diff --git a/examples/content_types/src/main.rs b/examples/content_types/src/main.rs
index 6ea98df3..ab9f6f88 100644
--- a/examples/content_types/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/content_types/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 extern crate rocket;
 extern crate serde_json;
 
-use rocket::{Rocket, Request, ContentType, Error};
+use rocket::{Rocket, Request, Error};
+use rocket::response::JSON;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct Person {
@@ -13,24 +14,24 @@ struct Person {
 }
 
 #[GET(path = "/<name>/<age>", content = "application/json")]
-fn hello(name: String, age: i8) -> String {
+fn hello(name: String, age: i8) -> JSON<String> {
     let person = Person {
         name: name,
         age: age,
     };
 
-    serde_json::to_string(&person).unwrap()
+    JSON(serde_json::to_string(&person).unwrap())
 }
 
 #[error(code = "404")]
 fn not_found<'r>(error: Error, request: &'r Request<'r>) -> String {
     match error {
-        Error::NoRoute if !request.content_type().is_json() => {
+        Error::BadMethod if !request.content_type().is_json() => {
             format!("<p>This server only supports JSON requests, not '{}'.</p>",
                     request.content_type())
         }
         Error::NoRoute => {
-            format!("<p>Sorry, this server but '{}' is not a valid path!</p>
+            format!("<p>Sorry, '{}' is not a valid path!</p>
                     <p>Try visiting /hello/&lt;name&gt;/&lt;age&gt; instead.</p>",
                     request.uri())
         }
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ fn not_found<'r>(error: Error, request: &'r Request<'r>) -> String {
 
 fn main() {
     let mut rocket = Rocket::new("0.0.0.0", 8000);
-    rocket.mount("/hello", routes![hello]);
-    rocket.catch(errors![not_found]);
+    rocket.mount("/hello", routes![hello]).catch(errors![not_found]);
     rocket.launch();
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/content_type.rs b/lib/src/content_type.rs
index dac1b238..140107ea 100644
--- a/lib/src/content_type.rs
+++ b/lib/src/content_type.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-pub use hyper::mime::{Mime, TopLevel, SubLevel};
+pub use response::mime::{Mime, TopLevel, SubLevel};
+use response::mime::{Param};
 
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::borrow::Borrow;
 use std::fmt;
-use hyper::mime::{Param};
 use self::TopLevel::{Text, Application};
 use self::SubLevel::{Json, Html};
 
diff --git a/lib/src/error.rs b/lib/src/error.rs
index 69693e27..760fd713 100644
--- a/lib/src/error.rs
+++ b/lib/src/error.rs
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ pub enum Error {
     BadMethod,
     BadParse,
     NoRoute, // FIXME: Add a chain of routes attempted.
+    Internal,
     NoKey
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/form.rs b/lib/src/form.rs
index d2000dd9..fbb43c0a 100644
--- a/lib/src/form.rs
+++ b/lib/src/form.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6, SocketAddr};
-use url::{self};
+use url;
 
 use error::Error;
 
diff --git a/lib/src/lib.rs b/lib/src/lib.rs
index 6e0788e7..238cd1f7 100644
--- a/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub mod handler {
     pub type ErrorHandler = for<'r> fn(error: Error, &'r Request<'r>) -> Response<'r>;
 }
 
-pub use logger::RocketLogger;
+pub use logger::{RocketLogger, LoggingLevel};
 pub use content_type::ContentType;
 pub use codegen::{StaticRouteInfo, StaticCatchInfo};
 pub use request::Request;
diff --git a/lib/src/logger.rs b/lib/src/logger.rs
index 6fe83936..0b981e30 100644
--- a/lib/src/logger.rs
+++ b/lib/src/logger.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ use log::{self, Log, LogLevel, LogRecord, LogMetadata};
 use term_painter::Color::*;
 use term_painter::ToStyle;
 
-pub struct RocketLogger(Level);
+pub struct RocketLogger(LoggingLevel);
 
-pub enum Level {
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub enum LoggingLevel {
     /// Only shows errors and warning.
     Critical,
     /// Shows everything except debug and trace information.
@@ -13,13 +14,13 @@ pub enum Level {
     Debug,
 }
 
-impl Level {
+impl LoggingLevel {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn max_log_level(&self) -> LogLevel {
         match *self {
-            Level::Critical => LogLevel::Warn,
-            Level::Normal => LogLevel::Info,
-            Level::Debug => LogLevel::Trace
+            LoggingLevel::Critical => LogLevel::Warn,
+            LoggingLevel::Normal => LogLevel::Info,
+            LoggingLevel::Debug => LogLevel::Trace
         }
     }
 }
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ impl Log for RocketLogger {
         }
 
