diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84e7be78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Version 0.1
+-----------
+ - 0.1.7
+  - Reversed static url and directory arguments to meet spec
+ - 0.1.6
+  - Static files
+  - Lazy Cookie Loading
+ - 0.1.5 
+  - Cookies
+  - Blueprint listeners and ordering
+  - Faster Router
+  - Fix: Incomplete file reads on medium+ sized post requests
+  - Breaking: after_start and before_stop now pass sanic as their first argument
+ - 0.1.4 
+  - Multiprocessing
+ - 0.1.3
+  - Blueprint support
+  - Faster Response processing
+ - 0.1.1 - 0.1.2 
+  - Struggling to update pypi via CI
+ - 0.1.0 
+  - Released to public
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e302a66c..a02dc703 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,23 +4,26 @@
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/sanic.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sanic/)
 [![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/sanic.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/sanic/)
 
-Sanic is a Flask-like Python 3.5+ web server that's written to go fast.  It's based off the work done by the amazing folks at magicstack, and was inspired by this article: https://magic.io/blog/uvloop-blazing-fast-python-networking/.
+Sanic is a Flask-like Python 3.5+ web server that's written to go fast.  It's based on the work done by the amazing folks at magicstack, and was inspired by this article: https://magic.io/blog/uvloop-blazing-fast-python-networking/.
 
-On top of being flask-like, sanic supports async request handlers.  This means you can use the new shiny async/await syntax from Python 3.5, making your code non-blocking and speedy.
+On top of being Flask-like, Sanic supports async request handlers.  This means you can use the new shiny async/await syntax from Python 3.5, making your code non-blocking and speedy.
 
 ## Benchmarks
 
-All tests were run on a AWS medium instance running ubuntu, using 1 process.  Each script delivered a small JSON response and was tested with wrk using 100 connections.  Pypy was tested for falcon and flask, but did not speed up requests.
+All tests were run on an AWS medium instance running ubuntu, using 1 process.  Each script delivered a small JSON response and was tested with wrk using 100 connections.  Pypy was tested for Falcon and Flask but did not speed up requests.
+
+
 
 | Server  | Implementation      | Requests/sec | Avg Latency |
 | ------- | ------------------- | ------------:| -----------:|
-| Sanic   | Python 3.5 + uvloop |       30,601 |      3.23ms |
+| Sanic   | Python 3.5 + uvloop |       33,342 |      2.96ms |
 | Wheezy  | gunicorn + meinheld |       20,244 |      4.94ms |
 | Falcon  | gunicorn + meinheld |       18,972 |      5.27ms |
 | Bottle  | gunicorn + meinheld |       13,596 |      7.36ms |
 | Flask   | gunicorn + meinheld |        4,988 |     20.08ms |
 | Kyoukai | Python 3.5 + uvloop |        3,889 |     27.44ms |
 | Aiohttp | Python 3.5 + uvloop |        2,979 |     33.42ms |
+| Tornado | Python 3.5          |        2,138 |     46.66ms |
 
 ## Hello World
 
@@ -47,6 +50,9 @@ app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)
  * [Middleware](docs/middleware.md)
  * [Exceptions](docs/exceptions.md)
  * [Blueprints](docs/blueprints.md)
+ * [Cookies](docs/cookies.md)
+ * [Static Files](docs/static_files.md)
+ * [Deploying](docs/deploying.md)
  * [Contributing](docs/contributing.md)
  * [License](LICENSE)
 
diff --git a/docs/blueprints.md b/docs/blueprints.md
index 7a4567ee..adc40dfa 100644
--- a/docs/blueprints.md
+++ b/docs/blueprints.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from sanic import Blueprint
 bp = Blueprint('my_blueprint')
 
 @bp.route('/')
-async def bp_root():
+async def bp_root(request):
     return json({'my': 'blueprint'})
 
 ```
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from sanic import Sanic
 from my_blueprint import bp
 
 app = Sanic(__name__)
-app.register_blueprint(bp)
+app.blueprint(bp)
 
 app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=8000, debug=True)
 ```
@@ -79,4 +79,33 @@ Exceptions can also be applied exclusively to blueprints globally.
 @bp.exception(NotFound)
 def ignore_404s(request, exception):
 	return text("Yep, I totally found the page: {}".format(request.url))
+
+## Static files
+Static files can also be served globally, under the blueprint prefix.
+
+```python
+bp.static('/folder/to/serve', '/web/path')
+```
+
+## Start and Stop
+Blueprints and run functions during the start and stop process of the server.
+If running in multiprocessor mode (more than 1 worker), these are triggered after the workers fork
+Available events are:
+
+ * before_server_start - Executed before the server begins to accept connections
+ * after_server_start - Executed after the server begins to accept connections
+ * before_server_stop - Executed before the server stops accepting connections
+ * after_server_stop - Executed after the server is stopped and all requests are complete
+
+```python
+bp = Blueprint('my_blueprint')
+
+@bp.listen('before_server_start')
+async def setup_connection():
+    global database
+    database = mysql.connect(host='127.0.0.1'...)
+    
+@bp.listen('after_server_stop')
+async def close_connection():
+    await database.close()
 ```
diff --git a/docs/cookies.md b/docs/cookies.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ead5f157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/cookies.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Cookies
+
+## Request
+
+Request cookies can be accessed via the request.cookie dictionary
+
+### Example
+
+```python
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.response import text
+
+@app.route("/cookie")
+async def test(request):
+    test_cookie = request.cookies.get('test')
+    return text("Test cookie set to: {}".format(test_cookie))
+```
+
+## Response
+
+Response cookies can be set like dictionary values and 
+have the following parameters available:
+
+* expires - datetime - Time for cookie to expire on the client's browser
+* path - string - The Path attribute specifies the subset of URLs to 
+         which this cookie applies
+* comment - string - Cookie comment (metadata)
+* domain - string - Specifies the domain for which the
+           cookie is valid.  An explicitly specified domain must always 
+           start with a dot.
+* max-age - number - Number of seconds the cookie should live for
+* secure - boolean - Specifies whether the cookie will only be sent via
+           HTTPS
+* httponly - boolean - Specifies whether the cookie cannot be read
+             by javascript
+
+### Example
+
+```python
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.response import text
+
+@app.route("/cookie")
+async def test(request):
+    response = text("There's a cookie up in this response")
+    response.cookies['test'] = 'It worked!'
+    response.cookies['test']['domain'] = '.gotta-go-fast.com'
+    response.cookies['test']['httponly'] = True
+    return response
+```
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diff --git a/docs/deploying.md b/docs/deploying.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d759bb3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/deploying.md
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Deploying
+
+When it comes to deploying Sanic, there's not much to it, but there are
+a few things to take note of.
+
+## Workers
+
+By default, Sanic listens in the main process using only 1 CPU core.
+To crank up the juice, just specify the number of workers in the run
+arguments like so:
+
+```python
+app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=1337, workers=4)
+```
+
+Sanic will automatically spin up multiple processes and route
+traffic between them.  We recommend as many workers as you have
+available cores.
