diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65c3eda7..4b6d87de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Sanic
 
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/sanic-python/Lobby](https://badges.gitter.im/sanic-python/Lobby.svg)](https://gitter.im/sanic-python/Lobby?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
+
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@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ All tests were run on an AWS medium instance running ubuntu, using 1 process.  E
 from sanic import Sanic
 from sanic.response import json
 
-app = Sanic(__name__)
+app = Sanic()
 
 @app.route("/")
 async def test(request):
diff --git a/examples/cache_example.py b/examples/cache_example.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60823366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cache_example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+"""
+Example of caching using aiocache package. To run it you will need a Redis
+instance running in localhost:6379.
+
+Running this example you will see that the first call lasts 3 seconds and
+the rest are instant because the value is retrieved from the Redis.
+
+If you want more info about the package check
+https://github.com/argaen/aiocache
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import aiocache
+
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.response import json
+from sanic.log import log
+from aiocache import cached
+from aiocache.serializers import JsonSerializer
+
+app = Sanic(__name__)
+
+aiocache.settings.set_defaults(
+    cache="aiocache.RedisCache"
+)
+
+
+@cached(key="my_custom_key", serializer=JsonSerializer())
+async def expensive_call():
+    log.info("Expensive has been called")
+    await asyncio.sleep(3)
+    return {"test": True}
+
+
+@app.route("/")
+async def test(request):
+    log.info("Received GET /")
+    return json(await expensive_call())
+
+
+app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000, loop=asyncio.get_event_loop())
diff --git a/examples/exception_monitoring.py b/examples/exception_monitoring.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34b46a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/exception_monitoring.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+"""
+Example intercepting uncaught exceptions using Sanic's error handler framework.
+
+This may be useful for developers wishing to use Sentry, Airbrake, etc.
+or a custom system to log and monitor unexpected errors in production.
+
+First we create our own class inheriting from Handler in sanic.exceptions,
+and pass in an instance of it when we create our Sanic instance. Inside this
+class' default handler, we can do anything including sending exceptions to
+an external service.
+"""
+
+
+
+"""
+Imports and code relevant for our CustomHandler class
+(Ordinarily this would be in a separate file)
+"""
+from sanic.response import text
+from sanic.exceptions import Handler, SanicException
+
+class CustomHandler(Handler):
+    def default(self, request, exception):
+        # Here, we have access to the exception object
+        # and can do anything with it (log, send to external service, etc)
+
+        # Some exceptions are trivial and built into Sanic (404s, etc)
+        if not issubclass(type(exception), SanicException):
+            print(exception)
+
+        # Then, we must finish handling the exception by returning
+        # our response to the client
+        # For this we can just call the super class' default handler
+        return super.default(self, request, exception)
+
+
+
+
+"""
+This is an ordinary Sanic server, with the exception that we set the
+server's error_handler to an instance of our CustomHandler
+"""
+
+from sanic import Sanic
+from sanic.response import json
+
+app = Sanic(__name__)
+
+handler = CustomHandler(sanic=app)
+app.error_handler = handler
+
+@app.route("/")
+async def test(request):
+    # Here, something occurs which causes an unexpected exception
+    # This exception will flow to our custom handler.
+    x = 1 / 0
+    return json({"test": True})
+
+
+app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=8000, debug=True)
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 9593b0cf..00feb17d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ httptools
 ujson
 uvloop
 aiohttp
+aiocache
 pytest
 coverage
 tox
@@ -9,4 +10,4 @@ gunicorn
 bottle
 kyoukai
 falcon
-tornado
\ No newline at end of file
+tornado
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2e0feec8..cef8660e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 httptools
 ujson
-uvloop
\ No newline at end of file
+uvloop
+aiofiles
diff --git a/sanic/blueprints.py b/sanic/blueprints.py
index c9c54b62..bfef8557 100644
--- a/sanic/blueprints.py
+++ b/sanic/blueprints.py
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ class Blueprint:
 
