diff --git a/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/workspace.xml
index d2b51d8d..c760e7a9 100644
--- a/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
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@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@
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@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@
         <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/pubspec.yaml" />
         <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/src/http/map_service.dart" />
         <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/CHANGELOG.md" />
-        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/src/http/angel_http.dart" />
         <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/src/http/server.dart" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/src/http/angel_http.dart" />
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@@ -700,14 +700,7 @@
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-      <workItem from="1517973177718" duration="2011000" />
-    </task>
-    <task id="LOCAL-00002" summary="Core done?">
-      <created>1481378740441</created>
-      <option name="number" value="00002" />
-      <option name="presentableId" value="LOCAL-00002" />
-      <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
-      <updated>1481378740441</updated>
+      <workItem from="1517973177718" duration="2111000" />
     </task>
     <task id="LOCAL-00003" summary="Fixed todo">
       <created>1481379127310</created>
@@ -1045,7 +1038,14 @@
       <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
       <updated>1517974351105</updated>
     </task>
-    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="51" />
+    <task id="LOCAL-00051" summary="Basic server methods transferred to AngelHttp">
+      <created>1517975212864</created>
+      <option name="number" value="00051" />
+      <option name="presentableId" value="LOCAL-00051" />
+      <option name="project" value="LOCAL" />
+      <updated>1517975212864</updated>
+    </task>
+    <option name="localTasksCounter" value="52" />
     <servers />
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   <component name="TestHistory">
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@
     </history-entry>
   </component>
   <component name="TimeTrackingManager">
-    <option name="totallyTimeSpent" value="120047000" />
+    <option name="totallyTimeSpent" value="120147000" />
   </component>
   <component name="TodoView">
     <todo-panel id="selected-file">
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@
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+      <window_info id="TODO" active="false" anchor="bottom" auto_hide="false" internal_type="DOCKED" type="DOCKED" visible="true" show_stripe_button="true" weight="0.32763532" sideWeight="0.5" order="6" side_tool="false" content_ui="tabs" />
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@@ -1119,6 +1119,7 @@
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+      <window_info id="Find" active="false" anchor="bottom" auto_hide="false" internal_type="DOCKED" type="DOCKED" visible="false" show_stripe_button="true" weight="0.32905984" sideWeight="0.5" order="1" side_tool="false" content_ui="tabs" />
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@@ -1129,7 +1130,6 @@
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     </layout>
   </component>
   <component name="TypeScriptGeneratedFilesManager">
@@ -1140,7 +1140,6 @@
   </component>
   <component name="VcsManagerConfiguration">
     <option name="CHECK_CODE_SMELLS_BEFORE_PROJECT_COMMIT" value="false" />
-    <MESSAGE value="1.0.7+2" />
     <MESSAGE value="Working on 1.0.8, including performance tuning" />
     <MESSAGE value="Remove reopen" />
     <MESSAGE value="1.0.8" />
@@ -1165,7 +1164,8 @@
     <MESSAGE value="Response no longer closes if `serialize` is called with an empty string" />
     <MESSAGE value="Added `autoSnakeCaseNames` to `MapService`" />
     <MESSAGE value="Created setup for AngelHttp" />
-    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="Created setup for AngelHttp" />
+    <MESSAGE value="Basic server methods transferred to AngelHttp" />
+    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="Basic server methods transferred to AngelHttp" />
   </component>
   <component name="XDebuggerManager">
     <breakpoint-manager />
@@ -1538,8 +1538,8 @@
     </entry>
     <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/src/http/server.dart">
       <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="text-editor">
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-          <caret line="380" column="7" lean-forward="false" selection-start-line="380" selection-start-column="7" selection-end-line="380" selection-end-column="7" />
+        <state relative-caret-position="209">
+          <caret line="58" column="57" lean-forward="true" selection-start-line="58" selection-start-column="57" selection-end-line="58" selection-end-column="57" />
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             <element signature="e#38#58#0" expanded="true" />
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@@ -1548,8 +1548,8 @@
     </entry>
     <entry file="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/src/http/angel_http.dart">
       <provider selected="true" editor-type-id="text-editor">
-        <state relative-caret-position="300">
-          <caret line="20" column="0" lean-forward="true" selection-start-line="20" selection-start-column="0" selection-end-line="20" selection-end-column="0" />
+        <state relative-caret-position="192">
+          <caret line="219" column="5" lean-forward="true" selection-start-line="219" selection-start-column="5" selection-end-line="219" selection-end-column="5" />
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diff --git a/lib/src/http/angel_http.dart b/lib/src/http/angel_http.dart
index 2b8f3da2..7182ff45 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/angel_http.dart
+++ b/lib/src/http/angel_http.dart
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class AngelHttp {
       [RequestContext correspondingRequest]) =>
       new Future<ResponseContext>.value(
           new ResponseContext(response, app, correspondingRequest)
-            ..serializer = (_serializer ?? god.serialize)
+            ..serializer = (app.serializer ?? god.serialize)
             ..encoders.addAll(app.encoders ?? {}));
 
   /// Limits the maximum number of requests to be handled concurrently by this instance.
diff --git a/lib/src/http/server.dart b/lib/src/http/server.dart
index 5f590372..459cda83 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/server.dart
+++ b/lib/src/http/server.dart
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ export 'package:container/container.dart';
 import 'package:json_god/json_god.dart' as god;
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
-import 'package:pool/pool.dart';
 import 'package:tuple/tuple.dart';
 import 'angel_base.dart';
 import 'angel_http.dart';
@@ -53,7 +52,9 @@ class Angel extends AngelBase {
       createZoneForRequest;
 
   final Map<dynamic, InjectionRequest> _preContained = {};
-  ResponseSerializer _serializer;
+
+  /// A middleware to inject a serialize on every request.
+  ResponseSerializer serializer;
 
   /// A [Map] of dependency data obtained via reflection.
   ///
@@ -277,10 +278,10 @@ class Angel extends AngelBase {
     this.encoders.addAll(encoders);
   }
 
-  /// Shortcut for adding a middleware to inject a serialize on every request.
+  /// Prefer directly setting [serializer].
+  @deprecated
   void injectSerializer(ResponseSerializer serializer) {
-    // TODO: Make this public
-    _serializer = serializer;
+    this.serializer = serializer;
   }
 
   Future getHandlerResult(