self.hnd})(self.req.clone());
                         return Ok(Async::Ready(Box::new(Handle::new(
-                            self.idx-1, req, self.prepare(task), Rc::clone(&self.middlewares)))))
+                            self.idx-1, self.req.clone(),
+                            self.prepare(task), Rc::clone(&self.middlewares)))))
                     } else {
                         loop {
-                            req = match self.middlewares[self.idx].start(req) {
-                                Started::Done(req) => {
-                                    self.idx += 1;
-                                    req
-                                }
-                                Started::Response(req, resp) => {
+                            match self.middlewares[self.idx].start(&mut self.req) {
+                                Started::Done =>
+                                    self.idx += 1,
+                                Started::Response(resp) => {
                                     self.idx += 1;
                                     return Ok(Async::Ready(Box::new(Handle::new(
-                                        self.idx-1, req, self.prepare(Task::reply(resp)),
+                                        self.idx-1, self.req.clone(),
+                                        self.prepare(Task::reply(resp)),
                                         Rc::clone(&self.middlewares)))))
                                 },
                                 Started::Future(fut) => {
diff --git a/src/route.rs b/src/route.rs
index b7289eb55..c591e984d 100644
--- a/src/route.rs
+++ b/src/route.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ impl<A, S> RouteHandler<S> for RouteFactory<A, S>
           S: 'static
 {
     fn handle(&self, mut req: HttpRequest<A::State>) -> Task {
-        let mut ctx = HttpContext::default();
+        let mut ctx = HttpContext::new(req.clone_state());
 
         // handle EXPECT header
         if req.headers().contains_key(header::EXPECT) {
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index 03a6a4850..83f94ce4b 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ struct MiddlewareTest {
 }
 
 impl middlewares::Middleware for MiddlewareTest {
-    fn start(&self, req: HttpRequest) -> middlewares::Started {
+    fn start(&self, _: &mut HttpRequest) -> middlewares::Started {
         self.start.store(self.start.load(Ordering::Relaxed) + 1, Ordering::Relaxed);
-        middlewares::Started::Done(req)
+        middlewares::Started::Done
     }
 
     fn response(&self, _: &mut HttpRequest, resp: HttpResponse) -> middlewares::Response {