         # Detect which way this was called, @middleware or @middleware('AT')
         if len(args) == 1 and len(kwargs) == 0 and callable(args[0]):
+            middleware = args[0]
             args = []
-            return register_middleware(args[0])
+            return register_middleware(middleware)
         else:
             return register_middleware
 
diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index ff6e8b51..fee497cc 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ from ujson import loads as json_loads
 from .log import log
 
 
+DEFAULT_HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE = "application/octet-stream"
+# HTTP/1.1: https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec7.html#sec7.2.1
+# > If the media type remains unknown, the recipient SHOULD treat it
+# > as type "application/octet-stream"
+
+
 class RequestParameters(dict):
     """
     Hosts a dict with lists as values where get returns the first
@@ -68,14 +74,13 @@ class Request(dict):
     @property
     def form(self):
         if self.parsed_form is None:
-            self.parsed_form = {}
-            self.parsed_files = {}
-            content_type, parameters = parse_header(
-                self.headers.get('Content-Type', ''))
+            self.parsed_form = RequestParameters()
+            self.parsed_files = RequestParameters()
+            content_type = self.headers.get(
+                'Content-Type', DEFAULT_HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE)
+            content_type, parameters = parse_header(content_type)
             try:
-                is_url_encoded = (
-                    content_type == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
-                if content_type is None or is_url_encoded:
+                if content_type == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded':
                     self.parsed_form = RequestParameters(
                         parse_qs(self.body.decode('utf-8')))
                 elif content_type == 'multipart/form-data':
@@ -86,7 +91,6 @@ class Request(dict):
             except Exception as e:
                 log.exception(e)
                 pass
-
         return self.parsed_form
 
     @property
@@ -128,10 +132,10 @@ def parse_multipart_form(body, boundary):
     Parses a request body and returns fields and files
     :param body: Bytes request body
     :param boundary: Bytes multipart boundary
-    :return: fields (dict), files (dict)
+    :return: fields (RequestParameters), files (RequestParameters)
     """
-    files = {}
-    fields = {}
+    files = RequestParameters()
+    fields = RequestParameters()
 
     form_parts = body.split(boundary)
     for form_part in form_parts[1:-1]:
@@ -162,9 +166,16 @@ def parse_multipart_form(body, boundary):
 
         post_data = form_part[line_index:-4]
         if file_name or file_type:
-            files[field_name] = File(
-                type=file_type, name=file_name, body=post_data)
+            file = File(type=file_type, name=file_name, body=post_data)
+            if field_name in files:
+                files[field_name].append(file)
+            else:
+                files[field_name] = [file]
         else:
-            fields[field_name] = post_data.decode('utf-8')
+            value = post_data.decode('utf-8')
+            if field_name in fields:
+                fields[field_name].append(value)
+            else:
+                fields[field_name] = [value]
 
     return fields, files
diff --git a/sanic/sanic.py b/sanic/sanic.py
index edb3a973..cbc12278 100644
--- a/sanic/sanic.py
+++ b/sanic/sanic.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from asyncio import get_event_loop
 from collections import deque
 from functools import partial
-from inspect import isawaitable
+from inspect import isawaitable, stack, getmodulename
 from multiprocessing import Process, Event
 from signal import signal, SIGTERM, SIGINT
 from time import sleep
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ from .exceptions import ServerError
 
 
 class Sanic:
-    def __init__(self, name, router=None, error_handler=None):
+    def __init__(self, name=None, router=None, error_handler=None):
+        if name is None:
+            frame_records = stack()[1]
+            name = getmodulename(frame_records[1])
         self.name = name
         self.router = router or Router()
         self.error_handler = error_handler or Handler(self)
diff --git a/sanic/server.py b/sanic/server.py
index ca5b2974..0afeca23 100644
--- a/sanic/server.py
+++ b/sanic/server.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import asyncio
+from functools import partial
 from inspect import isawaitable
 from signal import SIGINT, SIGTERM
-
+from time import time
+from aiohttp import CIMultiDict
 import httptools
 
 try:
@@ -17,6 +19,9 @@ class Signal:
     stopped = False
 
 
+current_time = None
+
+
 class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
     __slots__ = (
         # event loop, connection
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         # request config
         'request_handler', 'request_timeout', 'request_max_size',
         # connection management
-        '_total_request_size', '_timeout_handler')
+        '_total_request_size', '_timeout_handler', '_last_communication_time')
 
     def __init__(self, *, loop, request_handler, signal=Signal(),
                  connections={}, request_timeout=60,
@@ -44,6 +49,7 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         self.request_max_size = request_max_size
         self._total_request_size = 0
         self._timeout_handler = None
+        self._last_request_time = None
 