+
+## Running via Command
+
+If you like using command line arguments, you can launch a sanic server
+by executing the module.  For example, if you initialized sanic as
+app in a file named server.py, you could run the server like so:
+
+`python -m sanic server.app --host=0.0.0.0 --port=1337 --workers=4`
+
+With this way of running sanic, it is not necessary to run app.run in
+your python file.  If you do, just make sure you wrap it in name == main
+like so:
+
+```python
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=1337, workers=4)
+```
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diff --git a/docs/request_data.md b/docs/request_data.md
index bc89bb88..8891d07f 100644
--- a/docs/request_data.md
+++ b/docs/request_data.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ The following request variables are accessible as properties:
 `request.json` (any) - JSON body  
 `request.args` (dict) - Query String variables.  Use getlist to get multiple of the same name  
 `request.form` (dict) - Posted form variables.  Use getlist to get multiple of the same name  
+`request.body` (bytes) - Posted raw body.  To get the raw data, regardless of content type  
 
 See request.py for more information
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ See request.py for more information
 
 ```python
 from sanic import Sanic
-from sanic.response import json
+from sanic.response import json, text
 
 @app.route("/json")
 def post_json(request):
@@ -40,4 +41,9 @@ def post_json(request):
 @app.route("/query_string")
 def query_string(request):
     return json({ "parsed": True, "args": request.args, "url": request.url, "query_string": request.query_string })
+
+
+@app.route("/users", methods=["POST",])
+def create_user(request):
+    return text("You are trying to create a user with the following POST: %s" % request.body)
 ```
diff --git a/docs/routing.md b/docs/routing.md
index c07e1b81..bca55919 100644
--- a/docs/routing.md
+++ b/docs/routing.md
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ from sanic import Sanic
 from sanic.response import text
 
 @app.route('/tag/<tag>')
-async def person_handler(request, tag):
+async def tag_handler(request, tag):
 	return text('Tag - {}'.format(tag))
 
 @app.route('/number/<integer_arg:int>')
-async def person_handler(request, integer_arg):
+async def integer_handler(request, integer_arg):
 	return text('Integer - {}'.format(integer_arg))
 
 @app.route('/number/<number_arg:number>')
-async def person_handler(request, number_arg):
-	return text('Number - {}'.format(number))
+async def number_handler(request, number_arg):
+	return text('Number - {}'.format(number_arg))
 
 @app.route('/person/<name:[A-z]>')
 async def person_handler(request, name):
diff --git a/docs/static_files.md b/docs/static_files.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fca8d251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/static_files.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Static Files
+
+Both directories and files can be served by registering with static
+
+## Example
+
+```python
+app = Sanic(__name__)
+
+# Serves files from the static folder to the URL /static
+app.static('/static', './static')
+
+# Serves the file /home/ubuntu/test.png when the URL /the_best.png
+# is requested
+app.static('/the_best.png', '/home/ubuntu/test.png')
+
+app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000)
+```
diff --git a/examples/aiohttp_example.py b/examples/aiohttp_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e7892a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/aiohttp_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.response import json
+
+import uvloop
+import aiohttp
+
+#Create an event loop manually so that we can use it for both sanic & aiohttp
+loop = uvloop.new_event_loop()
+
+app = Sanic(__name__)
+
+async def fetch(session, url):
+    """
+    Use session object to perform 'get' request on url
+    """
+    async with session.get(url) as response:
+        return await response.json()
+
+
+@app.route("/")
+async def test(request):
+    """
+    Download and serve example JSON
+    """
+    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/channelcat/sanic"
+
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(loop=loop) as session:
+        response = await fetch(session, url)
+        return json(response)
+
+
+app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000, loop=loop)
+
diff --git a/examples/sanic_peewee.py b/examples/sanic_peewee.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5479193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sanic_peewee.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+## You need the following additional packages for this example
+# aiopg
+# peewee_async
+# peewee
+
+
+## sanic imports
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.response import json
+
+## peewee_async related imports
+import uvloop
+import peewee
+from peewee_async import Manager, PostgresqlDatabase
+
+ # we instantiate a custom loop so we can pass it to our db manager
+loop = uvloop.new_event_loop()
+
+database = PostgresqlDatabase(database='test',
+                              host='127.0.0.1',
+                              user='postgres',
+                              password='mysecretpassword')
+
+objects = Manager(database, loop=loop)
+
+## from peewee_async docs:
+# Also there’s no need to connect and re-connect before executing async queries
+# with manager! It’s all automatic. But you can run Manager.connect() or
+# Manager.close() when you need it.
+
+
+# let's create a simple key value store:
+class KeyValue(peewee.Model):
+    key = peewee.CharField(max_length=40, unique=True)
+    text = peewee.TextField(default='')
+
+    class Meta:
+        database = database
+
+# create table synchronously
+KeyValue.create_table(True)
+
+# OPTIONAL: close synchronous connection
+database.close()
+
+# OPTIONAL: disable any future syncronous calls
+objects.database.allow_sync = False # this will raise AssertionError on ANY sync call
+
+
+app = Sanic('peewee_example')
+
+@app.route('/post/<key>/<value>')
+async def post(request, key, value):
+    """
+    Save get parameters to database
+    """
+    obj = await objects.create(KeyValue, key=key, text=value)
+    return json({'object_id': obj.id})
+
+
+@app.route('/get')
+async def get(request):
+    """
+    Load all objects from database
+    """
+    all_objects = await objects.execute(KeyValue.select())
+    serialized_obj = []
+    for obj in all_objects:
+        serialized_obj.append({
+            'id': obj.id,
+            'key': obj.key,
+            'value': obj.text}
+        )
+
+    return json({'objects': serialized_obj})
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=8000, loop=loop)
+
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 66246850..9593b0cf 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ tox
 gunicorn
 bottle
 kyoukai
+falcon
+tornado
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diff --git a/sanic/__init__.py b/sanic/__init__.py
index b7be9aaf..d8a9e56e 100644
--- a/sanic/__init__.py
+++ b/sanic/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from .sanic import Sanic
 from .blueprints import Blueprint
 
+__version__ = '0.1.7'
+
 __all__ = ['Sanic', 'Blueprint']
diff --git a/sanic/__main__.py b/sanic/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bede98f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanic/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from importlib import import_module
+
+from .log import log
+from .sanic import Sanic
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = ArgumentParser(prog='sanic')
+    parser.add_argument('--host', dest='host', type=str, default='127.0.0.1')
+    parser.add_argument('--port', dest='port', type=int, default=8000)
+    parser.add_argument('--workers', dest='workers', type=int, default=1, )
+    parser.add_argument('--debug', dest='debug', action="store_true")
+    parser.add_argument('module')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    try:
+        module_parts = args.module.split(".")
+        module_name = ".".join(module_parts[:-1])
+        app_name = module_parts[-1]
+
+        module = import_module(module_name)
+        app = getattr(module, app_name, None)
+        if type(app) is not Sanic:
+            raise ValueError("Module is not a Sanic app, it is a {}.  "
+                             "Perhaps you meant {}.app?"
+                             .format(type(app).__name__, args.module))
+
+        app.run(host=args.host, port=args.port,
+                workers=args.workers, debug=args.debug)
+    except ImportError:
+        log.error("No module named {} found.\n"
+                  "  Example File: project/sanic_server.py -> app\n"
+                  "  Example Module: project.sanic_server.app"
+                  .format(module_name))
+    except ValueError as e:
+        log.error("{}".format(e))
diff --git a/sanic/blueprints.py b/sanic/blueprints.py
index f1aa2afc..c9c54b62 100644
--- a/sanic/blueprints.py
+++ b/sanic/blueprints.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+
 class BlueprintSetup:
     """
     """
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ class BlueprintSetup:
         if self.url_prefix:
             uri = self.url_prefix + uri
 
-        self.app.router.add(uri, methods, handler)
+        self.app.route(uri=uri, methods=methods)(handler)
 
     def add_exception(self, handler, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -30,6 +33,15 @@ class BlueprintSetup:
         """
         self.app.exception(*args, **kwargs)(handler)
 
+    def add_static(self, uri, file_or_directory, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Registers static files to sanic
+        """
+        if self.url_prefix:
+            uri = self.url_prefix + uri
+
+        self.app.static(uri, file_or_directory, *args, **kwargs)
+
     def add_middleware(self, middleware, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Registers middleware to sanic
@@ -42,9 +54,15 @@ class BlueprintSetup:
 
 class Blueprint:
     def __init__(self, name, url_prefix=None):
+        """
+        Creates a new blueprint
+        :param name: Unique name of the blueprint
+        :param url_prefix: URL to be prefixed before all route URLs
+        """
         self.name = name
         self.url_prefix = url_prefix
         self.deferred_functions = []
+        self.listeners = defaultdict(list)
 
     def record(self, func):
         """
@@ -73,6 +91,14 @@ class Blueprint:
             return handler
         return decorator
 
+    def listener(self, event):
+        """
+        """
+        def decorator(listener):
+            self.listeners[event].append(listener)
+            return listener
+        return decorator
+
     def middleware(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         """
@@ -95,3 +121,9 @@ class Blueprint:
             self.record(lambda s: s.add_exception(handler, *args, **kwargs))
             return handler
         return decorator
+
+    def static(self, uri, file_or_directory, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        """
+        self.record(
+            lambda s: s.add_static(uri, file_or_directory, *args, **kwargs))
diff --git a/sanic/config.py b/sanic/config.py
index 8261c2c0..3dbf06c8 100644
--- a/sanic/config.py
+++ b/sanic/config.py
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ class Config:
 """
     REQUEST_MAX_SIZE = 100000000  # 100 megababies
     REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 60  # 60 seconds
+    ROUTER_CACHE_SIZE = 1024
diff --git a/sanic/cookies.py b/sanic/cookies.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..622a5a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanic/cookies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+import re
+import string
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ #
+#  SimpleCookie
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ #
+
+# Straight up copied this section of dark magic from SimpleCookie
+
+_LegalChars = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + "!#$%&'*+-.^_`|~:"
+_UnescapedChars = _LegalChars + ' ()/<=>?@[]{}'
+
+_Translator = {n: '\\%03o' % n
+               for n in set(range(256)) - set(map(ord, _UnescapedChars))}
+_Translator.update({
+    ord('"'): '\\"',
+    ord('\\'): '\\\\',
+})
+
+
+def _quote(str):
+    r"""Quote a string for use in a cookie header.