         // In Rocket, we abuse target with value "_" to indicate indentation.
-        if record.target() == "_" {
+        if record.target() == "_" && self.0 != LoggingLevel::Critical {
             print!("    {} ", White.paint("=>"));
         }
 
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ impl Log for RocketLogger {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn init(level: Level) {
+pub fn init(level: LoggingLevel) {
     let result = log::set_logger(|max_log_level| {
         max_log_level.set(level.max_log_level().to_log_level_filter());
         Box::new(RocketLogger(level))
diff --git a/lib/src/param.rs b/lib/src/param.rs
index 772ec829..f0b01a33 100644
--- a/lib/src/param.rs
+++ b/lib/src/param.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6, SocketAddr};
+use url;
 
 use error::Error;
 
@@ -13,6 +14,13 @@ impl<'a> FromParam<'a> for &'a str {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> FromParam<'a> for String {
+    fn from_param(p: &'a str) -> Result<String, Error> {
+        let decoder = url::percent_encoding::percent_decode(p.as_bytes());
+        decoder.decode_utf8().map_err(|_| Error::BadParse).map(|s| s.into_owned())
+    }
+}
+
 macro_rules! impl_with_fromstr {
     ($($T:ident),+) => ($(
         impl<'a> FromParam<'a> for $T {
@@ -24,5 +32,5 @@ macro_rules! impl_with_fromstr {
 }
 
 impl_with_fromstr!(f32, f64, isize, i8, i16, i32, i64, usize, u8, u16, u32, u64,
-       bool, String, IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6,
+       bool, IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6,
        SocketAddr);
diff --git a/lib/src/request/request.rs b/lib/src/request/request.rs
index 83f845e4..e9ed1cb8 100644
--- a/lib/src/request/request.rs
+++ b/lib/src/request/request.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 use std::io::{Read};
 use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::fmt;
+
+use term_painter::Color::*;
+use term_painter::ToStyle;
 
 use error::Error;
 use param::FromParam;
@@ -16,10 +20,10 @@ use router::Route;
 use request::{HyperHeaders, HyperRequest};
 
 pub struct Request<'a> {
-    pub params: RefCell<Option<Vec<&'a str>>>, // This also sucks.
     pub method: Method,
     pub uri: URIBuf, // FIXME: Should be URI (without Hyper).
     pub data: Vec<u8>, // FIXME: Don't read this! (bad Hyper.)
+    params: RefCell<Option<Vec<&'a str>>>, // This also sucks.
     headers: HyperHeaders, // This sucks.
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +37,6 @@ impl<'a> Request<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(test)]
     pub fn mock(method: Method, uri: &str) -> Request {
         Request {
             params: RefCell::new(None),
@@ -44,7 +47,6 @@ impl<'a> Request<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-
     // FIXME: Get rid of Hyper.
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn headers(&self) -> &HyperHeaders {
@@ -70,27 +72,38 @@ impl<'a> Request<'a> {
         self.headers.set::<header::ContentType>(hyper_ct)
     }
 
-}
-
-impl<'a, 'h, 'k> From<HyperRequest<'h, 'k>> for Request<'a> {
-    fn from(hyper_req: HyperRequest<'h, 'k>) -> Request<'a> {
+    pub fn from_hyp<'h, 'k>(hyper_req: HyperRequest<'h, 'k>)
+            -> Result<Request<'a>, String> {
         let (_, h_method, h_headers, h_uri, _, mut h_body) = hyper_req.deconstruct();
 
         let uri = match h_uri {
             HyperRequestUri::AbsolutePath(s) => URIBuf::from(s),
-            _ => panic!("Can only accept absolute paths!")
+            _ => return Err(format!("Bad URI: {}", h_uri))
+        };
+
+        let method = match Method::from_hyp(&h_method) {
+            Some(m) => m,
+            _ => return Err(format!("Bad method: {}", h_method))
         };
 
         // FIXME: GRRR.
         let mut data = vec![];
         h_body.read_to_end(&mut data).unwrap();
 
-        Request {
+        let request = Request {
             params: RefCell::new(None),
-            method: Method::from_hyp(&h_method).unwrap(),
+            method: method,
             uri: uri,
             data: data,
             headers: h_headers,
-        }
+        };
+
+        Ok(request)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'r> fmt::Display for Request<'r> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{} {}", Green.paint(&self.method), Blue.paint(&self.uri))
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/response/data_type.rs b/lib/src/response/data_type.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c96ecb2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/response/data_type.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use response::{header, Responder, FreshHyperResponse, Outcome};
+use response::mime::{Mime, TopLevel, SubLevel};
+
+macro_rules! impl_data_type_responder {
+    ($name:ident: $top:ident/$sub:ident) => (
+    pub struct $name<T: Responder>(pub T);
+
+    impl<T: Responder> Responder for $name<T> {
+        fn respond<'b>(&mut self, mut res: FreshHyperResponse<'b>) -> Outcome<'b> {
+            let mime = Mime(TopLevel::$top, SubLevel::$sub, vec![]);
+            res.headers_mut().set(header::ContentType(mime));
+            self.0.respond(res)
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+impl_data_type_responder!(JSON: Application/Json);
+impl_data_type_responder!(HTML: Text/Html);
+impl_data_type_responder!(Plain: Text/Plain);
diff --git a/lib/src/response/mod.rs b/lib/src/response/mod.rs
index a83b0dd9..268266c5 100644
--- a/lib/src/response/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/response/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ mod redirect;
 mod with_status;
 mod outcome;
 mod cookied;
+mod data_type;
 