     # -------------------------------------------- #
     # Connection
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         self._timeout_handler = self.loop.call_later(
             self.request_timeout, self.connection_timeout)
         self.transport = transport
+        self._last_request_time = current_time
 
     def connection_lost(self, exc):
         del self.connections[self]
@@ -61,7 +68,14 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         self.cleanup()
 
     def connection_timeout(self):
-        self.bail_out("Request timed out, connection closed")
+        # Check if
+        time_elapsed = current_time - self._last_request_time
+        if time_elapsed < self.request_timeout:
+            time_left = self.request_timeout - time_elapsed
+            self._timeout_handler = \
+                self.loop.call_later(time_left, self.connection_timeout)
+        else:
+            self.bail_out("Request timed out, connection closed")
 
     # -------------------------------------------- #
     # Parsing
@@ -100,9 +114,13 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         self.headers.append((name.decode(), value.decode('utf-8')))
 
     def on_headers_complete(self):
+        remote_addr = self.transport.get_extra_info('peername')
+        if remote_addr:
+            self.headers.append(('Remote-Addr', '%s:%s' % remote_addr))
+
         self.request = Request(
             url_bytes=self.url,
-            headers=dict(self.headers),
+            headers=CIMultiDict(self.headers),
             version=self.parser.get_http_version(),
             method=self.parser.get_method().decode()
         )
@@ -131,13 +149,15 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
             if not keep_alive:
                 self.transport.close()
             else:
+                # Record that we received data
+                self._last_request_time = current_time
                 self.cleanup()
         except Exception as e:
             self.bail_out(
                 "Writing request failed, connection closed {}".format(e))
 
     def bail_out(self, message):
-        log.error(message)
+        log.debug(message)
         self.transport.close()
 
     def cleanup(self):
@@ -158,6 +178,18 @@ class HttpProtocol(asyncio.Protocol):
         return False
 
 
+def update_current_time(loop):
+    """
+    Caches the current time, since it is needed
+    at the end of every keep-alive request to update the request timeout time
+    :param loop:
+    :return:
+    """
+    global current_time
+    current_time = time()
+    loop.call_later(1, partial(update_current_time, loop))
+
+
 def trigger_events(events, loop):
     """
     :param events: one or more sync or async functions to execute
@@ -212,6 +244,10 @@ def serve(host, port, request_handler, before_start=None, after_start=None,
         request_max_size=request_max_size,
     ), host, port, reuse_port=reuse_port, sock=sock)
 
+    # Instead of pulling time at the end of every request,
+    # pull it once per minute
+    loop.call_soon(partial(update_current_time, loop))
+
     try:
         http_server = loop.run_until_complete(server_coroutine)
     except Exception:
diff --git a/tests/performance/aiohttp/simple_server.py b/tests/performance/aiohttp/simple_server.py
index 8cb97b33..7c61f723 100644
--- a/tests/performance/aiohttp/simple_server.py
+++ b/tests/performance/aiohttp/simple_server.py
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ async def handle(request):
 app = web.Application(loop=loop)
 app.router.add_route('GET', '/', handle)
 
-web.run_app(app, port=sys.argv[1])
+web.run_app(app, port=sys.argv[1], access_log=None)
diff --git a/tests/test_requests.py b/tests/test_requests.py
index 0098797d..756113b2 100644
--- a/tests/test_requests.py
+++ b/tests/test_requests.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def test_query_string():
     async def handler(request):
         return text('OK')
 
-    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, params={"test1":1, "test2":"false"})
+    request, response = sanic_endpoint_test(app, params=[("test1", "1"), ("test2", "false"), ("test2", "true")])
 
     assert request.args.get('test1') == '1'
     assert request.args.get('test2') == 'false'