diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b91bfa8..3f66ee4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ If you plan to deploy this app to a production environment:
 * Change the secret token at /config/initializers/secret_token.rb
 * Remove "= render "layouts/forkapp"" at /app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
 * precompile the assets -> RAILS_ENV=production rake assets:precompile
+* enable "config.middleware" option at /config/application.rb to enable async http calls
 
 Testing
 -------
diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index e22b2bb..58283b7 100755
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def cloudfoundry_client(cf_target_url, cf_auth_token = nil)
   end
 
   def which_faraday_adapter?
-    if defined?(EM::Synchrony) && EM.reactor_running?
+    if Utils::ModuleLoaded.synchrony? && Utils::ModuleLoaded.fiberpool?
       :em_synchrony
     else
       :net_http
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 0cd1830..7f2c357 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     # Version of your assets, change this if you want to expire all your assets
     config.assets.version = '1.0'
 
+    # Enable this option if you want async http calls
     # Place the FiberPool early in the pipeline (you can see your app's current pipeline using `rake middleware`)
-    config.middleware.insert_before Rails::Rack::Logger, Rack::FiberPool
+    #config.middleware.insert_before Rails::Rack::Logger, Rack::FiberPool
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/utils.rb b/lib/utils.rb
index e59ab4e..e614d74 100644
--- a/lib/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/utils.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 module Utils
+  module ModuleLoaded
+    def self.synchrony?
+      defined?(EM::Synchrony) && EM.reactor_running?
+    end
+
+    def self.fiberpool?
+      CfConsole::Application.config.middleware.middlewares.include?(Rack::FiberPool)
+    end
+  end
+
   module EMDeferredBlock
     def self.defer_block(&blk)
       f = Fiber.current
@@ -40,7 +50,7 @@ def self.each(list, concurrency = 1, &blk)
           error = ex
         end
       end
-      if defined?(EM::Synchrony) && EM.reactor_running?
+      if Utils::ModuleLoaded.synchrony? && Utils::ModuleLoaded.fiberpool?
         begin
           result = EM::Synchrony::FiberIterator.new(list, concurrency).each(foreach)
         rescue => ex
@@ -69,7 +79,7 @@ def self.map(list, concurrency = 1, &blk)
           end
         }.resume
       end
-      if defined?(EM::Synchrony) && EM.reactor_running?
+      if Utils::ModuleLoaded.synchrony? && Utils::ModuleLoaded.fiberpool?
         begin
           result = EM::Synchrony::Iterator.new(list, concurrency).map(&foreach)
         rescue => ex