 pub use hyper::server::Response as HyperResponse;
 pub use hyper::net::Fresh as HyperFresh;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ pub use hyper::status::StatusCode;
 pub use hyper::header;
 pub use hyper::mime;
 
+pub use self::data_type::*;
 pub use self::responder::Responder;
 pub use self::empty::{Empty, Forward};
 pub use self::redirect::Redirect;
diff --git a/lib/src/response/responder.rs b/lib/src/response/responder.rs
index d05fc4b6..5f0b2f94 100644
--- a/lib/src/response/responder.rs
+++ b/lib/src/response/responder.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ pub trait Responder {
 
 impl<'a> Responder for &'a str {
     fn respond<'b>(&mut self, mut res: FreshHyperResponse<'b>) -> Outcome<'b> {
-        let mime = Mime(TopLevel::Text, SubLevel::Html, vec![]);
-        res.headers_mut().set(header::ContentType(mime));
+        if res.headers().get::<header::ContentType>().is_none() {
+            let mime = Mime(TopLevel::Text, SubLevel::Plain, vec![]);
+            res.headers_mut().set(header::ContentType(mime));
+        }
+
         res.send(self.as_bytes()).unwrap();
         Outcome::Complete
     }
@@ -23,8 +26,10 @@ impl<'a> Responder for &'a str {
 
 impl Responder for String {
     fn respond<'a>(&mut self, mut res: FreshHyperResponse<'a>) -> Outcome<'a> {
-        let mime = Mime(TopLevel::Text, SubLevel::Html, vec![]);
-        res.headers_mut().set(header::ContentType(mime));
+        if res.headers().get::<header::ContentType>().is_none() {
+            let mime = Mime(TopLevel::Text, SubLevel::Html, vec![]);
+            res.headers_mut().set(header::ContentType(mime));
+        }
         res.send(self.as_bytes()).unwrap();
         Outcome::Complete
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/rocket.rs b/lib/src/rocket.rs
index 7765c809..a26a0de1 100644
--- a/lib/src/rocket.rs
+++ b/lib/src/rocket.rs
@@ -3,14 +3,11 @@ use response::FreshHyperResponse;
 use request::HyperRequest;
 use catcher;
 
-use std::io::Read;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use term_painter::Color::*;
 use term_painter::ToStyle;
 
-use hyper::uri::RequestUri as HyperRequestUri;
-use hyper::method::Method as HyperMethod;
 use hyper::server::Server as HyperServer;
 use hyper::server::Handler as HyperHandler;
 
@@ -19,91 +16,80 @@ pub struct Rocket {
     port: isize,
     router: Router,
     catchers: HashMap<u16, Catcher>,
-}
-
-fn uri_is_absolute(uri: &HyperRequestUri) -> bool {
-    match *uri {
-        HyperRequestUri::AbsolutePath(_) => true,
-        _ => false
-    }
-}
-
-fn method_is_valid(method: &HyperMethod) -> bool {
-    Method::from_hyp(method).is_some()
+    log_set: bool,
 }
 
 impl HyperHandler for Rocket {
     fn handle<'h, 'k>(&self, req: HyperRequest<'h, 'k>,
             mut res: FreshHyperResponse<'h>) {
-        info!("{:?} '{}':", Green.paint(&req.method), Blue.paint(&req.uri));
-
-        let finalize = |mut req: HyperRequest, _res: FreshHyperResponse| {
-            let mut buf = vec![];
-            // FIXME: Simple DOS attack here. Working around Hyper bug.
-            let _ = req.read_to_end(&mut buf);
-        };
-
-        if !uri_is_absolute(&req.uri) {
-            error_!("Internal failure. Bad URI.");
-            debug_!("Debug: {}", req.uri);
-            return finalize(req, res);
-        }
-
-        if !method_is_valid(&req.method) {
-            error_!("Internal failure. Bad method.");
-            debug_!("Method: {}", req.method);
-            return finalize(req, res);
-        }
-
         res.headers_mut().set(response::header::Server("rocket".to_string()));
         self.dispatch(req, res)
     }
 }
 