+    If the string does not need to be double-quoted, then just return the
+    string.  Otherwise, surround the string in doublequotes and quote
+    (with a \) special characters.
+    """
+    if str is None or _is_legal_key(str):
+        return str
+    else:
+        return '"' + str.translate(_Translator) + '"'
+
+_is_legal_key = re.compile('[%s]+' % re.escape(_LegalChars)).fullmatch
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ #
+#  Custom SimpleCookie
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ #
+
+
+class CookieJar(dict):
+    """
+    CookieJar dynamically writes headers as cookies are added and removed
+    It gets around the limitation of one header per name by using the
+    MultiHeader class to provide a unique key that encodes to Set-Cookie
+    """
+    def __init__(self, headers):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.headers = headers
+        self.cookie_headers = {}
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        # If this cookie doesn't exist, add it to the header keys
+        cookie_header = self.cookie_headers.get(key)
+        if not cookie_header:
+            cookie = Cookie(key, value)
+            cookie_header = MultiHeader("Set-Cookie")
+            self.cookie_headers[key] = cookie_header
+            self.headers[cookie_header] = cookie
+            return super().__setitem__(key, cookie)
+        else:
+            self[key].value = value
+
+    def __delitem__(self, key):
+        del self.cookie_headers[key]
+        return super().__delitem__(key)
+
+
+class Cookie(dict):
+    """
+    This is a stripped down version of Morsel from SimpleCookie #gottagofast
+    """
+    _keys = {
+        "expires": "expires",
+        "path": "Path",
+        "comment": "Comment",
+        "domain": "Domain",
+        "max-age": "Max-Age",
+        "secure": "Secure",
+        "httponly": "HttpOnly",
+        "version": "Version",
+    }
+    _flags = {'secure', 'httponly'}
+
+    def __init__(self, key, value):
+        if key in self._keys:
+            raise KeyError("Cookie name is a reserved word")
+        if not _is_legal_key(key):
+            raise KeyError("Cookie key contains illegal characters")
+        self.key = key
+        self.value = value
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        if key not in self._keys:
+            raise KeyError("Unknown cookie property")
+        return super().__setitem__(key, value)
+
+    def encode(self, encoding):
+        output = ['%s=%s' % (self.key, _quote(self.value))]
+        for key, value in self.items():
+            if key == 'max-age' and isinstance(value, int):
+                output.append('%s=%d' % (self._keys[key], value))
+            elif key == 'expires' and isinstance(value, datetime):
+                output.append('%s=%s' % (
+                    self._keys[key],
+                    value.strftime("%a, %d-%b-%Y %T GMT")
+                ))
+            elif key in self._flags:
+                output.append(self._keys[key])
+            else:
+                output.append('%s=%s' % (self._keys[key], value))
+
+        return "; ".join(output).encode(encoding)
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ #
+#  Header Trickery
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ #
+
+
+class MultiHeader:
+    """
+    Allows us to set a header within response that has a unique key,
+    but may contain duplicate header names
+    """
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self.name = name
+
+    def encode(self):
+        return self.name.encode()
diff --git a/sanic/exceptions.py b/sanic/exceptions.py
index 3ed5ab25..e21aca63 100644
--- a/sanic/exceptions.py
+++ b/sanic/exceptions.py
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ class ServerError(SanicException):
     status_code = 500
 
 
+class FileNotFound(NotFound):
+    status_code = 404
+
+    def __init__(self, message, path, relative_url):
+        super().__init__(message)
+        self.path = path
+        self.relative_url = relative_url
+
+
 class Handler:
     handlers = None
 
diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index 31b73ed8..2687d86b 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from cgi import parse_header
 from collections import namedtuple
+from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
 from httptools import parse_url
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs
 from ujson import loads as json_loads
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class Request:
     Properties of an HTTP request such as URL, headers, etc.
     """
     __slots__ = (
-        'url', 'headers', 'version', 'method',
+        'url', 'headers', 'version', 'method', '_cookies',
         'query_string', 'body',
         'parsed_json', 'parsed_args', 'parsed_form', 'parsed_files',
     )
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class Request:
         self.parsed_form = None
         self.parsed_files = None
         self.parsed_args = None
+        self._cookies = None
 
     @property
     def json(self):
@@ -105,6 +107,18 @@ class Request:
 
         return self.parsed_args
 
+    @property
+    def cookies(self):
+        if self._cookies is None:
+            if 'Cookie' in self.headers:
+                cookies = SimpleCookie()
+                cookies.load(self.headers['Cookie'])
+                self._cookies = {name: cookie.value
+                                 for name, cookie in cookies.items()}
+            else:
+                self._cookies = {}
+        return self._cookies
+
 
 File = namedtuple('File', ['type', 'body', 'name'])
 
diff --git a/sanic/response.py b/sanic/response.py
index 2bf9b167..15130edd 100644
--- a/sanic/response.py
+++ b/sanic/response.py
@@ -1,23 +1,78 @@
-import ujson
+from aiofiles import open as open_async
+from .cookies import CookieJar
+from mimetypes import guess_type
+from os import path
+from ujson import dumps as json_dumps
 
-STATUS_CODES = {
+COMMON_STATUS_CODES = {
     200: b'OK',
     400: b'Bad Request',
+    404: b'Not Found',
+    500: b'Internal Server Error',
+}
+ALL_STATUS_CODES = {
+    100: b'Continue',
+    101: b'Switching Protocols',
+    102: b'Processing',
+    200: b'OK',
+    201: b'Created',
+    202: b'Accepted',
+    203: b'Non-Authoritative Information',
+    204: b'No Content',
+    205: b'Reset Content',
+    206: b'Partial Content',
+    207: b'Multi-Status',
+    208: b'Already Reported',
+    226: b'IM Used',
+    300: b'Multiple Choices',
+    301: b'Moved Permanently',
+    302: b'Found',
+    303: b'See Other',
+    304: b'Not Modified',
+    305: b'Use Proxy',
+    307: b'Temporary Redirect',
+    308: b'Permanent Redirect',
+    400: b'Bad Request',
     401: b'Unauthorized',
     402: b'Payment Required',
     403: b'Forbidden',
     404: b'Not Found',
     405: b'Method Not Allowed',
+    406: b'Not Acceptable',
+    407: b'Proxy Authentication Required',
+    408: b'Request Timeout',
+    409: b'Conflict',
+    410: b'Gone',
+    411: b'Length Required',
+    412: b'Precondition Failed',
+    413: b'Request Entity Too Large',
+    414: b'Request-URI Too Long',
+    415: b'Unsupported Media Type',
+    416: b'Requested Range Not Satisfiable',
+    417: b'Expectation Failed',
+    422: b'Unprocessable Entity',
+    423: b'Locked',
+    424: b'Failed Dependency',
+    426: b'Upgrade Required',
+    428: b'Precondition Required',
+    429: b'Too Many Requests',
+    431: b'Request Header Fields Too Large',
     500: b'Internal Server Error',
     501: b'Not Implemented',
     502: b'Bad Gateway',
     503: b'Service Unavailable',
     504: b'Gateway Timeout',
+    505: b'HTTP Version Not Supported',
+    506: b'Variant Also Negotiates',
+    507: b'Insufficient Storage',
+    508: b'Loop Detected',
+    510: b'Not Extended',
+    511: b'Network Authentication Required'
 }
 
 
 class HTTPResponse:
-    __slots__ = ('body', 'status', 'content_type', 'headers')
+    __slots__ = ('body', 'status', 'content_type', 'headers', '_cookies')
 
     def __init__(self, body=None, status=200, headers=None,
                  content_type='text/plain', body_bytes=b''):
