diff --git a/.idea/hot.iml b/.idea/hot.iml
index 466ce67a..eae13016 100644
--- a/.idea/hot.iml
+++ b/.idea/hot.iml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.pub" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.tmp" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/build" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/example/basic/packages" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/example/basic/src/packages" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/example/packages" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/packages" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/temp" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/tmp" />
     </content>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6b0c587..c2b941a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ In your `pubspec.yaml`:
 
 ```yaml
 dependencies:
-  angel_framework: ^1.0.0
   angel_hot: ^1.0.0
 ```
 
diff --git a/example/basic/server.dart b/example/basic/server.dart
index 2bf80b3c..cd4c8194 100644
--- a/example/basic/server.dart
+++ b/example/basic/server.dart
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io';
-import 'package:angel_compress/angel_compress.dart';
-import 'package:angel_diagnostics/angel_diagnostics.dart';
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
 import 'package:angel_hot/angel_hot.dart';
+import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'src/foo.dart';
 
 main() async {
@@ -20,19 +19,30 @@ main() async {
 }
 
 Future<Angel> createServer() async {
-  // Max speed???
   var app = new Angel();
 
   app.lazyParseBodies = true;
   app.injectSerializer(JSON.encode);
 
+  // Edit this line, and then refresh the page in your browser!
   app.get('/', {'hello': 'hot world!'});
   app.get('/foo', new Foo(bar: 'baz'));
 
-  app.after.add(() => throw new AngelHttpException.notFound());
+  app.use(() => throw new AngelHttpException.notFound());
+
+  app.injectEncoders({
+    'gzip': GZIP.encoder,
+    'deflate': ZLIB.encoder,
+  });
+
+  app.logger = new Logger('angel')
+  ..onRecord.listen((rec) {
+    print(rec);
+    if (rec.error != null) {
+      print(rec.error);
+      print(rec.stackTrace);
+    }
+  });
 
-  app.responseFinalizers.add(gzip());
-  //await app.configure(cacheResponses());
-  await app.configure(logRequests());
   return app;
 }
diff --git a/lib/angel_hot.dart b/lib/angel_hot.dart
index 5e904729..1fd46943 100644
--- a/lib/angel_hot.dart
+++ b/lib/angel_hot.dart
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ import 'package:html_builder/html_builder.dart';
 import 'package:vm_service_client/vm_service_client.dart';
 import 'package:watcher/watcher.dart';
 
-/// A typedef over a function that returns a fresh [Angel] instance, whether synchronously or asynchronously.
-typedef FutureOr<Angel> AngelGenerator();
-
+/// A utility class that watches the filesystem for changes, and starts new instances of an Angel server.
 class HotReloader {
   VMServiceClient _client;
   final StreamController<WatchEvent> _onChange =
@@ -25,7 +23,7 @@ class HotReloader {
   Duration _timeout;
 
   /// Invoked to load a new instance of [Angel] on file changes.
-  final AngelGenerator generator;
+  final FutureOr<Angel> Function() generator;
 
   /// Fires whenever a file change. You might consider using this to trigger
   /// page reloads in a client.
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ class HotReloader {
 
   Future<Angel> _generateServer() async {
     var s = await generator() as Angel;
-    await Future.forEach(s.justBeforeStart, s.configure);
+    await Future.forEach(s.startupHooks, s.configure);
     s.optimizeForProduction();
     return s;
   }
@@ -214,14 +212,14 @@ class HotReloader {
 
         for (var client in ws.clients) {
           try {
-            client.io.close(WebSocketStatus.GOING_AWAY);
+            await client.close(WebSocketStatus.GOING_AWAY);
           } catch (e) {
             stderr.writeln(
                 'Couldn\'t close WebSocket from session #${client.request.session.id}: $e');
           }
         }
 
-        Future.forEach(old.justBeforeStop, old.configure);
+        Future.forEach(old.shutdownHooks, old.configure);
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 43939d79..095ce871 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 name: angel_hot
 description: Supports hot reloading of Angel servers on file changes.
-version: 1.0.1
+version: 1.1.0-alpha
 author: Tobe O <thosakwe@gmail.com>
 homepage: https://github.com/angel-dart/hot
 environment:
   sdk: ">=1.19.0"
 dependencies:
-  angel_framework: ^1.0.0-dev
-  angel_websocket: ^1.0.0
+  angel_framework: ^1.1.0-alpha
+  angel_websocket: ^1.1.0-alpha
   html_builder: ^1.0.0
   vm_service_client:
     git:
       url: git://github.com/BlackHC/vm_service_client.git
       ref: reload_sources_poc
 dev_dependencies:
-    angel_compress: ^1.0.0
-    angel_diagnostics: ^1.0.0
     angel_test: ^1.0.0
     http: ^0.11.3
     test: ^0.12.15
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