 impl Rocket {
-    fn dispatch<'h, 'k>(&self, hyper_req: HyperRequest<'h, 'k>,
+    fn dispatch<'h, 'k>(&self, hyp_req: HyperRequest<'h, 'k>,
                         res: FreshHyperResponse<'h>) {
-        let req = Request::from(hyper_req);
-        let route = self.router.route(&req);
-        if let Some(route) = route {
+        // Get a copy of the URI for later use.
+        let uri = hyp_req.uri.to_string();
+
+        // Try to create a Rocket request from the hyper request.
+        let request = match Request::from_hyp(hyp_req) {
+            Ok(req) => req,
+            Err(reason) => {
+                let mock_request = Request::mock(Method::Get, uri.as_str());
+                return self.handle_internal_error(reason, &mock_request, res);
+            }
+        };
+
+        info!("{}:", request);
+        let route = self.router.route(&request);
+        if let Some(ref route) = route {
             // Retrieve and set the requests parameters.
-            req.set_params(&route);
+            request.set_params(route);
 
             // Here's the magic: dispatch the request to the handler.
-            let outcome = (route.handler)(&req).respond(res);
+            let outcome = (route.handler)(&request).respond(res);
             info_!("{} {}", White.paint("Outcome:"), outcome);
 
-            // // TODO: keep trying lower ranked routes before dispatching a not
-            // // found error.
-            // outcome.map_forward(|res| {
-            //     error_!("No further matching routes.");
-            //     // TODO: Have some way to know why this was failed forward. Use that
-            //     // instead of always using an unchained error.
-            //     self.handle_not_found(req, res);
-            // });
+            // TODO: keep trying lower ranked routes before dispatching a not
+            // found error.
+            outcome.map_forward(|res| {
+                error_!("No further matching routes.");
+                // TODO: Have some way to know why this was failed forward. Use that
+                // instead of always using an unchained error.
+                self.handle_not_found(&request, res);
+            });
         } else {
             error_!("No matching routes.");
-            return self.handle_not_found(&req, res);
+            self.handle_not_found(&request, res);
         }
     }
 
-    // A closure which we call when we know there is no route.
+    // Call on internal server error.
+    fn handle_internal_error<'r>(&self, reason: String, request: &'r Request<'r>,
+                            response: FreshHyperResponse) {
+        error!("Internal server error.");
+        debug!("{}", reason);
+        let catcher = self.catchers.get(&500).unwrap();
+        catcher.handle(Error::Internal, request).respond(response);
+    }
+
+    // Call when no route was found.
     fn handle_not_found<'r>(&self, request: &'r Request<'r>,
                             response: FreshHyperResponse) {
-        error_!("Dispatch failed. Returning 404.");
+        error_!("{} dispatch failed: 404.", request);
         let catcher = self.catchers.get(&404).unwrap();
         catcher.handle(Error::NoRoute, request).respond(response);
     }
 
     pub fn new(address: &'static str, port: isize) -> Rocket {
-        // FIXME: Allow user to override level/disable logging.
-        logger::init(logger::Level::Normal);
-
         Rocket {
             address: address,
             port: port,
             router: Router::new(),
             catchers: catcher::defaults::get(),
+            log_set: false,
         }
     }
 
@@ -138,11 +124,24 @@ impl Rocket {
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn launch(self) {
+    pub fn log(&mut self, level: LoggingLevel) {
+        if self.log_set {
+            warn!("Log level already set! Not overriding.");
+        } else {
+            logger::init(level);
+            self.log_set = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn launch(mut self) {
         if self.router.has_collisions() {
             warn!("Route collisions detected!");
         }
 
+        if !self.log_set {
+            self.log(LoggingLevel::Normal)
+        }
+
         let full_addr = format!("{}:{}", self.address, self.port);
         info!("🚀  {} {}...", White.paint("Rocket has launched from"),
             White.bold().paint(&full_addr));
diff --git a/macros/src/route_decorator.rs b/macros/src/route_decorator.rs
index 6466511d..07c4252e 100644
--- a/macros/src/route_decorator.rs
+++ b/macros/src/route_decorator.rs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ fn content_type_to_expr(ecx: &ExtCtxt, content_type: &ContentType) -> P<Expr> {
 pub fn route_decorator(known_method: Option<Spanned<Method>>, ecx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                        sp: Span, meta_item: &MetaItem, annotated: &Annotatable,
                        push: &mut FnMut(Annotatable)) {
-    ::rocket::logger::init(::rocket::logger::Level::Debug);
+    ::rocket::logger::init(::rocket::LoggingLevel::Debug);
 
     // Get the encompassing item and function declaration for the annotated func.
     let parser = MetaItemParser::new(ecx, meta_item, annotated, &sp);