@@ -30,6 +85,7 @@ class HTTPResponse:
 
         self.status = status
         self.headers = headers or {}
+        self._cookies = None
 
     def output(self, version="1.1", keep_alive=False, keep_alive_timeout=None):
         # This is all returned in a kind-of funky way
@@ -44,6 +100,13 @@ class HTTPResponse:
                 b'%b: %b\r\n' % (name.encode(), value.encode('utf-8'))
                 for name, value in self.headers.items()
             )
+
+        # Try to pull from the common codes first
+        # Speeds up response rate 6% over pulling from all
+        status = COMMON_STATUS_CODES.get(self.status)
+        if not status:
+            status = ALL_STATUS_CODES.get(self.status)
+
         return (b'HTTP/%b %d %b\r\n'
                 b'Content-Type: %b\r\n'
                 b'Content-Length: %d\r\n'
@@ -52,7 +115,7 @@ class HTTPResponse:
                 b'%b') % (
             version.encode(),
             self.status,
-            STATUS_CODES.get(self.status, b'FAIL'),
+            status,
             self.content_type.encode(),
             len(self.body),
             b'keep-alive' if keep_alive else b'close',
@@ -61,10 +124,16 @@ class HTTPResponse:
             self.body
         )
 
+    @property
+    def cookies(self):
+        if self._cookies is None:
+            self._cookies = CookieJar(self.headers)
+        return self._cookies
+
 
 def json(body, status=200, headers=None):
-    return HTTPResponse(ujson.dumps(body), headers=headers, status=status,
-                        content_type="application/json; charset=utf-8")
+    return HTTPResponse(json_dumps(body), headers=headers, status=status,
+                        content_type="application/json")
 
 
 def text(body, status=200, headers=None):
@@ -75,3 +144,17 @@ def text(body, status=200, headers=None):
 def html(body, status=200, headers=None):
     return HTTPResponse(body, status=status, headers=headers,
                         content_type="text/html; charset=utf-8")
+
+
+async def file(location, mime_type=None, headers=None):
+    filename = path.split(location)[-1]
+
+    async with open_async(location, mode='rb') as _file:
+        out_stream = await _file.read()
+
+    mime_type = mime_type or guess_type(filename)[0] or 'text/plain'
+
+    return HTTPResponse(status=200,
+                        headers=headers,
+                        content_type=mime_type,
+                        body_bytes=out_stream)
diff --git a/sanic/router.py b/sanic/router.py
index e6c580d7..8392dcd8 100644
--- a/sanic/router.py
+++ b/sanic/router.py
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
 import re
-from collections import namedtuple
+from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
+from functools import lru_cache
+from .config import Config
 from .exceptions import NotFound, InvalidUsage
 
-Route = namedtuple("Route", ['handler', 'methods', 'pattern', 'parameters'])
-Parameter = namedtuple("Parameter", ['name', 'cast'])
+Route = namedtuple('Route', ['handler', 'methods', 'pattern', 'parameters'])
+Parameter = namedtuple('Parameter', ['name', 'cast'])
+
+REGEX_TYPES = {
+    'string': (str, r'[^/]+'),
+    'int': (int, r'\d+'),
+    'number': (float, r'[0-9\\.]+'),
+    'alpha': (str, r'[A-Za-z]+'),
+}
+
+
+def url_hash(url):
+    return url.count('/')
+
+
+class RouteExists(Exception):
+    pass
 
 
 class Router:
@@ -18,22 +35,16 @@ class Router:
     function provided Parameters can also have a type by appending :type to
     the <parameter>.  If no type is provided, a string is expected.  A regular
     expression can also be passed in as the type
-
-    TODO:
-        This probably needs optimization for larger sets of routes,
-        since it checks every route until it finds a match which is bad and
-        I should feel bad
     """
-    routes = None
-    regex_types = {
-        "string": (None, "[^/]+"),
-        "int": (int, "\d+"),
-        "number": (float, "[0-9\\.]+"),
-        "alpha": (None, "[A-Za-z]+"),
-    }
+    routes_static = None
+    routes_dynamic = None
+    routes_always_check = None
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.routes = []
+        self.routes_all = {}
+        self.routes_static = {}
+        self.routes_dynamic = defaultdict(list)
+        self.routes_always_check = []
 
     def add(self, uri, methods, handler):
         """
@@ -45,42 +56,52 @@ class Router:
         When executed, it should provide a response object.
         :return: Nothing
         """
+        if uri in self.routes_all:
+            raise RouteExists("Route already registered: {}".format(uri))
 
         # Dict for faster lookups of if method allowed
-        methods_dict = None
         if methods:
-            methods_dict = {method: True for method in methods}
+            methods = frozenset(methods)
 
         parameters = []
+        properties = {"unhashable": None}
 
         def add_parameter(match):
             # We could receive NAME or NAME:PATTERN
-            parts = match.group(1).split(':')
-            if len(parts) == 2:
-                parameter_name, parameter_pattern = parts
-            else:
-                parameter_name = parts[0]
-                parameter_pattern = 'string'
+            name = match.group(1)
+            pattern = 'string'
+            if ':' in name:
+                name, pattern = name.split(':', 1)
 
+            default = (str, pattern)
             # Pull from pre-configured types
-            parameter_regex = self.regex_types.get(parameter_pattern)
-            if parameter_regex:
-                parameter_type, parameter_pattern = parameter_regex
-            else:
-                parameter_type = None
-
-            parameter = Parameter(name=parameter_name, cast=parameter_type)
+            _type, pattern = REGEX_TYPES.get(pattern, default)
+            parameter = Parameter(name=name, cast=_type)
             parameters.append(parameter)
 
-            return "({})".format(parameter_pattern)
+            # Mark the whole route as unhashable if it has the hash key in it
+            if re.search('(^|[^^]){1}/', pattern):
+                properties['unhashable'] = True
+            # Mark the route as unhashable if it matches the hash key
+            elif re.search(pattern, '/'):
+                properties['unhashable'] = True
 
-        pattern_string = re.sub("<(.+?)>", add_parameter, uri)
-        pattern = re.compile("^{}$".format(pattern_string))
+            return '({})'.format(pattern)
+
+        pattern_string = re.sub(r'<(.+?)>', add_parameter, uri)
+        pattern = re.compile(r'^{}$'.format(pattern_string))
 
         route = Route(
-            handler=handler, methods=methods_dict, pattern=pattern,
+            handler=handler, methods=methods, pattern=pattern,
             parameters=parameters)
-        self.routes.append(route)
+
+        self.routes_all[uri] = route
+        if properties['unhashable']:
+            self.routes_always_check.append(route)
+        elif parameters:
+            self.routes_dynamic[url_hash(uri)].append(route)
+        else:
+            self.routes_static[uri] = route
 
     def get(self, request):
         """
@@ -89,58 +110,42 @@ class Router:
         :param request: Request object
         :return: handler, arguments, keyword arguments
         """
+        return self._get(request.url, request.method)
 
-        route = None
-        args = []
-        kwargs = {}
-        for _route in self.routes:
-            match = _route.pattern.match(request.url)
-            if match:
-                for index, parameter in enumerate(_route.parameters, start=1):
-                    value = match.group(index)
-                    if parameter.cast:
-                        kwargs[parameter.name] = parameter.cast(value)
-                    else:
-                        kwargs[parameter.name] = value
-                route = _route
-                break
-
+    @lru_cache(maxsize=Config.ROUTER_CACHE_SIZE)
+    def _get(self, url, method):
+        """
+        Gets a request handler based on the URL of the request, or raises an
+        error.  Internal method for caching.
