diff --git a/examples/acknowledgements/app.js b/examples/acknowledgements/app.js
index 068030b..5b95e65 100644
--- a/examples/acknowledgements/app.js
+++ b/examples/acknowledgements/app.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ app.http().io()
 
 // Setup the ready route.
 app.io.route('ready', function(req) {
+console.log("me",this);
     req.io.respond({
         success: 'here is your acknowledegment for the ready event'
     })
diff --git a/examples/acknowledgements/client.html b/examples/acknowledgements/client.html
index 3c3134b..093a6ad 100644
--- a/examples/acknowledgements/client.html
+++ b/examples/acknowledgements/client.html
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
 <script>
-io = io.connect()
+var client = io()
 
 // Emit ready event, and wait for acknowledgement.
-io.emit('ready', {hey: 'server'}, function(data) {
-    alert(data.success)
-})
+client.on("connect", function(){
+    io.emit('ready', {hey: 'server'}, function(data) {
+        alert(data.success)
+    });
+});
 </script>
diff --git a/lib/index.coffee b/lib/index.coffee
index c6887fb..20d7200 100644
--- a/lib/index.coffee
+++ b/lib/index.coffee
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ express.application.io = (options) ->
     _.defaults options, defaultOptions
     @io = io.listen @server, options
     @io.router = new Object
-    @io.middleware = []
     @io.route = (route, next, options) ->
         if options?.trigger is true
             if route.indexOf ':' is -1
@@ -56,13 +55,14 @@ express.application.io = (options) ->
         else
             for key, value of next
                 @router["#{route}:#{key}"] = value
-    @io.configure => @io.set 'authorization', (data, next) =>
+
+    @io.use => (data, next) =>
         unless sessionConfig.store?
             return async.forEachSeries @io.middleware, (callback, next) ->
                 callback(data, next)
             , (error) ->
                 return next error if error?
-                next null, true
+                next()
         cookieParser = cookieParser()
         cookieParser data, null, (error) ->
             return next error if error?
@@ -78,17 +78,13 @@ express.application.io = (options) ->
                     sessionConfig.store.get sessionId, (error, session) ->
                         return next error if error?
                         data.session = new expressSession.Session data, session
-                        next null, true
-                    
+                        next()
             sessionId = cookieParserUtils.signedCookies rawCookie, sessionConfig.secret
             data.sessionID = sessionId
             sessionConfig.store.get sessionId, (error, session) ->
                 return next error if error?
                 data.session = new expressSession.Session data, session
-                next null, true
-
-    @io.use = (callback) =>
-        @io.middleware.push callback
+                next()
 
     @io.sockets.on 'connection', (socket) =>
         initRoutes socket, @io
@@ -98,13 +94,12 @@ express.application.io = (options) ->
         @io.sockets.emit.apply @io.sockets, args
 
     @io.room = (room) =>
-        new RoomIO(room, @io.sockets)  
-    
-    layer = new expressLayer('',
-        sensitive: undefined
-        strict: undefined
-        end: false
-    , (request, response, next) =>
+        new RoomIO(room, @io.sockets)
+
+eioInitialize = ->
+    return (request, response, next) =>
+        # Since we are not in a this = app context at this moment...
+        self = request.app
         request.io =
             route: (route) =>
                 ioRequest = new Object
@@ -116,16 +111,11 @@ express.application.io = (options) ->
                         args = Array.prototype.slice.call arguments, 0
                         response.json.apply response, args
                     route: (route) =>
-                        @io.route route, ioRequest, trigger: true
+                        self.io.route route, ioRequest, trigger: true
                     data: request.body
                 @io.route route, ioRequest, trigger: true
-            broadcast: @io.broadcast
+            broadcast: self.io.broadcast
         next()
-    )
-    
-    @_router.stack.push layer
-
-    return this
 
 listen = express.application.listen
 express.application.listen = ->
@@ -134,7 +124,11 @@ express.application.listen = ->
         @server.listen.apply @server, args
     else
         listen.apply this, args
-        
+
+lazyrouter = express.application.lazyrouter
+express.application.lazyrouter = ->
+    lazyrouter.apply this
+    @_router.use eioInitialize()
 
 initRoutes = (socket, io) ->
     setRoute = (key, callback) ->
@@ -158,6 +152,7 @@ initRoutes = (socket, io) ->
             request.io.respond = respond
             request.io.respond ?= ->
             callback request
+    console.log io.router
     for key, value of io.router
         setRoute(key, value)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f3b3c9b..aa48aab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
     }
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "async": "0.1.22",
-    "coffee-script": "1.4.0",
-    "cookie-parser": "^1.1.0",
-    "express": "^4.4.0",
-    "express-session": "^1.2.1",
-    "socket.io": "~0.9.16",
-    "underscore": "1.4.3"
+    "async": "0.9.0",
+    "coffee-script": "1.9.1",
+    "cookie-parser": "^1.3.4",
+    "express": "^4.12.3",
+    "express-session": "^1.11.1",
+    "socket.io": "~1.3.5",
+    "underscore": "1.8.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "request": "*",