+        :param url: Request URL
+        :param method: Request method
+        :return: handler, arguments, keyword arguments
+        """
+        # Check against known static routes
+        route = self.routes_static.get(url)
         if route:
-            if route.methods and request.method not in route.methods:
-                raise InvalidUsage(
-                    "Method {} not allowed for URL {}".format(
-                        request.method, request.url), status_code=405)
-            return route.handler, args, kwargs
+            match = route.pattern.match(url)
         else:
-            raise NotFound("Requested URL {} not found".format(request.url))
+            # Move on to testing all regex routes
+            for route in self.routes_dynamic[url_hash(url)]:
+                match = route.pattern.match(url)
+                if match:
+                    break
+            else:
+                # Lastly, check against all regex routes that cannot be hashed
+                for route in self.routes_always_check:
+                    match = route.pattern.match(url)
+                    if match:
+                        break
+                else:
+                    raise NotFound('Requested URL {} not found'.format(url))
 
+        if route.methods and method not in route.methods:
+            raise InvalidUsage(
+                'Method {} not allowed for URL {}'.format(
+                    method, url), status_code=405)
 
-class SimpleRouter:
-    """
-    Simple router records and reads all routes from a dictionary
-    It does not support parameters in routes, but is very fast
-    """
-    routes = None
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.routes = {}
-
-    def add(self, uri, methods, handler):
-        # Dict for faster lookups of method allowed
-        methods_dict = None
-        if methods:
-            methods_dict = {method: True for method in methods}
-        self.routes[uri] = Route(
-            handler=handler, methods=methods_dict, pattern=uri,
-            parameters=None)
-
-    def get(self, request):
-        route = self.routes.get(request.url)
-        if route:
-            if route.methods and request.method not in route.methods:
-                raise InvalidUsage(
-                    "Method {} not allowed for URL {}".format(
-                        request.method, request.url), status_code=405)
-            return route.handler, [], {}
-        else:
-            raise NotFound("Requested URL {} not found".format(request.url))
+        kwargs = {p.name: p.cast(value)
+                  for value, p
+                  in zip(match.groups(1), route.parameters)}
+        return route.handler, [], kwargs
diff --git a/sanic/sanic.py b/sanic/sanic.py
index f67edc7b..edb3a973 100644
--- a/sanic/sanic.py
+++ b/sanic/sanic.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-import asyncio
+from asyncio import get_event_loop
+from collections import deque
+from functools import partial
 from inspect import isawaitable
+from multiprocessing import Process, Event
+from signal import signal, SIGTERM, SIGINT
+from time import sleep
 from traceback import format_exc
 
 from .config import Config
@@ -8,6 +13,7 @@ from .log import log, logging
 from .response import HTTPResponse
 from .router import Router
 from .server import serve
+from .static import register as static_register
 from .exceptions import ServerError
 
 
@@ -17,10 +23,15 @@ class Sanic:
         self.router = router or Router()
         self.error_handler = error_handler or Handler(self)
         self.config = Config()
-        self.request_middleware = []
-        self.response_middleware = []
+        self.request_middleware = deque()
+        self.response_middleware = deque()
         self.blueprints = {}
         self._blueprint_order = []
+        self.loop = None
+        self.debug = None
+
+        # Register alternative method names
+        self.go_fast = self.run
 
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------- #
     # Registration
@@ -35,6 +46,11 @@ class Sanic:
         :return: decorated function
         """
 
+        # Fix case where the user did not prefix the URL with a /
+        # and will probably get confused as to why it's not working
+        if not uri.startswith('/'):
+            uri = '/' + uri
+
         def response(handler):
             self.router.add(uri=uri, methods=methods, handler=handler)
             return handler
@@ -44,9 +60,8 @@ class Sanic:
     # Decorator
     def exception(self, *exceptions):
         """
-        Decorates a function to be registered as a route
-        :param uri: path of the URL
-        :param methods: list or tuple of methods allowed
+        Decorates a function to be registered as a handler for exceptions
+        :param *exceptions: exceptions
         :return: decorated function
         """
 
@@ -69,7 +84,7 @@ class Sanic:
             if attach_to == 'request':
                 self.request_middleware.append(middleware)
             if attach_to == 'response':
-                self.response_middleware.append(middleware)
+                self.response_middleware.appendleft(middleware)
             return middleware
 
         # Detect which way this was called, @middleware or @middleware('AT')
@@ -79,7 +94,17 @@ class Sanic:
             attach_to = args[0]
             return register_middleware
 
-    def register_blueprint(self, blueprint, **options):
+    # Static Files
+    def static(self, uri, file_or_directory, pattern='.+',
+               use_modified_since=True):
+        """
+        Registers a root to serve files from.  The input can either be a file
+        or a directory.  See
+        """
+        static_register(self, uri, file_or_directory, pattern,
+                        use_modified_since)
+
+    def blueprint(self, blueprint, **options):
         """
         Registers a blueprint on the application.
         :param blueprint: Blueprint object
@@ -96,10 +121,19 @@ class Sanic:
             self._blueprint_order.append(blueprint)
         blueprint.register(self, options)
 
+    def register_blueprint(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        # TODO: deprecate 1.0
+        log.warning("Use of register_blueprint will be deprecated in "
+                    "version 1.0.  Please use the blueprint method instead")
+        return self.blueprint(*args, **kwargs)
+
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------- #
     # Request Handling
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
+    def converted_response_type(self, response):
+        pass
+
     async def handle_request(self, request, response_callback):
         """
         Takes a request from the HTTP Server and returns a response object to
@@ -111,7 +145,10 @@ class Sanic:
         :return: Nothing
         """
         try:
-            # Middleware process_request
+            # -------------------------------------------- #
+            # Request Middleware
+            # -------------------------------------------- #
+
             response = False
             # The if improves speed.  I don't know why
             if self.request_middleware:
@@ -124,6 +161,10 @@ class Sanic:
 
             # No middleware results
             if not response:
+                # -------------------------------------------- #
+                # Execute Handler
+                # -------------------------------------------- #
+
                 # Fetch handler from router
                 handler, args, kwargs = self.router.get(request)
                 if handler is None:
@@ -136,7 +177,10 @@ class Sanic:
                 if isawaitable(response):
                     response = await response
 
-                # Middleware process_response
+                # -------------------------------------------- #
+                # Response Middleware
+                # -------------------------------------------- #
+
                 if self.response_middleware:
                     for middleware in self.response_middleware:
                         _response = middleware(request, response)
@@ -147,6 +191,10 @@ class Sanic:
                             break
 
         except Exception as e:
+            # -------------------------------------------- #
+            # Response Generation Failed
+            # -------------------------------------------- #
+
             try:
                 response = self.error_handler.response(request, e)
                 if isawaitable(response):
@@ -166,22 +214,66 @@ class Sanic:
     # Execution
     # -------------------------------------------------------------------- #
 
-    def run(self, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000, debug=False, after_start=None,
-            before_stop=None):
+    def run(self, host="127.0.0.1", port=8000, debug=False, before_start=None,
+            after_start=None, before_stop=None, after_stop=None, sock=None,
+            workers=1, loop=None):
         """
         Runs the HTTP Server and listens until keyboard interrupt or term
         signal. On termination, drains connections before closing.
         :param host: Address to host on
         :param port: Port to host on
         :param debug: Enables debug output (slows server)
+        :param before_start: Function to be executed before the server starts
+        accepting connections
         :param after_start: Function to be executed after the server starts
-        listening
+        accepting connections
         :param before_stop: Function to be executed when a stop signal is
         received before it is respected
+        :param after_stop: Function to be executed when all requests are
+        complete
+        :param sock: Socket for the server to accept connections from
+        :param workers: Number of processes
+        received before it is respected
+        :param loop: asyncio compatible event loop
         :return: Nothing
         """
         self.error_handler.debug = True
         self.debug = debug
+        self.loop = loop
+
+        server_settings = {
+            'host': host,
+            'port': port,
+            'sock': sock,
+            'debug': debug,
+            'request_handler': self.handle_request,
+            'request_timeout': self.config.REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+            'request_max_size': self.config.REQUEST_MAX_SIZE,
+            'loop': loop
+        }
+
+        # -------------------------------------------- #
+        # Register start/stop events
+        # -------------------------------------------- #
+
+        for event_name, settings_name, args, reverse in (
+                ("before_server_start", "before_start", before_start, False),
+                ("after_server_start", "after_start", after_start, False),
+                ("before_server_stop", "before_stop", before_stop, True),
+                ("after_server_stop", "after_stop", after_stop, True),
+                ):
+            listeners = []
+            for blueprint in self.blueprints.values():
+                listeners += blueprint.listeners[event_name]
+            if args:
+                if type(args) is not list:
+                    args = [args]
+                listeners += args
+            if reverse:
+                listeners.reverse()
+            # Prepend sanic to the arguments when listeners are triggered
+            listeners = [partial(listener, self) for listener in listeners]
+            server_settings[settings_name] = listeners
 
         if debug:
             log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
@@ -191,23 +283,59 @@ class Sanic:
         log.info('Goin\' Fast @ http://{}:{}'.format(host, port))
 
         try:
-            serve(
-                host=host,
-                port=port,
-                debug=debug,
-                after_start=after_start,
-                before_stop=before_stop,
-                request_handler=self.handle_request,
-                request_timeout=self.config.REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
-                request_max_size=self.config.REQUEST_MAX_SIZE,
-            )
+            if workers == 1:
+                serve(**server_settings)
+            else:
+                log.info('Spinning up {} workers...'.format(workers))
+
+                self.serve_multiple(server_settings, workers)
+
         except Exception as e:
             log.exception(
                 'Experienced exception while trying to serve: {}'.format(e))
             pass
 
+        log.info("Server Stopped")
+
     def stop(self):
         """
         This kills the Sanic
         """
-        asyncio.get_event_loop().stop()
+        get_event_loop().stop()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def serve_multiple(server_settings, workers, stop_event=None):
+        """
+        Starts multiple server processes simultaneously.  Stops on interrupt
+        and terminate signals, and drains connections when complete.
+        :param server_settings: kw arguments to be passed to the serve function
+        :param workers: number of workers to launch
+        :param stop_event: if provided, is used as a stop signal
+        :return:
+        """
+        server_settings['reuse_port'] = True
+
+        # Create a stop event to be triggered by a signal
+        if not stop_event:
+            stop_event = Event()
+        signal(SIGINT, lambda s, f: stop_event.set())
+        signal(SIGTERM, lambda s, f: stop_event.set())
+
+        processes = []
+        for _ in range(workers):
+            process = Process(target=serve, kwargs=server_settings)
+            process.start()
+            processes.append(process)
+
+        # Infinitely wait for the stop event
+        try:
+            while not stop_event.is_set():
+                sleep(0.3)
+        except:
+            pass
+
+        log.info('Spinning down workers...')
+        for process in processes:
+            process.terminate()
+        for process in processes:
+            process.join()
diff --git a/sanic/server.py b/sanic/server.py
index 0a10f5fd..e4bff6fc 100644
--- a/sanic/server.py
+++ b/sanic/server.py
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         )
 
     def on_body(self, body):
-        self.request.body = body
+        if self.request.body:
+            self.request.body += body
+        else:
+            self.request.body = body
 
     def on_message_complete(self):
         self.loop.create_task(
@@ -122,8 +125,8 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
 
     def write_response(self, response):
         try:
-            keep_alive = all(
-                [self.parser.should_keep_alive(), self.signal.stopped])
+            keep_alive = self.parser.should_keep_alive() \
+                            and not self.signal.stopped
             self.transport.write(
                 response.output(
                     self.request.version, keep_alive, self.request_timeout))
@@ -157,15 +160,48 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         return False
 
 
-def serve(host, port, request_handler, after_start=None, before_stop=None,
-          debug=False, request_timeout=60,
-          request_max_size=None):
-    # Create Event Loop
-    loop = async_loop.new_event_loop()
+def trigger_events(events, loop):
+    """
+    :param events: one or more sync or async functions to execute
+    :param loop: event loop
+    """
+    if events:
+        if not isinstance(events, list):
+            events = [events]
+        for event in events:
+            result = event(loop)
+            if isawaitable(result):
+                loop.run_until_complete(result)
+
+
+def serve(host, port, request_handler, before_start=None, after_start=None,
+          before_stop=None, after_stop=None,
+          debug=False, request_timeout=60, sock=None,
+          request_max_size=None, reuse_port=False, loop=None):
+    """
+    Starts asynchronous HTTP Server on an individual process.
+    :param host: Address to host on
+    :param port: Port to host on
+    :param request_handler: Sanic request handler with middleware
+    :param after_start: Function to be executed after the server starts
+    listening. Takes single argument `loop`
+    :param before_stop: Function to be executed when a stop signal is
+    received before it is respected. Takes single argumenet `loop`
+    :param debug: Enables debug output (slows server)
+    :param request_timeout: time in seconds
+    :param sock: Socket for the server to accept connections from
+    :param request_max_size: size in bytes, `None` for no limit
+    :param reuse_port: `True` for multiple workers
+    :param loop: asyncio compatible event loop
+    :return: Nothing
+    """
+    loop = loop or async_loop.new_event_loop()
     asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
-    # I don't think we take advantage of this
-    # And it slows everything waaayyy down
-    # loop.set_debug(debug)
+
+    if debug:
+        loop.set_debug(debug)
+
+    trigger_events(before_start, loop)
 
     connections = {}
     signal = Signal()
@@ -176,18 +212,15 @@ def serve(host, port, request_handler, after_start=None, before_stop=None,
         request_handler=request_handler,
         request_timeout=request_timeout,
         request_max_size=request_max_size,
-    ), host, port)
+    ), host, port, reuse_port=reuse_port, sock=sock)
+
     try:
         http_server = loop.run_until_complete(server_coroutine)
-    except Exception as e:
-        log.error("Unable to start server: {}".format(e))
+    except Exception:
+        log.exception("Unable to start server")
         return
 
-    # Run the on_start function if provided
-    if after_start:
-        result = after_start(loop)
-        if isawaitable(result):
-            loop.run_until_complete(result)
+    trigger_events(after_start, loop)
 
     # Register signals for graceful termination
     for _signal in (SIGINT, SIGTERM):
@@ -199,10 +232,7 @@ def serve(host, port, request_handler, after_start=None, before_stop=None,
         log.info("Stop requested, draining connections...")
 
         # Run the on_stop function if provided
-        if before_stop:
-            result = before_stop(loop)
-            if isawaitable(result):
-                loop.run_until_complete(result)
+        trigger_events(before_stop, loop)
 
         # Wait for event loop to finish and all connections to drain
         http_server.close()
@@ -216,5 +246,6 @@ def serve(host, port, request_handler, after_start=None, before_stop=None,
         while connections:
             loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(0.1))
 
+        trigger_events(after_stop, loop)
+
         loop.close()
-        log.info("Server Stopped")
diff --git a/sanic/static.py b/sanic/static.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72361a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanic/static.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from aiofiles.os import stat
+from os import path
+from re import sub
+from time import strftime, gmtime
+
+from .exceptions import FileNotFound, InvalidUsage
+from .response import file, HTTPResponse
+
+
+def register(app, uri, file_or_directory, pattern, use_modified_since):
+    # TODO: Though sanic is not a file server, I feel like we should atleast
+    #       make a good effort here.  Modified-since is nice, but we could
+    #       also look into etags, expires, and caching
+    """
+    Registers a static directory handler with Sanic by adding a route to the
+    router and registering a handler.
+    :param app: Sanic
+    :param file_or_directory: File or directory path to serve from
+    :param uri: URL to serve from
+    :param pattern: regular expression used to match files in the URL
+    :param use_modified_since: If true, send file modified time, and return
+                     not modified if the browser's matches the server's
+    """
+
+    # If we're not trying to match a file directly,
+    # serve from the folder
+    if not path.isfile(file_or_directory):
+        uri += '<file_uri:' + pattern + '>'
+
+    async def _handler(request, file_uri=None):
+        # Using this to determine if the URL is trying to break out of the path
+        # served.  os.path.realpath seems to be very slow
+        if file_uri and '../' in file_uri:
+            raise InvalidUsage("Invalid URL")
+
+        # Merge served directory and requested file if provided
+        # Strip all / that in the beginning of the URL to help prevent python
+        # from herping a derp and treating the uri as an absolute path
+        file_path = path.join(file_or_directory, sub('^[/]*', '', file_uri)) \
+            if file_uri else file_or_directory
+        try:
+            headers = {}
+            # Check if the client has been sent this file before
+            # and it has not been modified since
+            if use_modified_since:
+                stats = await stat(file_path)
+                modified_since = strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT',
+                                          gmtime(stats.st_mtime))
+                if request.headers.get('If-Modified-Since') == modified_since:
+                    return HTTPResponse(status=304)
+                headers['Last-Modified'] = modified_since
+
+            return await file(file_path, headers=headers)
+        except:
+            raise FileNotFound('File not found',
+                               path=file_or_directory,
+                               relative_url=file_uri)
+
+    app.route(uri, methods=['GET'])(_handler)
diff --git a/sanic/utils.py b/sanic/utils.py
index c39f03ab..04a7803a 100644
--- a/sanic/utils.py
+++ b/sanic/utils.py
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 PORT = 42101
 
 
-async def local_request(method, uri, *args, **kwargs):
+async def local_request(method, uri, cookies=None, *args, **kwargs):
     url = 'http://{host}:{port}{uri}'.format(host=HOST, port=PORT, uri=uri)
     log.info(url)
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(cookies=cookies) as session:
         async with getattr(session, method)(url, *args, **kwargs) as response:
             response.text = await response.text()
+            response.body = await response.read()
             return response
 
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ def sanic_endpoint_test(app, method='get', uri='/', gather_request=True,
         def _collect_request(request):
             results.append(request)
 
-    async def _collect_response(loop):
+    async def _collect_response(sanic, loop):
         try:
             response = await local_request(method, uri, *request_args,
                                            **request_kwargs)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 03889fc5..60606ad4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 """
 Sanic
 """
+import codecs
+import os
+import re
 from setuptools import setup
 
+
+with codecs.open(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(
+        __file__)), 'sanic', '__init__.py'), 'r', 'latin1') as fp:
+    try:
+        version = re.findall(r"^__version__ = '([^']+)'\r?$",
+                             fp.read(), re.M)[0]
+    except IndexError:
+        raise RuntimeError('Unable to determine version.')
+
 setup(
     name='Sanic',
-    version="0.1.3",
+    version=version,
     url='http://github.com/channelcat/sanic/',
     license='MIT',
     author='Channel Cat',
@@ -17,6 +29,7 @@ setup(
         'uvloop>=0.5.3',
         'httptools>=0.0.9',
         'ujson>=1.35',
+        'aiofiles>=0.3.0',
     ],
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha',
diff --git a/tests/performance/falcon/simple_server.py b/tests/performance/falcon/simple_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4403ac14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/performance/falcon/simple_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Run with: gunicorn --workers=1 --worker-class=meinheld.gmeinheld.MeinheldWorker falc:app
+
+import falcon
+import ujson as json
+
+class TestResource:
+    def on_get(self, req, resp):
+        resp.body = json.dumps({"test": True})
+
+app = falcon.API()
+app.add_route('/', TestResource())
diff --git a/tests/performance/sanic/simple_server.py b/tests/performance/sanic/simple_server.py
index 823b7b82..5cf86afd 100644
--- a/tests/performance/sanic/simple_server.py
+++ b/tests/performance/sanic/simple_server.py
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ app = Sanic("test")
 async def test(request):
     return json({"test": True})
 
-
-app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=sys.argv[1])
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=sys.argv[1])
diff --git a/tests/performance/tornado/simple_server.py b/tests/performance/tornado/simple_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32192900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/performance/tornado/simple_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Run with: python simple_server.py
+import ujson
+from tornado import ioloop, web
+
+
+class MainHandler(web.RequestHandler):
+    def get(self):
+        self.write(ujson.dumps({'test': True}))
+
+
+app = web.Application([
+    (r'/', MainHandler)
+],  debug=False,
+    compress_response=False,
+    static_hash_cache=True
+)
+
+app.listen(8000)
+ioloop.IOLoop.current().start()
diff --git a/tests/test_blueprints.py b/tests/test_blueprints.py
index 8068160f..f7b9b8ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_blueprints.py
+++ b/tests/test_blueprints.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import inspect
+
 from sanic import Sanic
 from sanic.blueprints import Blueprint
 from sanic.response import json, text
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ def test_bp():
     def handler(request):
         return text('Hello')
 
-    app.register_blueprint(bp)
+    app.blueprint(bp)
     request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app)
 
     assert response.text == 'Hello'
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ def test_bp_with_url_prefix():
     def handler(request):
         return text('Hello')
 
-    app.register_blueprint(bp)
+    app.blueprint(bp)
     request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/test1/')
 
     assert response.text == 'Hello'
@@ -49,8 +51,8 @@ def test_several_bp_with_url_prefix():
     def handler2(request):
         return text('Hello2')
 
-    app.register_blueprint(bp)
-    app.register_blueprint(bp2)
+    app.blueprint(bp)
+    app.blueprint(bp2)
     request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/test1/')
     assert response.text == 'Hello'
 
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ def test_bp_middleware():
     async def handler(request):
         return text('FAIL')
 
-    app.register_blueprint(blueprint)
+    app.blueprint(blueprint)
 
     request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app)
 
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ def test_bp_exception_handler():
     def handler_exception(request, exception):
         return text("OK")
 
-    app.register_blueprint(blueprint)
+    app.blueprint(blueprint)
 
     request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/1')
     assert response.status == 400
@@ -108,4 +110,56 @@ def test_bp_exception_handler():
     assert response.text == 'OK'
 
     request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/3')
-    assert response.status == 200
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+def test_bp_listeners():
+    app = Sanic('test_middleware')
+    blueprint = Blueprint('test_middleware')
+
+    order = []
+
+    @blueprint.listener('before_server_start')
+    def handler_1(sanic, loop):
+        order.append(1)
+
+    @blueprint.listener('after_server_start')
+    def handler_2(sanic, loop):
+        order.append(2)
+
+    @blueprint.listener('after_server_start')
+    def handler_3(sanic, loop):
+        order.append(3)
+
+    @blueprint.listener('before_server_stop')
+    def handler_4(sanic, loop):
+        order.append(5)
+
+    @blueprint.listener('before_server_stop')
+    def handler_5(sanic, loop):
+        order.append(4)
+
+    @blueprint.listener('after_server_stop')
+    def handler_6(sanic, loop):
+        order.append(6)
+
+    app.blueprint(blueprint)
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/')
+
+    assert order == [1,2,3,4,5,6]
+
+def test_bp_static():
+    current_file = inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())
+    with open(current_file, 'rb') as file:
+        current_file_contents = file.read()
+
+    app = Sanic('test_static')
+    blueprint = Blueprint('test_static')
+
+    blueprint.static('/testing.file', current_file)
+
+    app.blueprint(blueprint)
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/testing.file')
+    assert response.status == 200
+    assert response.body == current_file_contents
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_cookies.py b/tests/test_cookies.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b27c2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cookies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.response import json, text
+from sanic.utils import sanic_endpoint_test
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ #
+#  GET
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ #
+
+def test_cookies():
+    app = Sanic('test_text')
+
+    @app.route('/')
+    def handler(request):
+        response = text('Cookies are: {}'.format(request.cookies['test']))
+        response.cookies['right_back'] = 'at you'
+        return response
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, cookies={"test": "working!"})
+    response_cookies = SimpleCookie()
+    response_cookies.load(response.headers.get('Set-Cookie', {}))
+
+    assert response.text == 'Cookies are: working!'
+    assert response_cookies['right_back'].value == 'at you'
+
+def test_cookie_options():
+    app = Sanic('test_text')
+
+    @app.route('/')
+    def handler(request):
+        response = text("OK")
+        response.cookies['test'] = 'at you'
+        response.cookies['test']['httponly'] = True
+        response.cookies['test']['expires'] = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=10)
+        return response
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app)
+    response_cookies = SimpleCookie()
+    response_cookies.load(response.headers.get('Set-Cookie', {}))
+
+    assert response_cookies['test'].value == 'at you'
+    assert response_cookies['test']['httponly'] == True
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_middleware.py b/tests/test_middleware.py
index 1b338d31..5ff9e9b5 100644
--- a/tests/test_middleware.py
+++ b/tests/test_middleware.py
@@ -86,3 +86,43 @@ def test_middleware_override_response():
 
     assert response.status == 200
     assert response.text == 'OK'
+
+
+
+def test_middleware_order():
+    app = Sanic('test_middleware_order')
+
+    order = []
+
+    @app.middleware('request')
+    async def request1(request):
+        order.append(1)
+
+    @app.middleware('request')
+    async def request2(request):
+        order.append(2)
+
+    @app.middleware('request')
+    async def request3(request):
+        order.append(3)
+
+    @app.middleware('response')
+    async def response1(request, response):
+        order.append(6)
+
+    @app.middleware('response')
+    async def response2(request, response):
+        order.append(5)
+
+    @app.middleware('response')
+    async def response3(request, response):
+        order.append(4)
+
+    @app.route('/')
+    async def handler(request):
+        return text('OK')
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app)
+
+    assert response.status == 200
+    assert order == [1,2,3,4,5,6]
diff --git a/tests/test_multiprocessing.py b/tests/test_multiprocessing.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..545ecee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+from multiprocessing import Array, Event, Process
+from time import sleep
+from ujson import loads as json_loads
+
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.response import json
+from sanic.utils import local_request, HOST, PORT
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ #
+#  GET
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ #
+
+# TODO: Figure out why this freezes on pytest but not when
+# executed via interpreter
+
+def skip_test_multiprocessing():
+    app = Sanic('test_json')
+
+    response = Array('c', 50)
+    @app.route('/')
+    async def handler(request):
+        return json({"test": True})
+
+    stop_event = Event()
+    async def after_start(*args, **kwargs):
+        http_response = await local_request('get', '/')
+        response.value = http_response.text.encode()
+        stop_event.set()
+
+    def rescue_crew():
+        sleep(5)
+        stop_event.set()
+
+    rescue_process = Process(target=rescue_crew)
+    rescue_process.start()
+
+    app.serve_multiple({
+        'host': HOST,
+        'port': PORT,
+        'after_start': after_start,
+        'request_handler': app.handle_request,
+        'request_max_size': 100000,
+    }, workers=2, stop_event=stop_event)
+
+    rescue_process.terminate()
+
+    try:
+        results = json_loads(response.value)
+    except:
+        raise ValueError("Expected JSON response but got '{}'".format(response))
+
+    assert results.get('test') == True
diff --git a/tests/test_requests.py b/tests/test_requests.py
index 42dc3e8e..290c9b99 100644
--- a/tests/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/test_requests.py
@@ -80,3 +80,38 @@ def test_post_json():
 
     assert request.json.get('test') == 'OK'
     assert response.text == 'OK'
+
+
+def test_post_form_urlencoded():
+    app = Sanic('test_post_form_urlencoded')
+
+    @app.route('/')
+    async def handler(request):
+        return text('OK')
+
+    payload = 'test=OK'
+    headers = {'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, data=payload, headers=headers)
+
+    assert request.form.get('test') == 'OK'
+
+
+def test_post_form_multipart_form_data():
+    app = Sanic('test_post_form_multipart_form_data')
+
+    @app.route('/')
+    async def handler(request):
+        return text('OK')
+
+    payload = '------sanic\r\n' \
+              'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="test"\r\n' \
+              '\r\n' \
+              'OK\r\n' \
+              '------sanic--\r\n'
+
+    headers = {'content-type': 'multipart/form-data; boundary=----sanic'}
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, data=payload, headers=headers)
+
+    assert request.form.get('test') == 'OK'
diff --git a/tests/test_routes.py b/tests/test_routes.py
index 640f3422..8b0fd9f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_routes.py
+++ b/tests/test_routes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-from json import loads as json_loads, dumps as json_dumps
+import pytest
+
 from sanic import Sanic
-from sanic.response import json, text
+from sanic.response import text
+from sanic.router import RouteExists
 from sanic.utils import sanic_endpoint_test
 
 
@@ -8,6 +10,24 @@ from sanic.utils import sanic_endpoint_test
 #  UTF-8
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ #
 
+def test_static_routes():
+    app = Sanic('test_dynamic_route')
+
+    @app.route('/test')
+    async def handler1(request):
+        return text('OK1')
+
+    @app.route('/pizazz')
+    async def handler2(request):
+        return text('OK2')
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/test')
+    assert response.text == 'OK1'
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/pizazz')
+    assert response.text == 'OK2'
+
+
 def test_dynamic_route():
     app = Sanic('test_dynamic_route')
 
@@ -102,3 +122,59 @@ def test_dynamic_route_regex():
 
     request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/folder/')
     assert response.status == 200
+
+
+def test_dynamic_route_unhashable():
+    app = Sanic('test_dynamic_route_unhashable')
+
+    @app.route('/folder/<unhashable:[A-Za-z0-9/]+>/end/')
+    async def handler(request, unhashable):
+        return text('OK')
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/folder/test/asdf/end/')
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/folder/test///////end/')
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/folder/test/end/')
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/folder/test/nope/')
+    assert response.status == 404
+
+
+def test_route_duplicate():
+    app = Sanic('test_dynamic_route')
+
+    with pytest.raises(RouteExists):
+        @app.route('/test')
+        async def handler1(request):
+            pass
+
+        @app.route('/test')
+        async def handler2(request):
+            pass
+
+    with pytest.raises(RouteExists):
+        @app.route('/test/<dynamic>/')
+        async def handler1(request, dynamic):
+            pass
+
+        @app.route('/test/<dynamic>/')
+        async def handler2(request, dynamic):
+            pass
+
+
+def test_method_not_allowed():
+    app = Sanic('test_method_not_allowed')
+
+    @app.route('/test', methods=['GET'])
+    async def handler(request):
+        return text('OK')
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/test')
+    assert response.status == 200
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, method='post', uri='/test')
+    assert response.status == 405
diff --git a/tests/test_static.py b/tests/test_static.py
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index 00000000..6dafac2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_static.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import inspect
+import os
+
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.utils import sanic_endpoint_test
+
+def test_static_file():
+    current_file = inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())
+    with open(current_file, 'rb') as file:
+        current_file_contents = file.read()
+
+    app = Sanic('test_static')
+    app.static('/testing.file', current_file)
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/testing.file')
+    assert response.status == 200
+    assert response.body == current_file_contents
+
+def test_static_directory():
+    current_file = inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())
+    current_directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(current_file))
+    with open(current_file, 'rb') as file:
+        current_file_contents = file.read()
+
+    app = Sanic('test_static')
+    app.static('/dir', current_directory)
+
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, uri='/dir/test_static.py')
+    assert response.status == 200
+    assert response.body == current_file_contents
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